I feed my 4-month old kitten Wellness CORE, both dry and canned food. I noticed recently that Wellness has a "Kitten Formula" in both dry and canned that is not part of the CORE line. Is she still getting the proper nutrition even though what I’m giving her is not "kitten" specific?
The Core is very good. Check the protein level–in dry food a kitten needs more than 34%, in canned food it should be over 11% protein.
July 29th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
All cat foods even the worst have proper nutrition. As far as kitten food indoor food green cat food, except in name there is no such thing. FWIW I would rather you feed the worst canned then the best dry
Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health
Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.
Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingredient a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?
http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Rea…
http://www.petfoodratings.net/glossary.h…
http://www.acreaturecomfort.com/truthabo…
Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s, constipation, and a host of other problems. Male cats are especially prone to blockages
from dry food. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with grains and carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process. ( Have a fat cat?)
An even bigger problem is that it IS dry and it dehydrates no matter how much your cat drinks
Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food. Cats are not naturally big drinkers.
95% of the moisture is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Think about it.
Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don’t use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.
http://www.catinfo.org/#My_Cat_is_Doing_…
You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn’t have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all.
THE BEST CAT FOODS CONTAIN NO GRAINS NO BYPRODUCTS
Cats are meat eaters not cereal or rice eaters
Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. I would rather feed a middle grade canned food then the top of the line dry food.
Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck in between.
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?ac…
http://www.felinefuture.com/?p=470ary&act=sho…
Please read about cat nutrition.
http://www.catinfo.org/
http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.ht…
http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.ht…
Vetinarian diets The reason your vet thinks so highly of the pet food they sell probably has more to do with money than nutrition. In vet school, the only classes offered on nutrition usually last a few weeks, and are taught by representatives from the pet food companies. Vet students may also receive free food for their own dogs and cats at home. They could get an Iams notebook, a Purina purse and some free pizza. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04…
Nutritional Education Program website page for the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. Notice who they are receiving grants from for this program
http://mypetcarnivore.com/educational_gr…
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July 29th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Yes Wellness CORE foods are superb for both kittens and adult cats. I’ve always fed food that can be fed to any life stage.
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July 29th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
No your fine. Cat food is cat food. Would a mouse be any different if they were in the wild? Kittens need a little more food not different food. So just give her a little more than any other cat. Your ok with feeding her a high-quality brand. Hope I helped
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Feed my cat Wellness.
July 29th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
The Core is very good. Check the protein level–in dry food a kitten needs more than 34%, in canned food it should be over 11% protein.
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