Kitten Food?

[lilangel1518]

I'm just curious what you guys feed your kittens or used to feed them. I was feeding natural balance but it was not specifically for kittens and my vet recommended me to get a food specifically for kittens for the extra protein. He also said get no lesser quality than purina. I've been looking around and the only kitten food I have found is Science Diet at Petsmart. I haven't found any other kitten food wherever I have looked including other pet stores and walmart etc. My problem with Science Diet is that its giving my cat terrible gas. I was wondering what you guys have found to feed your kittens thats specific kitten food. O by the way this is wet food sorry I forgot to mention that. Thanks for any help, opinions, or suggestions.

[FemaleCheetah]

Actually natural balance is for kittens and adults. Its formulated to meet the needs of a kitten. Its what I am currently feeding my new little 7 week old kitten. She is eating chicken soup dry food and natural balance wet.

[FemaleCheetah]

I wanted to say that a lot of wet food has been recalled so that maybe another reason u are having trouble finding any.

[lilangel1518]

Yah I'm sure thats part of the problem, all the shelves are half empty. I told my vet I was feeding natural balance and he said that it wasn't good enough, that I needed to find something specific for kittens so idk. I did like the natural balance though. Just so you know the ocean fish flavor of natural balance has been recalled so just dont buy that one. I don't mind the science diet its just its giving Finnegan terrible gas and thats not really pleasant lol. Thanks for your help :)

[Punkygirl0101]

I was going to buy chicken soup for the babies, but luckily I didn't since its on the recalled list. I am currently feeding them Nutro Natural Choice kitten food wet and dry.

[FemaleCheetah]

Yea I do not get the ocean fish, I check the recall list like daily just to make sure none of the foods I feed have been recalled lol

Science Diet really is a terrible food to feed, it contains corn, wheat, and by products which are all things to stay away from.

I would stick with the natural balance, a lot of vets dont know a lot about nutrition because they dont spend time in school studying it and most dont research it on their own time.

[ALHC]

Temporarily, I am feeding mine Science Diet, but it does have some bad ingredients in it. Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul is great, but it's currently recalled. If anyone suggests IAMS, it is also not of high quality.

[Rat101010101010]

I have three kittens.
All soooooo sweet:P:P:P:P:D:D:D:D
Just ask what they were fed at the pet shop or breeder taht you get them from, and carry on feeding them that.
As kittens they will usually have been fed meat, but when they turn one or slightly younger feed them dried food.

x

[Punkygirl0101]

Firstly rat, a kitten should not come from a Pet Store. Secondly, you SHOULDN'T continue to feed whatever the person, or rescue before you fed...because if they are feeding a crap food like Purina or whatever store brand they can find, then it needs to be switched to a high quality food.

[ALHC]

Here is the website for Chicken Soup:
http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/

You may want to feed her it when it is off the recalled list. That is what I plan to do. By then, Sandy, my kitty baby, might be an adult. The last time I was at the store that sold it, they only had adult, and had no canned.

[FemaleCheetah]

I feed chicken soup dry to my cat and kitten but I feed natural balance wet.

[lilangel1518]

Well my vet recommended a food designed especially for kittens and no lesser quality than purina. I was feeding natural balance but he said that was not good because it doesnt have the extra protein in it that the kittens need. He also told me to pick up a can of food for kittens and one for adults and you could tell about the protein which he was correct. I have been feeding Finnegan Science Diet for kittens now which he is doing well on now that his tummy has adjusted. I just don't want to keep switching it on him. When I was doing protein comparisons its pretty good and its on the list of natural food products for cats. I've been feeding solid gold for dry food but again its not for kittens so once hes done with the bag of that im going to switch to a kitten food. I wish this food recall would end soon. I was thinking of trying Purina Pro-Plan they sell at Petsmart. Has anyone tried that?

[Punkygirl0101]

Most vets know anything about nutrition for animals. Science diet is NOT a good food.

I have been feeding Lucy Purina Pro Plan puppy until the chicken Soup puppy is safe again...and even though the first ingredient is a meat product (Chicken is the one I buy), its still not a good enough food.

[ALHC]

Chicken soup DOES make kitten food. They just don't have it where they sell chicken soup near me.

If you get anything with by-products, it has a great chance of having the following:

- Meat with cancer
- Animal that has been euthanised with euthanasia liquid.
- Packaging
- Other stuff

You should do some research yourself about these things, especially on by-products. Both Purine and Science Diet contain by-products and other harmful ingredients. The only reason why vets would recommend such products is because of what these companies make themselves look like, and the companies lie. Maybe a little research should be done on pet food. There are many harmful ingredients to watch out for.

Ethoxyquin is one of the bad, and most common used ingredients to preserve pet food. It can cause cancer to mammals. It also used to be used as a pesticide. Have you ever seen ethoxyquin in the ingredients of your own food?

There are many other harmful ingredients, like pesticides, and more! Chicken Soup only has one, and the ingredient has only been proven to hurt hermit crabs! The companies like Purina, Science Diet, IAMS, etc., have MANY harmful ingredients. Many of these ingredients you wouldn't even know what they are!

I can go on, but for now, I won't, because I have to go to bed. I might post some more tomorrow if I remember.

[Punkygirl0101]

Chicken soup DOES make kitten food.
They do have kitten food, but the CS kitten and puppy has been recalled.

[lilangel1518]

I think I am going to feed the canned food called Wellness. It's an all natural food. I know a couple of pet stores sell the adult food near me but I have to check to see if they sell the kitten formula, if not I'll order it offline. My vet told me to feed kitten formula food until 1.5 yrs old. Is this what you guys have done/will do?

[lilangel1518]

Well I just got back from the petstore and they sold the Wellness Kitten Formula so I bought a case of it. It's absolutely incredible. I put half of the Sci-Diet and then the 3oz can of the Wellness Kitten Formula in Finnegans bowl and he went right for the wellness. It's amazing the difference between the two. You can tell the quality of it just by its smell and look. It actually smells like real chicken haha. I definitely recommend Wellness if none of you have tried it yet or don't know what to feed because of the pet recall. None of their food has been recalled and it doesnt have any grains and is all natural.

[ratbrat21]

thats cool. I need to maybe try it. Our cats are on purina one right now. And i have been wanting a better cat food but everytime someone on here tells me a good brand no stores sell it...seriously...its weird. But i have seen wellness....i think. I shall go looky lol.

[lilangel1518]

Yeah I was really impressed with it. If you do a google search for Wellness cat food one of the first hits should be a site about mother hubbards. Well if you go there and go to the Wellness section theres a place where you can put in your town and state and it will show all the petstores near you that carry it. Thats how I found where to go to get mine. Good luck with it. :)

[ratbrat21]

oh ok thanks i will go do that. :)

[FemaleCheetah]

We know chicken soup makes a kitten food but the wet has been recalled that is why mosy of us have to turn to something else until the recall is over.

If it wasn't recalled I would be feeding it to my new kitten right now.

[FemaleCheetah]

Wellness is an excellent food, you should think about switching to the dry kitten food as well and get off of science diet, its such a crappy food.

[lilangel1518]

O i'm not using sci-diet for dry food i was only using for wet. I am using solid gold for the dry food which is just as good as wellness however its not kitten specific. Once he's done with the solid gold bag though i'm going to switch him to the wellness kitten dry food. I figure since solid gold is such a great brand with no grains or anything harmful even though its not kitten he'll be fine for the rest of the bag. Thanks for looking out for him though :)

[ALHC]

Science Diet Kitten has some of the ingredients that might make it recalled in the near future, such as corn meal and soybean meal. It doesn't look as bad as the dry food. It doesn't say in the ingredients that it contains DHA, which is beneficial for kitten eyesight. There might be some in the dry food you feed, though.


Looking at the ingredients, Wellness doesn't seem too bad, but it has no DHA that is good for kitten eyesight.

Chicken Soup might be safe, because if you read, the bad ingredients were put into the product by accident, and the new ones that they produce probably won't contain the ingredients. You may want to contact them just to make sure if you plan to feed her any. Also, the dry pet foods are not affected. They might not know, though, if the new ones contain it or not.

[ALHC]

I'd like to correct the DHA thing. DHA doesn't get listed in the ingredients. I will check both foods to see if they say anything about DHA. I know that Science Diet dry food has it, but I don't know about their wet food.

[ALHC]

I really don't think they are as good as Chicken Soup, but Chicken Soup is recalled.

Ingredient info:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients


That page may be about dogs, but it is also helpful for cats.

I know that Science Diet contains "chicken meal," and if you read "poultry meal" on that page, it includes that.

[Rat101010101010]

Firstly rat, a kitten should not come from a Pet Store. Secondly, you SHOULDN'T continue to feed whatever the person, or rescue before you fed...because if they are feeding a crap food like Purina or whatever store brand they can find, then it needs to be switched to a high quality food.


Firstly PUNKY:mad:

Don't treat pet shops so stupidly.
It's sad, I agree some are horrible, but others aren't so don't comment on what you DON'T KNOW.
Secondly, not if it's crap no, but don't be so lame. Because, it could be high quility.
Like, I got mine from the cats protection league.
And, trust me, hight quilty:smiley:

[ratbrat21]

hey rat dont get on punkys case. She is one of the good members of petshub. Shes very smart and knows what shes talking about. What do you mean high quality? From a breeder then? Most people around here do not support pet stores selling cats and dogs. Now shelters coming and letting people check out their cats and dogs is fine. But most pet stores that sell cats and dogs get them from puppy mills or kitten mills which are very horrible places. I'm not saying you got yours like that. But lay off of melanie she only cares about the well being of animals.


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ok i see you meant food when you said high quality.

[Punkygirl0101]

Rat, I am commenting on what I DO know. Petshops that sell kittens and puppies=Irresponsible pet shops.

Rat, you got your cat from a RESCUE orginization that VISITS the pet shop for adoption events. I would hope you would know I am talking about petshops that don't have rescue animals, but have puppy/kitten mill animals.