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Cat diets

There are many commercial diets available at pet stores, supermarkets and veterinary clinics that cater to your kitten. Always ensure that the diet your kitten gets has a variety of freshly cooked meat, tinned food and dry food. Cat milk (which is different to cow's milk that humans drink) has a different composition to any other milk. There is no need to give milk to kittens once they are weaned as the food they eat has all the vitamins they need, including calcium for good bone growth. By providing your kitten with a good variety of food, they learn to eat different types of food and this helps stop them being so fussy as they grow up. There is nothing worse than having a cat that trains its owner to cook braised steak for it every night. Not only is this pandering to the cat, but it also is not a balanced diet and can cause diseases later on.

Kittens have a bigger need for meat in their diet compared with adult cats. The reason for this is that they use a lot more protein, vitamins and minerals for growth. Their diet needs to contain about 35-50% protein and 15-35% fat, the remainder being carbohydrates.

From 12 weeks of age, kittens can be fed a broader range of food, including tin, dry and fresh meat, esp chicken (cooked or raw depending on preference). Kittens at this age are normally 'teething' and usually require toys with which to chew, but hands and feet quite often become a kittens choice.