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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Robbo on March 31, 2009, 10:07:27 AM

Title: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Robbo on March 31, 2009, 10:07:27 AM
Hey sophie is about 7 months old on kitten food... How old before you recommend To go on to adult food?
Title: Re: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Pinkbear (Julie) on March 31, 2009, 11:25:41 AM
It will say on the packet usually. Most adult foods start from 1 year+  ;)
Title: Re: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Debsymiller (Rufus' mum) on March 31, 2009, 12:16:23 PM
Usually the packets state from one year but I amnot at all convinced that they need kitten food anyway. If they have a good diet they will get all they need from the adult version anyway.
Title: Re: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Dawn F on March 31, 2009, 12:18:17 PM
I've only ever had one from a kitten but I started her on adult at 6 months because she was stealing the other cats food anyway!
Title: Re: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Lottie (Team Svartalfheim's) on March 31, 2009, 12:21:32 PM
Other than for slow maturing breeds like Maine Coons and NFCs I'd feed adult food from as soon as the cat was neutered as their calorie requirements drop considerably after neutering.
Title: Re: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Robbo on March 31, 2009, 12:40:25 PM
She has been nutered for 2 weeks now...... You think it's time for applaws dry from kitten and to pick my new wet food as applaws adult is not complete
Title: Re: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Lottie (Team Svartalfheim's) on March 31, 2009, 12:59:01 PM
Zooplus have got a good range of high quality wet foods at good prices. It doesn't matter too much that the Applaws wet isn't complete as you feed dry food each day too which is complete.
Title: Re: What age to feed adult?
Post by: Robbo on March 31, 2009, 13:17:43 PM
I suppose your right, I just panic loads incase she is not getting everything and always tempted to put vits in her food but heard that can make things bad to lol