Foods for Kittens/cats?

Question

I have two one- year-old kitens/cats (I don't know if they are kittens or cats) and I was wondering what foods are hazardous to them and what foods would be fine for them.

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Answer 1

Here's a list of food that should never be fed to your cat/kitten:-

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?...

As for their diet, it is best to start them on a wet diet. Here are some very helpful information on why a cat needs to be fed wet/can food :-

http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?ac...

http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/canne...

http://cats.about.com/od/catfoo1/tp/tpca...

http://www.catinfo.org/

http://www.naturalmatters.net/article.as...

http://www.traciehotchner.com/cb/QandA.h...

When you are choosing food, it is important for you to learn how to read ingredient labels. They tell you a lot about what kind of meat is being used and whether the food has any cheap fillers which does not benefit your cat/kitten.

You want to feed a food which is high protein - meaning the meat source must come from wholesome muscle meat. Make sure to select only food that list chicken, lamb, rabbit, beef, turkey, venison, salmon, whitefish, herring or a combination or those and not one that says by-products (chicken by product, meat by product, fish by product)

Stay away from too much fillers like corn, corn gluten meal, wheat, wheat gluten, soy, oatbrans, etc. These are all cheap filler which help reduce the cost of manufacturing but brings little to no benefit to your kitten.

You would also want to stay away from preservatives like BHA/BHT and Ethoxyquin which are proven to be harmful to your kitten. Also you do not want other artifical preservatives such as propylene glycol and propolyneglycol .You need natural preservatives such as Vitamin C, Vitamin A or Rosemary.

Your cat need an essential amino acid called Taurine. Cats can only receive this from eating wholesome meat. Choose a food that contains ample amount of Omega 3 sources - Salmon Oil, Flaxseed Oil or Canola Oil.

When you are well educated in learning how to read pet food ingredients, shopping for the best food for your kitten would be easier.

Answer 2

At one year old they are considered adults. If they are close, you can go ahead and give them adult food. Really, it's better to give them only canned food, but I can't afford to do that, so here's my advice: With dry and wet food, look for the brand that has the most MEAT (not by-products, meal, or fat) within about the first six ingredients, and definitely some kind of meat as the very first ingredient listed. I give my kitten Purina One, but I'm about to switch to IAMS. Those aren't the best, but they are at walmart.

As for canned food, you can keep some and feed it as a treat every other day to once a week to supplement the moisture and protein. Friskies and Fancy Feast are found at any store and are vet-recommended canned foods.

Hazardous: foods with mostly grains in them... cats are carnivores.