Will kitten food hurt my adult cat??

Question

I have 2 cats.. an adult and a kitten.. the kitten keeps eating the adult food and then pukes.. Other than separating the 2 for meals I am wondering if I can just feed them both the kitten food???

Answer 1

Kitten food is higher in both protein and fat and will pork up an adult cat a bit.  Separate them for meals - feed the cat cat food and the kitten kitten food.  And do be sure to feed canned food as well.  A dry food only diet is very bad. If you buy quality canned foods a lot of those are good for both kittens and cats so they can eat that together.

Answer 2

yes and no, the kitten needs kitten food until it is around 8 months old, a year is better but..things happen.  The kitten food contains extra nutrients, calories, and extra fat for growing kittens, they need the extra fat at this age as the brain needs more fat to grow, develop, and function. Kitten food is best for kittens.

Adult cats do not need the extra fat and the kitten food is usually too rich for grown cats, they can get tummy upset, diarrhea, vomiting and.. they will gain too much weight from consuming more calories than they need.. which can lead to diabetes as well as musculoskeletal problems, too much weight on joints, and age, will lead to arthritis.

Keep them separated while you feed them, I know it can be inconvienient right now but it won't last forever. People feed babies seperatly from themselves and baby animals should be no different. Look on the bright side... you do not have to bottle or dropper feed it every 2 hours!

Answer 3

The vet told me that kitten food is the most nutricious food out there. Purina kitten food is reccomended.

Feeding your adult cat kitten food is okay, will defidently not hurt him, and has tons of vitamins. But when your cat is a senior, (6 yrs +) they should be eating "senior" cat food.

Eventually the kitten should be able to eat adult cat food.

Answer 4

Don't do that, kitten food is really high in calories as they need them to grow. It will make your adult cat obese. And the kitten will suffer mal nutrition if it eats the adults food.

Feed them their specific foods seperately. Its only for about a year anyways!  

Answer 5

my adult cats eat the kittens food all the time...I do not think your cat is vomiting from the food.. maybe the kitten is eating to fast. just let them all eat kitten food

Answer 6

Feed them seperatly

Answer 7

the adult cat food could be too rich for the kitten or she doesn't like that particular brand of food.mine are 15,16 and 17 and they have only ever had adult food,some prefer fish and some prefer meat flavors.but never been raised on kitten food.