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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2003kitten will not eat kitten food at all!!!
we got this new kitten last weekend., she turned her nose up at the dry cat food and the canned, we tried those first because that was what we had handy in the house. Now we bought her purina one kitten formula and she will not touch that either. she sniffs then walks away. Oh but if you scramble eggs she is in your lap an ready to eat. HELP shes drinking but not eating and I am afraid she will get sick if she doesn't soon. > we got this new kitten last weekend., she turned her nose up at the dry > cat food and the canned, we tried those first because that was what we > had handy in the house. Now we bought her purina one kitten formula and > she will not touch that either. she sniffs then walks away. Oh but if you > scramble eggs she is in your lap an ready to eat. HELP shes drinking but not > eating and I am afraid she will get sick if she doesn't soon. Try meat baby food, sans onion powder. If she likes that, start mixing it in with wet kitten food and gradually transfer her over. You could stick a little egg on top for good measure. Karen >From: Karen kchuplis@alltelPOP.netGOAWAY >Try meat baby food, sans onion powder. If she likes that, start mixing it in >with wet kitten food and gradually transfer her over. You could stick a >little egg on top for good measure. Good advice. You could also try a different brand. Wellness makes a good canned kitten food. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm > >From: Karen kchuplis@alltelPOP.netGOAWAY > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Good advice. You could also try a different brand. Wellness makes a good > canned kitten food. No, they don't. > > >From: Karen kchuplis@alltelPOP.netGOAWAY > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > No, they don't. How old is the kitten? It may still need KMR... We raised several healthy orphan kittens from about 1 week of age. We started offering some wet canned food at about 5 weeks of age but still supplemented KMR. We never totally weaned off KMR until 8 weeks. Weanling kits got only canned food and maybe some low salt canned tuna in water and they usually freaked over that, :-) but that is just a treat as it was incomplete in nutrition. Also chopped steamed chicken and stuff. Their primary diet between 5 and 8 weeks of age was a good quality canned food supplemented with KMR. They never got interested in dry food until they were about 10 to 12 weeks. Since we leave kibbles down for the adults, they found it on their own and decided to eat it when THEY wanted to. K. >^,,^< Cats-haven Hobby Farm >^,,^< Katra@centurytel.net >^,,^< "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=katra jramirez10@nc.rr.com said: > we got this new kitten last weekend., she turned her nose up at the dry > cat food and the canned, we tried those first because that was what we > had handy in the house. Now we bought her purina one kitten formula and > she will not touch that either. she sniffs then walks away. Oh but if you You are just going to have to experiment with different kitten foods until you find one that she will eat. When my male cat was eating kitten food I went through almost every canned kitten food until I found a few he would eat. Fortunately he was not as finicky about the dry food. He ate Purina Kitten Chow, and Iams. If necessary consult with your vet. Anything other than kitten food is just a short term solution, and should not be fed to her for a long period of time. Good Luck. > we got this new kitten last weekend., she turned her nose up at the dry > cat food and the canned, we tried those first because that was what we > had handy in the house. Now we bought her purina one kitten formula and > she will not touch that either. she sniffs then walks away. Oh but if you > scramble eggs she is in your lap an ready to eat. HELP shes drinking but not > eating and I am afraid she will get sick if she doesn't soon. Try offering your kitten Hill's Kitten (formerly Feline Growth) canned food. We've fed Hills kitten food to several hundred kittens - they thrived on it and I don't think I've ever seen a kitten refuse it! We've also fed Hills Kitten to pregnant and nursing queens and debilitated and recuperating cats with excellent results. Phil. >we got this new kitten last weekend., she turned her nose up at the dry >cat food and the canned, we tried those first because that was what we >had handy in the house. Now we bought her purina one kitten formula and >she will not touch that either. she sniffs then walks away. Oh but if you >scramble eggs she is in your lap an ready to eat. HELP shes drinking but not >eating and I am afraid she will get sick if she doesn't soon. Our 11 week old kitten will wolf down a *whole* can of Friskies but will not touch dry kitten chow. His siblings have been eating dry for the last month. Remove TIE to reply. |
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