Thread: How much food to buy for kitten?

oh ... you're feeding her dry food? have a look at other posts on the subject, there are a LOT - opinions are divided - however for me what makes the most sense is to feed only wet food at first - and dry food only if your kitty has no trouble with drinking water.
the reason for that is that cats don't naturally feel thirst, so they don't drink when they need to - even though you'll probably find yours loves to play with water ;-P
In wet food, there is a lot of moisture, that can compensate for the lack of fluid intake and that's gentler on the kidneys.
In dry food of course, there is no water - so if the cat isn't a drinker it may lead to kidney problems...

Mine didn't drink much at first - and I only gave her wet food - and then she discovered THE KITCHEN TAP - now she drinks for the fun of it, that water is bloody interesting. So now, when I see she's had water in the morning (which I would know because she asks me to turn on the tap) I allow her some dry food (Royal Canin)

HOWEVER - as I said opinions seem divided - have a look at the threads - some people even prefer to feed theirs with raw meat, which I'm to messy to do... my poor kitty would end up being the first cat with food poisoning....
If you're going to feed her dry, well it's the easiest thing, in my opinion: just leave rather too much food in the bowl every day - it doesn't matter, cats won't over-feed, apparently... so she'll just manage her own food intake...