Thread: Kitten food to Grown Cat food?

Originally Posted by missdiane

You feel quite strongly about the food don't you messyhearts lol
Is it something you have researched for your cats or are you a professional?

We used to feed them wet applaws anyway- just cut it out as it was getting expensive
Never saw the dry applaws anywhere- seeing as they only do one variety it gets hidden on teh shelves

Anyway if anyone is interested, applaws is on special in Pets at Home til March £9.99 for 2kg instead of £14.99

My dog started me off on a frenzied ingredient checking mode for all pets three years ago. When we got her, we didn't know any better so simply fed her Bakers & Pedigree Chum. She didn't have a solid stool for weeks & was actually pooing blood. After a bit of research, I went for a food of a higher quality (Joe & Jacks) & it cured it straight away. Every since then I won't feed poor supermarket value given the chance as it upsets tummies.

A diet of just Applaws is very expensive, I agree. We found Simple (bought at Pets At Home) was a good quality food for £5 for 12 pouches compared to Applaws being £7.25 for 12 smaller tins.

Originally Posted by messyhearts

A diet of just Applaws is very expensive, I agree. .

Actually, it's no different to Royal Canin on the dried front, so we feel like we have made a good move by changing

Originally Posted by messyhearts

My dog started me off on a frenzied ingredient checking mode for all pets three years ago. When we got her, we didn't know any better so simply fed her Bakers & Pedigree Chum. She didn't have a solid stool for weeks & was actually pooing blood. After a bit of research, I went for a food of a higher quality (Joe & Jacks) & it cured it straight away. Every since then I won't feed poor supermarket value given the chance as it upsets tummies.

A diet of just Applaws is very expensive, I agree. We found Simple (bought at Pets At Home) was a good quality food for £5 for 12 pouches compared to Applaws being £7.25 for 12 smaller tins.

Wet Cat Food | Pets at Home
Is this the one you mean messyhearts
I thinking of changing from royal canin to a mix of this and orijen with some raw meat as an occasional treat

Originally Posted by Klach79

Wet Cat Food | Pets at Home
Is this the one you mean messyhearts
I thinking of changing from royal canin to a mix of this and orijen with some raw meat as an occasional treat

Yes! Good food that doesn't cost a lot.

I have always put my babies straight onto adult food but for the first six months just backed up with an extra vitamin powder {was SA37 but think it has now been
discontinued} just to help with all the extra growth they do in that first period.
I use Felix tins as it is a lot cheaper than pouches esp.when you have more than one cat + they have a small amount of biscuit.
I don't give a lot of biscuit because as I posted in another thread we never used to see obese & diabetic cats until dried food was brought onto the market{thats someone who has worked 39 years at a vets & seen a lot of change...! } also never used to get the bladder stones that you do now.
Could be that we are more aware of our animals & take them to the vet more readily plus like humans they can now diagnose more but still doesn't alter the size increase that we now see,maine coons aside that is.....

Hi,

I'm due to get two Maine Coon kittens at the end of June and I will probably try them
on Applaws. I don't think Pets At Home do the dry variety, though, and I've been
feeding dry food to my moggies (now 15 years old) since they were kittens.

At the moment I have Molly and Cassie (15 y/o moggies) on Royal Canin outdoor
senior because Molly suffers from joint stiffness and there are few foods which contain
omega3/6, glucosamine and chondroitin (and there's no way she'll take a pill or eat food
if I have sprinkled anything on it !).

Now that I've checked PETA UK list of manufacturers who will not test products on
animals, I will probably switch to one of those on their list. Of those, it seems there's only
Clinivet who include omega3, glucosamine and chondroitin in their adult/senior dry cat
food.

Bye for now
Trevor

Pets At Home do sell the dry variety of Applaws.

Hi, I'm pretty new to this forum business so apologies if I go about this the wrong way! I'm getting my first Maine Coon kitten in less than two weeks (10 days to be precise, not that I'm counting!) and I'm not sure what to do about food. The breeder has advised to use Royal Canin Kitten 36 to begin with but I'm not sure how long for. Having read through some of the posts on feeding, I'm not sure whether I should use RC at all - any thoughts? How much Royal Canin would you usually use in a month for a kitten? When she arrives she'll be three months old.
Thanks!!

Hi FreyjaRoMaine, and welcome to the forum. How exciting for you 10 days to go ! you must give us more info, we love it when a new baby arrives !

As for the food, don't get me wrong, I am relatively new to owning a pedigree cat, but Harry was fed solely on Royal Canin 36, after taking advise on the forum I decided to add a wet food as well. (pouches such as Felix) I keep the dry food down all day and he grazes on it and the wet sachets approx 3 times a day at specific meal times, ie. morning, noon and night. This seems to suit him.

The truth is everyone will have their own opinion on what's best, I think at the end of the day do what you feel your kitty is happy with. Certain cats (like some humans) have trouble eating certain types of food, so sometimes it's just trial and error.

Anyway looking forward to hearing all about your new addition. Alison & Harry