What is the Best Kitten Food?

I took in a rescue that is very young, pregnant, and abandoned) and now have 5 sweet little kitties that I will be adopting out next week at 10 wks of age. I did Alot of research on this topic, and found that I spent more buying the small cans of Iams and Fancy Feast kitten food at the local stores. I went to Pet Food Direct and ordered the Felidae canned food that was rated tops for both Cats and Kittens (it is very unusual to find a combined Cat & Kitten food that is rated quality). I definitely spent much less and it is high quality food. I also read that "by-product" in lower grade food contains Everything, including animal waste. The ingredients of the Felidae can read: Chicken, Turkey, Chicken Broth, Chicken Liver, Lamb, Ocean Whitefish (source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids), Ground Brown Rice, Eggs, etc. You get the idea. I also liked that it was delivered and the cans were larger. So I always had canned cat food on hand and didn't have a ton of the tiny cans to wash and carry out to the recycle bin. I am a single Mom working PT and can't afford top of the line dry food. I have coasted with Iams dry kitten food, but because they are eating a ton of it, Iam going to switch to a higher quality. They eat less and obtain better nutrition. So the cost is all pretty much a wash in the end. I also suggest the "World's Best Cat Litter". It is safe for them, no toxic dust, and lasts much longer than anything I've bought at the store. Again, I bought all my products at Pet Food Direct. The site always run sales and special promo codes for discount percentages on your order. For their health and well-being, I will cut back on buying lunch out once a week. Now I sit back and watch them, healthy, happy, and being all they can be! Though I will be sad when they go, I have screened all adopting families, have a no de-claw policy, if they can't keep the kitten/cat, they are to return them to me for placement, and I have already had them vaccinated and Frontlined. My vet charged me $25 per kitten for vaccinations, which was MUCH cheaper than the clinic at Petco. If you are looking for an affordable option for spaying or neutering, go to Friends of Animals and buy their certificate. The site also provides a list of participating local vets that accept the certificate. I hope this information helps! Good luck, and enjoy your healthy little furry felines!

There is a really good video located at http://www.trilogyonline.com/Trilogy/Pets/LifesAbundance/CatFoodCompare.aspx?realname-40050654 It lets you compare cat and kitten foods and shows you how to rate foods.

I have been giving my kitten wet food from the day I found him. At that time he was just a small kitten and he liked eating the wet food. I give him Whiskas for kitten which is sold in small packets. When the kitten is very small, you can feed him twice or thrice from a small packet. As he grows bigger, you can add dry food with the wet food so that you don't have to spend too much on the wet food. The wet food is quite expensive if compared to the dry food. Alternately you can give him fresh milk that you usually buy from stores. Your kitten might like it but it all depends on the cat. Some of them may not like it. Like my kitten he only eats the wet food and he doesn't like dry food that much. Other than that he really likes white bread. He likes milk but he doesn't like plain water. So in order to make your cat healthy you should observe what is your cat's favorite and then you can suit it with your budget.

The better foods are more expensive. Cheeper foods are mostly grain and byproducts. Go to a place like Petco, Petsmart and talk to people there. You should give your kitten foods that are mainly meat with very little filler. With only 1 cat, it won't break the bank.

Kittens and adult cats should get a small amount of wet food (a couple of tablespoons) mixed in with their dry food. As far as brands go it all depends. Their are some very good foods that are reasonably priced (walthams is a good companys) there are also some good foods that are realtively inexpensive. As far as the 'filler' portion goes alot of companies find ways to make it look as though there is more meat by placing a few different types of grain into pet food, so that the ingredient with the greatest individual quanitiy is meat (and therefore at the top of the ingredients list). But there will always be some sort of carbohydrate (grain) in dry foods as they help it stick together. The easiest thing to do is look for products which are certified as being tested under AAFCO (association of american feed control officials). These foods will meet all of your pets requirements.

i have been reading allot about this myself and it seems the consenses is both, wet and dry. keep the dry out and the wet around 3-4 times a day small amounts. the dry keep out for anytime they just wanta nosh. the wet keeps their little bodys hydrated and the dry keeps the teeth clean. you don't have to go to pet stores. look at the lables they are key. the cat needs protein number 1. in nature they would eat mice/chicken/fish... no grains. in most products they have rice that is ok also if it has pea flour that is easier for the kittens to digest. but the #1 sould alwayssss be protein.... chicken/fish.