Recomend a dry kitten food

Part_Mouse

Just been to the vet for my kittens first jabs. The vet advised giving her more biscuit than wet food. Atm shes on go cat for kittens, not having had a cat before I'm not sure if this is that great for her or if something different would be better?

Celli

Personally, I wouldn't feed Go Cat, it's one of the cheaper quality ones on the market, I'm not sure why your vet suggested she eat more biscuit tbh, nothing wrong with a good quality wet food, in fact some people prefer it .
I feed my kittens both wet and dry, there's already been quite a long thread on good quality dry food at a reasonable price, I think Vitalin came out top.

Part_Mouse

Celli wrote: »

Personally, I wouldn't feed Go Cat, it's one of the cheaper quality ones on the market, I'm not sure why your vet suggested she eat more biscuit tbh, nothing wrong with a good quality wet food, in fact some people prefer it .
I feed my kittens both wet and dry, there's already been quite a long thread on good quality dry food at a reasonable price, I think Vitalin came out top.

Thanks will have a look, the vet said its better for her teeth to have more biscuit.

jenhug

i feed applaws dry, and personally, think its the best on the market, but that is just my opinion.

I add a teaspoon of wet morning and evening. they tend to have something like purely tinned.

Celli

Part_Mouse wrote: »

Thanks will have a look, the vet said its better for her teeth to have more biscuit.

Hmm, I've always been a bit dubious about that claim, when a biscuit is bitten it breaks into pieces, I just can't see that it does much good for keeping teeth clean. Teaching your kitten to have her teeth brushed would work much better.

Part_Mouse

Celli wrote: »

Hmm, I've always been a bit dubious about that claim, when a biscuit is bitten it breaks into pieces, I just can't see that it does much good for keeping teeth clean. Teaching your kitten to have her teeth brushed would work much better.

I never know you could brush a cats teeth.

Celli

Part_Mouse wrote: »

I never know you could brush a cats teeth.

You can if you start young enough, you can also get toothpaste that contains enzymes that break down plaque, so it still does some good, even if you can't do much brushing.
There used to be cat chew things that were fibrous and had enzymes, so did both jobs, I haven't seen them in the vets for ages so possibly discontinued. I got them for my cat once and she wouldn't even look at them.

zuzuspetals

I'd advise that you go for Applaws as well. You can get it online or at Pets at Home. It has he highest meat content of all the dry foods you get for cats. The rest have a fairly high percentage of carbs and other fillers.

I've heard that dry food being better for their teeth is just a myth btw. No harm in feeding both. One of my cats gets some wet and dry food together in her bowl - she's a fussy thing!!!

I tried feeding my cats dry food exclusively for a while and one of my poor girls got cystitis because she wasn't getting enough fluid intake : ( I went back to wet food after that. Cat's don't have much of a thirst drive so make sure that she is drinking plenty of water.

Part_Mouse

Thanks all for your replys Iv'e had a look around and have gone for Vitapurr.Hope she likes it.

Part_Mouse

Celli wrote: »

You can if you start young enough, you can also get toothpaste that contains enzymes that break down plaque, so it still does some good, even if you can't do much brushing.
There used to be cat chew things that were fibrous and had enzymes, so did both jobs, I haven't seen them in the vets for ages so possibly discontinued. I got them for my cat once and she wouldn't even look at them.

Thanks will have to have a look see.

Celli

zuzuspetals wrote: »

I tried feeding my cats dry food exclusively for a while and one of my poor girls got cystitis because she wasn't getting enough fluid intake : ( I went back to wet food after that. Cat's don't have much of a thirst drive so make sure that she is drinking plenty of water.

I must say, that's something thats always worried me about an exclusive dry diet. Manufacturers claim it causes no health problems, but I just wouldn't rely on a cat drinking enough to compensate.