Is kitten food ok for an older cat.....

[carole]

My old fella Ash has become a little fussy lately, he is not unwell, so I decided to buy him some kitten food satchets, whiskas, I got the chicken tender pieces, he seemed to love them, I thought this would be easy on his tummy and teeth, he is due for a big teeth clean this month.

My question is it ok for him to have these for a short time,? it will not be a permanent thing, just a change for him to wet his appetite , again he has just become fed up of his usual food that I am 100 per cent sure of, he goes through periods like this quite often.

[jenluckenbach]

Kitten food would be fine for any cat that is not over weight (or in danger of becomeing over weight).

[christa]

If you do give it to him, it will probably only be for a short time . . . I'd say that you will see him gain some weight on it.

When we got Brodie, Josie was eating kitten food and she gained several pounds :eek:

Kitten food has a lot more calories . . . you'll most definitely see an increase in his weight . . . but if that's not a problem, I'd give it a try!

Anything to get a finicky cat to eat!!! ;)

[Logan]

I used to feed Mimi kitten food a lot because she was always so thin. I didn't even notice her gaining any weight on it, actually, but she really loved it. :)

[catmandu]

When Smokey came,to the Found Cat Hotel,the poor Gray Cat,was emaciated,so the Vet,recommmended kitten Food,for the Old Fellow.He was thought,to have,only a fewcmore months,of life,but he fooled eveyrone,and lived another six,and a half years,and was a very,very nice Cat.If he was an actor,he would have been Hank Patterson,Mr Ziffel,of Green Acres.

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[Laura's Babies]

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get 'em to eat!

[Denyce]

Actually certain kitten foods work with overweight/diabetic cats also. They have to be ground wet food. It has to have a higher protein content. If you look at the crude analysis of most kitten food it has the same protein content as adult food just more fat and calories. However, if you get the protein content up around 13-14 percent then it is the Atkins diet for cats and is often used to control diabetes.

Denyce

[catnapper]

Allen LOVES the stuff and became VERY fat VERY quickly on it. They must put kitty drugs in it to make it so addictive. I would think its ok so long as you watch his weight it should be fine. Perhaps mixing kitten food in with his food to help him eat more of his regualr food?

[carole]

Ok thanks everyone, I think it will only be for a very short time like this week only, as Ash does not need to gain any weight, he is a rather biggish boy, lucky that you told me that, I would not have given that part a thought, I just assumed it was full of good nutrients so it would do him no harm, I am only giving him one kitten whiskas satchet a day, along with some biscuits, so hopefully he won't pack on the pounds in one week.:)