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When is it ok to feed your kittens catfood?
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Kittens should be started on real food during the weaning process, which usually begins at about 4 to 6 weeks. You can often offer canned food as early as 3 weeks to the mother cat and the kittens will join in. Her guidance is the best way to get them to have a taste.
For a more through answer on kitten nutrition see this question:
http://www.cats.com/question/feeding/nutrition/age-and-raw-meat-diet
Source Link: When should I start my kittens on real food?
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If you’re feeding a good food, you don’t need to wait until they’re a year old. They can eat “adult” food as soon as they’re weaned. Kittens have no special nutritional requirements that differ from adults - they simply need to take in more calories.
Energy Requirements for Kittens and Adult Cats
Age kcal/lb body wt
Kittens: 10 weeks 113
20 weeks 59
30 weeks 45
40 weeks 36
Adult Cats: Inactive 18
Active 20-30
Pregnant 45
Lactating* 56–145
Source Link: Nutrition information
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i think when you want to give your kitten food, you need to give it wet food, at about 3 weeks.
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leave out food for the mother, and she will let them eat it when they are ready. dont try to force them.
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When they are 1 year in human years. Or you can feed them a lil’ bit of cat food and a lil’ bit of kitten food mixed together when they are like………. 6 months or so but not any cat food untill then.
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your cat can have catfood when they are a month old. I gave my cat catfood when it was 7 weeks old. But I didn’t give them the catfood they came to the catfood and started eating it. So maby it would be a good idea to keep the cat food out by the kitten. You should tell your mom that your sister is going on your stuff. Know lets get back to the information. But the cat food you were talking about, you should maby get kitten chow before you get cat food. You should maby put your cat by the cat food or kitten chow so your cat can smell it and try it. Also you sometimes don’t have to teach it because it will whatch its mom eat it. To give you some idvise you should try soft food when my cat was a month old I gave it soft food my cat loved it!.
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MAYBE IF YOUR AFRAID OF GIVING YOUR CAT ADULT FOOD THEN MAYBE YOU SHLD FEED HIM FISH.
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well it matters on what you thing you should do really.
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That is uncalled for. Minus 9? I think that's a good answer!
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kittens should be started on cats food when their are babys because it helps when your cat gets older.
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Whats wrong witth this answer? Who gave her minus 12? Thats harsh.
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I didn't post that. I don't know who did. Probably my sister
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