When you get a new kitten your excited! You buy her a bed and kitten toys, a dish for his water and a dish for his food. Then you get him home and as he explores he may come across these dishes. After sniffing around for a few seconds he moves on and you’re left wondering what exactly do you feed your new kitten?

Kitten nutrition is important, as kittens should grow an average of 30% their original birth weight over the first year of life.

Kitten or growth formulas are rich in protein as well as calories and provide the kittens with a balanced diet suited for their special needs. You should invest in quality kitten food to give your kitten a healthy start in life. Quality food will help protect your kitten from disease. There is no need to supplement quality food with vitamins or any other additive. Only in cases of special medical conditions, and under veterinary instructions, should you supplement quality kitten food. Adding unnecessary vitamins and minerals to an already balanced diet can actually harm the kitten.

Along with what kind of food you should feed your kitten, you may wonder how often you should feed him. Kittens usually eat several small meals a day. Their stomach is too small to contain all the food they need divided into just two portions. It is best to free-feed kittens and let them nibble throughout the day. However, if you feed kittens with wet cat food, do not leave it sitting out for long, as it might get spoiled. Instead, divide the daily amount into three or four portions and feed at equal intervals throughout the day. In between meals, keep the food refrigerated and heat to room temperature before serving.

During their first months, kittens develop the food preferences that will stay with them for life. To avoid finicky eating habits later, you should feed various flavors of foods during this time. Remember that, if you switch between food types, you must always do so gradually by mixing the original food with increasing quantities of the new food.

Keep feeding the kittens with kitten/growth cat food until they are one year old. At that stage, gradually change their diet into regular maintenance cat food. Although many cats keep on growing after they are a year old, the accelerated growth during the kitten stage is usually complete and the cats can adjust to adult cat food and regular eating habits.

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