Hi
Okay so im pickingmy kittens up on Friday and need to get them some kitten food. Anyone know what is the best, most nutricious kitten food? Also ive heard I need to feed them both 4-5 times daily. So does this mean split 1 sachet of food into 4 small meals each? (so I would be using 2 sachets between them both a day)
Im thinking of buying them biscuits to leave out in the day so they can eat when they want to and also kitten milk out in the day for them.
I will also make sure there is fresh water for them in the day as well.
Am I about right in this sort of meal plan?
Should I leave milk/biscuits out in the day for them or will they over eat? Argh help anyone!

How old are they?

You do not need to feed kitten specific food, if you feed a good quality high meat adult food

1 sachet seems a very small amount, thats like 100g a day. my kittens were easily putting away 400-600g a day.

Feed them as much as they will eat until they are old enough.

Milk isnt necessary, its a treat really. They should have access to water. I personally dont feed dry as its not very nutritious/

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10 and 12 weeks. So really they need around 3- 4 sachets per day each? Any particular brand you would recommend?

Well first I would feed whatever they are eating from the breeder/rescue.

Then I would gradually start mixing together new food with old food. I personally feed Animonda carny and bozita pates from zooplus.com (though I am stopping the Bozita and switching to some brands from Germany (macs, petnature, grantapet and catz fine food, which you can order through different sites but its not quite as easy as zooplus.com)

Grau is also a very good food from zooplus, and Smilla is also good.

Really with kittens it is feeding them what they want to eat. If they want to eat 3 sachets, thats fine, but if they can easily put away 5, let them. They wont get overweight. Kittens burn off their food very easily, and need the extra to be growing. My kittens are getting towards a year and are already beginning to self regulate with their food and eating less.

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Hey Gemma, congrats on your kittens.

For the types of food you can pick up in the UK and why some of them are better than others (I have only recently introduced Gloworm Mushroom to the finer foods from Germany as she like you came on to this forum struggling with the different brands) see here:

A-Z of wet food for cats

Some more info why these foods from online shops tend to be better than the stuff from supermarkets see here: Feeding cats for beginners (and more seasoned cat owners alike)

This should give you enough ammunition to make some informed choices!

hi, thanks for the info. So you are saying that I could be feeding them around 300g a day each?!

Mine eat between 400g and 600g EACH a day.

It all depends on the cat, but a kittens food should not be limited. This may result in a bit of waste until you get to grips ore with what your kittens want.

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okay I have decided on Bozita, they do a 12 x 410g for £11.98. That should last a week hopefully and it seems to have good reviews in regards to nutrition etc

Should be good as long as you switch them over slowly from whatever they have been on previously

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great, thanks very much for your help. Zooplus do free delivery on orders over 19.00 too so thats good!