Sorry, this message is vaguely cross posted into cat chat.

I have read people on here saying that kitten food is a ploy, and not 100% necessary, or have I miss interpretated??

I originally put Fizz onto Adult food at around 6 months, and she has never had any trouble, I am in the process of changing them to more premium food (been using shops own brand) and wondered if I should carry on with kitten food (currently purina pro plan), or I have ordered Burns chicken and rice tonight to change Fizz too once the kittens are fully weaned, this won't be for a while yet as they are only 10 days old, but my question is at what age can I feed Burns food to the kittens?

IS it acceptable to slowly make the transition once they are weaned? IT says on the website (viovet) that this food is suitable for cats of all ages.

Thanks to anyone who can make sense of this, I have just finished night shift this morning!! lol

Nicola x

Kitten food is higher in nutrients for optimal developement and growth...

Although you *can* feed kitten food to 12-18 months... switching to adult post puberty etc is more than fine. My boys also switched to adult food at neutering... They also regularly have adult Burns and seem to like it

may i ask what adult Burns is?? never heard of it

Kitten food is not at all necessary - it is just a marketing ploy as I've said before. It has only been available for the last 15 years or so, but of course kittens managed perfectly well before that

Kittens are fine eating adult food - no need to worry about it at all.

__________________

I have two kittens one male 10 weeks and one female 9 weeks and I have them both on kitten food, wouldn't think of putting them on adult cat food until the are at least 12months, yes there's less variety but its worth the hassle because it the high levels of nutrients and vitamins in it.

From their website

Real Food for Cats

"Welcome to the Burns website. Burns aims to produce holistic, high quality diets for dogs, cats and rabbits that meet their various nutritional requirements and provide a basis for good health.

Burns Real Food is based around a home-made diet, and was developed because of John Burns' concerns over the quality and type of ingredients being used in many commercial pet foods.

All Burns diets for dogs and cats are hypo-allergenic and free from artificial flavourings, colourings and preservatives.

Burns is a family run company that places great emphasis on quality and customer service, supports numerous charities and organisations both locally and further afield and works hard to minimise its environmental impact. "

___________________

as an aside... I moved the boys onto the adult at nutering simply because the higher energy kitten food sends them psych and racing around the house at head hight, on adult food they are very active and playful but not frantic

I'll keep that in mind after Ive had my two neutered and spayed. Thanks

__________________
Splodge - domestic shorthair black and white (female)
Lynx - domestic shorthair tabby (male)

But have you looked at the ingredients??

the chicken and rice contains:

Brown Rice, Poultry Meat Meal, Maize, Poultry Fat, Chicken Liver, Seaweed, Vitamins and Minerals

Chicken is not even the first ingredient, and why would cats need maize and seaweed? I did ask a while ago about the carbohydrate content of the food and was shocked to hear that it was around 40%!!!

This is not a good food for cats I'm afraid.

__________________

Ok, I'm totally confused now,

should I cancel the order (well try too) and stick with current food, Purina Pro Plan?

No, kitten food is definitely not necessary. To be more specific kittens managed perfectly well without it before it was put on the market overpriced and hyped up and its not something they would be eating in the wild anyway. Any good quality adult food will do just as well.

Im not a fan of Burns food, I tried it on my cats once and nearly all of them got a bad case of the runs and Ive heard of many others that had the same problem with it, be careful if you're planning to try it out on your cats.