Hi, well Hank has settled in great, but still was only eating the dry food (royal canin) and wouldnt touch the whiskers both of which is what he was on when at the breeders, i was starting to get a bit worried because he wasnt eating much at all and hes been with us since Friday, so today i gave him a tiny amount of chicken and he wolfed it down

Feel quite bad now trying to get him to eat whiskers when its obvious he hates the stuff, but its what the breeder said he ate and not to change his diet, well we cant get out to get him some decent kitten wet food till tomorrow evening, we dont drive and have the vets tonight for his first injection, so would it be ok to feed him a small amount of chicken tomorrow, or is he to young really?

Its obvious that hes hungry and he wants better quality food so not sure what else to do untill we can get out tomorrow evening?

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Definetly no bones, its cooked chicken that ive shredded, thanks for the replie

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Hi,

Cooked chicken is ok as a complementary food, as long as your kitten is eating other types of food you will be ok.

Chicken has does not have enough vitamins and essential minerals to sustain a cat in the long term

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Cooked Chicken thighs and boiled rice here as a treat, sweep loves it !!

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Hi, thanks again for all your replies, just an update, back from the vets and have been told that he dosnt need to have a wet food as long as he drinks lots of water which he does, so im gonna just stick with giving him royal canin, or another high quality complete dry food and small amounts of chicken, tuna,etc, once a day, i would rather give him proper meat anyway, so glad that the vet recomended this, thanks again

If you want to give him proper meat why don't you go for a raw diet - it's cheap, healthy and better for him than a dry diet.

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Cats have not evolved to drink lots of water. They should get most of their water from their food. Dinking lots of water can lead to urinary issues in later life

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Ok, are you saying that dry food is bad because it makes my cat drink more water??? And if thats what your saying, then why is the vet reccomending that an only complete dry food diet is good for my cat????

Sorry, im now totally confused