What is he on now and what does his breeder advise?

 

The breeder says he's currently getting royal canin ragdoll cat food and boiled chicken with purina gourmet cat soup and she just said to keep him on a high quality diet

 

Dry biscuits then don't count as a high quality food stuff. Treat him to the good stuff and look at the ZP and bitaba offerings.

 

I thought certain dry foods were high quality?

 

Hi via cat,
Opinion on dry food is sharply divided on the forum and i would advise you to use the search function and input 'dry food' to find out what everyone thinks. Unfortunately this subject usually ends up causing disagreement within the forum and i think it would probably save you time and the forum a lot of angst if you perused previous threads and made up your own mind.
Congratulations on choosing a Maine Coon. I used to have a MC tom that would wander into my garden on a regular basis- he was very large but incredibly friendly and surprisingly agile for such a huge cat.

 

thank you i wasn't aware of a divide at all because i've always fed my cats a mainly dry food diet but i'll have a look at different opinions! i've wanted a maine coon for as long as i can remember

 

Feed him what he's used to for a week or two and then start transitioning him to a wet food diet. Start with one food, gradually adding more, until you have a nice rotation of brands and proteins going. Most processed foods contain something undesirable so feeding a rotation ensures not too much of any one bad thing.

Skip the kibble. Not necessary and not good for him.

 

A raw diet is fine if it is properly balanced. Look for ones specifically made for cats. Purrform is a good one but is fairly expensive.
Tinned wet food is more economical than pouches and if you look on Zooplus or Bitiba you will see the price per 100g.
Mine have raw and tinned Animonda Carney, Feringa and occasionally a couple of others from Zooplus. My kittens are brought up on a varied diet to help when they go to their new homes.
Always transition slowly from the diet the breeder is feeding - hopefully your kitten will come with some of his usual food too.

 

I've heard a lot of bad things about raw diets and that they don't have enough nutrients is there anything in particular I should add into a raw diet?

If feeding a commercially prepared raw, there are a few good balanced ones on the market in the UK. I would recommend starting a new thread on it so experienced raw feeders can advise you. I have been feeding a raw diet for over 10 years now, but I am in the US. I use a premix called EZcomplete which balances the meat. They do ship to the UK but it would be costly.

You can feed a commercially prepared balanced raw, add a premix or add the supplements yourself following a researched recipe. Or any combination.

 

he's fully health tested and HCM scanned but he's not neutered

Odd they've scanned the kitten, it's not done until 12 months of age. And pets aren't usually tested for SMA, PKD or Pk-Def as they should be negative by parentage.
There's few uk breeders doing the required HCM and hip scans, they usually EN as well.
Perhaps double check on all the tests the parents had and see the paperwork.

I've heard a lot of bad things about raw diets and that they don't have enough nutrients is there anything in particular I should add into a raw diet?

If you want to do homemade there are websites and fb groups with information on how to get the correct balances.
Or use a pre made raw, or additive. Lots of options to make it healthy & balanced.