Adult cats can eat cat food. If you buy a kitten, you cannot feed it cat food. Instead, you need to divide it into different stages and feed it different foods.

Kittens need special care. After all, kittens’ stomachs are not well developed and are relatively fragile. Moreover, if a kitten is raised well, it will prevent it from getting sick.

Kittens go through two periods in their growth process. First, there is the growth period, which is very rapid growth, and then there is the sexual maturity period, also called the rapid maturity period. Proper nutrition is needed during both periods for kittens to grow into healthy and strong adult cats.

The rapid growth period of kittens is from 2 months to 6 months old. After weaning, they enter the rapid growth period, which lasts for about 4 months. During this period, kittens need high-quality food with balanced nutrition and high protein and calories to provide various nutrients and energy needed for rapid growth. Judging from the energy required per unit body weight, kittens in the rapid growth period require twice as much energy as adult cats. However, kittens have small mouths, tender teeth, and small stomachs, so they cannot eat all the food in one meal. Digest adequate amounts of food. Therefore, kittens in the rapid growth period should ensure that they eat at least three meals a day.

After six months of age, until twelve months of age, they are in a period of rapid maturity. At this time, their growth rate begins to slow down, and their activity level will also decrease slightly. They eat a larger amount per meal, which can reduce the number of meals per day. frequency. Although the cat's size is very similar to that of an adult cat at this time, it will still grow somewhat. Many cat owners will feed their cats different foods when they reach sexual maturity; in fact, cats like to eat high-quality dry cat food; at this time, you can add a little nutritious canned cat food to the dry cat food to suit their needs. Different nutritional requirements due to slower growth rates.

Kittens need a lot of nutrients and heat to grow, so they need to eat specially formulated high-quality kitten food. The characteristic of this type of high-quality kitten food is that it uses meat as the main raw material, is very easy to digest, and contains a large amount of nutrients, which can meet the special nutritional needs of kittens. Just follow the instructions on the instructions. If conditions permit, it can also be fed with pure goat milk.