When to switch kitten from wet food to dry food?

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  Evon Suckow

  6/1/22, 22:40

  Hi all,

  We found a kitten outside the house she seemed to be the runt or just really small. She is healthy and great. We have had her for 3 weeks today. She is maybe 6 wks old. Enigma(Iggy) is her name and she is a tuxedo tabby. I think mom got impregnated by 2 different males at the same time. 

  When is the right time to ween her from replacement formula or formula/wet food slurry via bottles to a hard crunchy food? She looked at out older cat's dry pieces and thought they were play toys. Ha ha

  Also, can we allow her to try to use out older male cat's box. She wants to explore it when she is in the bathroom?

  Thank you in advance for any thoughts and advice,

  Evon

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  Linda Simon

  6/15/22, 18:34

  Hello, you are through to Dr Linda, a small animal vet with 10 years of clinical experience.

   

  Believe it or not, we can start a kitten on either wet or dry kitten food from 3 weeks.

  For some, we will moisten the wet food for a few weeks but this is not always needed.

   

  At her age, you can feed either wet or dry kitten food, whichever is your preference.

   

  Kittens should have access to litter trays at all times but cat should not have to share them. If there are 2 cats in the home, we should have 3 trays.

   

  At 9 weeks, the kitten should be brought to the vet for her first health check and vaccines (or sooner if you have any concerns for her).

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  Boris Bo

  10/31/22, 10:33

  Depends how fussy the pet is. You could try a high protein dry food from printable 2023 calendar Royal Canin, but if the bugger won’t eat it, it’s not going to help much.

   

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  teresa genao

  12/7/22, 13:07

  If there are 2 cats in the home, we should have 3 trays. There are so many great ways to show appreciation and I think that it is so important to do so. 2023 Calendar

  Thanks.

   

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