Kittens can eat cat food after 30 to 60 days. When eating cat food, they need to be soaked in warm water and cannot be fed directly. The kitten's chewing ability has not completely returned to normal. It is necessary to soak the cat food before feeding it, which is conducive to normal chewing and absorption by the gastrointestinal tract, reducing the stress response caused by sudden eating of cat food. It will gradually pass through the gastrointestinal tract. After adapting, you can feed the cat food normally, and there is no need to soak it in warm water at this time. If a kitten develops gastrointestinal discomfort after eating cat food, it is recommended that the owner take the kitten to the hospital for a gastrointestinal examination and further treatment based on the examination results.
1. Why can kittens eat cat food after 30 to 60 days?
Under normal circumstances, kittens will be weaned from 30 to 60 days. Just after weaning, they need to be fed cat food. Use cat food instead of milk to supplement nutrition. This cat food is also rich in nutrients and can also provide the body with the energy it needs, which has certain benefits in promoting the normal development of the body.
2. Care for kittens eating cat food
When feeding cat food to kittens, you need to use warm water or milk to soak the cat food until it becomes soft, which is conducive to normal chewing and digestion by the stomach. Intestinal absorption replenishes nutrients lacking in the body, which is beneficial to promoting normal development of the body. Moreover, kittens eat less and need to eat smaller meals more often. They cannot feed too much at one time, otherwise it will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and affect normal food absorption.
3. Daily dietary care for kittens.
In addition to feeding kittens cat food, they also need to feed goat milk or goat milk powder, because newly weaned kittens, It cannot adapt to cat food quickly, so it is necessary to add goat milk or goat milk powder to supplement other nutrients needed by the body during feeding cat food, which is helpful to promote normal bone development.