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Should we give milkHi we have a new kitten Mittens - 9weeks - been with us 2 days - eating well + seems to be putting on weight - chicken & white fish fillet and cheese- wont touch cat food (kitten wet/biscuits etc). Should we be supplementing with milk at this stage? We were told she diddnt like cat milk. Apparently she was still getting occasional feeds from her mum prior to us picking her up. 
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Generally, cow's milk is advised against as some cats are intolerant to lactose. Shame she doesn't like cat milk but ordinary water is absolutely great to give her. |
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No, as Angie said, most cats are lactose intolerant to cows milk. Diarrhea! Milk made especially for cats is available, sorry, don't know the brand name in the UK. 've heard goats milk is tolerated;never tried it. |
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Are you sure that "chicken & white fish fillet and cheese" is nutritious enough for your kitten? Enough taurine and all the little other niggly things that they need to grow strong, healthy and longlasting? |
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The odds of milk making anything better are really not good... What brands of wet/dry kitten food have you tried? Hoping that there is one out there that meets with Mittens' approval.  (Rover-the-cat was a right pain to get off his mum and onto kitten-food. He never did consider dry to be real food.) |
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Hreow is right ... have you tried mixing your chicken or fish with a complete kitten food? Just adding a little bit of kitten food at a time to get her used to it. It is important that she gets a complete and balanced diet. Not all cats are lactose intolerant, but many are. |
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Thanks for that Tried so far Wiskers Kitten food James Wellbeloved Fish & rice (dry) PAH Advanced Nutrition with Fresh Chicken (dry) HiLife - potty about gravy (not a kitten variety) Apparently she was the last to be weened and was still getting some from mum a few days back. Is it worth trying some of these foods again later as her pallet hardens a bit - she won't even eat tuna at the moment. |
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I would try and stick with the wet food for the time being. Worth just going and buying single trays or pouches until you find something she'll eat. You could try mashing it up with some lukewarm water and finger feeding her to start. Otherwise you may have to get some dried cat milk substitute (might be called Lactol, can't remember) to get enough nourishment into her. Just looked on the net - there's one called Cimicat. I would treat her as if she was still in the weaning stage, even though she's old enough to eat kitten food. It's just important to get her to eat. And there is one called Lactol too. |
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The cat is an obligate carnivore and has special needs such as taurine (blindness can ultimately result from alack of it), so it's important to get her on kitten food ... preferably wet. Adding the water and hand feeding's an excellent idea. She needs to start eating a proper kitten diet. Good luck, let us know how it goes, please! |
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