What Can Kittens Eat?
• Step 1:Types of food appropriate for kittens range from kitten milk to dry food, depending on the kitten’s age. Newborn kittens require milk until they are at least 3 to 4 weeks old. This milk can be the mother cat’s milk or commercially prepared cat milk substitute, which you feed using kitten-sized bottles (or sterile eyedroppers). At around 3 weeks of age, you can start kittens on a commercially prepared weaning food or canned, wet kitten food. Kittens will be cutting teeth but will not be able to handle dry food yet. You can start 4-week-old kittens on moistened dry kitten food. Kitten food is essential because it is specially formulated with the extra calories and protein kittens need. Kittens grow very fast and require a lot of calories and nutrition to develop normally. Gradually start the kitten on dry food. You should still feed a kitten his regular moistened food but leave a bowl of dry kitten food (and water) out for him. Older kittens should remain on dry kitten food, sup
