Many new pet owners ask me if their kitten can eat the same food their adult cat is on. Kitten formulas aren't essential, provided the adult food that is offered is very high quality. Although I try to keep my babies on kitten food for a year, I find that by four months or so they are preferring the adult food. I don't know if the adult foods taste better or if its just the fact that its in a bigger bowl.  We offer high-end adult foods that are really not that different nutritionally to kitten foods and we haven't had problems with weight or health.



One of the concerns I do have with the idea of all cats getting the same food  is that many cat foods have fish or fish oil in it.  Unfortunately,

there is a high incidence of fish allergies in two of the five lines I'm working with.  Therefore, I am advising pet owners to avoid foods or treats that contain fish for as long as possible and to introduce it VERY slowly,

watching for a rash, vomiting or watery stools.



Do you free feed your adult cat,  If not, then it should be quite easy to feed the cats different foods. Just put them in different rooms or put one into a kennel with his dish at mealtime (2xs per day). If you do free-feed - which I don't recommend because some Devons can get obese -- then keeping a PrairieDawn kitten away from fish may be very tricky. You may want to try switching your adult onto scheduled mealtimes, breakfast and supper.



Our kittens are currently getting Nutrience Junior Kitten for dry food and President's Choice "Beef" (large RED can from Superstore) or "Beef and Liver" (GREEN). None contain fish, salmon or seafood.



Our adults get California Natural which is also fish-free and our kittens have had some of this, too.



Other suitable brands that are fish and corn-free (some cat owners like to avoid corn, too):

- Waltham Royal Canin, Sensitive Stomach

- Eagle Pack Hypoallergenic

...Pam