8 week old kitten eating adult cat food?

[geordieminx]

We have a newly acquired kitten, and our old boy.

Have bought proper kitten food but he seems to prefer normal cat food .

Will it do him any harm?

I was going to ask the very same question! I have a nine week old kitten and two 10 year old Maine Coons. Kitten has been taking her life in her hands and stealing older female's food (not something I'd try). She seems to prefer it to her kitten food.

I don't think it'll do them any harm as kitten food is a fairly recent thing, I think.

Mine has also eaten a baked potato, yoghurt, pizza and rice crispies. Oh, and some giant cat biscuits specially for Maine Coons. She's going to be a fat little stuffer...

I would really try to get him onto the kitten food. Adult cat food isn't nutritionally adequate for the needs of growing kittens. Can you feed the old boy high up? Or try a different brand of food, introduced gradually.

It shouldn't do any harm but if you are in any doubt speak to your vet.
FWIW both of our cats went straight onto adult food but they are both quite mad!

I wonder if it's like baby food and doesn't taste of much? Maybe they're going for "kitten led weaning"

In a cunning twist of fate...old boy has finished off kitten food... argh.

Will persevere with kitten food, was just concerned adult food would harm kitten.

Similar happened here... We'll be persevering with kitten food too - I've bought loads of it!

If it's a high quality adult cat food with an high named meat content % (ie not Whiskas/Felix/go cat etc) then that will be totally fine.

It is somewhat like baby food jars vs blw