Is kitten food strictly necessary?

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Please bear with me, I’m a newbie.

We are getting a rescue kitten next week (10 weeks old). I wanted to get him the same food that the foster carer has been feeding him, but it’s Sainsbury’s fine flakes which says it’s for one year plus. I’ve looked online but there isn’t a kitten version. Do you think I should continue with this or swap to kitten food?

Tia

Kittens generally need more calories so I would swap over gradually. Preferably to a higher meat content better food

Yes, get kitten food. I don’t know whether it is strictly needed for the first whole year but certainly so for recently weaned kittens where they are putting on masses of growth and brain development.

I agree to transitioning slowly though. Mixing in increasing concentration s of the new food into their current food over a period of a week or two until they are eating 100% new diet.

My vet told me that most food for cat age groups is just a sales play, except for kitten food which as others have said is higher calorie. He also recommended kitten milk when my little one was tiny.

Agree it should be phased in, higher ,eat content and no grains.

Thanks for the advice. I will wean him off his current food onto kitten specific with a higher meat content once he’s settled in. What percentage meat content is decent would you say?

You want as high as you can get so over 70%
Zooplus has some good stuff and often discount codes. I use them to save me lugging cat litter home!

Brilliant - thank you!