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What should I feed my new kitten? Dry food, wet food, or homemade?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Persian | Male | unneutered | 1 month and 16 days old

im getting a new 45 days old cat today so i need to know what type of food can he eat and does he need dry food now ? If i feed him home food what can i feed him

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 8th, 2020

Cats have very specific dietary needs, and home diets are not recommended for kittens. Kofi need a kitten food. Brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, Purina Pro Plan, or Iams. I hope this helps!

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS
Veterinarian
Published on August 28th, 2019
Great question! I really like Iams, I feed it to my own cats. Be sure to get a kitten formulated food. Other brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, and Purina ProPlan. I hope this helps.
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Answered By Megan, DVM, CVA
Veterinarian
Published on April 18th, 2018
I believe any high quality kitten food is good. Some of the top brands that have a lot of research to back their products is iams, science diet, and royal canin. They will likely need a little canned food at first and just let dry food out for them to start nibbling on! I hope this helps!
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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS
Veterinarian
Published on March 20th, 2019
Baby should have an adult cat food, the kittens needs a kitten food. To help the kittens wean and get used to dry food, I would soak a high quality kitten formulated dry food in warm water until soft. Then mix that with kitten formula such as KMR to make a mush the consistency of oatmeal. Over the next two weeks, gradually increase the amount of dry kitten food and decrease the amount of water and KMR you use until they are eating the dry kitten food only. Brands of food I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. I hope this helps!
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