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My skinny kitten won't eat dry food. Can I feed adult wet food or meat?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Persian | Male | unneutered | 4 months and 24 days old | 4.85 lbs

Hi!! Is it alright to feed my pelly whiskas adult wet cat food( freely available ) , as whiskas or royal canin kitten wet food is hard to find here. Amazon online order also failed. Shall i give boiled meat or fish instead? He is currently on royal canin kitten dry food only, but he eats too little of it and so skinny. But he is fond of eating meat and fish. I am worried, please advice.

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Dr. Elizabeth

Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on June 18th, 2019

It is important That Pelly eat mostly kitten food. You can certainly supplement with meat/fish but make sure at least 75% of her daily food intake is kitten food. Whiskas is not the highest quality food but if it's your only option, then go for it. Purina, Iams, Eukanuba and Science Diet are all good brands if you can get them. Make sure Pelly is appropriately dewormed to make sure the parasites are not making him too skinny. I hope this helps.
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