I am doing all I can to keep Casper (my adult moggie) away from Isra's kitten food but he really loves it and I think he is eating a lot of it (i.e. more kitten food than adult). My question is, apart from having to watch his weight - does anyone know if there are any other health risks involved in him eating kitten food? It is Royal Canin Kitten 36 if that makes any difference at all.

I think the main issue is that he'll be eating more calories than he needs but I don't think it will do him any serious harm. I've given up trying to keep Dolly and moggie kittens separate - I did try for a while but Dolly kept eating the kitten food. I was giving her Bozita wet which is OK for adults and kittens so I just put the kittens on that too rather than giving them special kitten wet food. I can't keep the dry food separate so I'm mixing the dry food 50:50 - that way they each get some of both!

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Oh Ginny I'm so relieved its not just me! I have been mixing the food up as well and when Izzy came to us she was already on Whiskas for adults so I just carried on giving them both that once a day and leaving dry food down for free-feeding.

I'm not sure about health risks, I'm sure someone else will advise but kitten food surely will be higher in protein than adult food, I would think it might give him runny stools if he's eating rather alot? Maybe make him a bit hyper too??LOL It must be really hard trying to keep their food separate when you have a kitten and an adult!

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Susan

His poos (sorry!) are really firm and he is probably the calmest cat ever, so in terms of outward signs he is totally healthy. Shiny coat, bright eyes etc. He is getting chased a lot by Izzy so hopefully that is countering the extra calories a bit!

Because we will have the same issues, two 4 yr old and two 21 week old cats, we have decided to put them both on the royal canin dry for indoor cats, i think its number 27. It should suit both cats. I seriously cant see any problem with and adult eating kitten food, it probably would be worse if the kittens were eating the adult food.

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