kitten feeding troubles

[drambuie]

hi can anyone suggest a way i can get my 10 week old kitten to eat wet food he claws around the bowl as if its what he has done in his litter tray. im feeding him weetabix mixed with kitten milk and dry food he eats those.

[lankeela]

At ten weeks he should be on proper kitten food, either tinned or dry complete, which doesn't have to be soaked. Weetabix would not feature on any diet for a kitten of mine. Meaty tinned food will probably tempt him most, but a good quality dry complete will also probably be welcome, and the crunchiness will help his teeth.

[drambuie]

hi thank you for the answer. i do put wet food down for him ive tried every kitten brand of pouches, tinned and kitten loaf. ive mashed it, left it as its served, heated it. he just isnt interested. he eats kitten dry biscuits. weetabix with kitten milk was a suggestion from someone which ive tried.

[orange-gnome]

If he eats the dry food, there is no need to feed him wet food. Just let him have the dry. Weetabix with kitten milk is not a good diet for a kitten, its something that breeders from years ago sometimes recommend as a weaning food....and to be honest it's just not good for them, a bit of an old wives tale.

[Bohne]

When one of my cats was little, she insisted on eating the adult cat dry food (I also had an adult at the time), while the adult munched on the baby size dry food.
At all times did she have canned food available.

I don't think it did her any harm.
Just make sure, there is water available at all times.
I am sure he'll get round to the canned stuff eventually.