After they have been weaned, your kitten will now be on a solid food diet. This may be a dry food diet, a wet food diet, or as with many cats, a mixed diet. Royal Canin offers a range of dry and wet kitten foods, formulated to support healthy growth and development during this period. You may decide to use a Mother and Babycat food for both mother and baby. What to feed a kitten from 4 months to 12 months For kittens from 4 to 12 months of age. Kittens grow in 2 unique phases. In the 2nd phase (4 to 12 months) the kitten’s growth slows down. Their digestive and immune systems continue to develop but remain fragile, their bone structure strengthens gradually and their final set of teeth appear. In the first 4 weeks of their life, your kitten goes through an intense growth spurt that helps to build a strong skeleton and muscle mass. For this, they need protein and other key nutrients from their diet, such as antioxidants for immune system support. During this period, they should be fed exclusively on their mother’s milk or a kitten milk replacer.

Between four and 12 months, your kitten will enter a new stage of growth but will still have a high energy requirement as they begin to explore their surroundings, their body continues to grow and they develop muscle mass. However, their digestive system is still maturing and cannot yet handle portion sizes as large as they will eat as an adult. From birth to adulthood, there are different ways you can support your cat to be healthy and content, including their diet and how they develop a relationship with their food. Feeding your kitten up to four weeks old Helps to support your kitten’s natural defences during this time, thanks particularly to a patented complex of antioxidants, including the highly beneficial vitamin E Analytical constituents: Protein: 36.0% - Fat content: 18.0% - Crude ash: 7.7% - Crude fibres: 2.3% - Calcium: 1.2%.

Has an enhanced digestive tolerance thanks to the inclusion of L.I.P – a protein selected due its 90% digestibility rate – as well as prebiotics such as FOS If you’re worried you don’t know what to feed your new kitten and when, there are a few things you should know: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 21500 IU, Vitamin D3: 800 IU, Vitamin E: 600 mg, E1 (Iron): 32.3 mg, E2 (Iodine): 3.2 mg, E4 (Copper): 9.9 mg, E5 (Manganese): 42 mg, E6 (Zinc): 116.5 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.05 mg - Technological additives: Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin: 10 g - Preservatives - Antioxidants. Milk replacer and formula: If your kitten is not with its mother or their mother cannot provide milk, you can use kitten milk replacers. Specially formulated, replacers offer all the benefits and nutrients of their mother’s milk and should be used until your kitten is weaned onto solid foods.

Less and often: Up to around 6 months when your kitten's stomach is still small, you may decide to feed your cat with smaller portions 4-6 times a day. As they grow into an adult, you can transition to twice a day, as they can handle larger portions in one meal. Alternatively, you can leave out their entire daily recommended portion of dry food and let them eat at their own pace - but you must remove any leftovers after 24 hours.

Dental health:specially designed kibble for the small jaws of kittens, with a mechanical brushing effect Health Nutrition: this Royal Canin Feline selection offers complete, balanced diets to meet your cat’s needs, with sensitive options and dishes for particularly active cats, as well as great for fussy or sterilised cats. The range is extensive, so that every cat can enjoy these dishes, with treats available as well to ensure enjoyment.

Has an adapted protein content as well as a precise balance of vitamins and minerals – such as vitamin D and calcium

Royal Canin Feline Dry Cat Food

At this age, you may use dry kitten food. Or, if they've been neutered or spayed a specialized food like our Kitten Spayed / Neutered Dry Cat Food. Easy to chew: You can use soft, wet foods like our Mother & Babycat Ultra Soft Mousse, which are easy to eat and will help your kitten transition to solid food. Or you can use dry foods. Bear in mind that dry food is harder to chew, so if you decide to use it, start by adding water or a kitten milk replacer to moisten it. Over time, progressively add less and less liquid until your kitten is only eating dry food.

Royal Canin offers a selection of high-quality wet and dry kitten food that has been carefully developed to meet all of your growing cat's nutritional needs. The full range of Royal Canin Kitten dry food includes specific diets for neutered kittens and young purebred cats, as well as a great-tasting kibble suitable for all kittens in their second stage of development, from 4 to 12 months old. The unique blend of nutrients in this food helps to support your kitten's digestive health, while the special antioxidant complex promotes a healthy immune system. Alongside Royal Canin dry kitten food, here you can also find handy pouches of wet kitten food with tasty chunks of meat in jelly or gravy, which provides all the necessary nutrients for optimal health and vitality in this important growth phase. Dry kitten food: Dry food such as kibble is a great option for kittens. For young kittens, you can introduce dry food by moistening it with water or kitten milk replacer, to make it easier to chew The kibble also contains nutrients such as vitamins C and E, which help your kitten to develop an optimum immune system. Omega-3 fatty acids support the natural development of the brain and promote healthy eyesight. A combination of beneficial prebiotics (MOS) and highly-digestible proteins ensures that Royal Canin Kitten helps your young cat to achieve an ideal gut flora balance, boosting healthy digestion. Royal Canin Kitten Dry Food is specially formulated with the nutritional needs of your second age kitten in mind.Breed Nutrition: different breeds have different needs, so this selection of Royal Canin Feline has been specially tailored using different recipes to ensure that each breed is perfectly catered for. Mother & Babycat: product range featuring a milk substitute for kittens from birth to weaning, as well as a complete dry food for gestating and lactating queens and kittens between 1 and 4 months This tailored Royal Canin Kitten food contains tailored levels of protein, minerals and vitamins, all designed to meet the increasing energy needs of your kitten and support healthy bone and muscle growth. Then, from around 4-4.5 weeks, you'll begin the weaning process, slowly introducing solid foods to their diet. You may decide to transition to a soft wet food like our Mother and Babycat Ultra Soft Mousse, or a dry food like our Mother and Babycat Dry Cat Food moistened with water or kitten milk replacer. This 'gruel-like' mixture may not look very appealing but will help ease your kitten onto their new diet during the weaning process, which can take up to 4 weeks. What to feed a kitten from 8 weeks to 4 months