What food should I feed my cat after she has kittens for nutrition?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 year old | 17 lbs
I have a one year old cat who is pregnant I do believe she's going to have 6 kittens but I'm not exactly sure. My question for you is after she gives birth what kind of food should I feed her, the farm cat we got her from always just fed them solid food constantly. I recently read that I should feed her something even a kitten would be able to eat for nutritional purposes. What would you suggest?
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Published on May 30th, 2018
I would feed her wet/canned kitten food during the last three weeks of pregnancy so she hass enough nutrition for making her babies grow properly. Oncee she has given birth you can keep feeding her the kitten food, so there will be an easy transition when the kittens will start to eat solid food at around 6 weeks. Find homes for them now, but do not give them away before they are 12 weeks old, as they will still need mama to teach them to be good kitties, to hunt, what is safe, what is not, etc. They will also need their siblings to play and play hunt and get coordination.
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Published on July 25th, 2017
Great question! It's recommended to feed pregnant mother cats a good quality kitten food during their entire pregnancy and while they are nursing - this is because they are using far more calories during this time then they normally would, and kitten food is higher in calories than a normal adult maintenance diet. She should have free access to food so that she can eat as much as she wants to, whenever she's hungry. Beyond that, it's actually not recommended to give any kind of additional supplements, calcium, etc. as this can throw off the balance of her diet and may make her more prone to medical issues like eclampsia (milk fever) after the kittens are born. So I would feed a good quality kitten food, and do everything else the same as usual :) I hope her pregnancy goes well this time!
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