Adopting pets is a daunting endeavour, particularly for first-timers who want to do it with responsibility.
You have to learn about what to feed them, where to place them, how to treat them, how to cat or dog-proof the residence, how to deal with their shenanigans, etc.
Towards the end of 2023, my brother adopted three kittens that were loitering around the back alley of his girlfriend’s house.
Roughly seven months old, they were from the same litter; one was a tuxedo male and the other two were calicoes (which means they were girls).
The mother had disappeared for months, and my brother was swayed by his girlfriend to the “dark side” of the “feline force” to adopt the three siblings due to the inevitable death they would probably face from being outdoors.
As I live with my brother, those cats are essentially my housemates now, and I have seen them grow over the past few months.
Because he has been feeding them dry food from only one brand, I figure why not review it?
In the beginning, the kittens were fed two of Karnivora’s dry food products, the Mother and Kitten formula and the Hair and Skin formula.
Other than the packaging, there was not a discernible difference between them.
Both formulas use a triple meat formula of chicken, lamb, and tuna.
The macronutrients, moisture, and fibre of both are also quite close.
The Mother and Kitten formula has 33% protein, 13% fat, 10% moisture, and 3% fibre, while the other is 30% protein, 10% fat, 10% moisture, and 3% fibre.
After a month or so, my brother began feeding the trio with only Karnivora’s Mother and Kitten formula.
I am not a mind reader, but if I had to guess, it was probably due to how both formulas were doing the same thing.
Not being fussy eaters, the kittens are known to eat the Mother and Kitten with relative gusto.
The two bowls that are filled almost to the brim before we leave the condo in the morning are left 60% empty by the time I get back first in the evening.
Due to how much they like it—an assumption on my part—the kittens burn through the 1kg packages fast.
There have also been noticeable weight gains since they were first brought to us, largely due to the diet of Carnivora dry food.
The tuxedo named Zuko is now much bigger than it was in December.
One of the two calicoes, Bibble (in the picture, half her face is black), has also grown in size, second to Zuko.
The other calico, Lilith (she has a black “horn” on the forehead), has barely grown in horizontal dimensions despite eating her fair share of Carnivora.
I chalk the latter up as being similar to Asian humans who eat a lot and never grow in size.
Karnivora’s Mother and Kitten formulation also purportedly controls how much cats cough up hair halls, which seems to be true, at least in the case of these three kittens.
I have never heard them coughing anything up or seen hairballs for the past four and a half months. Their digestion also has no problems. At its relatively cheap price point (the Hair and Skin formula is cheaper), Karnivora’s Mother and Kitten is a great option for new “fur-parents” who are in the same boat my brother was almost half a year ago, with three new kittens, zero experience, and increased responsibilities.
