Burgess Dry Kitten Food Chicken, 1.5kg

Burgess Kitten Dry Food – Rich in Chicken, 1.5kg

Poultry meal makes up 28% of this kitten recipe, with chicken accounting for 25% of the bag, and the kibble is made small enough for a young cat to manage. Burgess intend it for kittens from four weeks old through to a year, and for queens through pregnancy and nursing, when energy demand is at its highest.

At 32% crude protein and 17% fat it is appreciably richer than the adult recipes, with calcium declared at 1.5% for developing bone. Taurine is added at 1000mg/kg and vitamin A at 30,000 IU/kg — half as much again as the adult foods carry.

Performance & Benefits

• Poultry meal at 28%, of which chicken is 25%.
• Crude protein 32% and crude fat 17%, matched to growth rather than maintenance.
• Calcium declared at 1.5% for developing bone.
• Small kibble size, manageable for kittens from weaning onwards.
• Taurine at 1,000mg/kg and vitamin A at 30,000 IU/kg.
• Short chain fructo-oligosaccharides at 0.4%, slightly above the adult recipes.

Suitable For

• Kittens from four weeks old through to twelve months.
• Pregnant and nursing queens.
• Weaning litters, where the small kibble can be softened with warm water.
• Households wanting one bag to cover a litter and its mother.
• An adult cat fed on this will gain weight at 17% fat — Burgess Adult Cat Food Rich in Chicken with Duck is the recipe for cats over a year.

Feeding

• Kittens of eight to twelve weeks need four meals a day.
• Between three and six months, three meals a day.
• Over six months, two meals a day.
• Per-meal amounts are on the pack and vary with age and weight; adjust to the kitten’s condition.
• Fresh clean water at all times, and soften the kibble with warm water for very young kittens.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: poultry meal (28% inc. chicken 25%), rice, wholegrain maize, poultry fat, wholegrain wheat, maize gluten meal, dried beet pulp, hydrolysed poultry protein, poultry gravy, brewer’s yeast, minerals, fish meal, egg powder, short chain fructo-oligosaccharides (0.4%), high nucleotide yeast extract.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 32%, crude fat 17%, crude fibre 1.5%, crude ash 8%, calcium 1.5%.
• Nutritional additives per kg: vitamin A 30,000 IU, vitamin D3 1,500 IU, vitamin E 150mg, taurine 1,000mg.
• Trace elements per kg: zinc 100mg, iron 50mg, manganese 15mg, copper 5mg, iodine 0.5mg, selenium 0.1mg.
• Earlier copy on this page gave fat 16%, ash 6.5% and a chicken content of 43%. Burgess publish 17% fat, 8% ash and poultry meal at 28%; their figures are used above.
• Burgess sell this recipe in 1.5kg and 4kg.