There isn’t one kitten that dines the same way as another. Some like to crouch above the bowl or plate and munch. Some don’t mind you watching, and some kittens pick their food up one mouthful at a time and walk with it to another room to be alone. Generally, there shouldn’t be a problem with your kitten’s individual style of eating unless it looks like it might turn her into a glutton or finicky eater.
If your kitten is heading down the road to gluttony; if she eats anything she can gets her paws on, you’ll need to make sure she gets enough exercise to burn off those excess calories. Often, a kitten like this is one of the abandoned waifs you’ve found on the street and taken home. Unfortunately, those are the type of kitten that’s known hunger and never forgotten it. They remember and who can blame them if they never want to go hungry again.
A finicky kitten is the other extreme and this problem usually stems from the way the kitten was fed early in life. Usually, well-meaning owners are the culprits here. When their kitten doesn’t immediately take to a brand of cat food, they try another one. The kitten often develops a taste for one flavor and learns to hold out until they get it again.
There’s often a reason your kitten won’t eat right away, and changing the food won’t help. Often, kittens are not hungry for every meal and food left out for too long can actually shut off the hunger centers in the feline brain.
Offer the food to your kitten in fifteen to thirty minute intervals. If they don’t seem to want it, take the food away for one hour and then try again.