This is a specific conversation about Kitten food — the right nutrition from the start — ask about yours and get one honest answer for your exact situation.
inparticular.ai
A 3-month-old Scottish Fold with a large dog in the house — that's a really common feeding headache, and it's worth sorting properly because kittens at this age need to eat little and often without competition or stress. Kittens have very different nutritional needs from adult cats: much higher protein, more calories per gram, and specific nutrients like DHA, calcium and taurine that are critical for bone, muscle and brain development right now. This phase genuinely sets the foundation for long-term health, so getting the feeding setup right matters. Quick questions before I point you in the right direction — how old is your kitten exactly, do you know the breed, and is she on anything at the moment?
She's 3 months old, Scottish Fold. She's on Royal Canin kitten dry at the moment. The problem is our Labrador just bulldozes in and eats everything — kitten food, bowl, probably the mat too.
inparticular.ai
Royal Canin kitten is a solid choice for a Scottish Fold — good call. The Labrador situation is the classic problem. Before I suggest anything, can you tell me roughly how big your Lab is and whether he can jump? Some Labs will happily clear a surface if food is involved, and that changes what I'd recommend.
He's a big boy, about 35kg. He can't really jump — he's 7 years old and a bit stiff in the hips. He just uses his nose and sheer size to get to anything at floor level or on low furniture.
inparticular.ai
That's really helpful — a 35kg Lab with stiff hips who won't jump is actually a very solvable problem. What I'd recommend is a wall-mounted cat feeding station that fixes at a height he genuinely can't reach. The specific product I'd point you to is the Mkono Floating Wall Shelf with guardrail — it's a solid wooden floating shelf designed for cats that mounts on the wall and can go at whatever height suits you. At, say, 90–100cm off the ground your Scottish Fold can hop up easily at 3 months (Folds are compact but athletic enough at this age), and your Lab simply cannot get near it. It keeps your kitten's food and water completely separate, reduces stress during mealtimes, and because there's no door or mechanism involved, there's nothing to break or forget to close. You just mount it once and the problem is solved permanently. The guardrail lip keeps the bowl from being nudged off the edge too.
That actually sounds perfect. Will she definitely be able to get up there at 3 months? I don't want it so high she struggles.
inparticular.ai
Fair question. At 3 months a Scottish Fold kitten is already jumping confidently — they can typically reach 60–70cm in a single hop at that age. I'd suggest mounting it at around 80cm to start: comfortable for her now, and well beyond your Lab's nose level. As she gets older and more confident you can add a second shelf higher up if you want, or just leave it at 80cm — it'll work for her whole life. The main thing is to put something like a small stool or cat tree step nearby for the first few weeks so she has a confidence booster if she needs it, then remove it once she's jumping up without thinking.
Brilliant, I'll go for that. Should I keep feeding her the Royal Canin dry or switch to wet food now she'll have her own space?
inparticular.ai
Royal Canin kitten dry is genuinely good for a Scottish Fold — the breed-specific version even better if you can get it, as it's formulated for their compact jaw and joint health. Adding a wet meal once a day is worth doing at this age purely for hydration, since cats naturally get a lot of moisture from food and kittens especially benefit from it. But you don't need to overhaul anything — keep the dry as the base, add a small wet meal morning or evening, and once she has her wall shelf sorted she can eat at her own pace without a Labrador face appearing in the bowl.
