First, let me ask, are you trying to feed adult cat dry food or kitten dry food? The adult cat food kibbles will be too big and hard for a small kitten. If your kitten is having trouble with kitten food kibbles, then it may not be ready to eat dry food yet.
It’s not a good idea to wet down dry kibbles. They will spoil quickly and make a kitten sick. (or adult cat for that matter)
To introduce wet canned food, try dabbing tiny amounts on the kitten’s nose. It will automatically lick its nose and get the taste of the canned food that way. Just keep dabbing TINY amounts on so it eats a very small spoonful. Then give it a rest. Maybe an hour later, try it again. After a few times, most kittens learn that the wet food is okay and will by then be familiar with the smell of wet food in a dish.
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