The health of your cute "mustache and striped" pet - a cat - will largely depend on what you feed him. In nature, wild cats eat raw meat and fish. And at home, "Barsiks" and "Murziks" are most often fed with dry and wet food from sachets. Therefore, you need to know what kind of feed will go to the good of your pet.
How to feed your pet?
Poor quality nutrition and randomly chosen food can greatly harm your pet. Lethargy, poor skin and coat condition, and even various diseases of internal organs up to cancer.
Therefore, if the state of mind and body of your pet is important to you, take responsibility for the daily cat's diet.
The first option is to feed the animal with natural products - meat, fish, milk with the addition of vegetables and cereals, which are also necessary for the animal. It is easy to accustom to such a diet if you do it from the first months of a kitten's life, as soon as he stops drinking breast milk. If your pet has been eating food before, then it will be more difficult to switch to natural products, but it is quite possible if you do it gradually and in stages.
The advantages of this choice are obvious. Your animal will receive natural foods rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, and not preservatives with a questionable content of nutrients. There is only one drawback, but an essential and decisive one - it is a big waste of your time.
The second option is to use only purchased ready-made feed. There are a huge number of them on the market today in a very different price range. Therefore, choosing the right food for your cat is not so easy.
How to choose the right food
There are two types of animal feed - dry and soft. Dry food is more economical because practically do not deteriorate. Soft food dries quickly in the open air. In addition, dry food (drying) cleanses the teeth of animals well. Therefore, it is useful to give them periodically, but it is imperative to observe the drinking regime. But veterinarians do not recommend keeping the cat completely on dry food. Such food is unnatural for the animal in the natural environment. But wet food is the closest in consistency to the natural natural nutrition of cats.
When choosing food for your cat, read the labels on the packaging, especially what is written in small print. Poor quality feeds have a high daily feed rate. This means that there is very little protein in the feed, but there are many additives such as bone meal and offal. If the feed contains more than 50% fillers, this feed is harmful to your pet.
High-quality cat food usually belongs to the premium class, is not cheap, but it has good indicators: high protein content, listing specific types of meat or fish, cereal content no more than 25%, presence of minerals and vitamins, AAFCO abbreviation, low daily intake …
Do not mix dry and wet food together. They must be in different containers. To increase the cat's appetite, you can slightly warm up the wet food before feeding to 35-40 ° C. Always follow the drinking regime and watch your pet's stool. Its volume should not exceed 25% of the eaten.
