Cat diet is a concern of many parents. The quality of food can directly affect the health of cats. Preparing nutritious and healthy food for cats is something every parent should do. It is also important to understand that cats can eat. What are the foods? What foods can't you eat?
Cat diet is a concern of many parents. The quality of food can directly affect the health of cats. Preparing nutritious and healthy food for cats is something every parent should do. It is also important to understand that cats can eat. What are the foods? What foods can't you eat?
First, the cat diet attention problem
1, canned food
Such foods include meat, fish, salt, jellies, vitamins, chemical coloring additives, water, and grains. Most foods are made from fish, chicken, beef, rabbit meat or animal offal. They contain 25% to 30% protein and can be used as the main ration for cats. Feed cats with canned food. Because they are sterilized, they are easy to store. In addition to the large amount of moisture in it, the process of canning and storage will also lower the standard of vitamins.
2, dry food
These biscuits contain cereals, fish, meat, yeast flakes, vitamins, fats and pigments. They are cheaper than canned or semi-wet foods and are easier to store and carry. But it has the following disadvantages: low fat and protein content; and some people suspect that they can cause cystitis in cats. If you feed your cat with dry food, be sure to let it drink regularly.
3, soft and wet food
These granules contain meat, soy, fat, vitamins, preservatives, chemical coloring additives, and often thickeners and sugars. The water content accounts for more than 33%. Nutritional value is not high. Soft and wet foods are used as cat food because they contain more than 25% protein and have a low fat content. This food is packaged in a silver foil paper bag that can be stored, but not as long as the other two types of food.
4, meat
To prevent cat toxoplasmosis, all meat should be cooked.
Due to the cat's tooth structure, the cat can't chew the food, so you should cut the cat's food into minced meat or shred, or feed the cat with a large piece of meat to make it shred. If you use chicken as a cat food, be sure to remove all the chicken bones because the cat is very easily caught by the chicken bones.
5, grass
Don't panic if your cat must eat grass or weeds. Grass is good for the cat's body. It contains a vitamin and acts as an effective vomiting agent to help the cat spit out unwanted things like hairballs. However, if the cat often goes to the grass to graze, please note that the fertilizer used must be non-toxic.
Second, cats can not eat things
1. Cats fed with liver and carrots are prone to rickets and poisoning
According to research, the correct ratio of calcium to phosphorus in cat food is about 1 to 1, while the calcium in the liver is less than phosphorus. The ratio of calcium to phosphorus in fresh liver reaches 1 to 36. If the cat eats the liver for a long time, it will lead to Calcium deficiency. The external manifestations of calcium deficiency are: 1. The stomach function is weakened, the appetite is weak, and the body is getting slim. 2, no longer live and jump, fear high, do not dare to jump from a height. Young cats with severe calcium deficiency will have depressions in the waist and shoulders, and the pelvis will be narrow, leading to constipation. In the cold season, young cats are also prone to hind limb weakness, and severe cases can be paralyzed. This is what we often say.
The liver itself contains a lot of vitamin A. The carrot contains B-carotene, and one molecule of carotene can be decomposed into two vitamin A molecules in the cat. If the cat is fed with liver and carrot for a long time, the vitamin A in the cat will Seriously overweight, cats are prone to vitamin A poisoning.
If the cat loves to eat the liver, it can take about 10 days to mix the new cat food with the liver and eat it for the cat. After that, increase the amount of new food every day and reduce the amount of liver until the cat is completely adapted to the new food.
2, raw fish and raw meat are not edible
Eating uncooked fish can make cats lack vitamin B1 because raw fish produce an enzyme that destroys vitamin B1, while cats lacking vitamin B1 can cause paralysis, heart disease, and intermittent shock.
In addition, eating raw fish for cats can also cause unnecessary parasite troubles, which can cause trouble for you and the cat's life. The Nongda Animal Hospital has treated a number of cats with liver disease because they have eaten raw fish and infected with parasites, causing systemic jaundice and hepatitis. Liver disease can also cause liver as cites, and kidney disease, and these are definitely the terminal illness of the cat.
Cats are more picky animals. It can be said that there is no meat, so there must be no meat in the cat's diet. This is also very important for the health of cats, so don't think cats are vegetarians.