The Nutritional Guidelines For Cats

If you have a cat you must ensure that you take special care over its nutrition and diet. A feline diet is quite specific and you shouldn’t be tempted to give it scraps like you do a dog.

Cats are meant to be very slim as they are stealthy by nature and their spine curves to they can get through tight gaps. Your cat should never be overweight so monitor how much you are feeding them. If your cat weighs 8lb they only need 4 ounces of food. The ratio is ounce of food to 1lb of weight.

As well as not over feeding, it is very important that you feed your cat a good quality food. These should be very high in vitamins and minerals and not loaded with chemicals and additives that your pet doesn’t need.

An essential ingredient in your cats food is the amino acid taurine. Unlike humans and dogs, cats are unable to synthesize it for mother sources, so it has to be present in their food. It is so vital that if it is missing from their diet your cat can develop a serious eye disease that can lead to blindness.

Another essential nutritional requirement for you cat is Vitamin A. Like the taurine, they can’t synthesize it themselves, so we must ensure a regular supply in their diet.

One way of giving them Vitamin A is by giving them raw liver to eat, however many cats, and their owners, don’t like to do this. The simplest way to make sure that your cat has all the Vitamin A that they require is to add a small amount of cod liver oil to their feed. You can do this daily or a few times a week.

On every tin and packet of cat food there is a feeding guide. Please remember that this is very general and there are all sorts of factors that also must be taken into consideration.

Some of the major considerations are the cats age, its weight, how much exercise it gets, it’s breed and if there are any underlying health problems. You cat is unique so these guides should never be followed to the letter.

Never ever over feed your cat. Although you may want to treat your cat and think that you are making it happy, its health is way more important.

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