Healthy and proper nutrition is the key to longevity not only for humans, but also for their pets. Considering several rules for compiling a cat's diet, you can provide a furry friend with a high-quality level of nutrition.
Type of food
First, you need to decide what the cat will eat: natural food or ready-made industrial food. You need to give preference to only one of these types; in no case should you mix types of feed! This rule is due to the peculiarities of digestion, and the constant change of types of food significantly complicates the work of the digestive system.
Natural food contains a lot of moisture and does not require as much drinking as ready-made food, and the digestive system simply does not have time to adapt to such changes in the diet. The consequence of such experiments can be diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, up to intestinal obstruction.
Natural food
It is very difficult to provide a balanced diet when using natural food, since here you will have to independently calculate the required amount of vitamins and microelements. When choosing this type of food, remember that these cannot be leftovers from dinner. The basis of the diet is sour milk products and meat.
Fermented milk products include kefir (it is advisable to give not quite fresh, but stood for several days in the open form in the refrigerator) and low-fat cottage cheese. You can occasionally add variety to the dairy menu by offering your cat low-fat sour cream diluted with warm water, as well as natural yogurt. As for milk, it can only be given if it is tolerated by the cat and there is no diarrhea in the animal.
The meat assortment recommended for meals is not so diverse. Basically, only lean beef is allowed, cut into small pieces with added fiber, which should be purchased separately.
Vegetables such as cabbage, lettuce, spinach, as well as rice and buckwheat porridge are suitable for garnish. In addition to beef, sometimes you can eat chicken stomachs or chicken fillets, without skin. As for fish, sometimes you can pamper your cat with boiled seafood. Mineral supplements and vitamins are added to the finished dish.
Ready feed
If the choice fell on ready-made feed, then you should not rely on the assortment actively offered by advertising on television. These are often low quality foods that can significantly shorten the lifespan of a loved one.
There is a large selection of quality feeds on the industrial food market today. However, as in the case of the types of food, here, too, one should adhere to the use of food by a cat from only one manufacturer: the composition of the food from different manufacturers may differ, as well as the balance of vitamins and trace elements. Therefore, a sharp transition to feed from another manufacturer can cause disruption of the digestive tract. From drinking, the cat must always have water.
