If you are the owner of a cat or dog, then you must responsibly approach the issue of feeding your pet. There are several rules to help keep your pet healthy and within acceptable weight. So how should you feed your pet?
Instructions
Step 1
Choose a spacious and quiet place in your kitchen with plastic or tiled surfaces that are easy to clean. Children should not run past the eating animal or someone should constantly walk, this distracts and interferes with the digestion of your four-legged friend.
Step 2
There must be fresh and purified water next to the food bowl. Please note - if the pet does not drink, then the water has lost its freshness and bacteria multiply in it. Wash the water bowl urgently with hot water and soap and refill with fresh liquid.
Step 3
It is better if you feed your pet several times a day in small portions than leaving a mountain of food all day. Firstly, even dry food is weathered and spoiled. Secondly, your friend can easily put on a couple of extra pounds by regularly visiting the bowl for a snack out of boredom. And this, in turn, is a direct path to obesity and serious problems with the cardiovascular system. Fat cats and dogs very often touch their owners, but few people think how hard it is for an animal to cope with such a load on the heart.
Step 4
The choice of food must be taken seriously - in no case think that a cat or dog can be fed with scraps from a human table. Animals are completely different creatures, and their body and digestive system have their own characteristics. Take the animal to the veterinarian, tell him about the features and get recommendations for food. Watch the condition of the coat: for example, the formation of matted lumps indicates a variety of problems, in particular, serious liver problems. Properly selected high-quality dry food for cats or dogs will not do any harm, but only benefit. Now in stores and veterinary pharmacies you can find food for all the characteristics of dogs and cats.
Step 5
It is extremely important for the animal's body to receive a balanced diet - make sure that it contains an equal amount of proteins and carbohydrates, as well as enough vitamins, which are important for strengthening bones and teeth. Buy a balanced complex of vitamins for every day at a veterinary pharmacy - and please your pet with them! They are usually made with very attractive nutritional supplements for the beast and can be used as rewards for obedience or success in training.
