I think cats are healthy. How to eat better?

In order to make kittens healthy, we must first feed them well. Kitten's food must contain enough protein, fat, vitamins and other minerals, and these nutrients should be matched in a certain proportion. During the growing period, kittens have some special requirements for food, and the energy required per kilogram of body weight is four times that of adult cats. They also need to consume more protein than adult cats, and they must contain a variety of amino acids. They also need proper amount of vitamins and minerals to ensure the healthy growth of teeth and bones. Because kittens have much higher requirements for nutrition and energy than adult cats and have a smaller stomach capacity, they should eat less and eat more meals. In order to ensure that kittens get enough nutrition, their ideal food should be digestible, delicious and nutritious. Cooking a big meal by yourself may not meet all these needs at the same time, so the way to be lazy is to feed the cat food. The nutritious diet designed by professionals is more scientific than your own.

Don't feed the cat too casually, try to be regular and quantitative. The newly weaned kittens should be fed 4 to 5 times a day, and when they are 6 months old and weigh 3/4 of the adult cats, they can gradually reduce the feeding times to twice a day. Cats generally don't overeat and feed as much as they need for each meal. Feeding time should generally be controlled at 20 to 30 minutes. There should be no food left on the cat's food plate and it should be removed in time. Male cats eat more than female cats, grow faster and weigh more as adults.

Kittens can gradually feed adult cats when they are 8 to 9 months old, and the transition process is preferably one week. We can gradually increase the proportion of adult cat food in young cat food, and finally make cats fully adapt to adult cat food. When kittens grow up, they occasionally go out hunting. If she's not sick, but she eats less at home, nine times out of ten she gains something outside, which means the kitten has grown up.

Lovely kittens are carnivores like lions, so protein is the main food. According to calculation, compared with omnivores, cats need 6 times as much protein as 1 kg.

What cats should and shouldn't eat.

Cats are carnivores. Meat and fish are both high-phosphorus foods and rich in animal protein. However, eating these foods alone can lead to calcium deficiency. In addition, in order to prevent cats from constipation, you can give cats some fruits and vegetables, such as spinach. At the same time, the author has mentioned the importance of water and amino acids in previous articles, so I won't repeat them here.

The ideal cat food should contain vitamins, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, amino acids and protein, and the cooking should be light. The diet of cats is different from that of humans, so we can't take our own preferences as cat food.

The following summary table can be used as a reference:

Ideal food for cats-well-done beef, pork, chicken breast and eggs.

No food-

Irritating foods, such as pepper, mustard and spicy oil.

Fatty food

Cold and overheated food-A cat's tongue is afraid of heat, and its body will reject cold and overheated food.

Viscera-contains vitamin A, which is harmful to the joints of cats.

Onions-will destroy red blood cells, cause anemia, and in severe cases, lead to death.

Aquatic products such as octopus and squid can cause indigestion, vomiting and even death.

Cookies and sweets-easy to cause tooth decay

Chicken bones, fish bones-not easy to digest, and even stab the gastrointestinal tract.