 | Cat Alimentation Nutrition & Nourishment Cats are prey animals. This natural characteristic was not lost when turned into domestic animals. Its organism and its way of life are adapted for living free. In its na tural life they feed themselves on their prey's meat. Cats hunt rats, small rodents, lizards, birds and insects, all with of which they eat with skin and hair included, finding in them what they need, concentrated food consisting on muscular meat, livers, bones, viscera, and mineral substances and vegetables from the stomach and intestines of the victim. Some fresh water and predetermined herbs complete its diet. The digestion is regulated by the skin and bones, and heavy substances found its prey. Cats that do not hunt rodents have to be fed in an adequate way. To make general rules is not easy and to question the way how to feed an animal or how to prepare its meals can never have a definite answer.Cat Food: Experts agree at least in this point that feed contains all what the cat needs for a healthy nourishment. Also it can be stored and it is practical for trips. It contains albumins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and marginal elements that are arranged effectively for the feeding of a predator. In any case, one must be alert when buying these products because not all of them are good. Canned food one can buy it almost anywhere, its nutritional value is very high and it is available in a wide variety of flavors. For example, one can find rabbit, chicken, tuna fish, veal, and liver flavors that amongst others allows one to offer the cat, by combining these flavors, a varied menu. Dry food also has ingredients of high nutritional values thought specially for cats. The difference between canned feed and dry feed is that the latter lacks water completely. That is why cats fed with dry food have to drink lots of water. To chew on something hard is good for teeth, but this type of chewing feed must only be given as a complement. Cats that eat dry feed drink more water than those who are fed with the other type, but in the long run all the water consumed by cats is not enough to compensate the lack of humidity. They can suffer disturbances, above all if talking about castrated cats which tend to create stones in the urinary conducts or that suffer from urine retention that can end with the cat's death. |
