Your Cat or Kitten Will Love You More, When You Follow this Guide to Feline Feeding


You can take the easy option and throw some discount cat feed into
a bowl for your feline friend, but will she remain your friend for
long if you don't give a bit more thought into what you feed her?
Here is some advice that will have her purring with delight at
feeding time, and keep her healthy at the same time.


In order to keep your cat or kitten healthy, you need to choose
quality foods that will provide him with nutrients he needs. But,
what are they? You can't just give your cat any type of food that
is available. There are several things you should do to improve
your cat's nutrition.
Kitten Food
During the first few weeks, the food will come from mom cat.


But, when he begins to reach the age of four to six weeks, he needs
to supplement his foods with canned kitten food or you can provide
him with dry cat food that is softened with water. At eight weeks,
he should be weaned from the mother and eating kitten food solely.
The breeder at this point can allow him to be adopted and should
provide you with some of the food that he is eating. If you plan to
switch brands, you can do so but make sure that you mix the food
together until he is used to it.


Growing kittens will eat a good amount of food. They are growing
very fast and need it. They will eat more than once a day. They are
likely to eat up to four smaller meals until they are six months
old.

You should give him plenty of clean water as well. Remember,
kittens have smaller stomachs and need smaller amounts but use a
lot of energy nonetheless.
As Your Kitten Gets Older
At six months, the cat will begin to taper off in growing. He
will likely be less active as well.

This means you can cut
back to feeding him to two or
three meals a day. You should not change from kitten food to
adult food since he is still growing.
At a year, you can provide him with adult food. Adult
cats will eat when they are hungry
so you can simply leave a dish filled with dry food for him.

But,
if he overeats and becomes overweight, he will need to be limited
to eating twice a day instead. If you give him canned food, you can
still offer dry food as well. Canned food should not be left out
all day.
What Kind of Cat Food?
To purchase cat food, you should look for the types that have
protein sources in the first few
ingredients that are listed.

You should make sure that the food is
well balanced too. If the cat has problems that are
health related look for foods
designed to help with these
conditions.
Many cats will enjoy both wet and dry
food. But, some are finicky about it.

If your cat does not seem to
like dry cat food, moisten it or provide him with regular check ups
at the vet to keep his teeth clean. Providing well balanced food
for your cat will allow him to live a healthy, long life.
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