Cat Slaves Promotion Manual - A detailed analysis of the disadvantages of each wrong way of feeding cats, please pay attention and add favorites!

1. Mixed feeding of a variety of cat food

Unless it is during the feeding period, the two cat foods have to be mixed and fed. Other times don't mix.

1. Because each cat food is formulated with nutritional elements, it has its own formula; the crude protein content of cat food ranges from 20 to 40; the content of calcium and phosphorus ratio is 1:1 to 2:1 No wait... If the two cat foods are mixed in a 1:1 ratio, it does not mean that all the nutrients are also mixed in a 1:1 ratio. And cat food isn't a simple mix of all the recipes. If you have to add other things to cat food, my suggestion is to freeze-dry it (don't buy the Sanwu products from a treasure and Pinxixi).

2. In case the cat has a problem with cat food, it is impossible to tell which food is the problem.

Conclusion: Don't Mix Cat Foods

2. Mixed feeding of dry food and wet food, mixed feeding of raw food and cooked food

3. Mix feeding of dry food and wet food to ensure that the cat can eat it in a short time. The bacteria on the surface of dry food are easy to multiply when exposed to water, and it is a good medium for long-term retention;

4. Cats have different digestibility and absorption rates of meat and cat food;

5. Cat food belongs to the puffing process, and it will continue to expand in the stomach; if the cat feels that the wet food is delicious, it will eat more, and the stomach will be filled with wet food and dry food. After ten minutes of dry food expansion, it is easy to cause the cat to vomit;

6. When the cat digests cooked products, the pH value of gastric acid is about 4; when the cat digests raw meat alone, the pH value of gastric acid is about 2. The PH value of stomach acid is lower when digesting raw meat than when digesting cooked food, so mixing raw food and cooked food can easily cause the raw meat to not be fully digested, which will cause the cat to loose stools.

Conclusion: The dry and wet food mix should be eaten in a short time; raw food and cooked food should not be fed together, at least 6-8 hours apart.

3. Canned snacks are fed as canned staple food

1. Canned staple food requires high calories, balanced and complete nutrition (that is, the composition of minerals and trace elements is complete, such as trace elements, minerals and amino acids, etc.), without grains, starch, and moisture content of about 80%, which can meet the long-term feeding of cats. requirements. Canned staple food should meet the standard: more than 10% crude protein and more than 5% crude fat. Canned staple foods are free of flavors and preservatives.

2. On the contrary, canned snacks have more flavors and thickeners, and lower crude protein and crude fat content.

Feeding canned snacks as a staple food can make cats prone to picky eaters; they are also prone to malnutrition. Canned staple food can be fed as a snack.

Conclusion: To distinguish between canned staple food and canned snacks, long-term feeding must be canned staple food.

4. Feeding too much tuna (and food)

5. Tuna is rich in high-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids, but the high content of unsaturated fatty acids requires a large amount of vitamin E to prevent the fat from going rancid. If the intake of vitamin E in cats is insufficient, it will lead to the accumulation of fat and oxidative rancidity, resulting in yellow fat disease;

2. Most of the deep-sea fish such as tuna are the hardest hit areas for heavy metals, which are easy to cause heavy metals to accumulate in cats and cause heavy metal poisoning.

Conclusion: Feed tuna as little as possible. A cat can supplement enough omega-3, iodine and other trace elements with 100 grams a week, and does not need to eat more; eat tuna to supplement vitamin E.

5. Feed raw fish

6. Raw fish may have various parasites and are unsanitary;

7. Most fish contain thiamine enzyme, which is an enzyme that breaks down and destroys thiamine (that is, vitamin B1) in food. As a water-soluble vitamin, vitamin B group is easy to be lacking. If cats eat raw fish for a long time, it is easy to cause thiamine deficiency. Cats deficient in thiamine may experience loss of appetite, vomiting, dehydration, severe neurological abnormalities (often manifested as seizures), and even death.

Conclusion: Do not feed raw fish.

6. Feeding cooked fish with spines

Cats can really get stuck by fishbone, and it is very difficult to treat.

Conclusion: When feeding fish, try to pick out the fishbone as clean as possible before feeding the cat.

7. Single food or frequent food changes

8. If the same food is ingested repeatedly, the bad ingredients in the food will accumulate in the body, which will cause metabolic problems in the long term;

9. The food contacted is too simple, so that the cat mistakenly thinks that only a certain food is safe and becomes a picky eater. It will be difficult to change cat food or add complementary food;

10. Frequent food changes will give the cat too many choices. It will choose the food with the most flavors and additives, which is easy to cause picky eaters.

Conclusion: The cat's food or taste can be changed every 6 months. This will help cats develop good eating habits.

Eight, do not care about the cat drinking water

1. The moisture content of cat food is about 6%-10%, and cats need extra water intake if they eat cat food for a long time. Chronic dehydration can result from chronically inadequate water intake;

2. Insufficient water intake of cats will lead to concentrated urine, and crystals in the urine are easy to accumulate, causing urinary tract stones, bladder stones, kidney stones and even urinary tract infections in cats.

Conclusion: Try to make cats drink more water, there are many methods, such as placing water basins and food bowls at a distance; adding more water bowls; giving cats canned staple food; increasing the diameter of the water bowls, etc.

9. Wrong place to eat

Cats like to eat in relatively closed and quiet places. Placing water bowls and food bowls in relatively closed and quiet corners will help ease cats’ tension and embarrassment.

Conclusion: Keep the water and food bowls in a relatively quiet and airtight place.

10. Feed your cat vegetarian food

11. The cat's teeth and gastrointestinal tract determine that the cat is a pure carnivore. They have low tolerance to carbohydrates due to their low enzymes digesting carbohydrates and their inability to upregulate active activity, up to 5g starch/kg;

12. Cats have a high tolerance to fat;

13. Cats have a large demand for high protein, mainly from meat, poultry, fish and seafood.

Conclusion: Don't feed cats vegetarian cat food, it's no different than cat cruelty.