2 Ways To Feed Your Cat To Be Healthy

Maybe many of us cat lovers just give food without paying attention to whether the way to give food to cats is correct or not. This is not because we don't want our cats to grow up healthy but maybe just because of our ignorance.

Because the name of any animal lover, including cat lovers, of course they want their cats to grow up healthy. Because it will be very difficult for us and take time to care for a sick cat. Not only that, even when a cat is sick, we feel sad to see him suffer.

2 Ways to Feed Cats Correctly  So Cat Will Be Healthy

Cats that grow healthy cannot be separated from good care and healthy, nutritious food. But other than that, how to give good food is one of the important points that supports the two things above. Healthy and nutritious food benefits will be less than optimal if we give carelessly or too much.

That's why we need to know how to properly feed a cat. For those of you who are curious, you can see Angora's explanation about how to feed a good cat below :

1. Feed On Time And On Schedule

The first correct way to feed your cat is to give your cat food on time and on schedule. Feed the cat in the morning, afternoon and evening. When giving cat food, make sure the food provided is nutritious enough.

Also pay attention to whether the cat's appetite changes. If there is a change, immediately find out the cause and provide appropriate treatment so that the cat does not fall ill or seriously ill. For those of you who have a lot of cats, arrange the food portions so that they are evenly distributed.

We do this so that all cats grow healthy and develop equally. Although this method is the correct way to feed a cat, there is one drawback to this method. Namely when the cat feels hungry the cat will ask us for food.

Usually cats ask for additional food between main meals. Just because the cat asks for food, don't give it too much and continuously. Consult this with your veterinarian so you can find out how many servings are ideal for domestic cats.

Also, so that you don't have to worry about cats getting sick or obese if we give food when the cat keeps asking us to eat when it's not the main meal time. For kittens to teenage cats, feed the cat 3 times a day.

While for adult cats or old cats you can give cat food 2 times a day, especially for those of you who have many cats at home.

2. Feed the Cats As Much

If you are a person who wants to be practical, you don't want to bother you can use the second option, which is to feed the cat as much as you want. Why is that? Isn't feeding like that wrong? The answer to this is true.

By providing lots of food in the automatic food container and letting the cat eat as much as he wants, the cat will no longer beg for food from you if you apply this method. For those who don't know what an automatic food container is, you can see the picture below.

It's just that this method can only be done by using dry cat food, aka dry food. Because it is difficult to use wet food or wet food if you use the method above and wet food will be more easily damaged than wet food.

Oh yes, this method can also be applied to those of you who are busy, whether it's busy at work or other activities. This way you only need to give food once a day, nor do you have to bother thinking about the cat's feeding schedule.

Make sure you only give a ration once a day because if you give a direct ration for 2 days, you are worried that the smell of food will turn out to be unpleasant so that the cat will be reluctant to eat it. You need to know that in addition to having advantages, this method also has disadvantages.

The drawback is that you can't monitor changes in your cat's appetite, you can't regulate the portion of your cat's food and the interaction between the cat and the owner will be reduced.

Portions that cannot be adjusted can cause a cat to become obese but this can be tricked by providing a portion of food for a day. When the food in the automatic container has run out in less than a day you don't need to add it again.

From here the cat will learn how to deal with its food. Changes in appetite can be overcome by looking at the condition of the cat's appetite at least once a day. When the cat loses its appetite and won't eat, take the cat to the vet immediately.

One more drawback of this method is that this way of feeding cats as much as you like only applies to healthy cats and does not apply to wormed cats. Cats with worms tend to be voracious and eat the whole food in less than half a day.

Therefore it is important for us to know about the characteristics of cats that have intestinal worms.

6 Mistakes in Feeding Cats

Now that we know how to properly feed cats, what we will discuss next is what are the common mistakes made by cat lovers. Here are some common mistakes made :

1. Overfeeding Cats

Common mistakes that are made in feeding cats are giving the cat too much food and spoiling the cat with lots of cat snacks. This is common because cat owners find fat cats cute. They do not know that overfeeding can cause cats to develop obesity disorders (overweight).

Obese cats will experience respiratory problems, diabetes, urinary tract disorders, arthritis and several other health problems. That's why we must portion our cat's food properly. A good portion is between 0.5 Kg a day and calories between 26-34 calories a day.

2. Carelessly Providing Drinking Water

To quench thirst as well as a source of minerals, cats really need water. Maybe many of us just carelessly provide water for cats. Maybe even many of us do not provide drinking water and let cats drink carelessly in bathroom tubs, puddles, and the like.

You need to know that the best drinking water for cats is boiled water. Giving raw water like it from the bathroom, well water and the like has the potential to contain parasites and bacteria that can make cats experience stomach and digestive tract problems.

Usually cats that are given raw water will suffer from constipation, intestinal worms, stomach pain, diarrhea and other digestive problems. To avoid this health problem, you should give your cat water that has been cooked thoroughly and place it in a place that is easy for cats to find such as near a bowl or food container.

3. Mixing Garlic As Medicine

Some cat lovers believe that garlic has properties to kill and remove tapeworms from the cat's stomach. They give garlic as a medicine by mixing it into wet food so that the smell is disguised. But this is a big mistake, quoted from excitedcats.com that giving garlic to cats, be it raw onions, onion powder and even fried onions can cause poisoning in cats.

There is no fact that garlic is a natural remedy that can kill worms. The fact is that giving too much garlic to the cat will be a poison that will destroy the red blood cells in the cat and make the cat anemic.

4. Feeding Cats Raw Food

Sometimes as a distraction, we give other food to cats such as fish, chicken, beef and the like. But many of us give it raw. This should not be done because it can make the cat suffer from diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and intestinal worms.

Before giving the cat the food should be given in a cooked state and without a mixture of spices. Because the mixture of spices can be dangerous for cats because it can be toxic when it enters its stomach.

5. Forcing Cats to Be Vegetarian

Forcing cats to become vegetarians may be a bit rare for cat lovers in Indonesia, mostly done by foreigners. But there is nothing wrong with Angora here reminding her. Forcing cats to become vegetarians is wrong.

Because cats are carnivorous animals. Cats should eat meat regularly or at least get nutrients similar to those in animal meat from other food sources. When cats lack protein, it will cause blindness, heart problems and sudden death in cats.

6. Carelessly Give Cats Snacks

In between the time between main meals we sometimes give the cat a snack. Maybe if a special cat snack is not a problem given. Some of us even give any snacks to cats. Such as giving chocolate cake, jelly candy and other sweet foods.

Both of these foods contain harmful compounds that are harmless to humans but are very toxic to cats. Chocolate contains menthylxanthune compounds while jelly candy contains xylitol in artificial sweeteners.

Both of these compounds when eaten by cats can cause stomach pain, diarrhea, seizures, poisoning and death.

That's an explanation of how to give cat food the right way and common mistakes in giving cat food. With this article, hopefully it can help you in knowing how to give good cat food and avoid wrongly feeding cats, increase your knowledge and can be useful for you.

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