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 NATURAL
NUTRITION
You may
not be happy with the food you're feeding your cat, and your cat
may not be happy either! There are two alternatives: homemade or
high-quality store bought.
Homemade can be either the raw
food diet, or you can cook it. If you decide to prepare homemade
foods for your cat, you'll need to understand the cats' basic nutritional
needs and find a good recipe. If you're not ready to become your
cats personal chef, there is much you can do to enhance
the nutrition of store-bought food.
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Feeding
Guidlines
Feed only twice a day:
Depending on your cats preference.
A large, all-you-can-eat dinner may be enough for some cats with
a smaller snack in the morning. Since after a large meal they will
sleep for a hours, this may work well for your sleeping patterns
as well.
It's not a good idea to only feed them once a
day— even though cats in the wild may eat once a day, our
domesticated cats have developed different needs.
Remove food between meals:
Cats in the wild don't eat all
day. Smelling food all day disrupts the digestion process and slows
down metabolism. A slowed down metabolism is one cause of dandruff
and obesity.
Cats who have food available all day can become
finicky eaters. Give them a chance to work up an appetite!
Foods to avoid:
tuna
tomatoes
eggplants - all nightshade vegetables
onions
chocolate - contains an enzyme that is poisonous to cats
ham and pork
Take
action:
Become an educated
label reader:
If feeding raw food, or cooking for your
cat is not possible, look for the highest
quality food
Grocery store cat foods may put their money
into advertising instead of high quality contents. Look for
fillers such as grain meal, rendered "meat," and
corn meal. The 4D meats: Dead, Dying, Diseased or Disabled
are considered legal for pet food.
Consider that paying more for higher quality
food can be an insurance policy against future illness and
disease.
Call the pet food makers:
Ask if the meats used
are "human-grade" or Grade A or B meat. Although
most pet food manufacturers use the same manufacturing plant,
they purchase and specify the contents. The 800 number is
usually on the can.
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