Many novice shovelers do not quite understand how to feed the cat, most of the time is to put the cat food on the cat to eat on its own, do not know that there are many small details in this regard that need to be paid attention to, a little careless, the cat's glass stomach may have problems. In order to protect the health of the cats, the shovelers must be careful when feeding!
Eat fewer and more meals
Some shovelers like to fill the cat food bowl with cat food for cats to eat freely, which is indeed time-saving and labor-saving, but it is not necessarily a good thing for cats. Some cats will eat frequently, but because the amount of exercise can not keep up, it is easy to gain weight; long-term overeating will also lead to indigestion, causing a bad impact on the stomach and intestines.
A healthy way to feed is to rate and ration, eat less and eat more meals. Usually adult cats can be fed 2-3 times a day, cat food chooses a light taste, do not contain too much oil and salt, often difficult to digest.
Feed snacks with caution
Some shovelers like to share snacks with cats, such as biscuits and fruits, and hungry cats can't help but come forward to beg when they see their owners eating. However, even if the cat is cute, it is not recommended that the shoveler directly feed the human fruit snacks to eat, because many foods cats can't eat, like grapes, chocolate and other foods, which will cause great harm to the cat's body.
It is recommended to feed snacks or special pet snacks, which are harmless to the cat's body. But it is also necessary to control the frequency of feeding and avoid developing the bad habit of cats being greedy and picky and not loving to eat.
Urge to drink water
The shoveler must remember to urge the cat to drink more water on weekdays! Many urinary problems are caused by not loving to drink water, if the cat that eats dry food drinks too little water, the urine concentration is too high, and over time it is easy to form crystals, causing urinary pain and blood, and the cat will be very painful.
Transition period for food exchange
When changing the cat's food, pay attention to the transition period of about a week, do not change the cat food at one time, it is likely to cause the cat to have indigestion and cause gastrointestinal discomfort. A certain percentage of new grain can be mixed with the old grain, increasing day by day, so that the cat can slowly adapt.
Cats due to gastrointestinal discomfort caused by vomiting symptoms, the shoveler can give the cat to eat some Puant antiemetic medicine to soothe, pay attention to the cat to change some digestible food, help restore gastrointestinal health.