What Type Of Food Should You Really Feed Your Cat?

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 by: A. M. Wilmot

What should you feed your cat to make sure he or she will
have the necessary nutrition? What is the ideal mix of food to help
your cat live to the limit of it's life span?

Tp answer these questions, one should look at the diet
of a feline in it's natural habitat. In the wild, a cat eats almost
exclusively animal tissue. However, they would normally eat the entire
body of the animal,

including it's stomach contents, which has many nutrients that are simply lacking in an animals muscle tissue.

Another question many cat owners have is: Is fresh meat
the best possible food for cats? Not necessarily. Fresh meat will not
provide a balanced diet for a cat, as they are extremely protein dense
while being very low in vital nutrients such as calcium.

Alternately, some cat owners have asked, "Is it O.K. to
feed my cat an exclusively vegetarian diet?" The answer to that
question is a clear cut no. Cats cannot produce the nutrients it needs
from an exclusively vegetarian diet in the same way that humans can.

Being a highly specialized hunter, it has simply lost that ability during the course of it's evolution.

Major skin problems are often the result of a deficiency
in certain essential fatty acids which can be found in animal flesh
alone.

Another problem is that a deficiency of the amino acid
taurine, a vital building block for proteins in the body, which can
cause both blindness and heart failure. Cats are simply born
carnivores.

Is it o.k. to give a cat only dry food? According to
petshub, the answer is yes, providing that you ensure that fresh water
is available at all times.

Dry food is generally more convenient, hygienic, and
affordable than canned or fresh food. It also exercises the teeth and
reduces the buildup of tartar, which can grow into a severe problem in
cats that are fed a soft and mushy diet.

For more information about proper cat nutrition go to http://www.premium-cat-food.com/

About the Author

A. M. Wilmot is a writer and researcher in the field of human and pet health. For more information visit http://www.premium-cat-food.com/ or http://www.dog-food-nutrition.info/

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