Cat Care: The Dos and Don’ts of Feeding

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By Remy Fletcher

One of the most important elements in cat care is cat food. It is the most important need of cats and has to be provided by the owner. Plus, the kind of food you feed them will also reflect the nutritional contents of their food intake.

In order for your cats to be as sick-free as possible and grow well, we have to care for them by feeding them with the most nutritious food available. There are always guidelines where you can follow to give them a balanced diet and always refill their drinking water.

But what about those other reminders that remind us to not do this and that when feeding our cats?

Well, the don’ts of cat food feeding are also part of cat care. Avoid giving cat food that includes by-products such as “meat and/or bone meal”, “animal digest”, etc. Most of the other descriptions including the words “digest” or “meal” should be avoided as they are of no nutritional value to your cats.

Below are some more invaluable tips:

- Do not give food that includes corn meal as filler. - Avoid giving meals that conation like almost 50 percent of carbohydrates fillers. - Food with too much preservative is highly-discouraged.

Good cat care comes from good cat food. Always remember the basic nutritional needs of your cats. This includes protein from a poultry source or fish. Taurine, also an essential amino acid, certain other vitamins, minerals, enzymes and fatty acids and of course the most important of all, Water.

Cats do not really need so much carbohydrate as we do. But we just could not get away from the widely available canned cat food with carbohydrates fillers. Just ensure that the fillers do not tip over the 50 percent mark.

One great tip is to vary your cat menu from time to time. Don’t stick to one for too long else your cat will get bored and its appetite will plunge.

I hope that these cat care tips will help you better select the type of more nutritional cat food for your pets. But I highly suggest that you learn more so that you can be make better choices for your pets.


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