Cats
Many parents are very cautious about the diet of cats and hope that through normal feeding Improve the quality of food, protection, and diet to ensure the healthy growth of cats. Everyone knows that most cat food is acidified food. Many owners do not understand why cats eat acidified food. Is there any special purpose? The following is The master introduces them one by one.
1. The use of acidified food for cats
The commercial foods for adult cats currently sold in the market are basically acidified foods. The so-called acidifying food means that cats excrete acidic urine after feeding it, that is, the urine pH value is 6-6.5. Clinically, adult cats, especially those between 3 and 10 years old, are most likely to develop magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite) urinary stones, which account for more than 90% of cat urinary stones. Eating acidified foods can keep urine pH 6-6.5, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of magnesium ammonium phosphate urinary stones. Acidified foods are foods that use large amounts of animal protein, plus phosphoric acid and ammonium chloride. Animal protein is rich in sulfur reactive acids, such as methionine, etc. These reactive acids can produce sulfuric acid in the cat's body and are then eliminated in the urine.
Overly acidified cat food with a pH value lower than 6 can cause excessive loss of potassium and calcium from the urine, which is detrimental to the health of cats. Young cats mainly feed on milk, and acidic urine can be produced in the body. If young cats are allowed to eat acidified food, it will hinder the healthy growth and development of their bones. This is why young cats cannot feed adult cats commercial products. One of the reasons is food. Pregnant and lactating female cats should not be fed acidified food, because acidified food can hinder the healthy development of the fetus or kittens. Senior cats over ten years old are prone to oxalate urinary stones. Oxalate urinary stones are produced in acidic urine. Feeding acidified food will reduce the risk of urinary stones in senior cats. Therefore, it is not suitable to feed acidified food to elderly cats. Overseas, the number of oxalate urinary stones found in non-elderly cats has increased year after year, which may be related to the general acidification of food in adult cats, especially those that make the pH value of urine less than 6.
2. Cats cannot eat food
The following is an introduction to the food that cats cannot eat:
1 .Seafood: Feeding seafood can easily induce allergies.
2. Raw eggs: often contain a large number of bacteria, which affects the cat’s resistance.
3. Dessert: It will lead the cat to become fat and stimulate the whole family.listed diseases.
4. Onions: Onions are good for the human body, but cats cannot tolerate them and may even develop hemolytic anemia.
5. Bones: Cats’ gullets are relatively weak and they are not good at chewing food. If bones are eaten, it will easily damage the gullets.
6. Grapes: This is a fruit that cats absolutely cannot eat. It will have serious adverse effects on the cat’s kidneys.
3. Other cats need to pay attention when eating the following foods
1. Fish and meat: Fish and meat are rich in protein, but they are absolutely Do not feed raw fish and meat to cats. Because raw fish and meat are likely to be infected or contain parasites, which can make cats sick. Therefore, fish and raw meat should be cooked first.
2. Milk: Milk contains many nutrients and can also provide the water and calories needed by the cat’s body. However, it is still not enough to provide all the nutrients needed for the growth and development of the kitten, so the kitten’s feeding Feeding cannot rely solely on milk. Adult cats cannot drink more milk because they cannot digest the lactose in it.
3. Liver and carrots: Long-term consumption of liver will cause calcium and phosphorus imbalance in cats, so when using liver, attention should be paid to calcium supplementation. In addition, liver can provide cats with abundant vitamin A, while carrots are also normal, so it is best not to eat liver and carrots at the same time, otherwise it will cause accumulation of vitamin A poisoning in cats.
4. High-fat food: Cats should not eat too much high-fat food, such as fatty meat, in their diet to avoid the occurrence of vitamin E deficiency, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
5. Dog food: Many people think that the food of cats and dogs is the same, but they do not know that cats and dogs have very different nutritional needs. Dog food cannot provide everything that cats need. Nutrient, long-term consumption can lead to malnutrition in cats.
6. Cod liver oil: Cod liver oil is a good product that can supplement vitamins A and D. However, for cats, it will cause excessive amounts of vitamins A and D, which will affect bone health.
Healthy and reasonable food can help cats grow healthily and live longer. I believe that many parents hope that cats can accompany them for a longer time, so in daily life, we not only have to provide Cats create a good environment, and the cat’s diet should be reasonably arranged.
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