Most families feed cats with cat food, and some owners will choose homemade cat food, which can adjust the cat's diet structure and make cats change their tastes. But now many parents start to feed their kittens with homemade cat food. I have to say that this is an incorrect method. Why do you say that? The following is a detailed introduction for everyone.

1. Why don't kittens eat homemade food?

Young cats had better not eat homemade food. Cats generally mature two months before their bodies. A kitten is a cat before August ~ 65438+February. They need a lot of nutrition, and lack of nutrition will seriously affect their health. Cat food is composed of many ingredients, and nutrition is added according to the needs of cats. Old cats should eat nutritious old cat food. Cats may need to eat some prescription cat food when they are sick. If kittens eat homemade food, unbalanced nutrition will not have a serious impact on their health. Cats that eat soft food are prone to dental calculus.

Canned food is not as nutritious as cat food, so it doesn't matter if the cat refuses to eat canned food. On the contrary, if they only eat canned food and refuse to eat cat food, that's not good. It doesn't matter that some cats don't chew cat food. Cat food will swell and soften immediately after eating.

Cats who love chicken liver will have no problem eating a lot of chicken liver at once, but they may wait for the liver to eat every day and refuse to eat cat food. If you eat chicken liver for a long time, it is particularly bad, because vitamin A and vitamin D compete in the body, and the absorption of vitamin D will be reduced if vitamin A is more, leading to calcium deficiency. Moreover, the liver is a detoxification organ, and not all toxic substances in it can be inactivated during processing, such as heavy metals.

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Second, feed the kitten.

Kittens 2 to 5 months old are in the growing period. For fast-growing kittens, more calories are necessary. Cats weighing 3-4 months after birth need 130-250 calories a day, after six months, 100 calories, and adult cats need 80 calories. In terms of nutrients, cats are basically carnivores, so they need more animal protein. In addition, insufficient calcium intake will lead to incomplete growth of bones, teeth and claws, insufficient taurine will lead to blindness or heart disease, and insufficient vitamin A will lead to visual impairment or deterioration of skin conditions. These nutrients can be given more. The demand for calcium in young cats is 40% higher than that in adult cats.

Because the development of young cats needs these diverse nutrients, if they are only given cat meat, malnutrition will occur, but if they are given too many vitamins, they will cause poisoning symptoms. In the past, many cats were fed with leftovers, but at that time, cats could go outside to catch some small supplements and some undernourished food. Nowadays, cats are kept indoors, so cat owners should pay special attention to nutrition. If they don't have the correct knowledge about nutrition, it's best not to cook what cats eat by themselves. Letting cats eat cat feed produced by the factory is better for their growth and health. It is suggested that cat owners choose different feeds to feed their cats according to their life cycle (infancy, adulthood, pregnancy, etc.). ).

Finally, it should be noted that although young cats eat a lot during their development, they basically control their food intake. For kittens, it doesn't matter how many meals they feed a day as long as they are willing to eat. There is no need to limit how many times they eat a day. Of course, it is best to eat less and eat more.

The digestive system and self-resistance of cats are very weak in childhood, and some foods in our homemade cat food cannot be digested by kittens. Therefore, kittens eating homemade cat food will not increase nutrition, and they are likely to get sick. Therefore, parents should give priority to cat food and milk cake.