Dry food for cats

When a cat appears in the house, after a certain time she becomes a full member of the family. You always want the pet not only to be fed, but also completely healthy. Dry food for cats significantly saves time for owners of furry pets, but not always really useful for the latter.

Harm to dry food for cats

Feeding a cat with an exceptionally dry type of food can provoke three main threats to the health of the animal:

The norm of dry food for cats

If the cat is not neutered and does not have problems with excess weight, free feeding is allowed. The fact is that a healthy cat will never eat more than it needs and will not eat up for future use. You can leave a plate with food and a bowl of water. If there is a need for batch feeding, then a day is enough 150-200 grams of feed.

But it is worth remembering that even the correctly calculated rate of dry food for cats is not able to completely fill all the needs of the body. Be sure to include in the diet of an animal natural food: meat, dairy products, chicken.

For cats after sterilization, dry food should be selected more carefully. Due to the procedure of sterilization or castration, the hormonal background of the animal changes, which leads to excessive consumption of food. You should choose dry food for sterilized cats only among the brands of super-premium class and constantly monitor the amount eaten. This also applies to animals with an allergy of nutritional nature. Hypoallergenic dry food for cats should also be only of the highest quality, because this directly affects the digestive processes of the animal.

Types of dry food for cats

The composition of dry fodder for cats determines the class to which it belongs. Conditionally it is possible to divide all products for pets into three groups.

  1. Food of economy class. This kind can be safely purchased at supermarkets or nearby stores. Often, raw materials for cooking very poor quality food. These are by-products mixed with cereals and soy. About the benefits of such food, there is nothing to say. It is suitable only to eliminate the feeling of hunger in the animal. Often, producers "sin" by adding all sorts of chemical ingredients, which often leads to animal disease and its death. Meats in such feeds are only 4-6%, and sometimes it is replaced with flavorings. This type of feed includes "Whiskas", "Kitekat", "Friskies", "Darling". Unfortunately, this class is most often advertised and the low price is the only advantage of this class.
  2. Premium feed. In this case, it uses higher quality raw materials. Here the main source of protein is meat. The digestibility of such food is much better, because almost all food is digested? but meat there is only 10-20%. This type includes "Nature's protection", "Araton", "Nutro Choice", "Happy Cat". Such food is suitable for feeding with an episodic character, but not always.
  3. Super premium. Dry food for cats of good quality is significantly different in price, which makes it less affordable. But the composition there is completely different. It is balanced, has a high nutritional value and is well absorbed by the body. For cooking use natural chicken meat, turkey, high-quality cereal. There you will not find synthetic additives, and more than 50% is made of natural meat. This class includes forage "Orijen", "Acana", "Felidea", "Hills", "Animonda", Royal Canin, Eucanuba.