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Education is key in everything related to cat nutrition. Not all dry food is bad not all can food is bad. After taking care of cats for over 25 years we do believe that nutrition plays a very important role in allowing our cats to live their 9lives to the fullest Visit A Country Cat House for more tips on nutrition and more all related to cats.
Links with food choices for kits:
http://www.wikihow.com/Read-a-Pet-Food-Label
Taken from Country Cat House FB:
Taurine Requirement
Cats have a special need for the amino sulfonic acid, taurine, essential for the formation of bile salts which aid in the digestion of fats and absorption of fat soluble vitamins, healthy eyes, and heart function. Cats are unable to manufacture taurine themselves because they do not have enough of the enzymes to synthesize it from the amino acids methionine and cysteine, therefore, it must be in their diet.
Nutrition … Dangers of Overfeeding your cat…..
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Your kitty is a little gordito or gordita (chubby)…. well we have noticed an increase in obesity in cats during the last 10 years.
It is vital that your cat has the right balance of essential vitamins, nutrients and minerals for their bodies to function properly. Cats that aren’t fed a balanced diet can have a variety of health problems, like bone malformations or poordensity due to a lack of calcium and phosphorous and heart disease due to a lack of taurine.
While you want to make sure you’re feeding your pet the right amount of food, overfeeding can cause obesity.
Here are some of the dangers of an obese cat:
1. An obese cat is not a healthy animal
2. They have less energy
3. They have a hard time to get around like walking and walking up/down stairs.
4. They have propensity to joint problems
5. They can’t run and cats that can run are much happier and have better mental and physical health.
6. Arthritis
7. Diabetes
8. Certain types of liver failure.
While many cats can be predisposed to obesity if they lead sedentary lives and consume extra calories put them at higher risk and most of the time we are reponsible for this. So let’s be aware of ther serious dangers to our kitty cats and we have a choice to help our cats win the battle against obesity.