Germinated oats are simply necessary for the cats living in the apartment. It contains vitamins, well influences digestion and just gives joy to pets. It can be bought in shop or to grow up independently.
Germinated oats contain group B vitamins which are very useful to pets. Besides such grass is necessary for normal digestion and health of an animal – it causes an emetic reflex which helps a cat to get rid of lumps of the pinched wool or badly digested food.
It is the best of all to grow up oats in superficial pans. Plastic or plastic containers and also ceramic pots will approach. It is desirable that the diameter of ware was rather large – it will allow to grow up bigger quantity of a young grass. In such pan it is necessary to lay out the earth without stones that its depth was about 1-1.5 cm. From above evenly to distribute oats seeds which can be bought in pet-shop and to cover them with earth on 1 cm. It is better to trample down the top layer of the earth slightly a hand. Instead of the earth it is possible to use small sawdust also. The planted seeds of oats should be watered and covered well with a film or a plastic bag to create effect of the greenhouse. For the best growth of a grass it is very important to keep the earth of slightly damp all the time. And that seeds sprouted quicker, they can be killed previously in a gauze, small green sprouts will not appear yet. As soon as seeds ascend, the film should be removed. And it is one jar better to pull a grid with large cells. For these purposes it is possible to use, for example, a grid from under fruit or potato. Thanks to such design the cat can quietly eat germinated oats, without digging out the earth. As animals like a young grass more, it is necessary to land oats two times a month. It is necessary to grow up it until the grass does not rise by 5-6 cm. Many cats cannot eat the growing grass. To enter this necessary element into their diet, it is necessary to cut off germinated oats and to add it to animal food, slightly crushing.