If you are a happy owner of a cat, then by all means have to think of healthy nutrition for her. Giving preference to a natural diet, it is necessary to deal with some features of such feeding.
Choosing natural food for the pet, it is necessary to understand that the diet has to be balanced, vitamin-rich, mineral substances, it is ideal in the ratio proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Making the menu for a cat, it is necessary to follow the general rules of feeding, at the same time placing emphasis on flavoring preferences of the favourite, age and other features which are inherent specifically in your animal.
Advantage of natural feeding is confidence of the owner for lack of chemistry, in freshness of a product, knowledge of structure of the prepared dish.
Food has to undergo heat treatment, it is a guarantee of lack of parasites in products. Salt and spices are excluded, they do not bring anything except harm for an organism. Cooking on couple and boiled food is allowed. Kpcheny and fried products from a diet need to be removed.
Cats - predators by the nature, and a basis of their food have to be squirrels. Sources: meat, fish, dairy products. When choosing meat it is necessary to give preference to beef, rabbit flesh, a meat offal. Feeding by fish is allowed infrequently, about one-two times a week. From dairy products kefir, fermented baked milk, cottage cheese is well acquired. It is not necessary to milk, it can lead to disorders of digestion.
Sources of carbohydrates are grain, vegetables. Porridges do on low-fat broth with addition of pieces of fish, meat or vegetables. It is possible to include carrots, squash, a cauliflower, parsley, spinach in a diet. Many cats do not love vegetable food at all, and here it is possible to resort to cunning: crush vegetables in the blender and mix with meat. Also bran is added to food - food fibers of cellulose help to adjust digestion, stimulating intestines.
Egg yolks, creamy, olive oil - the products containing vegetable and animal fats. If oil can be given almost every day, then the egg yolk should be included in food not more often than once a week.
It is impossible to give to the pet of a bone, he can choke, also bones injure intestines and a stomach. The list of the forbidden products includes fat meat - pork, mutton. Remove sweet dishes from a diet, they lead to a metabolic disorder, and chocolate contains theobromine that for cats is poison. Potatoes - for the pet a useless product because the starch which is contained in it is not acquired by an organism. Bean can lead to swelling and a meteorizm.
For prevention of avitaminosis buy special vitamin and mineral complexes and additives, considering at the same time all physiological features of an animal. Be attentive to the pet, notice the slightest changes in appearance and behavior, consult with veterinarians, adjust a diet of a cat in time. Care of the pet in the present will help to avoid many diseases in the future.