Cats, also as well as people, grow old over time. And if at the person it is quite big age, then the old age of a cat begins in 7 years. But observance of the correct and healthy feeding, physical activity and continuous medical examinations can prevent many diseases in old age, at the same time prolonging life of old animals most long.
What to feed an old cat at chronic diseases with?
By an old age the cats and cats can have some problems with health. And if the healthy cat continues to eat as earlier, then old men with diseases should reconsider the diet. Because of food a lot of things depend: as the disease and as the animal will feel at the same time will behave. The correct feeding at such respectable age will help to avoid the excess weight and complications of chronic diseases.
Cats who have a renal failure (HPN) have to drink much. If the animal with HNP drinks insufficiently, to it enter liquid intravenously that the organism was not dehydrated. The dry feed can also lead to dehydration therefore it is recommended to transfer cats from HNP on damp food. Damp forages have to be with the low content of potassium, phosphorus and various nutritional supplements. At a stern there have to be substances which remove surplus of phosphorus (it has negative effect on kidneys).
Old cats often have a disease of teeth. It is stomatitis, gingivit, caries or a scale. At such diseases it is recommended to get special forages with large dense pieces. The cat should crack them, and it is good prevention from a scale. More often the disease gipertireoz occurs among old cats. It consists in surplus of hormones of a thyroid gland which are produced because of a tumor in a thyroid gland. Because of it at a cat the increased appetite, the lost weight, concern is observed. Veterinarians at a gipertireoza recommend to feed with damp sterns on the basis of chicken, veal, beef or mutton. Choose forages in tetra paks (as Bozita) or in plastic bags (as the Yam or Ekanuba), but not in metal tins. Cats old men often suffer from chronic locks. It is connected with the lowered physical activity. In that case it is worth entering into a diet more cellulose (vegetables, bran, cellulose) or dry feeds with the high content of humidity. Forages with such additives will also help cats, sick diabetes and suffering from colitis. The cats suffering from inflammation of intestines and anal glands can eat sterns which contain digestible protein. Food with the high content of taurine is recommended to cats with problems of heart. But sodium content in such sterns has to be much lower. Cats at whom cancer is observed have to be on an antioxidant diet.
Natural feeding
Cats in old age become choosy in the choice of food. Happens that the favourite begins to eat that he never ate. It is connected with the fact that by an old age the flavoring nerves lose sensitivity. In a diet of old cats and cats there have to be more high-quality fats. They awaken appetite of whimsical animals the strong smell. Diversify the old man's diet with a liver, chicken breast, beef heart, an offal. From vegetables offer it haricot, a squash or pumpkin. You should not give fish to a cat at any age, and in old – especially. She contains a lot of phosphorus which is badly brought out of an organism and harms kidneys. If the cat is hurt by gums, he will refuse dense food. In such cases offer an animal strong veal or beef broths, having flavored them with meat mash and oat flakes. Such food will quickly calm uneasy gums. It is possible to offer a cat the boiled soft meat cut on the small extended pieces that the cat could eat them without chewing later. The old cat with painful teeth should not offer firm food. Perfectly porridge with mincemeat, milk rice soup, kefir, cottage cheese, omelet with a small amount of oil, a grated cucumber will approach. At locks always add 1 teaspoon of bran on feeding. Cellulose will help to normalize a chair of a cat. In natural food always use vegetables, they are also rich with cellulose. In feeding of old cats avoid some high-protein food. You feed with low-calorie food that the cat did not gain weight. It is better to give food often, but in the small portions. Add vitamins, especially A, B, B6, B12, E, C and glycosamine to natural forages. They strengthen internals of old animals and support them in shape.