In spite of the fact that the cat became one of the first pets tamed by the person to her it is fully possible to keep all habits and addictions peculiar to her wild fellows. In the nature the main source of necessary nutrients for this predator are mice, rats, birds, but wild cats manage to regale on a small fish seldom. Therefore the cat who loves fish it is rather an exception, than the rule.
Features of a cat's dietDry and tinned cat food, of course, the thing convenient is more for owners, they should not think of structure of products as the ready menu is already balanced and contains all necessary useful substances. But it is already proved that natural food is more natural and less harmful to cats.
Meat and meat products has to make the main part of a cat's diet, in a total amount them there have to be not less than 80%, other 20% are various additives: dairy products, vegetables, vegetable oil and, including fish. From this category of products the cats can give only sea fish of fat grades, in this quality paunches of a salmon, salmon, trout perfectly will approach. In them there is a lot of vitamin E and D, necessary for a beautiful silky and brilliant skin and a strong skeleton of an animal. It is also possible to give the Pacific herring cleaned from bones, a mackerel.
The rare endogenous vitamin K which is contained in fish in an organism of a cat is synthesized not from fish, and from other products. Therefore there is no need to give it fish as a source of this vitamin.
If the cat refuses fishThe first reason – a cat can not eat fish just because she does not love it. And, if you still it is possible to finish to eat something tasteless, being guided by advantage, on arrangements of a cat you can spend time only in vain. However, as at all predators, the appetite at cats is played at night. Therefore it is quite possible that at daybreak she will eat everything what she refused in the afternoon, you should not move away at once fish from her bowl.
On the other hand, about special scrupulousness of cats to quality of food many have heard a lot. Considering it, the cat can refuse fish just because that did not undergo her quality control. The quality of a fish component in dry feeds leaves much to be desired – very often together with pieces of fish add to them also fish bone meal in which the content of phosphorus and magnesium is high. They can provoke at an animal disease of urinary tract or kidneys.
The damp fish forage can provoke dysfunction of a thyroid gland at cats 7 years are more senior and to become the cause of such disease as gipertireoz.
Besides, in fish there are a lot of substances which cause or also inflammatory processes in an organism of a cat strengthen allergies. Some grades of fish, for example, a tuna, an ocean whitefish and a royal mackerel which waste uses for preparation of a cat's forage are products of limited use because of high degree of pollution by salts of heavy metals.