Cat food mainly includes the following categories:
Staple food
- Cat food: is the most common cat staple food, divided into dry food and wet food. Dry food is easy to store and feed, balanced nutrition, help cats to exercise chewing ability and clean teeth; Wet food moisture content is high, the meat is fresh and tender, palatability is good, can replenish water for cats, common canned, wonderful fresh package and so on.
- Meat: Cats are carnivorous animals with high protein requirements. Chicken, beef, fish, duck and so on are all suitable meat for cats. Chicken is low in fat and easy to digest; Beef is high in protein and can enhance health; Fish is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which is good for hair and cardiovascular health, but pay attention to removing fish bones when feeding fish; Duck meat is cool, suitable for easy to get angry cats.
- Animal offal: such as chicken liver, pig liver, chicken heart, chicken kidney, etc. Liver is rich in vitamin A, vitamin B group and iron, but excessive vitamin A poisoning, feeding 1-2 times a week can be; The heart and kidneys are rich in protein, vitamins and minerals and can be fed in moderation.
Complementary food
- Eggs: eggs are rich in nutrition, the yolk is rich in lecithin and other nutrients, which helps the cat hair health, you can feed 1-2 egg yolks per week. The albumin in the protein may affect the cat's absorption of biotin, and it is generally not recommended to feed the protein.
- Cat grass: Common wheat grass, barley grass and so on. Cat grass is rich in cellulose, which can stimulate the gastrointestinal mosses of cats, help spit out hairballs in the stomach, and also supplement some vitamins and other nutrients.
- Nutrition cream: contains a variety of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other nutrients, when the cat is sick, after surgery, loss of appetite or need additional nutrition, can quickly supplement nutrition, enhance physical fitness.
- Hair cream: The main function is to lubricate the intestinal tract of the cat, help the hair balls to be discharged smoothly, and prevent the accumulation of hair balls in the stomach and intestines leading to hairball disease. It is generally fed 2-3 times a week.
snacks
- Cat strips: Usually made of chicken, fish and other raw materials, adding some nutrients, there are different flavors, such as chicken, salmon, etc., the taste is delicate, is a favorite snack for cats, can be used for daily interaction rewards, but can not be overfed.
- Freeze-dried snacks: made of freeze-dried technology, retain the nutrition and original flavor of food, there are freeze-dried chicken, freeze-dried beef, freeze-dried egg yolk and other options, good rehydration, can be fed directly or after soaking in water.
- Cheese snacks: Some pet-specific cheese, rich in protein and calcium and other nutrients, soft texture, cats love to eat, but pay attention to choose no added, low lactose products to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort.