Archive for the ‘Feeding Cats’ Category

Our cats require a varied diet, including a mix of natural canned cat food and dry food. Contrary to ideas that it doesn’t matter, buying only one form of food because of convenience or cost is a mistake, and can injure your cat’s health. When the cat is alone or unattended for a time, carbohydrate rich dry food should be left out for your cat with a supply of fresh water. Tinned food is higher in protein due to the meat amount, and contains more water amounts. Both are needed for a proper diet, and a combination of both dry and canned food will ensure proper in the diet and prevent the cat from seeking food elsewhere.

Dry food helps to ensure your cat’s dental health. As the cat chews the food, her teeth are also cleaned which slows the buildup of tartar and exercises your cat’s teeth and gums. Cost is a major factor. Most cat food dry is a lot less expensive than canned foods often less than half as pricey. The cat will eat proportionally less food which will make your feed dollars last even more.

Dry food is much simpler to store. If the storage box is air-tight and covered, the food will last until the expiration date listed on the pack, usually months or years later. An opened can of cat food must be placed in the refrigerator and used within a day to avoid spoilage. Feeding dry cat food to your cats is easy. You can put the day’s supply of food in a bowl, and you don’t have to fret about food spoiling. You may even use automatic feeders in case you are not always consistently there to feed your cat at mealtimes. Canned cat food can only be put into bowls for a brief period of time.

You can look at the ingredient list, which will tell you the major ingredients put in the food. This will also tell you if the ingredients are derived from plants or animals. The first item that is listed is the main ingredient from which this cat food is made. If an animal product is listed first it is safe to assume this is the major ingredient in this product. However, it is not indicated as to what type of animal product they used.

This can mean it is a by-product that may have been rejected by human food producers. It may not be something that should be used for providing the best cat food for your cat. That is why most cat owners are constantly searching for food that contains the right vitamins and necessary nutrients to keep their cat healthy and more apt to live a longer, healthier life.

When thinking on what type of food to feed your cat you can take into consideration what the needed nutrients are. Your cat will need a balanced diet that contains meats, poultry or fish, grains from cereal, and vegetable protein. If you can’t find a food that contains all of these products, your cat is not getting the necessary vitamins and nutrients that he needs to be a healthy and happy feline. Don’t forget your dog if you have one. You can find some dog natural treats for your pet at many online locations.

Cat owners love their cats and want to keep him or her as healthy as possible. Being overweight can be a problem for cats and for humans. Heart disease, arthritis, and diabetes are only a few of the serious illnesses your cat can come down with by being too heavy. As every cat owner knows, your little sweetie knows precisely how to get you do to what he wants for those delicious, though many times fattening, extra little bits of food. How can you look into those big, wide eyes that seem to be begging, PLEASE, and still say no. You can’t! But what you can do is make sure the treats you are feeding your beloved feline is healthy, whether they are fat, slim, young or old. Homemade cat food is easy to make, easy to store or freeze and most of all, your cat will purr!

The pet stores have row after row of cat treats, all of which say how your cat will love them and how great they are for their general well being, and many of these are just as they say they are. However, if you would like to get a little more personal with your cats eating habits and want to know for sure what they are eating, here are a few tasty, but healthy little cat treats that will them having purring to their hearts content.

If you have ever seen a cat eat grass, then you know they also like, or need , a little vegetation in their diet. Some of you might be thinking about already making your little pet it’s home made meals, one thing you might begin doing is adding a little cooked rice or pasta to the meat. Your cat will still love it and you can give them more food but with a lot less calories.

I don’t usually put recipes in my articles, but this one looked so great I thought you might just want to try it. I know I am. It starts with tuna, a no brainier. In all my life, I have never seen a cat who didn’t just love a nice scrumptious morsel of fish. Here is all you need. It will make 12 cat cookie treats.

6 ounce can of tuna
¼ cup water drained from can of tuna
¼ cup cornmeal
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 cooked egg white

preheat oven to 350. Combine tuna, egg white and water. Add cornmeal and flour and blend to form a dough. Knead into ball and roll ¼ inch thick. Cut into one inch size pieces and bake for 20 minutes.
That is all there is to it and your little ball of fur will love you for it.

You can find dozens if not hundreds of different home made cat treats on the internet or even from cat food recipe books found at your local pet shop. I can not even begin to print them all, but I did want to let you to know they are not only out there and available, but very healthy for your cat. Jump in and try one. When you see the reaction your cooking gets, it will all be work the little bit of effort.