Cats were not meant to eat corn, rice and barley. They were designed to eat meat. Cats in the wild would never eat the way dry cat food makers feed your feline buddy. Studies now show dry cat food offers convenience to the owner, and poor nutrition for kitty. This How-to Article will put your cat on the road to better health and a longer happier life.
Things You'll Need
- One or more cats
- Desire for a healthy cat
Instructions
Read the ingredients label on your current dry cat food, but don't throw it out just yet. These labels are often misleading by trying to confuse the reader, but you can see this is not made of meat. Some experts have compared this stuff to Twinkies!
Stop by your local Whole Foods store, natural food co-op, or similar pet store and pick up a can of "natural meat canned wet cat food". Read the ingredients. You should see chicken or fish near the top of the list.
Buy a few cans that use words like fish or ocean-catch of a natural canned wet cat food. Some cat foods use rice as filler so pick choices that put that at the end of the list not the beginning. (All meat options are discussed in step #6.)
Transition your cat over to the canned food by mixing half-portion canned-food with half-portion of the dry food that you were using.
Do Not Overfeed:
Cats Need Meat:
Here is a list of health problems that can be attributed to poor diet and overeating.
Feline Diabetes
Transition for one week. The goal is to gently move to canned-meat-food.
Offer your cat only the serving size advised on the container (not the entire can). An overweight cat is sad and short life. Over-eating leads to obesity and a host of other health problems you do not want to experience.
Once your cat is eating all wet cat food, the avid cat owner should look into pre-frozen raw meat for cats. Its more work in that you must thaw out the food on a daily schedule, but like most things in life you get used to it, and then it becomes routine. This is the healthiest option for your cat.
IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
CRF (Chronic Renal Failure)
Urinary crystals and cystitis
Diarrhea
Dehydration