Rotation Diet for Cats

In a rotation diet for cats, you change food on a specific schedule so it becomes accustomed to a variety of meals. This may provide optimum nutrition and prevent food allergies that can develop from eating one food exclusively. Moreover, if you ever need to change your cat's diet because of a health condition such as diabetes or kidney problems, your cat probably won't have digestive trouble and won't refuse to eat a different type of food.

  1. Flavors

    • You can rotate different flavors of food on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. If you are feeding your cat canned food, you may already be rotating flavors every day or two just as a matter of habit. Since different flavors have different ingredients, this provides your cat with a variety of nutrients. Try rotating flavors of dry kibble as well.

    Types

    • You also can rotate types of food, including dry, canned and raw. This can help provide larger amounts of meat and more liquid in your cat's diet from the raw and canned types, while also preventing dental problems since the cat is chewing kibble.

    Considerations

    • If your pet shows any digestive problems when changing from one flavor or type of food to another, mix the two together for a few days to make a gradual change.

    Mixed Diet

    • Another type of rotation involves adding canned or raw food to your cat's dry food diet once every couple of days. Serving both canned and dry food is a common practice among pet owners who like the idea of canned but want to provide kibble for teeth.

    Pre-Mixed Varieties

    • Some brands of cat food, such as Nature's Variety and Wysong, offer a feline rotation diet you can easily provide for your cat. Ask about these brands at a pet food store or check them out online.