Cats & Cat Health

Did you know that cats like to nibble on their food and if left to their own devices will have little meals throughout the day? Most people including me are used to feeding their cats two meals a day. But results of feeding studies show that given the choice cats will eat up to 20 times during a 24 hour period. It has been suggested that since a mouse, a cat’s natural prey, gives about 10% of a cat’s energy needs this would require them to catch and eat several times a day.

I have found that since feeding Alfie a raw food diet to which I add a vitamin supplement, he needs fewer meals a day. I think this must be because he is getting the right nutrients which keeps him satisfied with a smaller amount of food. He doesn’t eat it all at once and does like to have a little nibble several times a day. I still put it out twice a day though  and leave him to do the rationing of it.

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Just been reading an interesting article about feeding cats fish. Seems the story about fish being a cat’s delight are illinformed. The cat nutrition site lists 8 reasons why fish are bad for your cat. These are the reasons gi

• Destroys Thiamin , which is a B vitamin
• Calcium levels are too low
• Can cause urinary tract problems
• Cats adore it and get addicted
• Heavy metals in fish
• Linked to hyperthyroidism
• Can cause vitamin E depletion leading to a painful disease called steatitis
• Fish can cause allergies

Strange that cats love the stuff when it is so harmful to them. Also what about those Egyptian ( I think) fishing cats that dive and swim to catch fish. Are they getting sick? To read the details go to the cat nutrition site.

Talking of cat food, I am on my second month of feeding my cat Alfie a raw food diet. Well I have always added raw to his diet bu this was supplmented by kibbled Nutra cat food. That way I didn’t worry about him missing some vital component of his diet. But since a couple of months ago I have been doing the complete raw diet. Big responibility

It is going well. I use chicken with bones minced finely, add some venison which the pet butcher sells minced and add some hearts and liver and some egg yolks and vitamin and mineral supplements. Basically it is the recipe that I have given here beforeb but I make changes to the muscle meat component depending on what the butcher has. I make up 2 weeks supply, divide into 6oz portions and freeze it.

He is very healthy on it and his coat is even more shiny and beautiful than it was before, plus he loves it. It is so little trouble that I can’t even say I am slaving away like a neurotic old cat lover!

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