For domestic cats, food intake depends on several factors. Cats prefer eating in a calm space, away from sight and predators, with a clear route of escape.
Only high quality foods, specifically prepared for cats can be guaranteed to provide all the nutrients they need to stay healthy, whatever their age, breed, lifestyle or sensitivities.
While we benefit from variety in our diet, frequent and continuous variation is not suited to a cat’s digestion
Feeding puzzles are an excellent way to mentally entertain your cat and encourage them to work for their food and exercise their hunting instincts
The hunting behaviour plays a large role in how cats eat, which is why they tend to consume multiple small meals throughout the day rather than in one or two large feeds
Cats have a very high requirement for protein including a number of essential amino acids, one of which is taurine, found naturally only in animal tissue
Fat is an important energy source for cats, with a greater proportion of daily calories provided by fats than is recommended for humans
Cats also have very particular vitamin and mineral requirements such as Vitamin D which they can only source it from their diet
As a newborn, your kitten’s digestive tract was perfectly suited to digesting milk specifically formulated for kittens, but their digestive capacities will change and by the time they come into adulthood they will no longer be able to digest lactose
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