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What Component Should Be in Cat Food: Be Sure to Check the Ingredients
10.04.2024 16:37
Cat food should not just supply calories to the pet's body, but also nutrients and substances necessary for health.
That's why it's so important to pay attention to the composition of the food. According to experts, the most important for cats is taurine.
Cats produce taurine poorly in their bodies. And if a pet does not get enough taurine, then bile is poorly formed in the cat's body. Because of this, fat absorption is disrupted, and then the entire cat's metabolism. Nausea, vomiting, constipation appears, the animal begins to lose weight. And all because there was not enough of some non-protein amino acid, - writes Doctorpiter.ru with reference to biologist Ancha Baranova.
Taurine
This amino acid maintains the pet's health at the proper level. For domestic animals, the daily norm is from 35 to 250 milligrams.
In the wild, cats make up for the deficiency by hunting mice, which have more than just a lot of this taurine in their bodies.
Consequences
If you switch your cat to natural food or start feeding it dog food as an experiment, the consequences will not be long in coming.
1. You can immediately expect problems with the heart, which will pump blood worse.
2. Retinal degeneration is possible, which means that it will not be possible to restore vision.
3. Taurine deficiency also causes tooth decay, infertility, or developmental disorders in kittens born to a taurine-deficient cat.
4. Hair loss will begin, immunity will weaken, diabetes is possible, and in general the animal will look weak and lethargic.
Previously we talked about what food is best to choose for a cat .
