How do cats of different ages eat

1. 0-8 weeks old

If the cat is in this age group, owners should pay special attention!

The cat at this stage is very weak and easy to get sick. The owner needs special care.


Recipe at this stage:

If possible, it is best to use breast milk Mainly, this can increase the resistance of the cat.

Staple food: soft milk foam + pet milk powder for kitten special cat food


Note Points:

1. Kittens should pay attention to keeping warm and cold, eat less and more meals

2. The cats before the age of 8 weeks have not been completely weaned, and the cat’s stomach still needs Obtain nutrition from milk, and milk powder cannot be discontinued during this period. You can soften cat food with milk, cats love it more.

3. The main thing for the little master who has not been completely weaned has to adapt to the transition from weaning to cat food. Do not add other foods and nutritional products at will to prevent the little master from increasing the gastrointestinal burden. Indigestion problems can be fed probiotics and nutritional creams.

Two, 8-12 weeks old

The cat is 8 weeks old, It has been two months, and it is completely ready to be weaned. You can eat cat food. Milk powder can be fed as a cat’s snack. The number of feedings can be appropriately reduced, 1-2 times a day.

At this time, cats have begun to change their teeth and grow up quickly. They need to add more high-protein food. Conditional owners can exchange some high-quality canned staple food and cat food for cats.

If the cat’s chewing power is not strong enough, you can still soak the cat food before feeding it. In addition, you must remember to eat less frequently and feed regularly.


Stage Recipe:

Staple food: high protein cat food (soaked Soft) + canned staple food

Additional meal: pet milk powder (appropriate amount)

Nutrition: nutritional paste


Notes:

For cats at this stage, cat food and milk powder can meet their nutritional needs, nutritional cream can be fed properly, and gastrointestinal problems can also be Use probiotics.

3 and 3 month old cats

Do not feed soft cat food from the age of 3 months to prevent the cat from forming double rows of teeth.

Stage Recipe:

Main food: cat food + canned main food

Additional meal: chicken, duck

Snacks: pet milk powder/nutritional cream

Notes:

1. To prevent cat urinary tract diseases, it is necessary to start from an early age, feeding canned mixed dry food, Allows cats to take in more water and maintain urinary tract health.

2. Meat can increase the protein intake of cats and make the body grow stronger! For meat, you can choose poultry meat, which is easy to digest and more suitable for the fragile stomach of 3-month-old cats.

3. After the cat is weaned, milk powder is no longer the main source of nutrition. It is good to feed it as a snack!

Four and 4-month-old cats

About 4 months, cats are about to start changing their teeth and their lanugo. At the ugliest stage, cats need more comprehensive nutrition, so they need to start adding some extra nutrients.

Stage Recipe:

Main Food: Cat Food + Canned Main Food

Add Meal: fish + egg yolk

Nutrition: beauty powder/seaweed powder

Snack: pet milk powder/nutrition paste/molar bone

Notes:

1. It is very suitable to supplement the hair beauty nutrition during the moulting period. The rich amino acids and vitamins can make the cat’s lanugo fall off quickly and grow back. The coat

is denser.

2. In addition to nutritional products, fish and egg yolks are rich in lecithin and rich in unsaturated fatty acids, and are also good meals for Meimao. Usually use it a lot, so that the master has elegant and beautiful hair.

Five and 5-6 month old recipes

Cat at this time The body size will change greatly, and the amount of activity will also increase violently. This is the top priority of the long skeleton long muscle stage, so it is very important for cats to supplement calcium and protein.


Stage Recipe:

Main Food: High Protein Cat Food + Main Food Canned food

Snack: beef + egg yolk

Snack: pet milk powder/nutrition cream/meat snack/molar bone

Nutrition: beauty powder + egg Phospholipids/fish oil

Notes:

1. When cats have long skeletons, be careful not to be deficient in calcium .

2. The cat’s coat is still growing, so don’t forget about the beauty and hair nutrition products, but at this time, you can focus on supplementing fish oil and lecithin to make the cat’s coat softer and brighter.

3. Beef, yogurt and cheese not only provide protein but also rich calcium, which can kill two birds with one stone.

Six, 7-12 months old

After the cat is 6 months old, it begins to appear sexually mature, and enters the period of estrus. The motor ability and brain development reach the peak. The cat moves more and more, and the activity is greatly improved.

Stage Recipe:

Main Food: Cat Food + Canned Main Food

Add Meal: Beef + Fish

Snacks: Pet Milk Powder/Nutrition Cream/Meat Snacks

Nutrition Products: Oil/Joint Nutrients/Vitamin Tablets/Trace Element Tablets, etc.

Notes

The owner can choose nutritional supplements according to the cat’s condition, such as fish oil and joints for active cats Nutrients, make the brain smarter and exercise more flexible.

Seven, 1-9 

At this time, the cat is already an adult cat, and the kitten food can be replaced with adult cat food or whole cat food.

The feeding principle for adult cats is “timing, quantitative, fixed-point”.

This can develop cat conditioned reflex, they will secrete gastric juice at a fixed time, which can increase the cat’s appetite and promote digestion and absorption.


Stage Recipe:

Main Food: Cat Food + Canned Main Food

Snack: egg yolk

Snack: milk powder/nutrient paste

8. Cats over the age of 10

At this time, the cat has entered the old age, and the digestive function is weakened. At this time, a digestible and low-burden diet is required, and the supply of fat and carbohydrates can be appropriately increased.

Older cats or cats with bad legs and feet should take chondroitin for a long time to soften the joints, so that the cat’s legs do not hurt so much.

If you have lost teeth or are sick, consider offering soft foods entirely.

Stage Recipe:

Staple Food: Elderly Cat Food + Canned Main Food

Snack: boiled/steamed meat (chicken, duck, beef and pig)

Nutrition: Vitamin C, E

Note Points:

1. As cats get old, their activity will be reduced. It is necessary to appropriately reduce the amount of feeding to prevent obesity.

Obesity will make cats uncomfortable, irritable, and prone to diseases (diabetes, etc.), and if they are fat, they can’t groom themselves, leading to skin diseases.

2. As some cats get old, their digestive ability declines, and they may not be able to absorb the nutrients in the food and become thinner. At this time, it is necessary to eat less and more meals.

In addition, there are some special periods that also require special treatment.

First, the sterilization period (6 months for female cats, 8 months for male cats)

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The cat is relatively weak after the operation, and needs to supplement the nutrients and water with the well-digested canned staple food.

Stage recipes:

Staple food: cat food + canned AD + nutritional cream supplements

Nutrition: meow power

Notes:

After the cat is neutered, the body will be affected. There may be a period of time when the stomach is not very good, and the digestive function will be worse, so eat less.

At this time, the cat owner can feed the cat an appropriate amount of meow power, which can be mixed with food

Second, Pregnancy

It is not necessary for cats to supplement nutrition after pregnancy, in case the transition of nutritional supplements will cause the kitten to be too big and difficult to give birth.

You can eat the same food as usual every day after pregnancy.

III. Production recovery period

Cats are physically exhausted during production and lose a lot of calcium. Better digestion and recovery in female cats.

Stage recipe:

Staple food: cat food + canned liquid staple food

Nutritional supplement: glucose liquid calcium + canned AD

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