When owners notice little or no feces in the litter box, or when the feces are too dry and hard, then your cat may be constipated.
When owners discover cat constipation, they should take immediate measures to avoid irreversible and permanent damage to the cat’s colon caused by long-term constipation.
Today, I will show you some tips to prevent constipation in cats.
I. How to prevent constipation in cats
In order to avoid constipation in cats, owners can adopt a diet plan
1. We can choose some high-fiber cat food to help cats enhance intestinal peristalsis, or choose some high-protein, low-carb and low-fiber cat food, which is the closest to cats in nature.
diet. But don’t add a lot of cat food directly at the beginning when feeding your cat, add a small amount at the beginning, and then gradually increase. At the same time, also observe the cat’s defecation.
But there are many owners who don’t know how to choose. If you choose a high-fiber diet to improve your cat’s constipation,
You must be cautious and don’t blindly feed your cat high Fiber diet, otherwise it may cause other problems,
Please read the following suggestions in detail:
A. Can reduce the amount of feces (high digestibility, the amount of feces will be less).
B. Reduce the risk of enteritis.
C. This is very helpful for gastrointestinal motility.
D. Feed cats a high-fiber diet.
2. Eat smaller meals more often
If the cat eats too much food at one time, it is very It is easy to block the intestines and exacerbate the bloating problem because the cat’s intestines and stomach cannot digest these foods quickly.
Therefore, cats should generally eat smaller meals more often, with 6 to 7 servings of each meal being sufficient. You can let the cat eat again every 3-4 hours, and by keeping a certain hunger, it will relieve the burden on the stomach and intestines.
3. Increase drinking water
Food in the gut tends to stagnate and dry out, mainly due to a lack of water, which prevents peristalsis in the gut lining.
Therefore, if the cat is unable to excrete feces, it needs to drink plenty of water to stimulate gastrointestinal motility.
Cats who do not actively drink water can be fed with a syringe, or food with high water content, such as millet porridge, canned cat food, cat rice soup, etc. It is recommended that cats drink more honey water to help defecation.
4. Feed fruits and vegetables regularly
Although cats are carnivores Animals, but they also lack vitamins and fiber, both of which stimulate gastrointestinal motility and digestion.
Therefore, cats should be fed some fruits and vegetables in addition to meat. While feeding the cat food, you can mix some vegetables with meat, and then cut the fruit into small pieces and mix them together.
II. How to choose a suitable cat food for constipation
Today’s recommendation: chicken cod and goat milk powder, Shiji freeze-dried cat food is rich in nutrients that can promote metabolism. The main ingredients are as follows:
1 Chicken: easy to digest and absorb, improve immunity, correct sarcopenia.
2 Cod: Improve immunity and have a good effect on cat skin and hair.
3 goat milk powder: easy to absorb and digest, improve immunity, resist colds and other diseases.
