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Three weeks ago, Claire followed a training about cat feeding. This training was given by Philippe Bocion again, a behavioristic veterinarian.
Feeding correctly a cat seems so easy, and nevertheless that can be so much complicated !
For Mr Bocion, no matter that the cat eats kibbles, canned food, or « home-made” food : what is important is that all the nutriments necessary for the cat are present in good proportions and in adequate quantities.
In this table, the recommended minimal percentages are expressed for dry food material. For a can of patee for example, it’s necessary to do a small calculation : if there are 75 % of humidity in the food, there are 25 % of dry material. The label indicates 7 % of proteins. 7 % divided by 25 % equals 28 % : there are 28 % of proteins on a base of dry material in this patee. Thus this food contains a sufficient proportion of proteins for a grown-up cat. This calculation can be made for the other ingredients.
A food sold in a pet shop or at a veterinarian will be a little more expensive but will be of better quality than a low-end food. If your cat eats kibbles, you must make sure that he’s drinking enough.
What are the consequences of a food imbalance ?
As Claire loves us very much, and as we like you very much also, we prepared you a list of main nutriments that should be in our food. We have indicated their utility and the consequences of a deficiency or an excess for each of them. Just a small reminder :
- We are not veterinarians.
- We want to offer you an overview of nutritional information in tabular form of reference.
- This list aims to be as complete as possible, but is definitely not exhaustive.
- The sources of our information are indicated at the bottom of the list.
Enjoy it !
My human never buys the cheap stuff for us! And she always reads the labels.
It is good to have healthy food that you like too,.
Enjoy your meal Pixie.
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
that was very interesting to read… imbalance is always bad and that specially counts at the food front too.
I read the labels but I never had standards to judge against before. I wonder if there are recommended maximums for some of these values?
There are (see linked table). Purrs
Eating isn’t as easy as it sounds. Well, eating may be easy but selecting the right food can be a challenge. Great info!
Our Dad has become the food label-reading expert in our house since learning about chronic kidney disease in our sister Sunny. He had no idea how varied cat food was until then and how many don’t include important ingredients!
Great post!
I always buy the more expensive cat food for Athena and I check the labels thoroughly.
Purrs xx
Athena and Marie
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noe joke !!!!!! ♥♥♥☺☺☺
That is a fantastic list, I had no idea how many problems could arise from lack of certain nutrients.
As I don’t drink H2O, TW makes sure I eat a good quality wet food, even if I don’t particularly care for it. If I lick the liquid and then get protein in a different wet food, she’s satisfied.
Now that I’m eating only canned food, I drink a lot less water. You’re lucky that Claire is focused on providing you excellent nutrition. Hopefully it will help keep you very healthy.
We only get very balanced canned food here. TBT did a lot of research once and selected a few brands for taste tests. We all seemed to like Wellness, so thats what he buys in 5 flavors. And kibbles are just for treats once or twice a day.
MeOW Ya’ll did a great job. Mommy so wishes we would eat completely raw too but alas, we really like our freeze dried raw. At least it’s balanced and we get da purropurr nutrients. Big hugs to ya’ll.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
My sister is a vet and she always insists that I feed my cats the best stuff!
Mommy is going to have to read our food labels to make sure we’re getting the right stuff! This was very informative.
A balanced diet is important to all of us. I had a cat pass away due to F.U.S. and the vet told me it was from only eating dry cat food. This was in the 80’s and cat food is much better now!