Cat Health Symptoms

Lifestages: Kitten and Lifestages: Adult cat?

Lifestages: Kitten As we know kittens are lively bundles of fun and seem to have endless energy reserves - in fact they need 2-3 times more energy per kilo of bodyweight than adult cats! That means they need a quality diet to provide all the nutrients they need for healthy development as well as the energy to play all day. The nutrition centre kitten diets are formulated especially for this exciting time of life: •High quality ingredients mean optimum digestibility to ensure all the goodness is absorbed and less wasted. •Kitten friendly bite-sized kibbles for their little jaws and tummies. •High protein levels ensure optimum growth and calorie intake for energy. •Calcium and phosphorous to build strong bones. •Antioxidants to support a developing immune system. If you want to change your kitten’s diet to a nutrition centre food, do so gradually over a period of a few days, mixing increasing proportions of the new food into the old. This will ease the transition on your kitten’s sensitive digestion system. Ensure you feed the correct daily allowance and do not overfeed. Kittens will eat little but often, so leaving their allowance out for them to graze is ideal. Your kitten will reach maturity from 12 months and this is the time to move from a kitten diet to adult. Again, it is sensible to do this over a few days. Lifestages: Adult Cats like to show us who’s boss by turning their noses up at certain foods and having favourites, but they do not require the variety that we do in our diet, so it is advisable to stick to one food if that’s what they like! We recommend an Adult Complete cat food. As cats like to pick at their food and take their time, measure out their daily allowance and leave their bowl out for them to graze throughout the day (not advisable with wet diets that may spoil). Nutrition centre foods are specially formulated to support this prime time in your cat’s life: •Healthy skin and coat •A strong immune system •Dental health •Digestive health •Healthy urinary tract Within the nutrition centre range there are a number of specialist diets, so to help you select the right one, is your cat… Overweight? Obesity is on the increase with overfeeding and lack of exercise being the main contributing factors. Put simply, if your cat is eating more calories than it needs then the excess is deposited as fat. If your cat is more inclined to curl up and snooze than be active, or if your cat is an indoor cat and therefore exercise is limited, it is advisable to select a Light Complete food, or a special Indoor cat food. Limiting the calorie intake and incorporating L-carnitine to increase the rate at which fat is burnt up, these foods can help weight loss and optimise body condition. To combat obesity be strict with your cat’s food, feeding only their daily allowance, however much they try to twist you round their paw! Physical symptoms of an overweight cat include: -It maybe difficult to feel there ribs -Stomach may hang low -the hips may not be visible -the back maybecome broader Pregnant? Throughout a pregnancy queens require more calories than their usual diet. To provide enough energy for her and her growing kittens during this time a Kitten Complete food is ideal to provide the additional protein supply. Queens will begin to gain weight from the second week of pregnancy and in the later stages of pregnancy you should be feeding your cat up to 25% more than usual, as and when she miaows for it. She will need the extra strength from a kitten diet right up until they are weaned but keep an eye on her weight gain to ensure it does not become excessive.

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