| Did you know that you should be checking the labels | | | | complicated. A general rule for cat nutrition is that |
| on the food that you bring home to your cat also? It | | | | they will be healthier if their diet is filled with both dry |
| is true not all cat foods are created equal. When you | | | | and wet cat food. Since unlike most animals a cat |
| are in the pet food isle one of your first instincts is | | | | doesn't drink my water, the wet food keeps them |
| to go for what every is the cheapest or on sale, I | | | | from reaching dehydration. |
| mean after all it is all the same right? Take the time | | | | You can decide how much wet cat food that your |
| to look at the labels, a cat just like human needs to | | | | pet will need by determining how active she is. If |
| have a diet that will ensure them a long healthy life. It | | | | your cat is constantly on the move, and an |
| may cost a little more but a general rule of thumb is | | | | adventure seeker than they will need more wet food |
| that the more expensive brands actually are healthier | | | | than their counterpart that spends most of their time |
| for your cat. | | | | lying around the house. It is safe to always have dry |
| Cats Are Cozy | | | | food ready and available in their bowls constantly. |
| The Cat is a creature of comfort. They are not | | | | If after reading this you have discovered that the |
| ashamed to admit they like to be pampered and | | | | food that you are currently feeding your cat is not |
| cozy. The same goes for the feeding process. Put | | | | healthy you are now faced with the somewhat |
| your cats bowl somewhere quiet and clean. As far | | | | difficult task of swapping foods. Some cat owners |
| away from normal foot traffic as possible. | | | | will get lucky and will have no problem with the |
| The cat will eat better if it is relaxed and undisturbed. | | | | change at all. Than there are the ones with the |
| Make sure that you clean out your cat's feeding dish | | | | finicky cats. |
| after ever meal. Be sure to keep the area around | | | | If your cat doesn't take to the new food or refuses |
| the dish clean also (this is more easily achieved if you | | | | to eat it, try mixing a spoon full in with what they |
| place the bowl down on a piece of newspaper that | | | | eat now. If the cat eats the food with out any |
| can be replaced at the end of each feeding. | | | | trouble, than the next mean up the amount of the |
| Felines do not drink as much as other animals, this is | | | | new food to two spoons full. Slowly adding more |
| completely normal for them, it is important that you | | | | new food should make the cat accept the change |
| always have a fresh supply of water in their bowls, | | | | without even knows that there is doing it. |
| giving them new with each meal. | | | | Slow is the key word with this. You don't want your |
| The Cat Will Eat Until It Is Full | | | | cat to realize that you are tricking them. Your cat |
| Unlike a dog, a cat will eat until they are full and then | | | | can not maintain a healthy diet without you. Help |
| they will stop. This makes feeding a cat a little less | | | | them live life to their full potential. |