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Life's Abundance Premium Cat Food FAQ
and Information:
What should you feed your cat to
make sure he or she will have the necessary nutrition?
To answer these questions, one should look at the diet of a feline in it's
natural habitat. In the wild, a cat eats almost exclusively animal tissue.
However, they would normally eat the entire body of the animal,
including it's stomach contents, which has many nutrients that are simply
lacking in an animals muscle tissue.{1}
Another question many cat owners have is: Is fresh meat the best possible
food for cats? Not necessarily. Fresh meat will not provide a balanced
diet for a cat, as they are extremely protein dense while being very low
in vital nutrients such as calcium. {1}
Alternately, some cat owners have asked, "Is it O.K. to feed my cat an
exclusively vegetarian diet?" The answer to that question is a clear cut
no. Cats cannot produce the nutrients it needs from an exclusively
vegetarian diet in the same way that humans can.
Being a highly specialized hunter, it has simply lost that ability during
the course of it's evolution {2}
Major skin problems are often the result of a deficiency in certain
essential fatty acids which can be found in animal flesh alone.
Another problem is that a deficiency of the amino acid taurine, a vital
building block for proteins in the body, which can cause both blindness
and heart failure. Cats are simply born carnivores.{2}
Is it o.k. to give a cat only dry food? According to petshub, the answer
is yes, providing that you ensure that fresh water is available at all
times.
Dry food is generally more convenient, hygienic, and affordable than
canned or fresh food. It also exercises the teeth and reduces the buildup
of tartar, which can grow into a severe problem in cats that are fed a
soft and mushy diet.{3}
References:
petshub.com/cats/nutrition/meat_fish.php
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