Real Food for Cats
Cats have dietary need just like humans. By giving them a balanced diet of proteins, and vitamins they will be able to lead a healthy life. Nowadays cats are considered a domesticated animal, but they have not always been this way.
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Significance
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A balanced diet will help your cat live an active and healthy life. Cats are carnivores; their systems have adjusted to eating a raw food diet, as they would in the wild.
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What to Avoid
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Human multivitamins, poultry bones and milk are not beneficial to cats. They require calcium, but do not require carbohydrates.
Toxic
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Some "people food" is toxic to cats, including green tomatoes, chocolate, onions, garlic, grapes and raisins.
Needs
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Cats need animal protein such as chicken, turkey or beef. They need vitamin E and flaxseed oil for the fatty acids, along with other trace minerals and nutrients.
Contents
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Optimum cat food contains up to 90 percent muscle and organ meat along with crushed bones (no poultry bones), 6 percent fruits and vegetables for the vitamins, and 4 percent functional foods like flaxseed oil.
References
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