Allowing your cat to graze the entire day on dry pet food, also called free feeding your pet, is one common feeding mistake. Cats that are free-fed are usually bored, lethargic, and overweight. In a cat’s natural environment, they do not graze, as food is less readily available. Cats hunt for what they eat. Avoid free feeding your pet cat, instead, feed her multiple times per day. Also, try making her do some work for her food.
Experts say that cats should eat about five smaller meals daily. Try using an automated timer-based feeder that uses ice packs to make it simple to feed the canned pet food variety, even when you are asleep or away.
Labels on pet food can be good guidelines. But the research that was performed to formulate the recommendations on the labels is frequently done on cats that were not neutered or spayed. Intact cats have higher metabolism needs. So, if followed exactly to the letter and your cat has been neutered or spayed, then you may actually be overfeeding your pet.
Your pet’s diet is one of the
important concerns that you should discuss with your vet during your pet’s wellness
checks.
