This often leads to cystitis, a common condition in cats that involves urinating out of the litter box, and very frustrated owners! Unfortunately, the price of the food does not always reflect the quality of the ingredients. Poor quality cat foods will use cheaper meats and meals, which may have unbalanced levels of minerals in them.
High quality cat foods will use high quality meats and meat meals to provide these essential nutrients. In cats, there are specific and essential amino acids (used for proteins), fatty acids, and vitamins that must come from animal sources. Cats are obligatory carnivores – that means that they have certain nutritional requirements that can only be met by eating animal tissues. The major protein source of the food is very important. Most high quality foods have approximately 500 calories per 8 ounce cup of food. If the cat owner is feeding a good quality dry food, that has a good quality protein, then the indoor cat needs only approximately 1/3 to 1/2 cup of food each day. If we assume the average cat weighs approximately 10 pounds (5 kg) then the average indoor cat needs 250 calories a day. In fact, the number one health problem for cats is obesity. The average indoor cat doesn’t burn many calories each day. They get up each morning go to the food bowl, have a bite to eat, sit in the window, watch the birds go by, jump out of the window, get a bite to eat, take a nap, get a bite to eat, greet their owners when they get home from work, get a bite to eat, take a nap, have dinner, go to sleep for the night. The discussion that centers around the proper feeding of an indoor cat can veer off onto many tangents so the veterinarians at Kirkwood Animal Hospital put together the following considerations and recommendations for clients. The veterinarians at Kirkwood Animal Hospital often encounter cat owners that are seeking the best way to feed their indoor cat.
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