At present, pets have entered thousands of households, and the number of pets in China is also increasing. Burmese cats are lively and active, with soft meows, humorous and interesting conversations, and expressive expressions. , Brave, smart, and likes to act like a spoiled child, so it is also loved by many pet friends. Breeding Burmese cats is not like raising dogs. Its feeding method can give Burmese cats a healthy and happy growth environment.

Burmese cat

Burmese cat care

The skin and cat's coat are a strong barrier for cats, which can prevent the loss of water in the body, resist certain mechanical damage, and protect the body from harmful physical and chemical damage.

The skin and coat have good thermal insulation properties in the cold winter, which makes the cat have a strong ability to keep out the cold. In summer, the coat is another big radiator, which lowers the body temperature.

There are many receptors in the cat's skin that can sense changes in the internal and external environment. Receptors can sense one or several stimuli, such as cold, heat, touch, pressure, pain, etc.

A cat's coat grows out of the skin's hair follicles, which are elongated bags. There are two types of cat hair follicles, one is an isolated hair follicle with only one hair, and the other is a compound hair follicle with multiple hairs. Cat hair follicles are dominated by compound hairs.

Therefore, cats have dense coats, about 200 per square millimeter. Coat can be divided into needle hair and down hair. Cats also have sebaceous and sweat glands in their skin. The oily secretions of the sebaceous glands make the coat shiny and smooth. Cat sweat glands are underdeveloped and cannot regulate body temperature like human sweat glands. Its heat dissipation is mainly through skin radiation heat dissipation or breathing heat dissipation.

Feeding of Burmese cats

The kittens rely exclusively on breast milk for the first few weeks of life and require no additional food. During this period, the ideal growth rate should be 100 grams per week. However, due to the influence of nutrition, breed and female cat weight, there are great differences between different individuals. Sometimes there is insufficient breast milk supply, special milk substitutes should be provided, and the supply should be divided 24 hours a day and night. Like puppies, not only artificial milking, but also artificial urination and defecation.

From 3-4 weeks of age, kittens become interested in the mother cat's food. Give the kitten some finely chopped soft food or dry food that has been milked or blistered. The food can be that of the mother cat, or it can be specially made for the kittens. Once the kitten starts eating solid food, the weaning process begins. Kittens eat more and more solid food gradually and are completely weaned at 7-8 weeks of age.

Recently WCPN (Munday and Earle, 1991) has begun investigating energy from solid food in cats prior to complete weaning. At 4 weeks of age, kittens eat only about 10 g per day (10-40 kJ/day). kg body weight) food, and most of the rest is still provided by breast milk. By 5 weeks of age (week 6 of lactation), each kitten eats 15-45 g of food per day, equal to 250-350 kJ/kg body weight (depending on the energy density of the diet). The energy intake of kittens from solid food increased from zero at 2 and 3 weeks of lactation to over 800 kJ/kg body weight at 8 weeks of age. This suggests that the food consumed by kittens at the end of lactation accounts for a considerable proportion of the total energy consumption of mother cats and kittens. Of the total intake of mother cats and kittens, the proportion of kittens intake increased from 5% at 4 weeks of lactation to 20% and 30% at 6 and 7 weeks.

Once a kitten is weaned, it no longer needs milk. With the development of the digestive tract of kittens, the ability to digest lactose gradually weakens, and adult cats cannot digest lactose. If you want to give your kitten milk. Special lactose-free milk should be provided, and fresh drinking water should be provided at all times.

Because the kitten's physiological function is not yet sound, it is recommended to provide high-energy food and feed it multiple times. Unlike puppies, kittens do not like to overeat and should eat ad libitum. Kittens weigh 600-1000 grams at weaning, and male cats are significantly heavier than female cats, a trend that will continue throughout life. The peak energy requirement (840 kJ/kg body weight) is about 10 weeks of age and gradually decreases thereafter. But demand remained relatively high in the first 6 months due to rapid growth.

Not only is a kitten's food high in energy, but some nutrients should also be considered higher. For example, the protein content of a kitten's diet is higher than that of an adult cat (about 10%). The content of calcium and phosphorus should be strictly maintained at the appropriate level, because too high or insufficient will lead to abnormal bone development. It is also important to emphasize that adding calcium supplements to balanced diets can cause many of the same problems as feeding unbalanced diets. The role of taurine in reproduction and growth has been proven, and this aminoethanesulfonic acid should be added to the food of growing kittens.

By 6 months of age, most kittens have reached 75% of their maximum body weight; weight gain thereafter is not due to skeletal development. Therefore, kittens after 6 months of age are suitable for feeding adult cats food. Adult male cats are significantly heavier than female cats and take longer to develop. Because both male and female cats are still growing slowly between 6 and 12 months of age, ad libitum feeding will continue for a period of time, and development will reach a steady state by one year of age. Although many people practice multiple feedings throughout the day, the number of feedings can be reduced after 6 months of age.

Training the Burmese cat

The first step in training a cat is to let it call it for its own name. The most effective way is to call the cat's name before eating. As long as it understands the name, it will eat, and it will naturally remember the pronunciation of its own name.

Don't let your cat recognize the birth and cultivate your cat to be a lover cat

It is very important to hold and play with it often. Cats are inherently cautious animals, and they usually ignore strangers they don't know, and sometimes run away. Maybe some people think that as long as the cat and the owner have a close relationship, they are very satisfied, but if everyone around you recognizes and loves your favorite cat, it will be a happy thing after all. Cats have a variety of personalities, so they are often held by people since they were young, and cats who often play with people will like to be close to people. But don't let the cat get tired of holding it all the time, and don't hold the cat reluctantly.

Sometimes play with the cat, throw a ball to it, or pet it while teasing it for skin-to-skin communication. If the owner lives alone or has few family members, you can often let friends who like cats come to play at home, and let the cat experience the interaction with strangers.