Cats are raised, and you are responsible for them when you buy them home, so it is necessary to choose a suitable cat food for cats. Appropriate cat food can provide sufficient nutrition and vitamins for pet cats and cats. The cat food selected for different cats and cats is different, so how to choose for ragdoll cats The right cat food?

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1. Look at the top five highest ingredients in the ingredients, if there are meat or poultry by-products, grains are the majority (for example, there are 3 items), the meat is not specified as what kind of meat, and the preservative is BHA/BHT or Ethozyquin cat food is not recommended for purchase.

2. Try to buy products from some big manufacturers and reputable companies. The reason is this. However, whether the cat food produced by big companies must be healthy cat food is not necessarily a fact. Parents should focus on quality.

3. Some dry cat food on the market is also produced according to the different needs of cats, such as: hairball formula, gastrointestinal sensitive formula, skin sensitive formula, gum health formula, anti-urolith formula ?The formula for long-haired puppet cats...etc. Different formulas, cat owners can choose according to the different needs of puppet cats.

4. The storage period of general dry food is 1-2 years. Please be careful to read the last expiry date on the packaging bag. When opening the package, smell the taste of dry food. If you find that the taste is abnormal or Do not feed the cat if it is not fresh, you can ask the manufacturer to return it.

5. If you want to change the brand of cat food for Ragdolls, don't change them in a hurry, first mix one-third of the new cat food with two-thirds of the old cat food, and then Gradually increase the proportion of new cats every day, slowly transitioning to completely replacing the old cats. This is done for the sake of the cat's stomach, otherwise switching to the new cat food at one time may cause gastrointestinal discomfort (the cat's stomach is adapted to the old cat food).

6. Cats of different ages need different cat food. Ragdoll cats need a variety of nutrients, and minerals are one of them. Calcium and phosphorus play an important role in bone development.

As the cat ages, the calcium and phosphorus content of the food should be gradually reduced. In particular, the content of phosphorus is even more for young cats > adult cats > senior cats. This is because the metabolism of phosphorus is mainly completed in the kidney. The older the cat is, the lower the ability of the kidney to metabolize phosphorus. In this way, if you feed adult cats or even elderly cats with kitten food for a long time, it will easily cause kidney problems. , such as renal failure.

In addition, the sodium content in the food should also decrease with the age of the puppet cat. The older the cat is, the higher the risk of heart disease. The burden of sodium ions on the heart is relatively large. In order to reduce the burden on the heart, the sodium content in the food should be reduced as the cat ages.