When the cat is pregnant, everyone will be particularly concerned about the physical condition of the mother cat, for fear that there will be some problems with the kitten in the stomach. Especially after the mother cat is pregnant, she will need a lot of nutrients to meet the normal development of the kittens, so what should the pregnant cat eat? Can the mother cat be pregnant with milk powder to supplement nutrition?
Supplementing nutrition to pregnant cats needs to pay attention to the principle of pertinence. First of all, it is necessary to understand the changes in the diet and body of the female cat during pregnancy, and then make targeted nutritional supplements according to these changes and the needs of the female cat's body. This will make the pregnant cat healthier, and it will also ensure the healthy development of the cat's baby.
After one week of pregnancy, the cat will gain a lot of food due to its own weight gain and to meet the growth of the cat baby in the body. The cat will become very edible, it will accumulate energy in the body to meet its own energy use during production and lactation. After 9 weeks of pregnancy, the cat will eat twice as much as usual, allowing the body to quickly store energy. Therefore, the food of the cat during pregnancy should be high nutrition, easy to digest and absorb, such as goat milk powder. During pregnancy, the cat's food should be soft, to avoid the burden of the cat's stomach caused by hard food and the symptoms of gastrointestinal digestion. At the same time, attention should be paid to vitamin and calcium powder supplementation for cats during pregnancy. The amount of food for cats during pregnancy should be more than usual. According to the changes in the pregnancy cycle of the female cat, the amount of food should also change appropriately.
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