The importance of vitamin C to cats, does exotic shorthair cats need vitamin C supplementation? In terms of nutritional supplements, most of the things that cats need to supplement are the same as humans. Take vitamin C, which is a water-soluble vitamin, which is rich in fruits and vegetables. It is an indispensable vitamin nutrition for cats, which can maintain the normal structure between cells and promote wound healing. Plays a regulatory role in redox metabolic reactions, lack of which can cause scurvy.

      Generally speaking, cats can partially synthesize vitamin C in their bodies. Under normal circumstances, vitamin C deficiency is not easy, but kittens grow faster and are prone to vitamin C deficiency. Therefore, kittens need supplementation especially when vitamin c. In addition, the reduced function of vitamin synthesis in the body of sick cats can also lead to vitamin C deficiency. Vitamin C deficiency is mainly manifested as bleeding gums, brittle blood vessels, decreased disease resistance, and affecting the body's absorption of iron.

        However, by improving feeding management and giving fresh feed rich in vitamin C, when designing and supplementing the daily vitamin nutritional needs of pets cats , the actual needs of various vitamins should be comprehensively considered to ensure that pet cats obtain adequate and reasonable nutritional needs. Although some fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamin C, these foods are not palatable to cats.

        But some parents report that cats do not like vegetables, cats do not like vegetables or do not like to eat certain kinds of vegetables, because cats do not like the special characteristics of certain vegetables The taste may be caused by the fact that vegetables contain more crude fiber, which is not easy to chew, difficult to swallow, and the habit of cats who are picky eaters.