Maintaining Your Cat’s Health You can maintain your cat’s overall health in two important ways:1) schedule an annual preventive visit (including shots and an examination) with your veterinarian as well as other visits as needed; and 2) perform daily home examinations—petting and health care go hand in glove.

• Do a nose-to-tail checkup every time you cuddle with your cat on the couch. Call your veterinarian if you detect any abnormalities during these regular checks. Start with the head. Are your cat’s ears clean and pink? Do they give off an unpleasant odor? Have mites appeared as a black, waxy mess inside the ears? Are the eyes bright, clear, focused, and free of discharge? Are the gums pink and the teeth clean? Has tartar appeared along the gum line? Is your cat’s breath inoffensive? Don’t check a cat’s nose to see if it’s cold and

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Cats are strict carnivores that rely on nutrients in animal tissues to meet their specific and unique nutritional requirements. In their natural habitat, cats consume prey high in protein with moderate amounts of fat and small amounts of carbohydrates. Thus, they are metabolically adapted for higher metabolism of proteins and lower utilization of carbohydrates than dogs or other omnivores.

Although cats can use carbohydrates as a source of metabolic energy, they have limited ability to spare protein utilization by using carbohydrates instead. Therefore, their diet should be comprised of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and water in the correct proportions. A cat food that meets these requirements is called a “Complete” or “Balanced” diet. The amount of food a cat requires depends on the cat’s age, breed, gender, activity, temperament, environment and metabolism.

Proteins

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GOOD Quality Cat Food

• Good nutrition is perhaps the single most vital factor in the health and well being of our feline friends.
• Feeding good quality cat food is easy and affordable!
  
• The pet food recall pointed out yet one more risk associated with feeding poor quality foods made from questionable ingredients.
  
• Good quality cat food has MEAT as the #1 ingredient listed on bag (i.e. Chicken, Turkey, Lamb) .
  
• The fewer fillers the better! Cats’ bodies cannot process carbohydrates. Rice, corn, soy,  etc. do not fill a cat up, it leaves them unsatisfied and will cause them to eat more which means more trips to the litter box!

POOR Quality Cat Food

• Poor quality cat food is the foundation of most common health issues we see in our feline friends today including

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