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If you want to have a healthy cat, the proper feeding of the Siamese cat it is essential to make your pet healthy and happy.
Siamese cats are healthy animals and have little problem to care for. In addition to basic veterinary care, vaccinations and routine appointments, proper nutrition will be the main way to preserve your Siamese cat's good health.
Continue reading this PeritoAnimal article and find out what you should take into account for siamese cat feed.
The ideal weight of the Siamese cat
For a start you should know that there are two types of siamese cats:
- modern siamese
- Traditional Siamese (Thai)
The modern Siamese has a much prettier and more stylized physical appearance, more "Oriental" than its companion the traditional Siamese or Thai cat. However, both tend to have an identical weight that varies. between 2 and 4.5 kilos of weight.
To keep the Siamese cat in optimal health conditions, let's talk about three types of food suitable for Siamese cats: dry food, wet food and fresh food.
One balance between the three classes of food will be the optimal formula for your Siamese cat to preserve all its vitality and health. Next, we'll explain the fundamental requirements and properties for each food class.
dry feed
Siamese cats need feed with different properties depending on your age:
when are puppies they need high protein and fatty rations that favor growth. There are many dry pet food, your veterinarian should suggest two or three brands of quality feed that are ideal for your Siamese kitten. Calcium and vitamins must also be present in this ration.
When Siamese cats are adults they should be fed a good balanced ration, whose composition has about 26% protein, 40% fat, plus different percentages of fiber, vitamins, omega 3 and omega 6.
In addition, there are also several specific diets for neutered cats, something very important to prevent obesity in cats.
for cats elderly there are ideal diets with reduced percentages of protein and fat, since they will perform less physical activity and do not need these amounts of these food elements.
wet food
Wet food is usually presented in cans or other containers airtight. Once opened, what is left should be stored in the refrigerator.
This type of food should contain about 35% protein, at a minimum. Its fat percentage should be between 15% and 25% of its volume. Carbohydrates should not exceed 5%.
Omega 3 and Omega 6 must be present in this type of food. In addition, it is important to have a small percentage of taurine (slightly above 0.10%) in mind. The essential trace elements: phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium and others, must be present in the composition of moist food.
It is not convenient to abuse This type of food, since its continuous ingestion causes tartar, bad breath and soft and smelly feces in the cat.
home cooking
The homemade food for the Siamese cat should be complementary to a mixed food between dry, wet and fresh food from the homemade food. The healthiest fresh foods for the Siamese cat are sliced ham and turkey ham. These foods are popular with Siamese cats.
Other ideal foods are turkey, chicken, salmon, cod and hake. These foods should never be given raw, you should give them cooked or grilled first. You should also check the fish for bones before giving it to your Siamese cat.
Balanced diet
Ideally, the Siamese cat consumes a balanced, rich and varied diet. The veterinarian may prescribe, if necessary, vitamin supplements to cover dietary deficiencies that you detect in the cat.
An ideal complement is to provide malt for cats to the Siamese cat, this way you will have a good help to eliminate ingested hair. Siamese lick themselves a lot as they are extremely clean, this is a good way to avoid hairballs.
It should also not be forgotten that the clean and renewed water It is essential for good nutrition and health of your Siamese cat.
