Best Cat food

Centuries of domestication cannot hide the fact that our domestic cats are and remain hunters and carnivores by nature. Their digestion is essentially responsible for this. The cat itself often makes the wrong decision when the choice is left to it. The short digestive tract of the domestic cat is designed for meat and very short. The necessary proteins and vitamins are extracted from meat and animal products via the short intestine. It is not suitable for splitting carbohydrates. Vegetable feed can therefore, if at all, be used to a small extent and is seen by the body as a pollutant that has to be broken down. This puts a strain on the kidney. Every second cat dies of kidney failure, often earlier than necessary. This is due to the feed with grain additive, which is often very inexpensive for the owner. But even expensive brands often seem to believe that they do the cat good with herbal additives. The advertising here is “fine vegetables” or “selected vegetable ingredients”. In fact, the vegetables merely depress the production price. Healthy cat food consists exclusively of meat, possibly broth, and animal by-products. The latter usually refers to slaughterhouse waste as bone. However, since cats often eat rodents, birds and insects whole in their natural environment, it can be assumed that they are not disturbed by fins in the fish food or crushed muscles and tendons.

High-quality cat food such as “Animonda Carny” or “Dehner Best Nature” do not contain the additives that make cats sick. But some manufacturers, who attract attention with particularly colourful, prominent advertisements and are able to book entire shelf aisles in supermarkets for themselves, use them so excessively that it is difficult for many owners to get used to their cats because of their health. Admittedly, it’s not just wheat, rice or soy. Sugar and chemical flavour enhancers are also used here, as if it were a matter of human nutrition. While our digestive tract can decompose even toxins such as alcohol relatively reliably, for carnivores even a single piece of chocolate can mean early death. Anyway, the effort around caramel addition and “exotic” flavour enhancers is in vain, because cats can’t taste sweet flavours. However, this does not mean that they do not, like humans, get used to the sugar in such a way that, in the worst case, they no longer eat natural food. Cheap cat food leads to kidney and liver damage, deficiency symptoms, overweight and excessive fatigue. The latter often makes a later diet difficult, as the cat can only lose weight again with sufficient exercise

Cat food is offered dry, moist and even as porridge. Since cats drink little or no water with an ideal diet, it is important that the food already contains enough liquid. However, it should still be firm enough to be chewed by the cat. In addition, crunchy snacks such as dried meat should be given to prevent atrophy of the chewing muscles and to care for the teeth. Dry food is not an alternative for cats and always contains cereals. An adult cat needs about 250 grams of wet food per day. In smaller cats this amount may be reduced. The higher the quality of the food, the sooner the cat is full and tends to beg and “whine” less about a half-empty food bowl than its conspecifics, who can only digest part of the cheaper food. High-quality food also improves the mood and activity of the four-legged friend. From a tired, bad-tempered cat with much meat in a short time a balanced, agile animal becomes, which strives for cleanliness and shows interest in its environment. So the right cat food at the end also benefits the owner.