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For cats, cat grass is one of the most important dietary supplements, regardless of breed. No matter if you are a free roaming cat or a house tiger: The regular eating of cat grass is a tremendous support for the cuddly companions in their digestion. This applies in particular to the time of the fur change. Learn all you need to know about cat grass.

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Every cat owner has already observed how his cat cleans its hair with the tongue for the purpose of fur care. Due to this completely natural behaviour, however, the salon lions regularly swallow excess hair, which accumulates in the stomach. The cat excretes small quantities of it in the context of the normal digestion over the excrement again. Larger quantities of hair, however, condense in the stomach and form indigestible hairballs. In order to get rid of the unwanted hairballs, the fur-nose chokes the hair-balls up again and again and vomits. If the cat chokes up a collection of hair and spits it on the carpet, this is not only an ugly sight. Rather, the hairball can become very dangerous for the velvet paws. So it can happen that the ball of hair cannot be spit out anymore due to its size. This can lead to mucous membrane changes, a restriction of the stomach activity and a blockage of the stomach outlet. In the worst case the hairball gets stuck in the intestine and leads to a complete intestinal obstruction. An operation would then be unavoidable. No cat breed is immune from the formation of hair balls. The formation of hairballs is additionally favoured by lack of exercise, old age, overweight and the resulting slower digestion

On the one hand, grass eating is normal behaviour. Pure flat cats like to nibble on green plants and even free-range cats often eat grass. Especially with domestic cats, however, the highest caution is required, since numerous indoor plants are incompatible or even poisonous for the cuddly tigers (e.g. Christmas rose, oleander, wood sorrel, room fire). These should in principle be banned from the budget. Instead, you should offer special cat grass, which makes cats less interested in other indoor plants. In addition, cat grass helps to stimulate the choking of the hair balls and to trigger the natural gag reflex. Cat grass is also able to loosen the hairballs and often does not allow the crease to develop at all. The cat grass also ensures that the velvet paws can digest the hair naturally. Contrary to Freigänger, house-cats cannot take this important food-supplement easily to itself since they are not in the free nature on the way. Therefore cat grass should be constantly available for them

Under cat grass special grass mixtures are to be understood, which are eaten gladly by the quadrupeds and are completely harmless. But cat grass not only keeps the digestion of animal friends going, it also supplies them with important vitamins and vital substances. Above all, cat grass contains folic acid, which is essential for blood formation and is not found in meat foods. In the trade cat grass is offered as sowing for self raising or as a finished plant. If the seed consists of wheat, barley, oat or grass grains, these germinate after 3 to 4 days. As soon as the plant has reached a growth height of 5 cm, you can offer it to your cat. The young stalks are extremely soft and well tolerated by cats. Straight wheat germ grass is ideal. Also suitable are millet or rye seeds

Some of the cat grass is Cyperus zumula, while others are seeds of other cereals and grasses. You should avoid plants with sharp edges, spines or small barbs on the leaf. It is important that the grasses are not treated with pesticides and are not too woody but relatively tender. Cyperus zumula is often accepted by cats because its stems are extremely soft. Green line species (e.g. Mandarin, Bonnie or Variegatum) are also welcome. However, the mentioned cat grasses also have disadvantages:
– Green lines store pollutants such as nicotine from the air. Cyprus grass is sharp-edged, which can lead to cuts in the stomach and neck.
The cats also like the Nepeta Cataria, also known as catnip. Due to the pleasant mint smell, the fur noses like to rub on it, eat parts of it or even lie down completely in the plant. The four-legged friends relax noticeably. Even nervous cats become much calmer thanks to the pheromone nepetalactone. Too much of it should not please the cat, however, otherwise it could come to strong sweating or frustration. As an alternative to cat grass you can also use malt paste.

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