What to feed the Scottish Fold cats?

In your family, a cat or a Scottish Fold cat appeared, and immediately the question arose about the pet's diet. After all, a properly selected menu is a guarantee of your pet's health, which is why it is so important to know how many times a kitten eats, and what should be included in each feeding at home.

From birth and up to 2 months, the kittens eat mother's milk. Such feedings can be up to 7-8 times a day.

In the veterinary pharmacy, special milk formulas are purchased, which must be fed every 2.5-3 hours, including at night, before the kittens reach the age of 14 days. Then every 3 hours up to 1 month.

In this period, milk is the basis of the diet, there should be no supplements. During the second month, babies already need water, and they are allowed to give other foods besides milk. Pieces of new food should be small in size, necessarily soaked in milk or meat broth. At 2 months, Scottish fur seals continue to drink milk. The number of feedings is stored up to 7 times per day.

From 3 months mother lactation stops. The number of feedings is still high and reaches 6 times per day. Food should be semi-liquid, you can give milk. From 4 to 9 months, gradually reduce feedings up to 4 times. Give more and more solid food, gradually increasing the thickness.

At this age, it is also important to observe the dosage specified by the manufacturer, as well as to choose food by age.

Cottage cheese is allowed to be given no more than once a week, as it contains an excessive amount of calcium and, most likely, will lead to straightening of the ears in the lop-eared Scots. But the rest of dairy products, let's more often, about 3 times a week. From 10 months it is already possible to transfer a cat to the mode of adult nutrition 2-3 times a day. On the natural nutrition, give milk, cottage cheese from this point allowed more often.

The basis of the diet is meat, it is necessary to give porridge and vegetables. Be sure to give herbs fresh, in the form of finely chopped supplement. When feeding with dry food, select the manufacturer correctly. This should not be a mass market, preferably the acquisition of premium feed. Divide the daily rate by 2-3 times, pour into a bowl before eating. Provide constant access to fresh water.

The rules of feeding cats older than a year on natural nutrition include several items.

1. Meat should be present in the diet daily, at every meal. Choose low-fat varieties: chicken, rabbit, beef.
2. Fish in the diet need 2 times a week. Desirable marine representatives of low-fat meat.
3. Kashi let's about 3-4 times a week. It can be buckwheat, barley, wheat.
4. Dairy products.
5. Vegetables should also be on the menu of your pet. The multiplicity in the diet is the same as that of cereals.
6. Fruits can be given in small quantities, preferably in the morning. Choose unsweetened fruit: apples, pears.Very rarely let a pet indulge in grapes.
7. Daily give fresh grass. To do this, you can independently germinate wheat, green buckwheat. You can also purchase special herbs in pharmacies.
8. On natural food, cats need supplements in the form of vitamins and minerals once every 6-12 months.
9. It is forbidden to give cats food from their table, as well as pamper them with pastries and confectionery.

When feeding with dry food, you will not have any difficulties. Manufacturers have fully taken into account the needs of the pet in nutrients, vitamins, minerals, supplements in the form of grass. You will only need to comply with the dosage indicated on the pack.

The most important thing on the artificial feed is the constant access to fresh water. As for the digestion of crackers it should be a lot.

After a year you need to decide whether you will castrate the kitten or not. If you decide to sterilize, you need to start to transfer the cat to a special feed and only then send the animal for surgery. With natural feeding, you just need to reduce the volume of servings and the overall fat content of the diet for a sterilized cat.

Let's take a closer look at the list of approved foods when breastfeeding.

1. You chose lean meat, but how to give it to your pet? Make the stuffing and put it in the freezer for about 24 hours. This is an excellent prevention of helminthic invasions. Before cooking, remove it and pour boiling water over it. Cats should receive meat daily, as they are predators. You can diversify the menu with offal: chicken stomachs, liver, hearts. They must be boiled until soft. From the liver, you can make pies.
2. Very important for the growth of kittens and fish. It is impossible to offer Scottish Fold river fish. There are a lot of sharp and small bones that can damage the cat's tender intestines. It is best to choose sea fish, hake, perch, carp. Make a fillet from the carcass, boil in salted water for about 20 minutes. Make sure that there are no bones left, only then offer the dish to your pet. Do not give fish too often, it will be enough once a week.
3. Together with the meat, give the porridge. It should be buckwheat, barley, wheat. Boil them until cooked, you can add a little oil. Porridge should not be given daily, they enter the diet 3-4 times a week.
4. Also combine meat with vegetables. They can be given both in cooked form and in cheese. Choose those products that your cat loves. Experiment, it may take a long time before your kitten gets used to vegetables. Give them also 3-4 times a week.
5. Milk and dairy products. Milk after the year to give is not necessary. It is poorly absorbed by older cats. But dairy products - this is what a pet needs. Let's ryazhenka, kefir, cottage cheese, cream. Make sure that the fat content is not too high. Cottage cheese is enough 2 times a week, but the remaining products are about 3 times.
6. Fruits will also be beneficial to the Scot. But if the cat refuses to treat, do not insist. Typically, pets are very fond of pears, apples, grapes, banana. Enter in the menu they need 1 time per week.
7. For good digestion cats need grass. Kittens reluctant to eat it. Cut as small as possible, mix with cereals and vegetables. It is best to use fresh grass that you need to grow yourself. If this is not possible, purchase a special mixture in a veterinary pharmacy.
8. Remember that natural food is not balanced in vitamins and trace elements, so your cat will need additional feeding. The first time be sure to consult with a veterinarian about the composition and frequency of supplements. In the future, they must be applied once every six months - a year. Focus on the state of your pet's coat, as well as the level of activity. With a lack of vitamins, the wool will lose its shine and will shed very much.

All these principles will provide your cat with decent content.

All of the above drawbacks devoid of food with dry feed. You do not have to stand at the stove every day, invent new combinations of dishes. In adulthood, cats independently regulate the amount of food eaten at a time, and babies need to fill the bowl several times a day. When feeding "crackers" it is easy to ensure that your cat does not overeat. Also, you do not need to introduce special additives in the diet of the cat. Vitamins, minerals, trace elements, grass and fiber have already been added to the industrial feed. Another undoubted advantage of this diet is a decrease in the volume of feces.

In order for you to be completely confident in the quality of food, you must carefully read the composition indicated on the pack. Choose those manufacturers that add natural meat in the form of dried fibers. In high-quality food should not be missing impurities, such as dyes, flavor enhancers, flavors. All this is present in the feeds of the mass market. They are made from low quality ingredients. For cats, this is the same as for human chips and crackers.

But the elite premium feed is quite suitable for your Scot. It can be: Pronature, Purina, Royal Canin and a special series for kittens Royal Canin Size Mini Nutrition Junior, Hills and Hills Science Plan Puppy & Kitten - for kids, Eukanuba Puppy & Junior Small Breed - only for the little ones.

Kittens buy special food that matches the age. Do not exceed the dosage indicated on the pack.

In order to transfer the baby to the "crackers", a transitional period is necessary. At first, cook weak broths and soups, where soak the rusks completely. This option is suitable for a 2-month kitten. Over time, change the consistency a bit and by the sixth month there should be rusks in the food. Complete the transition to make 9-10 months. From year to year there will be food for an adult cat. In order for your cat not to have difficulty with the digestion of industrial feed, provide it with water.

Place a liquid bowl next to the food bowl. Change the water every time after eating. Its attenuation and flowering are unacceptable.

The feeding option, which combines natural and industrial nutrition, also has a right to exist. A few simple rules should be followed:

• dry food should not be given simultaneously with natural food;
• Before you give industrial food, make sure that after eating “naturalka” at least 4 hours have passed;
• frequent change of home-made food and industrial feed is not recommended by veterinarians, since different digestive mechanisms are used for digestion, and problems may arise.

We have analyzed in detail the rules of nutrition, discussed what can be given to Scottish lop-eared cats. Let us now define what they can not.

1. Food from the master's table. Smoked products, pickles, confectionery products are harmful for a small organism.
2. Milk for pets older than a year can be disastrous.
3. Poor quality feed. We have already said that they are made from low-quality ingredients and only harm the "Scots".
4. Fat meat: pork, lamb is hard to digest and can lead to indigestion.
5. Raw, unprocessed meatin which parasites may be present.
6. River fish It is forbidden, because it contains a large number of small bones.
7. Onions, potatoes not digested by the cat's body.
8. Parsley, dill, cilantro - can push the cat away from food.

Fatty meat, pastries, confectionery products will lead to your pet's obesity, especially if it is neutered. Therefore, do not accustom the cat to them from infancy. If you do not know the taste of the dish, it is easy to refuse.

You will learn more about the rules of feeding Scottish Fold cats by watching the following video.

Experienced breeders recommend to determine the principles of its feeding from the first day the cat stays in your house. Usually familiarity with food occurs in the breeder's house, so when you buy a cat, ask what it was fed to you. In the nursery they will tell you in detail about feed, give advice, how and in what quantity to give food.