Many sphinx owners do not know how to feed them properly at home. Which diet is better for them to choose. This article is useful not only to the owners of sphinxes, but also to those who are only planning to have a kitten, because it is necessary to teach him to feed good from childhood. Next, let's look at what products in the feeding of sphinxes is best to give preference. We learn, than the usual food is better than a ready-made feed, and also we will consider products which are not recommended for the cat at any age.
Little about features
Don, Canadian and St. Petersburg sphinxes belong to pedigreed cats, but because they require special care and attention from the owners. And first of all, it concerns food. The correct diet of a cat or a cat should be balanced, because only then animals will not have any health problems, namely the intestines, immunity and teeth.
With proper feeding, the skin will be healthy, since sphinxes (most of them) have no hair.
Even when the kitten is quite small, he should be taught to feed that he will eat for the rest of his life.. Since an abrupt change of food or diet often leads to health complications. In general, it is believed that sphinxes are quite unpretentious in the diet, and therefore they do not need an excessive abundance of food. Many cats and cats of this breed can eat everything indiscriminately, but this does not mean at all that they should be fed "from the table." For animals, in most cases, not what people eat.
When choosing a natural food, which the owners prepare their own, or the choice of dry food is very important not to forget about the correct dosage. It is also worth "from an early age" to teach the animal to eat on schedule. This is especially true for neutered and sterilized sphinxes, which, eating balanced, will not gain extra pounds.
Natural food or prepared food?
Every year, breeders, felinologists and owners ask questions about how to properly feed pets without causing them harm? What is better to give preference, natural food or finished dry? Of course, almost all professional veterinarians and felinologists agree that best to choose ready-made feed. This is due to the fact that they are balanced, and most of them are specially adapted for a particular breed.
Of course, the choice in favor of a diet should be made on the basis of the animal's health, personal preferences and financial capabilities.
Details on the finished feed
Premium cat food is designed in such a way that, in addition to the meat and vegetables they need, they are saturated with all the necessary vitamins and minerals in the right proportion. Premium feed has many advantages.
- The owners do not need to constantly think about how to feed your pet. Moreover, you do not need to spend a lot of time cooking meat, vegetables and cereals, when you can simply pour the finished food in the required dosage.
- Dry foods contribute to the normalization of digestion, and many rulers, specially created by manufacturers, for example, for neutered cats, are an excellent prevention of ICD (urolithiasis), which sterilized animals very often encounter.Specially adapted food can be an excellent opportunity to maintain the health of the sphinx at home.
- Many owners mistakenly believe that dry food can get annoying, but this is certainly not the case. After all, today, in addition to dry food, manufacturers offer both wet food in a vacuum and a variety of canned food. Therefore, a cat or a cat will not get tired of eating food with one beef, because for breakfast they can be given ready-made canned rabbit or tuna.
- The advantage of ready-made feeds is the fact that they somehow care for the teeth of animals. Sphynxes often have caries, because they regularly need to brush their teeth, but not all cats respond to this therapy, and therefore fodder can be an excellent prevention for them, which gently cleans enamel.
The disadvantages of premium fodder include their rather high price, but if the cat eats only meat and cereals, then the total spending will be the same. Also, some feeds cause addiction in animals, after which they are quite difficult to transfer to a new feed or diet. However, this concerns budgetary feeds, which are generally not recommended to feed cats.
Natural products
Natural food can also be basic in the diet of a cat or a sphinx cat. She can also feed little kittens. However, it should be understood that not all products that a person uses can be given to cats. Sphynx with homemade food is recommended to feed like that.
- Low-fat meats, namely turkey, chicken, baby lamb and rabbit. Meat should be given only in boiled form, fried is completely contraindicated, as well as smoked. Raw chicken meat is also allowed, most importantly, pre-pour it with boiling water.
- Boiled vegetables must also be in the diet of the animal.
- Kashi (rice, buckwheat and others).
- Boiled eggs (it is recommended to give only the yolk).
In boiled porridge, you can add a little oil. As treats, cats can be given special rusks, which are not only delicacies, but also gently brush their teeth. It is completely contraindicated to give cats and bones to cats and adult cats with cats, as well as raw fish. Especially carefully should be with fish neutered individuals. She very often provokes ICD. Bones are not absorbed by the body of domestic cats and cats, and therefore can cause a lot of discomfort to animals.
Also, you should not spoil cats with chocolate and buns, as well as other bakery products. Dishes with salt, pepper and other spices are contraindicated. Milk is best replaced with plain yogurt. Cats can not be fed spoiled food, and all the uneaten leftovers are best removed immediately.
It is not so difficult to feed sphynx with natural products at home, the main thing is to immediately exclude products not recommended for cats from the diet, and no problems should arise.
Key recommendations
The most important thing you should never forget is that kittens and adults should always have clean drinking water in a bowl, especially if the cats are dry food. In no case can not pour water from the tap, in the extreme case, you can take boiled, but cooled to room temperature. As an additional source of vitamins for animals, you can grow special cat grass or germinate grain.
Fresh greens will always be useful not only for cleaning the intestines, but also for the recovery of the body as a whole. Ready-made vitamin complexes should be added to food only if indicated and following a recommendation with a veterinarian.
It is also very important to wash the bowls after each feeding of sphinxes. Pour food should always be only in clean dishes. Also for animals, be sure to take the place where they will eat. You can not constantly change it, it will confuse the animals.
Animals are usually fed 2 times a day, at the same time: in the morning and in the evening, but it happens that sphinxes do not eat up, and therefore they can often be given a small snack or treat at the mid-morning snack.
Kittens feeding
You can also feed little kittens with food or natural food that you can cook yourself. If food is used as food, it is best to choose premium options that are adapted for the age and weight of the baby. For example, in a monthly kitten, as well as in kittens at 2 and 3 months, ready-made food already varies, as babies grow and their food requirements change.
You can even bottle feed even the smallest babies at 2 weeks old if the cat is no longer feeding them. For small sphinxes that are not fed by a cat, you can buy a special milk replacer. You can find it in many pet stores. Cow's milk is not recommended, as it is not digested by many kittens. From 3 weeks, usually kittens are fed finely chopped or twisted lean meat and cottage cheese.
On the features of care and nutrition of the Canadian Sphynx, see the following video.
