"Daily Question" Issue 13:
Under what circumstances should cats be supplemented with trace elements?
What can cats eat? What can't cats eat?
Does cat need sterilization? Cats don’t need to be sterilized?
Does cat need to close the cage? Cats don’t need to close their cages?
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Of course, there are still many cat-raising problems. I wonder if these various problems bother the shit shovel officers?
Don’t worry, a professional pet consultant will take you out of the misunderstanding of raising cats.
Today’s question: Under what circumstances should cats be supplemented with trace elements?
Cats are picky, anorexic and pica? Not in the moulting season but severe hair loss? Growth and development are slow, do not like exercise and are very thin? This may be a lack of certain trace elements in the cat's body.
Cat’s needs for trace elements include calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. When the cat’s body lacks a certain trace element, the corresponding symptoms will appear.
So how to judge the cat's lack of trace elements? Look down ↓↓↓
Calcium and phosphorus deficiency: The cat will become indifferent, the bones will be enlarged or diseased, it is not the phenomenon of cramps.
Lack of manganese and magnesium: The cat will not grow up, development is quite slow, and the weight and height will be significantly lower than that of the same breed cat of the same age.
Iron deficiency: Cats will have anemia, weakness, fatigue, and like to stay on their stomachs without moving.
Copper deficiency: Cats can also cause anemia, accompanied by hair fading, poor gastrointestinal tracts, diarrhea, and bone problems.
Zinc deficiency: Cats will lose appetite, weight loss and weight loss, and the healing ability of injured parts will be significantly reduced.
Iodine deficiency: cats will have goiter problems similar to humans.
Selenium deficiency: cats will have problems with skeletal muscle and heart muscle.
Once the cat's body lacks trace elements, it will exhibit some abnormal behaviors, such as pica, a lot of hair loss during the non-moulting season, and whitening of the nose.
Generally, the lack of a certain trace element has little effect on the cat's body in the short term, but the long-term lack will seriously harm the cat's health, so it is very important to supplement the cat with trace elements.
How to add trace elements to cats?
Before adding trace elements to cats, it is necessary to determine which element the cat lacks in order to prescribe the right medicine.
1) The method of supplementing trace elements is also very simple. Now there are various nutritional creams, trace element tablets, trace element powders and other products for cat trace element supplementation on the market. You can respond according to the specific situation of the cat owner. The supplement will do.
2) If you don’t buy it, you can also cook for the master and DIY to provide nutritious meals for the cat. In the daily feeding of cats, it is naturally better to provide cats with food. Reasonably matching food with cat owners will not cause the lack of various trace elements, which is more conducive to the healthy growth of cats.
3) For parents who don’t have the time and energy to prepare nutritious meals for their cats on time, they can spend more energy when buying food, pay attention to the trace element composition of various cat food, choose two or three Kind of grains with different trace elements, mixed or changed to feed the cat owner, because the content of trace elements in each cat food is not the same, this can balance the absorption of various trace elements. In addition, it can be supplemented with trace element powder and tablets.
tips: Generally, pet trace elements are sold in pet markets. When choosing, be sure to choose cat trace elements. Don't choose trace elements for cats and dogs, or special trace elements for dogs, and don't feed the trace elements that people eat to cats at will, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
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