It is inevitable for owners to be happy and excited when a new member arrives, but for first-time owners, they may need to know more things about raising cats for the first time, such as: What do cats eat? How to make cats grow healthily? The process of cat growth It goes through two periods in life, first is the growth period of very rapid growth, followed by sexual maturity. Proper nutrition is needed during both periods for kittens to grow into healthy and strong adult cats. Kittens enter a period of rapid growth after weaning, and the period of rapid growth lasts until the kitten reaches 6 months of age.

1. Kittens have special nutritional needs

Kittens go through two stages in their growth process. First, they grow very rapidly, and then they reach sexual maturity. Proper nutrition is needed during both periods for kittens to grow into healthy and strong adult cats.

2. Rapid growth period: 2 months to 6 months old

After weaning, kittens enter a period of rapid growth, which lasts until the kitten reaches 6 months of age. During this period, kittens need high-quality food with balanced nutrition and high protein and calories to provide various nutrients and energy needed for rapid growth. Judging from the energy required per unit body weight, kittens in the rapid growth period require twice as much energy as adult cats; however, kittens have small mouths, small teeth, and small stomachs, so they cannot eat and digest them in one meal. Plenty of food. Therefore, kittens from weaning to six months old must eat at least three meals a day. Because kittens need a lot of nutrients and energy, they must eat specially formulated high-quality kitten food. The characteristic of this type of high-quality kitten food is that it uses meat as the main raw material, is very easy to digest, and contains a large amount of nutrients, which can meet the special nutritional needs of kittens.

3. Rapid maturity period: 6 months to 12 months old

When kittens go through a period of rapid growth and reach a body similar to that of an adult cat, their nutritional needs are different. Cats after six months of age begin to grow slower and their activity levels will decrease slightly; at this time, they eat a larger amount of food per meal, so they can reduce the number of meals per day. Although the cat's size is very similar to that of an adult cat at this time, it will still grow somewhat. Many cat owners will feed their cats different foods when they reach sexual maturity; in fact, cats like to eat high-quality dry cat food; at this time, you can add a little nutritious canned cat food to the dry cat food to suit their needs. Different nutritional requirements due to slower growth rates.

4. Convert from kitten food to adult cat food

When cats reach one year old, they need to switch to adult cat food specially formulated for adult cats; adult cats no longer need the large amount of heat energy and large amounts of nutrients provided by kitten food. Remember to follow the same rule when changing pet food: gradually mix it in over 5-7 days. During this period of changing feed, special attention should be paid toPay attention to monitoring the cat's weight and adjust the feeding amount according to the cat's weight at any time. Most cats will eat a certain amount of food based on the heat energy they need, so they can be fed by the ad libitum method. However, if the cat only moves indoors, the amount of activity is not large, so the free-feeding method may cause overweight problems; therefore, quantitative feeding twice a day can be used to prevent the cat from becoming overweight.