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What to do if a cat is malnourished? How to improve it? Cats are round and strong. First of all, from a visual point of view, they give people a plump and solid aesthetic feeling. In addition, they are also healthy for cats. Performance, thin cats always look sickly, so the thinness or fitness of cats is often related to nutrition. However, malnutrition is not only related to the cat’s body, but also leads to the continuation of various diseases. hair. Therefore, owners should pay attention to a balanced nutritional mix when feeding their cats.

1. How to diagnose malnutrition in cats?

1. Loss of weight by 10%

2. Loss of appetite or lack of appetite The appetite has been more than 5 days; or it has only been more than 3 days now, but the animal is not expected to eat in the next 2 days

3. There may be a loss of nutrients

4. This The body condition of animals requires high nutritional support

5. Chronic diseases

6. Albumin is less than 2.5

2. Cats caused by malnutrition Hair loss

Cat hair is also a reflection of the cat’s quality of life. A cat with good nutrition should have smooth and shiny hair. If the cat's hair is dry and dull, and the hair is easy to break and fall off, it may be that the cat has malnutrition. Generally speaking, cats with weak gastrointestinal function, cats with long hair (such as Persian cats, etc.), and those with a single diet Cats are prone to hair loss due to malnutrition.

3. What to do if you suffer from malnutrition?

In principle, if a cat is malnourished, then it is natural to find ways to enhance the cat’s nutrition. There are several ways to supplement nutrition for cats. First, prepare nutritious and comprehensive food; second, combine some nutrients (such as vitamin tablets, calcium tablets, etc.) to supplement nutrition for cats; third, when necessary, It may also be necessary to supplement the cat's nutritional energy with infusion.

Pet cats need many nutrients such as protein, water, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, vitamins, trace elements, etc. to grow. Once a cat does not receive enough nutrients, its growth will be affected. If the bones cannot develop and grow, the cat will grow weak and have extremely poor physical resistance. This makes cats more susceptible to illness and injury.

For cats with weak gastrointestinal function, we should start by regulating the gastrointestinal tract and use some gastrointestinal conditioning drugs or nutritional products, such as Feibao-S Cat Intestinal Formula, Wei Shili Intestine, etc., to ensure good gastrointestinal regulation. Only in this way can we absorb good nutrients and ensure the health of the cat's hair and body.

For cats with very long hair, the nutrients they usually absorb are difficult to meet the needs of hair maintenance. Just like humans, if they have long hair, they are prone to hair breakage, split ends, etc., so they must It is necessary to use additional hair-beautifying nutritional products, such as nutritional hair-beautifying powder, hair-beautifying powder, etc.The trace elements contained in oil and hair beauty supplements can ensure the health of your cat’s hair.

4. What are the general methods of nutritional supplementation?

1. Intravenously

2. Feed directly by mouth. Force feeding

3. Use a nasogastric tube

4. Place a tube directly into the esophagus

5. Place the tube above the stomach

6. We can put a tube into the jejunum. That is, nutrition goes directly to the jejunum

For malnutrition that occurs during the treatment of some diseases, first of all, the animal's vital signs must be stabilized. Is the animal capable of protecting the functions of its respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract? normal. If there is no ability to protect the respiratory tract, the animal may vomit or choke after feeding; or if its gastrointestinal function is not good, there is no point in feeding it through the mouth or esophageal tube. At this time, we must directly consider I used TPN and gave him nutrition through the vein.

If the animal has the ability to protect its respiratory tract and its gastrointestinal function is normal, then see if the animal can eat it when it is fed by hand. If possible, just feed by hand. If not, you can consider installing a nasogastric tube or further using an esophagogastric tube. It is also necessary to evaluate whether the animal can be anesthetized.