How to choose milk powder for kittens? Sometimes the kitten is picked up and there is no mother cat to feed it. At this time, milk powder is very important. After all, the kitten is still too young to eat other things.

Due to their fragile intestinal tract, kittens will suffer from indigestion when fed cat food directly. They need breast milk to obtain necessary nutrients to maintain their lives. However, due to various reasons, not all kittens can drink enough breast milk. If the mother cat breastfeeds too many kittens, or adopts kittens in advance, the kittens need to be artificially fed.

When kittens are fed, especially those one or two months old, their intestines and stomachs are relatively weak and immature. Not only can they not eat dry and hard food, they may not even take the initiative to eat, so the first choice of food is cat milk powder. The cat milk powder mentioned here does not refer to infant milk powder, or milk powder for cats and dogs, but milk powder specifically for cats. However, the pet market has a low threshold and lacks a national review mechanism. Good and bad cat milk powders are mixed, and even low-priced and low-quality milk powders abound. Faced with various consumer traps, how about we let cats take a sip of safe and reliable milk?

Common milk contents are divided into cow's milk, goat's milk, Shuhua milk, cat milk powder (milk processed and extracted ingredients), cat milk powder (goat milk processed and extracted ingredients), and infant milk powder. The lactose contained in cow's milk and goat's milk can cause diarrhea in lactose-intolerant kittens, but lactose-tolerant kittens can drink it. However, the protein content of cow's milk and goat's milk is very low. Compared with the ingredients of cat milk, the nutrition is not sufficient, which may cause chronic stunting, consumption and death of kittens, or even if they survive successfully, they will suffer from stunted growth and weak constitution. If conditions are limited and you can only choose cow's milk or goat's milk, goat's milk should be given priority because the fat globules of goat's milk are smaller than those of cow's milk. For some kittens with fat intolerance, goat's milk is easier to absorb than the fat of cow's milk. However, the fat in goat's milk does not cause diarrhea in kittens as often as the fat in cow's milk.

Shuhua milk is lactose-free cow's milk or goat's milk, which is better for kittens with lactose intolerance. If the kitten also has fat intolerance, low-fat Shuhua milk should be used. The fiber content contained in some Shuhua milk may not be suitable for all kittens, because the physical constitution of kittens is very different. For kittens with more sensitive constitutions, slight differences in ingredients may cause gastrointestinal discomfort. . However, for kittens who are in good physical condition and are not very sensitive to the fiber contained in Shuhua milk, Shuhua milk can be taken, but the protein content of Shuhua milk is also relatively low, and it is the same as cow's milk and goat's milk. Long-term use may cause chronic stunting, consumption and death of kittens, or even if they survive successfully, they may suffer from stunted growth and weak constitution. Therefore, it is a better choice to buy qualified lactose-free and low-fat cat milk powder through regular channels.

Kittens are in the period of growth and development. The choice of milk powder is a top priority. The owner needs to do a lot of understanding and comparison!