What can’t Scottish Fold cats eat? Cats are mostly the same, and the foods they can’t eat are also the same, such as chocolate, onions and other foods. Therefore, when feeding Fold cats, poop scrapers must Attention!

1. Fold-eared cats do not need calcium supplements

All folded-eared cats with folded-ear genes have a chance of developing some degree of bone and joint disease, and the more severe the folded-eared cats, the more serious the genetic disease. Why is this? Because the ears of folded-eared cats are Forward bending is caused by a mutation of a dominant gene, and the skeletal genetic disease of folded-eared cats is caused by the mutation of this dominant gene. Therefore, all folded-eared cats have abnormal cartilage-ossification development. It manifests to varying degrees in the tail, ankles, knees and other parts. At this time, calcium supplementation will not only not help the cat with folded ears, but may also cause calcification of the cartilage and aggravate the disease.

Does this tell us that the calcium content in the food of folded-eared cats should also be reduced? In fact, no, as long as the owners do not blindly supplement calcium to folded-eared cats, many owners believe that calcium supplementation has an effect on the bone diseases of folded-eared cats. Help, this is completely wrong idea.

2. Fold-eared cats should eat less salt

Although ordinary cats rarely eat salt, it does not mean that cats cannot eat it. Cats eating too much salt will have certain disadvantages, so owners should limit the supply of salt in daily life, especially for cats with folded ears, because Salt will increase the load on the heart of Fold-eared cats.

You can always hear about the sudden death of a Fold-eared cat. A Fold-eared cat that was well raised at home suddenly died inexplicably, and no reason can be found. In fact, this has a lot to do with the daily maintenance of the Fold-eared cat. Some people say that some folded-eared cats are patients with congenital heart disease, so folded-eared cats are quieter than ordinary cats, because they will find that their hearts can’t bear it after exercise, and the owners will not check the folded-eared cats properly, so they will not Discover this hidden "killer", is this really the case? In fact, the hearts of all folded-eared cats do need to be well protected, such as not eating foods with high salt content.

If the owner makes his own food for the Fold-eared cat, he should pay attention to the amount of salt added. If he buys cat food and snacks, he can taste them himself. If he feels that the salt content is high, do not provide them to the Fold-eared cat.