Many people like pet cats and have had the idea of ​​raising them, but they don’t know how to raise pet cats, because different cats have different raising methods, and they must be treated differently according to their living habits and habits. So if What should you pay attention to when raising Egyptian cats? What are the methods of raising Egyptian cats?

Egyptian Cat

​1. Cat food sold on the market

There are three main categories of prepackaged food for cats on the market: canned meat, semi-moist food and dry food. Although these three types of food are very convenient to feed, they should only be used as part of cat food, not all cat food. Ideally: feed fresh food at least twice a week. This is because this type of specialty food does not provide all the nutrients your cat needs if you plan to keep your cat alive and healthy for a long time. It is said that many of these foods meet the prescribed protein content (25% to 30%) in cat food. However, like humans, cats should eat fresh foods to get enough vitamins and minerals. Furthermore, feeding cats only this kind of food is too monotonous, even if some cats can tolerate this excessive monotony, and in terms of nutritional value, prepackaged food is quite expensive. However, at some point, you may feel you have to use prepackaged food as your only cat food. Just feed it for a few weeks, rather than months, and with plenty of water when feeding dry food, and your cat won't have trouble tolerating it.

​Canned food

This type of food includes meat, fish, salt, jelly, vitamins, chemical color additives, water, and grains. Most foods are made from fish, chicken, beef, rabbit or animal offal. They contain 25% to 30% protein and can be used as the main ration for cats. Canned food can be fed to cats. Because they are sterilized, they are easy to store. Coupled with the large amount of water in it, the canning process and subsequent storage can also lower vitamin standards.

​Dry food

These biscuits contain cereals, fish, meat, yeast flakes, vitamins, fats and pigments. They are cheaper than canned or semi-moist foods and are easier to store and carry. But they have the following disadvantages: they are low in fat and protein; and some people suspect that they can cause cystitis in cats. If you feed your cat dry food, make sure it drinks water regularly.

​Soft and wet food

These granules contain meat, soybeans, fats, vitamins, preservatives, chemical color additives, and often thickeners and sugar. The water content accounts for more than 33%. The nutritional value is not very high. Soft and moist foods are used as cat food because they contain just over 25% protein.It has lower fat content. This kind of food is packaged in silver foil paper bags and can be stored, but not as long as the other two types of food.

2. Fresh food

If you mainly feed your cat canned food, you may want to make your cat's food fresh food once or twice a week because it is better for your cat's health. If you do cook specifically for cats, season with iodized salt. This trace element is particularly important for pregnant cats as it prevents reabsorption of the fetus in the womb.

Meat

To prevent cats from getting toxoplasmosis, all meat should be cooked.

Cats cannot chew food due to the structure of their teeth, so you should mince or finely chop cat food, or feed it to your cat in large chunks of meat so that it can tear it up easily. If you are using chicken for cat food, be sure to remove all chicken bones as cats can easily get stuck on chicken bones.

​Eat grass

Don’t be alarmed if your cat insists on nibbling on grass or weeds. Grass is good for cats because it contains certain vitamins and acts as an effective vomiting agent, helping cats to vomit up unwanted items such as hairballs. However, if your cat often goes to the grass to graze, please note that the fertilizer used must be non-toxic.

3. Beverages

Beverages are essential for cats to maintain good health, although cats can survive by drinking less water (proportionately by volume) than humans.

​Water

Although strictly speaking, water is not food, it is a necessary part of cat food. Meat cat food should not only be high in protein but also contain a lot of moisture. Cats eating a high-protein diet produce large amounts of urea and therefore need to drink large amounts of water to remove this waste product through their kidneys. So, based on their size, do cats need relatively more water than humans? In fact, they need less water because the concentration of urea in their urine is higher than that of humans (almost twice as concentrated), so there is Helps them retain moisture. And the amount of water evaporated when cats pant and sweat is negligible. Even big cats like lions have been recorded going without water for up to ten days.

When feeding your cat food containing cooked fish, tripe, and certain canned foods, you should give an animal of its size more fluid than it needs. In addition, cats get a lot of the water they need every day through chemical reactions. When the fats and carbohydrates in cat food are digested in the cat's body, water molecules are produced.

​Milk

Strictly speaking, milk is not a beverage, it is actually food.The value is that it can provide calcium and phosphorus. Feeding 200cc of milk to an adult cat can meet its daily needs. However, some cats are not suitable for drinking milk and will develop diarrhea after drinking it. If your cat is allergic to milk, he may need nutritional supplements.

​Alcoholic beverages

It is said that there is a black male cat named Jack in Brooklyn, New York, who likes to drink milk mixed with Pernod anis when he was only three years old. As he grew older, Jack demanded stronger and stronger "milks"; he no longer wanted to drink milk with only a small amount of Pernod. Jack died when he was eight years old. An autopsy revealed that the liver had been damaged by alcohol. Giving alcohol to cats, even in small amounts, is unwise. Cats’ bodies don’t need this poison.