Sick cats can eat cat food. Cat food is the cat’s staple food. It meets the needs of the cat’s growth and development and is conducive to the cat’s recovery. It is normal for a cat to lose its appetite when it is sick. After all, a cat will feel uncomfortable when it is sick and will not want to eat. However, this is the time to supplement nutrition. You can prepare nutritious and delicious food for feeding, which is beneficial to replenishing the body. Required nutrients.

Sick cats can be fed the following foods:

1. High nutrition and high protein

For cats suffering from infectious diseases Pets require a large amount of immunoglobulin synthesis and immune system metabolism. At this time, protein and other nutrients need to be supplemented to make up for this loss.

2. During illness, the food should be mainly palatable.

Pets during illness generally have a poor appetite, so you can feed them some food that they usually like to eat, combined with broth or Fish soup enhances the flavor. The feeding amount should still adhere to the principle of regular and quantitative small meals and frequent meals. If your pet refuses to eat, you can make a paste of food and apply it on your pet's lips to induce eating. Or add some of your favorite foods to your food to increase your appetite and help supplement nutrients.

3. Eat more animal protein

The gastrointestinal absorption function of pets is generally not very good during illness, so at this stage, they mainly eat animal protein that is easy to digest and absorb. On the one hand, it increases nutrient absorption, and on the other hand, it also enhances palatability. During the period of illness, pets with gastrointestinal diseases should try not to feed them crude fiber foods, especially roots and stems.

4. Supplement water

When pets suffer from viral infectious diseases or gastrointestinal diseases, they are often accompanied by symptoms of diarrhea, which will cause a large loss of body water. In addition to intravenous infusion in the hospital, you should also replenish water at any time after returning home. If possible, you can also add some water to your food. When feeding sick pets cat food, you can soak the cat food in water and keep the temperature at about 40 degrees Celsius. If it is too hot, the pet will refuse to eat and it will also destroy the nutrients of the food.

5. Keep the food fresh

During a pet's illness, since all aspects of the pet's body functions will decline, immunity and resistance will be much worse than before, so the food should be as fresh as possible. Keep it fresh. Of course, eat up the food for the day. If there is any leftover, don’t feed it the next day.