How to feed a Bengal kitten and an adult cat?

It is necessary to properly feed a Bengal breed pet because the animal has a sensitive digestive tract that is prone to disturbances. Given this feature, the requirements for natural food and feed should be adhered to. Appetite and the normal digestion of food in Bengalis are also affected by care, which provides for perfect cleanliness.

In nature, cats of this breed are predators, eating small animals and birds, and eat them completely, getting all the necessary substances and vitamins. It is easy to guess that human food is poorly digested by them.

If a mini leopard appears in the house, you will have to seriously study the question of what type of diet to choose and how many times to give food:

• feed a Bengal kitten, which was recently born, at first it will be required often, diluted to the state of suspension by porridges, and only in 1.5 months you can start adding more solid components of the food;
• in 3 months, the baby’s menu needs to be changed, gradually reducing the number of liquid dishes and increasing portions of meat;
• if the kitten is 4-6 months old, then he can be given not chopped meat, but small pieces, because his jaws have already been formed by this time;
• an adult Bengal cat and a cat are fed once or twice a day, the main part of their food (70%) is meat, also a pet can be pampered with fish 2 times a week, a chicken yolk should be given once every 7 days.

The future health of the kitten will depend on how well the kitten will eat from the first days, but he should receive mother's milk before 3-4 weeks. In a month, a small leopard can already be provided with complementary foods - this is the food of a liquid consistency, which its tiny stomach can absorb so far. Usually it is a semi-meat puree. However, if the kitten is a newborn, cat's milk substitute in the form of a suspension can become its food for up to a month. At this time, dairy products cause diarrhea in kittens and can lead to their death.

In the future, the menu systematically change.

• In 1.5-2 months kittens are given pasty cereal with the addition of boiled meat. Kefir, cottage cheese and yogurt are allowed. If the choice fell on finished feed, you can choose a paste.
• 3 month old Pets increase the amount of meat up to 30%, reducing dairy products. The meat slices are cut larger, boiled vegetables are added to them.
• At the age of 4 months Bengalis rely on about 60% of meat; they must eat cereals and vegetables daily, mixed in raw form, but in small quantities. If cooked porridge, then make it more dense.

If the owner wishes, feed the pet with branded feed in the future, at 3 months, he can carefully start giving dry granules, combining them with meat. Sour-milk products are required before 4 months of ageso that the baby has formed a useful intestinal microflora - the kitten's immunity depends on this.

It is important to know how many times a day to feed a pet so that he receives the necessary substances and does not feel hungry:

• in 2-3 weeks - up to 10 feedings per day;
• in 1 month - about 8 times;
• 2-month crumbs require up to 7 meals;
• at 3 months - 6 times a day;
• from 4 to 5 months - 5 times.

For the activity and well-being of a Bengali, the diet should include the following main ingredients.

1. Fresh, quality meat: beef, chicken, rabbit, turkey. Previously, it is placed in the freezer for 2 days. Before feeding, the films and veins are not removed - the predator will perfectly cope with them.
2. Offal is occasionally allowed: beef liver, heart, scar, lungs, liver, chicken entrails, necks and joints.
3. Fish allowed no more than 3 times a week, preferably sea without small stones. Cats are undesirable to give it often, due to the development of urolithiasis.

Prohibited foods for animals:

• fatty meat - pork, lamb, duck, goose;
• fish with small bones (river);
• bird bones;
• smoked and salted products;
• any spicy, sweet dishes;
• spice.

Peas, lentils and other legumes cannot be given, as they can cause increased gas formation in the intestines. Due to the presence of starch, potatoes are not allowed, which increases the risk of indigestion. The animal can drink milk, water and meat broths.

The main nutritional requirement for a sterilized pet is to prevent it from overeating.

The only thing you can not do is to reduce the frequency of feedings. Obesity often leads to vascular disease, heart disease and disruption of the normal course of metabolic processes.You can avoid it by daily spending time playing with animals. But if the Bengali has already managed to gain excess weight, he will have to be transferred to a low-calorie diet.

After sterilization, the owner needs to immediately determine whether his animal will use factory feed or eat homemade food - you can not mix these two types of food. Industrial dry food in the form of granules or canned food is best obtained from trusted manufacturers. It is advisable to avoid the high content of phosphorus and magnesium in them, since these components can lead to the formation of stones.

Home-made food that is preferred by sterilized pets is beef, poultry, offal, cereals in milk, dairy products, and vegetables. It is undesirable to give animals fish and raw liver. Products for the pet’s table are selected taking into account calories and the absence of magnesium and phosphorus in them. A sufficient amount of clean water should always be in the pet, regardless of what it eats.

Due to the fact that Bengalis are large animals, and their average weight is 7-8 kg, large fetuses form in cats, and as a result, pregnancy can be complicated. Therefore, a well-composed menu and diet are important for feline mothers, both during the gestation of kittens and in the postpartum period.

In the first 30 days after conception, the pet’s appetite decreases, and taste preferences undergo changes. The cat either eats little or is naughty, eating only what she likes. This is a natural phenomenon, and should be treated with understanding the state of mom.

But already in the second month the situation may change in the direction of increasing appetite. This is wonderful, but closer to the birth, the amount of food must be gradually reduced, because delivery can be difficult due to the large size of the kittens and too much body weight of the mother. The diet of the animal during pregnancy can be a special ready-made food for Bengal cats or natural food represented by the following products:

• cooked meat;
• fatty fish;
• dairy products;
• vegetables as a source of vitamins.

In the first month, the cat especially needs calcium, and in the second half of pregnancy it is better to feed it with protein foods.

The nursing cat is not denied anything, but most of all the cat's body needs a lot of liquid, so you can give your cat warm milk, cream, meat broths - best of all beef, in which you can add meat pieces. Also important, so that mom regularly consumed a little sour cream, cottage cheese.

Taking a Bengal animal into the house and about to feed it with natural products, the owner should know whether ordinary food is acceptable for him and in what form.

• Some believe that a natural predator should eat only raw meat, but in fact, beef, rabbit, poultry can be cooked, stewed, used in pieces or minced meat. Raw pieces must be scalded before serving.
• Offal - veal liver, lungs or offal of chicken is given once every 7 days to diversify the diet.
• From fish to cat's table, navaga, pollock, tuna are suitable. From the age of one year, it is permitted occasionally (once a week) to give herring or salmon.
• Oatmeal is considered useful for the pet’s body, however, like rice and buckwheat, but it should be cooked on lean beef broth. Then add meat or fish mince and chopped greens to the dish.
• Porridge and cooked vegetables can be seasoned with vegetable oil - flax, sunflower, olive - these are sources of tocopherol.
• Small kittens and adult pets are happy to eat germinated grains of wheat, oats and cat grass. At home, it is easy to grow these plants, so useful for the pet.They help get rid of pieces of wool in the digestive tract and saturate the body with vitamins.

Sour-milk products are also desirable, especially cottage cheese, fermented baked milk and kefir. You can give milk, but only if it does not provoke vomiting or diarrhea.

The advantages of ready-made feeds are the content of useful substances in them, long-term storage, a large assortment, and you do not need to waste time cooking. You can enter them in the diet as early as 3 months, the main thing is to do it gradually.

When choosing such a product, the following factors should be considered:

• the age of the animal;
• his weight and lifestyle;
• the presence of a sensitive digestive system (allergies to certain components);
• sterilization, in which the pet relies special dishes;
• diseases in which a diet is needed.

To be sure of a cat’s health, it’s wiser to purchase premium feed, super premium, holistic. But you also need to pay attention to the composition, suitability and, of course, the preferences of the pet. The best brands - Royal Canin, Eukanuba, Orijen, Canidae, Eagle Pack Holistic Select.

The principle of the combined type of nutrition is that basically the animal eats high-quality dry food containing a balanced composition. At the same time, the pet is allowed to be fed normal organic food - fresh meat, cereals, fish.

True, such a diet is not suitable for Bengal kittens, and it can only be used with respect to adults. At 4 months, the kitten begins to give a suitable dry food, but always soaked in milk, broth or water, until it changes milk teeth.

It is allowed to combine natural food for a Bengal only with ready-made canned food of high quality, and then only when transferring the animal to factory feed.

In the next video you will learn the recipe for Bengal kittens, which can be made from minced meat, carrots and cauliflower.