Many owners of cats and cats sterilize (castrate) their pets. But few people know that after this operation, the animal needs special nutrition and care.
How to keep a sterilized cat?
After castration (sterilization) of your pet, do not forget that he (her) begins hormonal restructuring of the body - the production of sex hormones decreases, which leads to a slowdown in metabolic processes, and therefore can cause excess weight gain and obesity. The nature of cats becomes more calm, imposing, slow and lazy movements.
These factors make sterilized representatives of the feline tribe more vulnerable to the development of various diseases, especially crystalluria (urolithiasis).
The most important thing in pet care after sterilization is the right diet. Of course, you need to make sure that your pet does not comb the place of surgery and does not bring the infection there. Currently, special low-calorie foods are produced for sterilized cats, which are divided into 4 classes: economy, premium, super-premium and holistic.
When switching to a special diet, take into account the advice of specialists.
- Such a transition should be carried out gradually, slowly adding a little new feed to the usual one.
- Within a month, carefully monitor all changes in the appearance of your pet. If you notice something is amiss - for example, the coat has lost its usual luster, or the cat (cat) has difficulty with a chair, this may be a sign of individual intolerance to any ingredient in the mixture.
In this situation, it is recommended to consult a veterinarian and change the brand of dry food.
Features
Dry mixes of this class are made exclusively from natural fresh products of high quality.Unfortunately, this affects the cost of feed. In addition, finding in the stores, even specialized ones, holistic feed is not so simple. These are the main disadvantages of this product. Minor negative points include a possible increase in the amount of waste (stool).
The advantages of feeds of this class include:
- the composition is perfectly balanced and will provide your pet with all the necessary vitamins and nutrients, moreover, of natural origin and high quality;
- a small amount of phosphorus compounds;
- the level of acidity of the urine when consuming holistic feed remains at an optimal level;
- profitability - one package is enough for you for a long time;
- the complete absence of substances that cause allergic reactions and any impurities (flavorings, stabilizers, etc.) of synthetic origin.
Rating of the best
Holistic feed itself is considered the best among cat diets. The main producers of holistic fodder:
- AATU (UK);
- Acana (Canada);
- Applaws (UK);
- Canagan (UK);
- Carnilove (Czech Republic);
- Farmina N&D (Italy, Serbia, Brazil);
- Gather (Canada);
- Gina Elite (Russia);
- Go Natural (Canada);
- Grandorf (Belgium);
- Naturea (Portugal, UK, Italy);
- Now Fresh (Canada);
- Nutram (Canada);
- One & Only (Belgium);
- Orijen (Canada);
- Power of Nature (Germany);
- PureLuxe (USA);
- Primordial (Italy);
- Pronature Holistic (Canada);
- Savarra (UK);
- Wellness CORE (USA, France);
- Wildcat (Germany).
The quality of the feed of these manufacturers is always at the highest level, only the compositions differ - the percentage of different ingredients, as well as protein sources (meat, fish).
Do not forget that for cats that have undergone sterilization, they release dry and wet holistic feed, on the packaging of which there is the word sterilised.
Both of them have their advantages and disadvantages. Wet food is much more expensive than dry, produced in portioned bags or jars of small capacity. But they, unlike a dry product, do not provoke a lack of fluid in the animal’s body and are easily absorbed. The rating of dry mixtures such as holistic looks like this:
- Nau Natural Holistic (Canada);
- Purina Pro Plan (Switzerland);
- “Bosita Super Premium” (Sweden);
- Frank Pro Gold (Netherlands);
- Almo Natur (Italy);
- “Royal Kanin Unrated Skin Young Mail” (Russia);
- Purina Kat Chow (Switzerland);
Top List of Wet Holistic Feed:
- Almo Natur (Italy);
- Purina Pro Plan (Switzerland);
- "Animonda" (Germany, Netherlands);
- Royal Canin (Russia).
Of course, do not forget about cat preferences, because your pet may well like the food that was not included in the top list - all feeds are holistic and have high palatability and nutritional qualities. So you can safely focus on the cat’s taste.
For an overview of the holostics class feed for sterilized cats, see the next video.
