Many owners of sphinxes do not know how to properly feed their homes. Which diet is best for them to choose. This article is useful not only to owners of sphinxes, but also to those who are just planning to get a kitten, because it is worth accustoming it to good feed from childhood. Next, we look at what foods in feeding sphinxes are best given preference. We will learn the better the prepared food is better than ordinary food, and also consider foods that are not recommended for cats at any age.
A little bit about the features
Don, Canadian and St. Petersburg sphinxes belong to thoroughbred cats, and therefore they require special care and attention from the owners. And first of all, it concerns nutrition. A properly selected cat or cat diet should be balanced, because only then will animals not have health problems, namely the intestines, immunity and teeth.
With proper feeding, the skin will be healthy, as the sphinxes (most of them) do not have hair.
Even when the kitten is very small, he should begin to accustom to the food that he will eat all his life. Since a sharp change in feed or diet very often leads to health complications. In general, it is believed that the sphinxes are quite unpretentious in nutrition, and therefore they do not need an excessive abundance of food. Many cats of this breed can eat indiscriminately, but this does not mean that they should be fed “from the table”. For animals, in most cases, what people eat is not suitable.
When choosing natural food that the owners cook on their own, or when choosing dry food, it is very important not to forget about the right dosage. It is also worth "from an early age" to teach the animal to eat on a schedule. This is especially true for castrated and sterilized sphinxes, which, eating balanced, will not gain extra pounds.
Natural food or prepared food?
Every year, breeders, felinologists and owners ask themselves questions on how to properly feed pets without harming them. What is better to give preference to natural feed or ready-made dry? Of course, almost all professional veterinarians and felinologists agree that it is best to choose ready-made feed. This is due to the fact that they are balanced, and most of them are specially adapted for a particular breed.
Of course, the choice in favor of a particular diet should be made based on the state of the animal’s health, personal preferences and financial capabilities.
In detail about finished feed
Premium cat foods are designed in such a way that in addition to the meat and vegetables they need in the right ratio, they are saturated with all the necessary vitamins and minerals. Premium feeds have a ton of benefits.
- Owners do not need to constantly think about how to feed their pet. Moreover, you do not need to spend a lot of time cooking meat, vegetables and cereals, when you can just pour ready-made feed in the required dosage.
- Dry food helps to normalize digestion, and many lines specially created by manufacturers, for example, for castrated cats, serve as an excellent prevention of MKD (urolithiasis), which is often encountered by sterilized animals. Specially adapted feeds can be an excellent opportunity to maintain the health of the sphinx at home.
- Many owners mistakenly believe that dry food can be bored, but this, of course, is not so. Indeed, today, in addition to dry food, manufacturers offer both wet food in a vacuum and a variety of canned food. And therefore, the cat or cat will not get tired of eating food with one beef, because for breakfast they can be given ready-made canned food from rabbit or tuna.
- A plus of ready-made feeds is the fact that they care for the teeth of animals in one way or another. Sphynxes often have caries, because they should brush their teeth regularly, but not all cats respond to this therapy, and therefore, a feed that gently cleans enamel can be an excellent prevention.
The disadvantages of premium feeds are their rather high price, but if the cat eats only meat and cereals, then in general the expenses will be the same. Also, some feeds are addictive in animals, after which it is quite difficult to transfer them to a new feed or diet. However, this applies to budget feeds, which generally is not recommended to feed cats.
Natural products
Natural food can also be essential in the diet of a cat or sphinx cat. She can also feed small kittens. However, it is worthwhile to understand that not all products that a person consumes can be given to cats. It is recommended to feed the Sphinxes at home eating as follows.
- Low-fat varieties of meat, namely turkey, chicken, young lamb and rabbit. Meat should be given only in boiled form; fried meat is completely contraindicated, as well as smoked. Raw chicken meat is also allowed, most importantly, pre-sprinkle it with boiling water.
- Boiled vegetables must also be in the diet of the animal.
- Porridge (rice, buckwheat and others).
- Boiled eggs (only yolk is recommended).
You can add a little oil to boiled porridge. As treats, cats can be given special crackers, which are not only goodies, but also gently brush their teeth. It is completely contraindicated to give kittens and adult cats with cats bones, as well as raw fish.Especially careful should be castrated individuals with fish. She very often provokes the ICD. Bones are not absorbed by the body of domestic cats and cats, and therefore can cause a lot of discomfort to animals.
Also, do not spoil cats with chocolate and rolls, as well as other bakery products. Dishes with salt, pepper and other spices are contraindicated. Milk is best replaced with yogurt without additives. Cats cannot be fed spoiled food, and all leftover leftovers are best removed immediately.
It is not so difficult to feed natural sphinxes at home, the main thing is to immediately exclude products that are not recommended for cats from the diet, and there should not be any problems.
Key recommendations
The most important thing you should never forget is that kittens and adults should always have clean drinking water in a bowl, especially if the cats are on dry food. In no case can you pour water from the tap, in extreme cases you can take boiled, but cooled to room temperature. As an additional source of vitamins for animals, you can grow special cat grass or sprout grain.
Fresh greens will always be useful not only for cleaning the intestines, but also for healing the body as a whole. Ready-made vitamin complexes in food should be added only according to indications and after recommendation with a veterinarian.
It is also very important to wash the bowls after each feeding of the sphinxes. Pour food should always only be in clean dishes. Also, animals should definitely take a place where they will eat. You can not constantly change it, this will confuse the animals.
Animals are usually fed 2 times a day, at the same time: in the morning and in the evening, but it happens that the sphinxes do not eat up, and therefore often they can be given a small snack or refreshments for an afternoon snack.
Kittens feeding
You can also feed small kittens with food or natural food that you can cook yourself. If food is used as food, it is best to choose premium options that are adapted for the age and weight of the baby. For example, at the monthly kitten, as well as at kittens at 2 and 3 months, the ready-made food already varies, as the babies grow, and their food requirements change.
Very young babies at 2 weeks of age can even be fed from a bottle if they are no longer fed by a cat. For small sphinxes that the cat does not feed, you can purchase a special milk replacer. You can find it in many pet stores. Cow's milk is not recommended, as it is not absorbed by many kittens. From 3 weeks, usually kittens are introduced into the lure finely chopped or twisted lean meat and cottage cheese.
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