The cat has just given birth to the last kitten, and you,finally, they got up from their squat and sat down to rest near the box. Thoughts swarm randomly: "This kitten turned out, large, and that small ... it must be fed ... But what about the feeding of a cat?". "How and how to feed a nursing cat?" - this question is asked by many inexperienced owners of the fluffy python. And it is very relevant, because the diet of ordinary Murka is radically different from that of a pussy mom. Therefore, today's article, I decided to devote to questions about what and how to feed a nursing cat.
How to Feed a Nursing Cat
Many kotovladeltsy-beginners, when their pytomitsagives birth, completely forget about her, and work on the nutrition of the kittens: they always put them to the cat, they prepare special mixtures for them, etc. It's completely wrong! You need to pay most of the attention to the cat, and she will take care of her offspring properly. Before discussing the question of what to feed a given birth to a cat, let's consider what substances it now lacks. During lactation kittens along with milk "suck" at my mother a lot of calcium, vitamins and trace elements. If their stock in the cat's body is not replenished in the near future
then, after the period is overfeeding of kittens, will quickly grow thin and will turn sulk. Tell me: do you need a skeleton wandering around the apartment and occasionally giving signs of life with a weak meow? So, the cat needs foods rich in calcium, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and trace elements. If your cat prefers natural food, then it is recommended to feed it with fish or fish products, cottage cheese, chicken eggs, and also give cream, cow or goat milk. Eggs must be cooked before they are consumed by the pet, then the risk that the cat will catch any infection will decrease. You can also feed the cat raw meat. The maximum fat content of the cream, which should be consumed by the feeding tailed mum, is 10%. But with milk, problems can arise. Cow is given to a cat only if it is accustomed to it. Otherwise, its use can lead to disorders in the body of both the tailed mother and her kittens. Goat milk is introduced into the diet gradually, because in large quantities it can cause allergies or diarrhea. Even in pet stores are sold special additives for nursing cats, they should also be given to their pet. If you feed it not natural food, then all these substances are contained in cat food. Only in the case of a cat need to provide unlimited access to drinking water.
How to Feed a Nursing Cat
The question of "what" is solved, now the resultingthe task: "How to make the cat eat normally?" After all, the tailed mother does not depart from her newborn offspring for a minute and, if she is taken out of the box, she goes back to the track as soon as they start singing. Here everything is built on trust. Sit with the cat, stroke her, say something affectionate, and the pet will understand that the lives of her kittens do not threaten anything, if you are near. Then pull it out of the box and take it to a bowl with food: in the first days after childbirth the tailed mother is still too weak to run briskly around the apartment. Then stand next to the cat and watch her meal, and then go back to the kittens, but do not touch them with your hands. After all, if the kids feel an unfamiliar smell, then they will squeak and thus tear off their mother from eating. Pull the cat out of the box after she feeds the kittens and they go to bed.
Conclusion
Now you know what and how to feed a nursing cat. If the diet of the pitoma is built correctly, then it will quickly restore strength after childbirth.
