Why do cats eat canned food? It is already well known that cats are carnivores, so many people think that cats eat canned food as a way of eating in line with their nature, and even some owners will feed pure canned food. But as long as you feed the cat a cat that is not very bad, the meat content is enough for the cat's metabolic needs, and the most important purpose of feeding canned food is actually to hydrate.
Cats are not born to drink water, which is also the main reason why cats are prone to urinary system diseases, urinary tract stones and even urinary closure. According to experimental statistics: when cats eat meat with a water content of more than 70%, they can maintain the water balance in the body without drinking water, but if they eat food with a water content of less than 61%, they need to add additional water to maintain the water balance in the body.
If only anchor dry food is fed, generally speaking, for every 1 gram of cat food eaten by cats, they need to supplement 2 ml of water to meet the water balance standard in the body. According to an adult cat's daily cat food of about 100 grams, it needs to supplement more than 200 ml of water per day to be qualified (that is, the amount of almost half a bottle of water), so is your cat drinking up to standard?
If the cat eats dry food but does not like to drink water, then you need to consider canned supplementation to reduce the risk of various urinary tract diseases in the cat. Therefore, the first consideration of canned cats is the water content, and the ability to supplement other nutrients is relatively secondary. In addition, do not overdose on canned food, otherwise the cat will urinate frequently and run the toilet frequently, which is not a good thing.
The recommended amount of canned cats is 1-2 cans per day (80-85 grams of canned food).
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