What is the difference between cat food and our human food?
Cat food and cat meals are the food of most pet cats.
Cat food generally refers to finished cat food, including dry food, wet food (canned food, Wonder Pack) and snacks (dried meat, nutritional paste, etc.).
Cat meals are generally divided into traditional cat meals and new cat meals. Traditional cat meals refer to chicken liver mixes or fish mixes.
New cat meals refer to scientifically experienced and scientifically prepared diets.
Nutritional requirements of cats: The nutrition required by adult cats mainly comes from fat and protein, in which fat should not be less than 10%, protein should not be less than 28%, carbohydrates should not be more than 30%, and water needs 50-70 ml.
In addition to this, the following are required:
- Calcium 1 gram per day
- Phosphorus 0.8 gram per day
- Sodium 0.2 gram per day
- Potassium 0.4 gram per day
- Magnesium 0.05 gram per day
- Iron 10 micrograms per day
- Copper 0.5 micrograms per day
- Manganese 1 microgram per day
- Zinc 4 micrograms per day
- Iodine 0.1 microgram per day
- Vitamin A 550 international units per day
- Vitamin B1 0.5 micrograms per day
- Vitamin B2 0.5 micrograms per day
- Vitamin B6 0.4 mcg daily
- Pantothenic acid 1 mcg daily
- Niacin 4.5 mcg daily
- Folic acid 0.1 mcg daily
- Vitamin B12 0.02 mcg daily
- Choline 200 mcg daily
- Taurine 100 mcg daily
- Vitamin C not required from food
- Vitamin D 100 international units daily
- Vitamin E 8 mcg daily
- Vitamin K not required from food
The food we consume differs greatly from what cats need, and it contains many ingredients that are harmful to cats. The most common is salt. Cats in the wild , their normal intake is small mammals, and the fluids of these animals contain salt in just the right amount to meet the normal needs of the animal.
And human food exceeds its normal needs and can burden its kidneys. While this is not obvious at the moment, it can lead to kidney failure and immediate life threatening effects in the long term. These are not exaggerations, but because cats do not have sweat glands in their bodies.
Salt is just one example, there are many other foods commonly eaten by humans that they should not eat, at least not in large quantities. Onions, desserts, abalone, sea snails, fish bones, chicken bones (cats swallow food directly instead of chewing it, and these bones tend to scratch the stomach)
There is now also scientific data that cats that eat cat food live longer than cats that generally eat cat meals.
The various micronutrients that cats themselves need to consume cannot be found in human food, so free-range cats live healthier lives than cats kept at home.
In addition, they are still hunting in the wild, and mice, bugs, or grass are supplementing the micronutrients it needs to consume. If your cat stays at home, remember to give it the nutritional mix!
