Cats evolved as hunters that consume prey that contains high amounts of protein moderate amounts of fat and a minimal amount of carbohydrates and their diet still requires these general proportions today.
Healthy cat diets.
The average dry food contains 35 50 percent carbohydrate calories.
Purina beyond natural cat food s wild caught salmon egg and sweet potato recipe has fresh salmon as the main ingredient with chicken meal as a supplemental source of concentrated protein.
It s available in 3 5 or 11 pound bags.
In the wild your cat would be eating a high protein high moisture meat organ based diet with a moderate level of fat and with only approximately 1 2 percent of her diet consisting of carbohydrates.
Some of the cheaper dry foods contain even higher levels.
Designed for indoor cats this dry food also contains grain free carbohydrates and beneficial supplements.
Cats also require more than a dozen other nutrients including vitamins minerals fatty acids and amino acids.
As obligate carnivores cats need.
Here are some of the basics in limiting calories and slimming down your cat.
A 10 pound indoor cat should take in about 200 calories a day according to the association for pet obesity prevention.
Cats and the raw food diet is a raw diet a healthy option for your cat.
A study published in 2011 showed that when cats are given access to foods of different protein fat and carbohydrate concentrations they tend to self select a diet that provides them with around.
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