Answer
Norman:
Feed it.
Jack:
Keep your cat indoors, and indoors only. Ditch all dry food and feed canned - an all dry diet is now linked to feline disorders like constipation, obesity, diabetes, urinary tract disorders and kidney disease. Proper diet goes a long way towards optimal health. A vet checkup once a year will find health issues before they become chronic or life-threatening.
For example, a bad tooth will cause a cat to stop eating and get very ill, and dental disease pours bacteria into the system and badly effects the kidneys and heart. But genetics play a part too, and that we cannot control.
Mamma Cat:
Do you want your cat to live longer, or live happier????
I am totally for a wet diet (even raw food), vaccines and lots of love.
I will question if you live in a safe area for your cat to go outside, not near a busy road, dogs in the neighborhood, predators in the woods, then I feel that a cat loves to run outside and have fresh air and sunshine and trees to climb.
I live up in the woods, very far from any roads, but I only allow my cat outside from 10A to 1 P. He never leaves my front or back yard and he knows when to come in.
He just shows up at my back door. Where I live, predators are at least a couple of miles away.
That is my choice.
Take your vet for annual exams and keep him current on vaccines that your vet recommends.
Rae:
Don't let it roam freely outdoors, keep your cat fit with plenty of exercise, keep up with yearly wellness exams and blood work, one thing lots of people look over is oral health, keep on top of it by brushing your cats teeth and/or getting dentals when needed.
Bad teeth lead to health issues. Last but not least is diet. If you can swing a raw diet, do it. If not, canned is second best, but I actually switched to a raw diet from a canned one because it saved me a ton of money.
Jack:
Keep your cat indoors, and indoors only. Ditch all dry food and feed canned - an all dry diet is now linked to feline disorders like constipation, obesity, diabetes, urinary tract disorders and kidney disease. Proper diet goes a long way towards optimal health. A vet checkup once a year will find health issues before they become chronic or life-threatening.
For example, a bad tooth will cause a cat to stop eating and get very ill, and dental disease pours bacteria into the system and badly effects the kidneys and heart. But genetics play a part too, and that we cannot control.
Mamma Cat:
Do you want your cat to live longer, or live happier????
I am totally for a wet diet (even raw food), vaccines and lots of love.
I will question if you live in a safe area for your cat to go outside, not near a busy road, dogs in the neighborhood, predators in the woods, then I feel that a cat loves to run outside and have fresh air and sunshine and trees to climb.
I live up in the woods, very far from any roads, but I only allow my cat outside from 10A to 1 P. He never leaves my front or back yard and he knows when to come in.
He just shows up at my back door. Where I live, predators are at least a couple of miles away.
That is my choice.
Take your vet for annual exams and keep him current on vaccines that your vet recommends.
Rae:
Don't let it roam freely outdoors, keep your cat fit with plenty of exercise, keep up with yearly wellness exams and blood work, one thing lots of people look over is oral health, keep on top of it by brushing your cats teeth and/or getting dentals when needed.
Bad teeth lead to health issues. Last but not least is diet. If you can swing a raw diet, do it. If not, canned is second best, but I actually switched to a raw diet from a canned one because it saved me a ton of money.
