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that poor soul’s life. Hunting is a cat’s shopkeeper might give it to you for
natural skill. A cat parent will know free as well! Simply bring it to home,
better of this. Once a kitten is about a clean it, boil it just like chicken stock
month old, it would no longer and voila, nutritious dinner is ready
completely depend on mother’s milk. for the kittens! It is a cheap way to
It will want to taste meat and even try treat your cat and kittens without
its hands to catch any small animals compromising on their health.
or insects, like a butterfly. So, kitty You can even try canned fish, dry fish
parents, you might have seen the little as well as raw fish too. Raw fish can
dear ones being fed by their mother a be served but not on a daily basis.
mouse, bird, fish or even squirrel etc. Cooked fish is also savoured by them.
If the mother is lucky to have some Try to include more flesh rather than
good pet parents then she will not the bones. Cats feel it very difficult to
have so much difficulty in feeding her digest bones. They might gulp big
babies, otherwise, that poor cat will pieces of meat or even fish bones but
keep on searching and hunting down this may harm their digestive system.
a mouse or two, and finally, bring it in They might have similar nature like
her mouth and drop it for her babies the other members of the Felidae
without taking a single bite of it! This family but remember they are not big
is Mother’s love! This is why it is very cats; they are simply domestic cats.
important to keep the mother strong So, proper food is necessary for their
and healthy. longevity.
The feeding procedure for cats may Another surprise awaits you. We all
get hectic if proper time table is not might have seen cats relishing on
followed. New human parents may milk, be it on TV such as the ‘Tom
find it absolutely tiresome looking and Jerry’ cartoon or even in real, yet
after the kittens. The kittens need milk is not good for them as well.
constant feeding. Orphaned kittens Milk is not good for cats especially
need special attention. When the the adults. It harms their intestine.
kittens are more than a month old, we But for your assurance, milk product
would need meat to feed them along is a saviour. For the vegetarian cat
with the milk. owners out there, do not lose hope!
Milk products are good for those
Packaged wet food is easily available naughty creatures. They go crazy over
in the market nowadays, thanks to the curd. Curd acts as a natural remedy to
growing number of pet lovers! If the kill the bad bacteria in their intestines.
item is not available or if it’s If they get bored or annoyed by those
economically not manageable for you, milk products, the packaged cat food
there are other options too. are always there for the rescue.
Next time you go to a meat or
chicken shop, just don’t forget to buy Moreover, no matter how much a cat
the leftover chicken feet. The is fed, they will always try to sneak for
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