As cat owners, they hope that their kittens will look white, fat, and strong, which will not only be healthy, but also feel better when rubbed. However, some kittens eat a lot but never gain weight or even lose weight day by day, which makes people feel distressed.
If your little master is not so thin, we must first know the reasons why the cat becomes thinner, and then we can prescribe the right medicine.
Reasons for cats to become thin
Hesitation period: During the period when cats are in estrus, except for the opposite sex, once cats make trouble, in addition to losing appetite, male cats will also urinate everywhere, and female cats will roar and scream in the middle of the night.
Infection of intestinal parasites: Intestinal parasites will plunder a lot of nutrients in cats' food, which can easily lead to cats' malnutrition and prevent them from gaining weight.
The trouble caused by picky food: If the shoveler gives the cat too much snack, it will cause the cat to not like to eat cat food. How can a baby who is picky food gain weight? Moreover, giving cats too much snacks will not only cause cats to not like cat food, but will also affect cats' absorption of nutrition.
Nutrition cannot keep up: Why are cats in the family always so thin? We also need to reflect on whether the foods fed to cats are too low in nutrition? Or cats have poor gastrointestinal absorption and nutrition, which leads to inability to keep up with the nutrition.
So today I recommend the backup medicine at home. When I find that my master is sick, I use it in time. It is mainly used for cat influenza, viral diseases such as: depression, sneezing, yellow nose, coughing, tears, anorexia, oral ulcers, and systemic immune deficiency, immunosuppression and other diseases. The raw materials are composed of astragalus polysaccharide, Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide, licorice, isatis root, big green leaves, immune peptides, antiviral proteins, antiallergic factors, tuna meat, etc. Clear heat and detoxify, relieve immunosuppression, improve immunity, and antiviral.
Methods to improve weight loss
1. Sterilization: If it is a thinning problem caused by estrus, what the owner needs to do is either let it realize its wish or sterilize it.
2. Timely deworming: Parasites are one of the major culprits in the cat's weight loss. Since the shoveler knows that his little master is infected with intestinal parasites, regular deworming is essential for the cat's health. But after deworming, don’t forget to supplement nutrition to your little master.
3. Homemade cat rice
Recommend several ingredients for cat rice: chicken breast, eggs, and shrimp. These three types will be bought at any fresh supermarket, and the price is relatively cheap. Wash the chicken (do not have skin, because there is oil on the skin that is not suitable for cats to eat), take the egg yolks, and just cook the shrimp normally and tear it to pieces.
The thing to note is that no seasoning is added whether it is steamed or boiled, that is, just boil it in white water.
If you eat cat rice twice a week, you don’t need to add trace elements and vitamins. If you treat cat rice as a daily diet, parents should pay attention to the nutritional balance and intake ingredients of their master.
4. Dietary adjustment
Supplement nutrition for cats - if the cat food has low nutritional content, it should be replaced in time. At the same time, prepare some meat as complementary food to supplement nutrition for cats, but you should not feed too much, otherwise it will cause cats to suffer from indigestion.
For thin cats, you need to feed some nutritional cream, which can quickly supplement the nutrients needed in the cat's body and allow the cat to enhance its resistance faster. You can also mix some probiotics into your cat's food to help digestion and absorption; it is not advisable not to give too much snack. Feeding too much snacks to your cat will make the cat picky food, so it is recommended that the cat only reward the snacks to the little master. When it acts spoiled to you, you must hold it back, otherwise you will lose!
Why does my cat lose weight?
Find out the reason for losing weight is to correct the beginning of weight. Carefully observe the cat's eating habits and see what the problem is:
•What is the amount of food a cat eats? Is there any change compared to before?
•Is the appetite not changing, but the weight is decreasing?
•Does the cat look like it is losing muscle or fat?
•Does cats seem to have a strong appetite but are still losing weight?
The answers to these questions are often the cause of weight loss. It is best to consult a veterinarian and take the cat to the hospital for examination. There are a series of medical problems that can cause cats to lose weight quickly. Common medical reasons are as follows:
Hyperthyroid
When cats produce too much thyroid hormone, it will cause hyperthyroidism. In addition to weight loss, hyperthyroidism is characterized by activeness, irritability, rapid heart rate, excessive drinking and increased urination.
Veterinarians can diagnose hyperthyroidism through blood tests.
Knephropathy
Chronic kidney disease can cause weight loss in all ages and begin to lose weight before diagnosis (usually, kittens are immature, and they cannot diagnose kidney disease with B-ultrasound because they are too young).
Diabetes
Although diabetes is mostly related to obese cats, in fact, rapid loss is also an indicator of diabetes in cats. Some cats with diabetes have severe appetite, resulting in weight loss.
Oral Health
If there is a problem with the cat's teeth or gums, it will cause the cat to stop eating. Loose teeth, periodontitis, broken teeth and infected teeth can all be the culprit. Veterinarians can use oral examinations to quickly determine whether it is the cause of weight loss.
If parents find that the cats at home have lost abnormal weight, they must first consider whether they have dewormed regularly. Secondly, they must consider the above diseases or other reasons. When they cannot make a judgment, they must consult the pet doctor in time!