Why is a cat always hungry? Five answers.

Often, beloved pets get sick and need a special diet. In this case, the veterinarian recommends switching to special medicinal foods that will normalize the body’s functioning. And also improve well-being and, in combination with medications, promote recovery.

It is worth noting that this diet is prescribed for cats only by a veterinarian and you should not switch the animal to it yourself. Today, the highest quality veterinary foods are produced by the brands Hills, Monge, and Purina. We offer you a rating of the best, in our opinion, medicinal cat food in case your pet is sick and needs a special diet.

How much does a cat weigh?

The weight of cats depends primarily on the breed, and if a Mae Coon cat weighs about 7 kg, and a Siamese cat weighs only 3 kg, then this is normal.

Not only an experienced veterinarian can determine whether a cat is malnourished. And although the table below is arbitrary, every owner can use it to correlate the physical condition of your cat.

Signs your cat is underweight:

1. The cat looks bony. The ribs on an underweight cat can be easily felt when you stroke its sides, and the spine can also be easily felt when you move your hand along its back.
2. With significant weight loss, the hind legs appear bony.
3. Rib narrowing is present in all cats, but is significant in malnourished cats.
4. Obvious loss of muscle mass. Even thin breeds of cats should have developed muscles, especially the muscles of the upper/shoulder spine.

Causes of weight loss

There are many possible reasons for weight loss. They are divided into acute (sudden), chronic (slow and progressive) and other reasons for which weight loss is a sign of a disease or conditions of detention.

Acute causes of weight loss:

- Acute kidney disease.

The result of decreased function of the organ responsible for removing toxins from the body.

- Infection.

Bacterial, protozoal and viral infections can lead to acute weight loss due to anorexia and/or vomiting and diarrhea.

Chronic causes of weight loss:

— C chronic kidney disease.

Kidney disease leads to decreased function of the organ, which provokes the formation of toxins in the body.

— Addison's disease (hypoadrenocorticism)

An endocrine disease in which chronic insufficiency of the adrenal cortex leads to a deficiency of hormones, especially cortisol.

- Diabetes

An endocrine disease of the pancreas, which is responsible for the production of two hormones - insulin and glucagon, which regulate the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood.

- Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.

A disorder caused by the pancreas not producing enough enzymes needed to digest complex food components such as proteins, triglycerides and complex carbohydrates, as well as large amounts of bicarbonates, which protect the lining of the organs from the effects of stomach acid.

— Feline immunodeficiency virus

A viral infection similar to HIV in humans.

— Hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism is almost always caused by a benign tumor of the thyroid gland that overproduces hormones. This is a common cause of weight loss in middle-aged and older cats.

— Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Thickening of the wall of the left ventricle of the heart. This is a consequence of diseases such as hyperthyroidism or high blood pressure.

– Inflammatory bowel disease

— Liver disease

Other reasons for weight loss:

— Cancer is a malignant tumor.

Cancer is more common in older and older cats and is a leading cause of weight loss.

— Dental problems

Stomatitis, dental abscess, etc., which leads to reluctance to eat food and causes anorexia.

— Dietary reasons

Insufficient caloric intake (malnutrition), which can be caused by food quality, not enough food, a dominant cat eating most of the food, etc.

— Infectious anemia of cats (hemobartonellosis)

The disease is caused by an unusual type of bacteria that attaches to the wall of red blood cells, destroying them in the process.

— Feline leukemia virus (FeLV)

A disease that is caused by a retrovirus that belongs to the same family as the feline immunodeficiency virus. Destroys the immune system and causes cancer.

- Stomach ulcer

Open ulcers develop in the folds of the stomach lining due to increased production of stomach acid, certain medications, parasites, stress, infection, and systemic disease.

— Glomerulonephritis

A disease caused by inflammation of the nephrons in the kidneys.

— Heartworm

Parasitic worm infection of the heart and lungs. When a non-eartworm larva reaches a new host, it begins to grow and within a few months becomes an adult worm, living in the blood vessels leading from the heart to the lungs of the cat.

— Parasitic worms. Severe infestations of hookworms, roundworms, or tapeworms can lead to weight loss due to loss of nutrients.

— Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas.

— Pregnancy and lactation

If caloric adjustments are not made to the cat's diet during this period of her life, she will lose weight.

— Stress or depression

A change of place of residence (travel), a new family member, the loss of a beloved family member - all this causes stress and depression, which can be reflected in a cat’s reluctance to eat.

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Development of dystrophy

Nutritional dystrophy begins with a deficiency of carbohydrates, which occurs during prolonged fasting. Glycogen stores are depleted. The main reservoir of carbohydrates is the liver; due to its depletion, a signal is sent to the receptors. Subsequently, it enters the nervous system and travels through afferent pathways to adipose tissue.

At this stage, hormones are activated, which signal the breakdown of fats and the release of fatty acids into the blood. Fat becomes the main source of energy.

This replenishment of organs leads to increased formation of breakdown products - ketone bodies, which are toxins for the body. Poisoning inhibits basic processes and reduces the functioning of vital systems - the liver, digestion, endocrine function and reproductive system.

Symptoms

Obvious signs of the causes of weight loss are the cat's behavior: increased appetite or refusal to eat, activity, and the age of the cat.

1. Polyphagia (increased appetite) or anorexia (loss of appetite)
2. Cat's bad breath
3. Increased thirst and urination
4. Changes in feces (watery, greasy, foamy, diarrhea, black and tarry)
5. Vomit
6. Changes in coat condition
7. Increase or decrease activity
8. Poor wound healing
9. Behavioral changes such as depression, inactivity, prolonged sleep.

Diagnostics

The veterinarian should conduct a complete physical examination of the animal and listen to your history about the life history - what kind of food he receives, if you have several animals - how their relationships are, how often the cat bears and feeds kittens, what medications she receives and other symptoms, if any. Hyperthyroidism and diabetes are common causes in older and older cats and may be tested first.

To make a diagnosis, you will need to perform some tests, including:

- Biochemical profile, complete blood count and urinalysis to assess the cat's overall health and organs.

These tests can detect infection, kidney function, liver function, anemia, calcium, magnesium levels. All this data helps to create an overall picture of your health.

— Bile acid test

To assess the condition and function of the liver.

— X-ray or ultrasound of the abdominal cavity

To evaluate organs, look for tumors or aneurysms.

— Blood test to determine levels of T3 and T4 hormones.

Some cats with hyperthyroidism may have normal levels of these hormones in a blood test. If this is the case, a T3 suppression test (7 oral doses of T3 thyroid hormone and a blood test after the hormone has been given) may be performed. In a healthy cat, T4 levels will fall; in a cat with hyperthyroidism, T4 levels will remain the same or increase slightly.

— Fecal examinations

To search for helminths (parasitic worms).

Treatment

Treatment should address the underlying cause of the disorder (if any), as well as nutritional support, which may include appetite stimulants or a feeding tube for an anorexic cat, and other possible causes.

Systemic diseases

Renal failure - low protein diet, phosphorus binders, saline solution to treat dehydration.

Addison's disease is a lifelong replacement of missing adrenal hormones.

Hyperthyroidism - radioactive iodine to stop tumor growth or surgical method (tumor removal).

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy —Treatment is aimed at relieving symptoms, including beta blockers to help with heart muscle contraction, blood viscosity, and activity limitation.

Diabetes - switching to a low protein diet. If dietary management fails to control the condition, then treatment with insulin injections is required.

Pancreatitis - maintenance therapy, antitumor drugs, use of antibiotics for infection.

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency - pancreatic enzyme extract, high protein diet. Antibiotics are sometimes prescribed to treat a bacterial infection in the small intestine.

Liver disease – diet and nutritional support, herbal infusions, anti-nausea medications, in some cases corticosteroids.

Inflammatory bowel - a strict diet to ensure good digestion of food, corticosteroids to reduce inflammation, immunosuppressants, sometimes antibiotics are prescribed.

Glomerulonephritis - diuretics to remove excess fluid, high protein diet, drugs to treat high blood pressure, steroids to reduce inflammation.

Cancer - Treatment will depend on the type of cancer and metastasis. The radical treatment method is surgery (tumor removal). Chemotherapy or radiation therapy is also used.

Infections and parasites

Infections

Antibiotics are used to treat a bacterial infection. Supportive care is also required to treat dehydration as well as nutritional support.

Medicines are used to treat helminths and it is recommended to follow safety precautions regarding maintenance and infection.

Feline leukemia virus (FIV and FeLV)

Incurable, support is offered which consists of maintaining a stress-free living environment for the cat. Antibiotics are used to treat infections that are likely to occur with this diagnosis. A high-quality diet, good housing and regular veterinary checkups can prolong a cat's life.

Parasitic worms

Medicines are used to treat helminths and it is recommended to follow safety precautions regarding maintenance and infection.

Hookworms heartworm is difficult to cure. In mild cases, it is possible to use an adult to kill heartworms, but this treatment method carries high risks.

Other treatments

Pregnancy and lactation

Pregnant and lactating cats need to increase their diet.

Diet

In order to meet your cat's nutritional needs, it is necessary to provide it with a balanced diet of good quality foods. If there are several animals, if necessary (for example, if one animal is dominant), feed from separate bowls and/or in different places

Stress

Determine the cause of stress and reduce it. If you have several animals, provide each of them with their own place to eat and rest. Eliminate and regulate conflicts between them, devote time to them, play.

Lecture on fasting. Part 4

When coming out of fasting, if a person has high acidity (ulcer):

• Those fruits that contain acid cause pain, you can get out of fasting on soft ones: carrot juice, pumpkin juice, where there is no acid.
• You can have decoctions, uzvaras, with honey, you can have baked fruits - the same apples with honey.
• The output circuit does not change. It’s just that if on the first day we have berries and herbal tea with honey, we can add water to the berries, herbal tea, uzvar or infuse dried fruits on the first day.
• On the second day, when fruits are added, you can choose those fruits where there is no such “vigorous” acid and add juices - pumpkin, carrots, beets, celery root.

Are there any illnesses that require fasting?

• When the pancreas or some internal organs are absent, then you need to fast under supervision for a short period of time.
• But in principle, with the right input, with the right fasting, there are no such exceptions.
• For example, the most chronic ulcers - which simply do not give a person peace for decades, it would seem - you begin to starve - pain in the stomach begins, the ulcers make themselves felt. So, fasting cures ulcers of any degree, even scars - everything resolves. But everything is individual.
• It is very useful for older people to fast - but gradually. Here we have outlined a diagram for starting fasting for all people. For older people, first let them fast for 12 hours on the water, then 24, 36 on the water. Everything is on the water. (Then it’s like in a week?) In a week, in two weeks... After a while.

Why are potatoes excluded, because potato juice is healthy?

Because potato broth and juice are completely different things. You can eat raw potatoes.

Should the animals starve?

The animals are starving. Sit down, I’ll tell you how to starve animals. Like a chicken starving.

We had a hen that was the first to become mangy and stopped laying eggs. And mom says - that’s it, chicken needs to be in the soup. I say - I won’t eat this soup, I don’t want the chicken to be slaughtered. Let him run around, let him die a natural death. Mom - how so? Even the cockerels no longer looked at her, her comb was askew, she was peeling, and she wasn’t laying eggs. But I understood why the Lord created chickens. This is not only to help the chicken lay eggs, it is the coolest antidepressant. When people came up to me - for some reason they addressed me as a psychologist - they said: “Goltis, I was with that psychologist, I was with that psychologist, I was on pills - nothing helps, what to do, what would you advise?” I say: “Go to the village and watch the chickens - the comb is on one side, and she is always cheerful, cheerful, rowing, no one looks at her, pays no attention, but she rows all the time and is cheerful all the time!”

Well, to cut a long story short, I put this chicken on a fasting diet so that my mother wouldn’t slaughter it, and I gave it to my neighbor, who lived across the house. And three days later my mother asks: “Where did the chicken go?” And I say: “The chicken is in a safe place, it will be there soon!” After three days of dry fasting, the chicken somehow perked up, and the rooster, who had not paid attention before, began to pay attention to her. Then she began to lay eggs, her feathers began to grow, and she simply became younger! The wrinkles smoothed out on her face, she was such a beauty, the rooster was simply delighted with this chicken. Therefore, chickens are also fasted! What was the story with the cat! This is generally...

My friend and I - with Sasha Komarov from the Equites team - were in Munich in 1993, we had just fasted for a long period of time during Lent, and after fasting, how destiny sometimes builds up... that is, when we went out correctly - the more we suffered, because we They came into this world not to rejoice, but to suffer and cleanse their souls. And we suffered so much while starving. And then they left. And just all the dreams - I thought - dreams come true. Even about things I didn’t even think about... Those dreams that come from the depths of the heart from the depths of the soul, bright, naive, pure children’s dreams. And then we ended up in Munich to earn extra money, to pay off our debts, we worked three jobs at the same time (three jobs a day). And when we no longer had a place to live, once again, that is, every time, such options fell from the sky to us like - today there is no place to live - then Kiev artists come and say that guys, we have come from Kiev, we will live in the studio, the hotel is disappearing, please come and live there for 2 months. We say great, thank you! We finish living in a hotel - the guys are leaving for Kyiv, and we think, this is where the Lord will arrange us next - we don’t know, we never worried about where and how. Well, in extreme cases, they were already making money there - they could rent a hotel for that money.

Here our friend from Moscow, Larisa, who married one of the most famous lawyers in Bavaria, says: “My friend is going on a cruise on a ship for about one and a half to two months and she has a cat and she needs to take care of the cat. You just need to feed him once a day. Can you move to live in Arabella (Hotel Arabella is a wonderful place in Munich), a hotel near an English park, a picturesque place, and just take care of a cat?” We say: “Yes, of course!” “She will still pay you money if you take care of her, if you agree to live there.” We say: “What money if we have nowhere to live at all! Our deadline only ended yesterday, and here it is.” Well, let's go meet the cat, we took our things with us - we come together with Larisa to Tatyana, who has a purebred cat.

We looked at this cat: there was no sparkle in the eyes, he was completely phlegmatic (and this is a purebred cat!), apparently the fur was not shiny - dull fur. We ask Tanya: “How long have you had this cat?” Well, he's already five years old. She loved him madly, carried him in her arms, but all his cat reflexes had already been lost. “He doesn’t look at cats anymore, did you bring them?” Goaorit: “Yes, I brought it two years ago, that’s it, nothing interests him anymore - complete phlegm!” We say: “How does he eat, why does he have such an appearance?” She says: “He only eats the most expensive canned food.” We were like, “How’s the canned food?” She: “So I bought canned food for one and a half to two months in advance, you don’t have to do anything, just open the canned food in the morning, pour it into a bowl and that’s it - that’s his daily dose.” We’re like, “Why doesn’t he eat meat? Doesn't eat fish? Cottage cheese, doesn’t he drink milk?” He says: “No, he hasn’t eaten this for a long time.” We don't believe it.

We ran to the supermarket and bought goat milk. We bought fresh fish, we bought meat. We think, well, it can’t be that the cat doesn’t eat meat and fish. Here we poured milk for him so that he should drink first before eating, this is correct. Not after meat, pour milk for him - well, everything is about proper nutrition. They poured milk. The cat looked at us like that - what, (fingers fanned out:) don’t you understand that I’m a cat who eats only the most expensive canned food, I don’t eat anything else at all! He looked at us like that and it sent chills down our spines. We think, well, he’ll probably eat the fish. Fresh fish for him. He shuddered so much from the fish - Ugh, what disgusting! We're like, how can a cat not eat fish? We think, okay, meat, we gave him meat, he looked at us with such contempt, it was just necessary to photograph the cat, not only with contempt, he also jerked his paw in disgust, defiantly looking into our eyes. He jerked his front paw like that - phew! We look the cat in the eyes, he jerked one leg, the other, the back right, the back left and walked away proudly. And Sasha and I looked at each other: “Sasha, did you also think about what I thought?” He says: “Yes, just let Tatyana leave, we will take care of his upbringing!”

We also put him on the Healing Impulse. After two months, the cat became one and a half times healthier, that is, more...

Question about alcohol... Is it generally contraindicated?

“Healing Impulse” does not completely exclude alcohol. Excluded during fasting. And in general, dry red wine is possible, but you need to know when to stop. 100 grams, 200 grams, before meals, especially when eating protein foods, when you eat meat or fish, for better absorption, since dry red wine helps activate the enzyme pepsin. The enzyme pepsin breaks down animal protein into amino acids. Then both meat and fish are better absorbed. Why do Caucasian centenarians live so long, despite the fact that they eat meat, lamb shish kebab, and so on... Because they eat separately, and secondly, they drink wine. Strong wine is less useful. Dry red is better. (does grape juice work the same way?) No, grape juice does not work the same way.

So here's the next story about the cat, Sasha and I looked at each other. We say just let Tanya leave. Tanya: “That’s it, guys, I’m leaving, save the cat.” We say: “Of course, we’ll save it!” Then she leaves. The cat, first of all, has never meowed in the last two years. When he stopped paying attention to the cats, he stopped meowing.

Morning has come, the cat is already waiting near the bowl. We take the canned food, open it, pour it into a bowl, and the cat lets us know - well, do you understand what I’m eating? The cat just went to the bowl, and I went to the bowl: “Did the cat sniff the canned food? You won’t see her again!” The cat is like: “Don’t understand?!” Well, in short, we took all these canned goods and threw them away. So that even other cats don’t get this nasty stuff. There was so much nasty stuff there - all sorts of terrible things. And the cat was put on starvation.

In the evening we came home from work; at that time we were still working as rescuers in the Alps. They arrived around one in the morning. (Did they put him on dry?) No, he had a combination. A day is wet, a day is dry, a day is wet. The cat had already paid attention to us in the evening. Because before I walked around all pompous - I didn’t pay attention at all. Here I already met, like I don’t understand what’s going on - and to the bowl, he points like a deaf mute: “Don’t you understand what I want to eat?” Once - to the bowl, and looks at us... but still no tenderness... First to the bowl, then to us, then to the bowl, then to us.

I say: “We understand everything, kitty, we are not deaf and dumb!” We started using sign language, like a cat, we said - they poured water for him, and he went to the refrigerator - then to the bowl, to us, then to the bowl, and again to the refrigerator. I started embroidering these Bermuda triangles... In the morning we practiced, poured water for the cat, in the morning we woke up, on the second day the cat was already waiting near the bed, and we woke up - there was such a sparkle in our eyes that we finally woke up... I ran to the bowl, to the refrigerator. We say - cat, there is nothing in the refrigerator anymore, we open the refrigerator - the cat looked - there is nothing at all, guard, I don’t understand... Today you are doing dry fasting! We come to train in the evening. The cat has a tail like a pipe, is already running, is already waiting, begins to caress, rubs his legs, has already uttered - Meow! For the first time in two years... Back to the bowl, to the refrigerator, we return to the refrigerator and show: “There are only fruits here.” He says - I’m ready to eat fruit, you already misunderstood me, I was wrong then, my fingers are no longer a fan, my face is already humble. We say - cat, be patient.

In the morning we wake up, he is already in bed, already waiting for us, so happy that we woke up, he has already meowed, is already starting to meow, and rub himself, saying: “I won’t do this anymore, I understand everything, I want a cat, and I want to walk with cats.” , and I want tenderness, and I want everything, life has awakened!” We say: “Kitty, be patient, be patient. We’ll come in the evening, tomorrow at dawn you leave!” We took special time off to help the cat get out properly.

The cat is already silk in the morning - he’s already everything, tame, a real normal cat, there’s a sparkle in his eyes, cat instincts are already waking up - he wouldn’t even refuse a cat... And we give the cat a way out - first we picked grass for him, cat grass works like a broom , you too, when you eat salad - why salad without vegetable oil for lunch? — it works like a broom, like an absorbent. The cat ate grass! - this is simply fantastic. They gave him half a bowl of grass, two hours later he drank milk, which made him so sick - they poured half a bowl for him so that he wouldn’t drink too much. He licked everything clean. Then such a gradual exit, he ate cabbage, oatmeal, and onions with us, then they put him on apples, in short, an ideal, separate, proper diet. And then it happened – well, you couldn’t be happier!

The cat is so gentle, so kind. And we think - we need to put the cat on the Healing Impulse (physical exercises). How to do this? You already know what static-dynamic tension is, when you do an exercise with tension, well, we think - how to load his legs so that metabolic processes begin... I take the cat like this (shows how he takes it by the paws) - he stood up, and I I pressed him down, he slowly resisted, I think that’s good - I did one repetition. I picked it up - the cat stood up again, I put him down again! The second time, the cat stood up again - I gave him the third repetition. And the cat realized that they would put me down anyway - that I should get up... He lies there and doesn’t get up. I think - cat, get up! You need to do at least three more repetitions - one approach to complete... The cat - doesn’t get up, I think, well, I need to do a spread for his pectoral muscles - I put it on my lap, and spread the cat’s hind legs just once - he brought it together, spread it - brought it together, The simulator is like this, the cat understood - they will cheat me anyway, he lay down and lies there, smart cat!

It didn’t work out with static-dynamic stress, we sat down and thought, well, how can we load up the cat - and his appetite is simply brutal, we sat down and thought - we need to train the cat in such a way that when Tatyana arrived she would be so surprised, what is the power of fasting, what is Healing Pulse. We thought and thought, and came up with the idea of ​​taking weights - let him walk around the room, around the yard, and walk around the park. He felt burdened - he lay down, he didn’t want to do anything, we sewed a backpack for him - that’s it, this will work - can you imagine what we did? We came at one in the morning, trained from about one to two, the training lasted about half an hour.

The cat is waiting for us - hungry, we give him a bowl, then fish, then meat, separate meals - with dill, with onions, so that it is better absorbed, before that we poured him a little dry red wine to activate the enzyme pepsin. We are training - we are doing an approach, and the cat was tied by rubber bands to the radiator, and we put a bowl for him - we tested it first - we put the bowl for him exactly at the distance that he could reach, and he reaches for this bowl - the rubber stretches, the muscles so they work, in static-dynamic tension - and the bowl is just about to reach here, and here - just a little bit, he’s already grabbed it like that, he’s still thinking a little bit! We approach the cat only this way - once! And the rubber carries away. We made an approach - the cat also approached, then - the second approach, he thought: “Well, now I’ll get it!” There are already such marks on this bowl on the parquet - I grabbed onto it. Oh, the owner will scold him for the parquet floor, there are such scratches - we gave him a special rug, he clung to the rug even better, and when he is already near the bowl, this is called static-isometric stress - when you hold on, and the bowl is right here , already just a little bit, well, half a centimeter, and he will only open his mouth once - “washed away” - the second approach. And so, we trained, the cat trained, we untied it - the cat ate with such appetite, such pleasure!

His food was the most ideal, he ate more than once a day - despite the fact that we also adapted a bedside table with a bowl at lunch so that the cat would not overeat, in the morning we fed him, at lunch we fed him, and so - one bowl goes down - water drips, a device for water to drip - the block falls - and the bowl goes down, he ate one bowl - at about 12 o'clock in the afternoon, then at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and then he waits for us, already before training.

The cat has changed so much, Larisa asks: - How is your cat? We say: “Come and have a look.” - Still alive? - Of course, alive!

Larisa, with a deep breath: - God! That the cat died? - How did he die? It's the same cat! - How? The same one was one and a half times smaller! That I don’t know what kind of fur that cat has! - No, this is that cat, look at the moles... This is that cat - we answer!

Then, when they started telling Larisa why the cat had become different, Larisa was simply dying... She laughed, fell, and said I want to see Tatyana when she arrives, to look at her eyes - when she sees the cat! The cat’s fur glowed, simply glowed, his eyes became bright, the cat himself generally became cheerful, played and tumbled. We think the cat needs a cat, you can’t just find cats in Munich, we don’t have any problems for cats. We walked and walked, searched and searched, then Sasha, I don’t know where he brought the cat from, the cat was happy! He walked with us, at first on a leash, and then like that. Climbing trees, looking at birds, smelling flowers, jumping after butterflies, tumbling! When Tatyana arrived, the cat rushed to hug her neck and purr...

Somehow our class has already gone on for a long time, everyone wants to eat already... You can go and smell your supplies, those that are there in the tents, anyway, you can’t have them on the way out... The way out from a one-day dry period is three days. And from a one-day wet one - one day. At least one day, if you are hungry for a day, you should go out properly for at least one day. Then you can have a little fun... That's it, then rest. ©Goltis

©V.I. Vuksta

Transcript: Denis Shishov, Alexander Boyko.

Editing: Alexander Boyko.

How to calculate the required number of calories

REP - resting energy requirements (number of calories) a cat needs at rest for good metabolism is calculated using the formula.

30 cal x cat’s weight in kg +70 cal

Examples:

1. Cat weight 5 kg – 30 x 5 + 70 = 220 - this is the cat’s PEP
2. Kitten weight 1 kg – 30 x 1 kg + 70 = 100 – this is the kitten’s PEP
3. A cat with emaciation of 3.5 kg - 30 x 3.5 + 70 = 175 - this is the cat's PEP
4. Overweight cat 6.5 kg – 30 x 6.5 + 70 = 265 – this is the cat’s PEP

EPE - the daily energy requirements required by your cat depend on age and condition, summarized in a table.

Calculation of EPE

1. Cat weight 5 kg - 220 x 1.2 = 264 cal.
2. Kitten weight 1 kg – 100 x 2.5 = 225 cal.
3. Malnourished cat 3.5 – 175 x 1.8 = 315 cal
4. Obese cat 6.5 – 265 x 0.8 = 251 cal

Naturally, if a cat loses weight, its EPI drops, which requires a recalculation of its EPI.
The same goes for kittens as their weight increases. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor your weight and calculate your EPE weekly. Pregnant and lactating cats are allowed to eat as much as they want to be healthy. During this period of life they require additional calories.

Feed your cat good quality, high-calorie foods and weigh her once a week to help regulate her weight.

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Pussy is bored

Just like people, some cats transmit because they are bored. The solution to this problem is to provide your cat with more entertainment and active play, and to stop leaving his food freely available. If you have to leave food freely available to your pet, put it in a puzzle toy that will force your kitty to work hard to get it out. This will help your pet burn calories and take his mind off the process of eating food. Be sure to play with your pet (maybe even get another kitten as a playmate) to distract him from food. You can also buy automatic food dispensers that provide access to a set amount of food at a given time of day.