YOGYAKARTA For those of you who raise a cat at home, it is important to maintain your health. According to veterinarian who raises eight cats at home, Angeles Jeff Weber, advises a number of certain habits to keep your favorite cat healthy. Here are tips to pay attention to keeping the cat healthy.
Brushing or combing cat hair every day is important to do to reduce hairball consumed and interfere with digestion. Especially if your favorite cat has long hair. Although cats can take care of themselves, 'pets' can help cats remove hair from falling out by combing through them every day.
In addition to combing the hair, it is also important to brush their teeth. According to Weber, so that cats can work together, choose a fun way. For example, do it before they enjoy the food.
Unlike dogs, cats are carnivorous animals that need to eat meat as their staple food. Weber said, give a dry food exclusively for cats to get carbohydrates. But it's not healthy if given in large quantities. Because it can make cats develop obesity and type 2 diabetes. So, consider giving wet food for some time.
Cats can get water from wet foods. They also drink not as much as dogs. On average, canned food contains about 78 percent water, but dry food only contains about 5-10 percent. To meet the hydration needs of the body, make sure the cat can access fresh water at any time.
Weber suggests practical rules in regulating liter boxes or impurities boxes. Each cat needs to have one. If you have three cats, provide four liter boxes. Put this box in a place that is easily accessible and not covered because cats need to feel safe when defecating.
If a cat is in the house defecating inappropriately, there are many reasons, explained Weber. Including because of a urinary tract disease or due to behavior disorders. To ensure the liter box remains clean, at least clean once or twice a day. Change the location of the box when the cat doesn't want to defecate in that place.
If you don't want cats to hone their nails on a sofa or wood furniture, provide nail sharpeners. Train them to hone their nails in the right place. So that cats are interested, you can put toys on nail sharpeners.
The female cat is very uncomfortable with lust, explained Weber. So guiding or castting helps keep your cat safe. Because male cats often fight, they risk transmitting the disease through bite and scratch. So to reduce the birth probability of unwanted baby cats, Weber recommends castration, including for male cats. In addition to sterilizing, it is also important to give an annual vaccine so that it remains healthy and not easily exposed to disease.
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Cats often show off their prey to their human 'parents'. In fact, this is a cat's way of expressing love, apart from wiping its head into your feet or hands. When a cat loves you in these two ways, leave the gift gracefully.
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