What is cat food

 What is cat food

the cats

The pet cat or cat is considered one of the animals that belong to the 

group of mammals, and it is a member of the feline family that also 

includes tigers, leopards and other wild predators, and it is 

considered the smallest type of this family in terms of size.  

Domestic cats are characterized by strong, agile, flexible bodies, and 

long tails that help them to balance while walking and jumping 

around rough places,They also have sharp teeth and folded claws 

that allow them to hunt many small creatures, such as birds, lizards, 

and rodents from mice and rats. Man domesticated the cat for the 

first time about seven thousand years ago, and since then, cats have 

adapted to the human lifestyle and have become a fundamental role 

in human culture and human cities.

Eat cats

With regard to feeding cats, they can - to some extent - eat some of 

the food that a person eats from; It is able to eat most of the cooked 

meat, even if it is mixed with red tomato sauce, meat broth, etc., and 

it does not matter if the meat is boiled or grilled, but it is better if it 

is cooked well.This is to avoid the possibility that the cat will be 

infected with some bacteria that spread in these meat. Although wild 

cats are accustomed to eating raw meat and even the carcasses of 

dead animals for days, the meat that humans consume is more 

dangerous to them, and the reason is that there are types of bacteria 

resulting from the food of livestock and the industrial farm 

environments that humans put them in, and which cats are not 

accustomed to.

Cats also eat chicken, as it is an important source of protein, and 

chicken bones are useful for cats, and they do not mind eating it 

because it is easier to break compared to the bones of sheep or cows 

and others, and eating liver meat may be very beneficial to cats, so 

there is no objection to providing chicken liver with their food from 

time to time. Fish is considered one of the foods that are very 

popular for cats, and it is recommended that it be cooked before 

serving it, as is the case with meat, chicken and liver, and fish gives 

the cat substances and nutrients very important to its health, such as 

iodine, phosphorous, as well as vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin 

E, and vitamin D ,It also supplies her with protein. The cat can be 

given tuna and canned sardines, as domestic cats have a great 

tendency to eat fish, but this does not necessarily mean that it is the 

best food for them. Wild cats often live in dry environments and it is 

very rare to eat fish, and if domestic cats eat fish as their main food, 

they will suffer from a deficiency of many types of minerals and 

vitamins, and therefore it is not necessary to over-feed them, but it is 

useful when it is presented to them in a reasonable quantity.

Cats can feed on milk, cheese and all dairy products at all stages of 

their lives, but on the contrary, the prevailing belief is that it is not 

considered much good food for the cat, and in fact, it may be 

dangerous in some cases; Milk and its derivatives are useful for cats 

when they are young, especially in the first eight weeks of their life 

before they are weaned, but when they grow and mature, consuming 

milk and its derivatives may cause problems for them.The ability of 

her digestive system to absorb lactose (which is the sugar found in 

milk) decreases greatly, and she may become allergic to milk, 

perhaps causing indigestion, diarrhea and dehydration, all of which 

will negatively affect her health. In fact, the only liquid that cats 

need to drink is water, and if appropriate quantities of it are given to 

them, they will not need to drink anything else.