Adiposity at cats

Cats who live together with us in conditions of city, frequently suffer from the same adverse influences, as the modern person; it hypodynamia, overeat, a high level of stresses - factors (the long finding in loneliness, small rooms, etc.) In this connection grows quantity of the diseases connected to infringements of rules of the maintenance and feeding of cats.

Such disease as adiposity is widely distributed among cats (especially fine and average breeds). More than 40 % of domestic cats and cats have excess weight. Unfortunately in our country there was a wrong stereotype of beauty in relation to domestic favorites - the thicker, the beautiful. And meanwhile excess weight can provoke development of such diseases, as urolithiasis at cats, diabetes II-nd of type at cats and others endocrine infringements, diseases of skin, illness of liver, disease of a pancreas (pancreatitis), illnesses of joints, hearts, etc. Promoting factors of adiposity are castration and an inactive way of life, overfeeding, pedigree predisposition of cats. How to not admit, that your cat has not turned in " a pillow on legs "? It is necessary to take into account pedigree predisposition of some cats to a set of excess weight. The Persian, British cats are more inclined to a set of excess weight. If at you the cat of one of the above mentioned breeds lives, try to accustom her to a correct diet initially. From the very beginning do not accustom the pussycat to flour and sweet, forbid to beg delicacies from a table. At feeding by ready cat's diets, it is possible to pick up a correct doze of forage. Dozes on weight of cat are specified on packing.

Attention! The doze is underlined daily! Two figures, for example, to a cat of 3 kg are sometimes specified. In weight from 30-50 gramme of forage day. The maximal doze is given for the animals conducting an active way of life (2-3 hours of active walks per day). If your cat conducts "sofa" a way of life the minimal dosage is necessary for him. It is forbidden to add to ready diets of a delicacy from a table. These diets balanced, i.e. in them are all necessary nutrients, vitamins, etc., designed on kg of alive weight day. All additives and surpluses will be postponed at your cat on edges as fat or in a bladder as stones. If you independently make a diet of cat to define norm of feeding more difficultly. It is necessary to take into account age, activity, conditions of residing, and a degree of fatness of your favorite. Kittens feed more often and they eat more, than adult animals but as a lot of energy leaves on growth of a body and in connection with that all children are very active, problems with excess weight arise seldom. To cats and the cats having active temperament, it is required more nutrients in day, than to their quiet colleagues.

If the cat during the winter period of time is in not heated room, the norm of feeding is necessary for increasing also. If you have any doubts, it is better to consult with the head of breed. At definition of excess weight at cats it is necessary to take into account, that fatty adjournment at them first of all are formed in hypodermic tissue on the bottom part of a stomach (between back legs), and already then - on a costal wall. If from your cat oil already and on edges, and a trunk has got a little bit square format is an occasion for serious anxiety. What to do, if excess weight already is? It is necessary by reduction of quantity peep slowly to lower weight. Sharp losses of weight are undesirable. For the animals eating ready diets, it is recommended gradually (within 1-2 weeks) to lower day time norm up to 1/3-1/4, observing for weight reduction. It is possible to proceed temporarily to the special, low-calorie diet, allowing to lower weight, without change of volume of forage. The diet to you will be appointed by your attending physician; to get him it is possible in veterinary clinic. At independent drawing up of diet exclude flour products (macaroni products, wheaten grain, etc.), sweet, fat. Pass to low-calorie grain, a low-fat beef, sour-milk products, vegetables. Reduce on 1/4-1/2 total amount of a diet (it is desirable to combine decrease in volume of a diet with gradually growing physical loadings). Weight reduction should be gradual. A provisional parity of products in a diet for cats. 80 % - meat products; 20 % - sour-milk products, a fish (1-2 times a week are not more often).

Cat's virus gravedo-tracheitis.

This illness refers to also as the cat's flu, or pneumonitis. It is shown in strong hyperemia mucous nasal courses at a cat and is highcontagious, it is especial for kittens. Against flu cats can do preventive inoculations. The cat's flu is caused by the viruses amazing the top respiratory ways. Then disease can be thrown on easy and cause a pneumonia. Viruses causing him exceedingly are infectious. They are transferred from a cat to a cat by air - drop way, at sneezing and cough, and cause 90 % of infectious diseases of the top respiratory ways in cats. The had been ill cats not always recover finally; the expirations from a nose remain with some of them up to the end of a life. In this connection it is necessary to vaccinate a cat against those viruses which cause this dangerous disease. Are most sensitive to him kittens.