May 17
The first rule is variety. Muscle meat or boned fish lack calcium and vitamin A. An excess of oily fish leads to loss of vitamin E, and a great deal of horsemeat will have the same effect. Too much liver produces an excess of vitamin A, which builds up until it poisons the system.
Milk will supply calcium (about a teacupful each day contains sufficient) and is a natural food for all young mammals. However, many adult cats cannot digest it and it produces diarrhoea and flatulence. They can be given a calcium supplement instead. Yeast tablets, which all cats will benefit from, provide vitamin B, and multi-vitamin and mineral supplements are also available. (more…)
