Characteristics of cat food

Cat food is economical, convenient, and relatively nutritious. Cat food can be roughly divided into three types: dry, canned, and half-cooked. Dry cat food is a comprehensive food containing necessary nutrients, rich in taste, and can also play a certain role in cleaning and protecting teeth.
Cat food prices are divided into many types. Natural food is relatively more effective and easy to store. Therefore, if possible, try to focus on this kind of food. Clean drinking water must be placed next to the cat's dry food; some people think that cats don't drink water, which is wrong.
Canned cat food made from high-grade ingredients such as shrimp and fish has a wide variety, is easy to choose, and tastes delicious, so it is more popular with cats than dry food. Some cans can be used as staple food cans, while other cans, such as most daily cans, belong to the category of snack cans and may cause nutritional imbalance when used as staple food. It is best not to mix canned food with dry food as it will cause greater damage to teeth and should be eaten separately. Canned food is convenient for long-term storage, but be aware that it can easily deteriorate after opening.
Semi-cooked food is between food and canned food and is suitable for older cats.
Some high-quality cat food will add taurine. Cats cannot synthesize taurine, an amino acid in their bodies, and can only obtain it by catching mice. Cats treated as companion pets are not equipped to catch mice. The lack of this amino acid in cats will affect their night vision, so it is necessary to use good quality cat food.