How do cats judge food? How to choose food for cats?

Cats rely on their sense of smell to judge their food.

It is not an exaggeration to say that cats "see" the world around them through their sense of smell. The newborn kittens can suck the female cat, relying on the sense of smell. The eyes can't see anything yet, the ears can't hear yet, and they can only rely on their developed sense of smell to explore the female cat.

But there are also many inconveniences in relying on smell to judge food, and cats can't make judgments when they encounter things that don't smell, so they can't eat them. Therefore, what has just been taken out of the refrigerator, what does not have the slightest smell, the cat will not be able to eat.

If the cat has a cold and has a blocked nose and can't smell anything, it will go on a hunger strike and will weaken and die. Therefore, it is a very dangerous thing for a cat to catch a cold.

Humans are visual-dependent animals, and cats are olfactory animals. However, cats are just true to their instincts, but this instinct can cause them to be weaker when they are sick, so if the owner finds that the cat has a cold, he must pay attention to their diet!

Usually you can use meow ammonia nutrition paste to prevent cat nose blockage or cat nasal branch symptoms.

1.Meat: Now the cats raised at home are basically fed dry cat food, if you have time, you can go to the supermarket to buy some meat, chop it for cats to eat, or you can make it into jerky, freeze-dried, as a small snack.

Common meats suitable for cats are chicken, beef, duck, fish, etc.

Chicken has low fat content, and cats are not easy to gain weight after eating; Beef is rich in taurine, which is an essential element for cats, and is also rich in trace elements such as zinc, potassium, and magnesium; Duck meat has a strong protein absorption capacity and is also rich in niacin, which is very good for the heart; Fish is rich in protein and rich in fatty acids. These meats are good for cats.

2.Canned cats.

Canned cat food is more convenient, buy it and open the lid to give it to the cat, which is a must-have for lazy people. In addition to being rich in protein, some good canned cat food is also rich in a lot of water, which is a better indirect way to hydrate cats who don't like to drink water. Canned cat food is wet food, and it should be eaten as soon as possible to avoid being contaminated and spoiled by bacteria.

3.Cat biscuits.

Cat biscuits are a kind of biscuits made for cats, generally speaking, as a reward, do not give cats too much food, and always have drinking water when using.

This phenomenon is now scientifically explained. Cats have about 473 taste buds, while we humans only have 9,000 taste buds. Because felines have such a small number of taste buds, the function of taste buds is extremely incomplete, so they rely more on smell than taste.

With about 200 million odor-sensitive cells clustered on the inner wall of a cat's nostrils, the cat's nose function is not limited to finding food pieces scattered on the kitchen floor. Communicate with other cats with their noses.

Every time a cat rubs its own scented glands secreted by its head and nails against an object, it leaves a special business card that it uses to sniff other cats passing by to exchange information. Tactile cats rely on beards and nails to find their surroundings.

Cats can capture a wider range of panoramas because their pupils can be larger than ours. However, they may be blind to what is placed under their nose.

It may come as a surprise that a cat's whiskers grow not only on the face, but also on the back of the front feet. Use your beard as a tentacle to contact your surroundings and check if your body is being pushed through a narrow gate. The beard that has a special function and conveys a sense of touch is called a "tentacle".

Therefore, when it comes to seeing food, the wisdom of a dog that "eat first and smell later" cannot be employed. Until the end, Cleo, who looked at the toy mouse under his nose and pretended not to see it, perhaps because the toy was always moving. Cats are significantly better able to see moving objects than we are, thanks to their excellent peripheral vision.