Food and Nutrition of the Himalayan Cat: food, quantity, frequency of meals


What is the ideal diet for the Himalayan cat, to ensure that this cat lives long and healthy? Let’s find out together.

The Himalayan cat is a cousin of the Persian, with whom it shares many common characteristics. Among these, the brachycephalic snout, which causes difficulty in chewing, and the predisposition to obesity and kidney diseases. Given the delicacy of the specimens of this breed, it is essential to give them top quality food. Here is everything you need to know about the perfect diet for the Himalayan cat.


Ideal feeding of the Himalayan cat: food and frequency of meals

In planning the proper nutrition of the Himalayan cat, it is essential to know how much and when to feed the cat.

Since this is a feline predisposed to the accumulation of excess weight, the best advice is to contact the veterinarian, in order to identify doses of food that can satisfy the nutritional needs of the four legs and, at the same time, avert the risk of obesity.

In particular, the parameters to be taken into consideration regarding the amount of food to be administered to the cat concern its age, its lifestyle and its health conditions.

When to feed the Himalayan cat? The best advice is to feed him twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.


What to feed the Persian Himalayan

What foods to give to the Himalayan cat, so that its diet is healthy, nutritious and balanced?

First of all, being an obligate carnivore, the Persian Himalayan must mainly take on meat. Among the most suitable foods are chicken, beef, turkey and rabbit.

Occasionally, the cat may also eat fish, such as cod, sea bass and anchovies.

Depending on your preferences, you can choose whether to opt for the preparation of homemade meals, in which you will take care of the selection of ingredients and the creation of dishes for your four-legged friend.

The benefits of this diet? You know perfectly well what your cat eats and you are able to select fresh and high quality raw materials.

In this case, however, it is essential that the planning of the Himalayan cat’s home feeding takes place together with the veterinarian.

In fact, it is possible that nutritional deficiencies occur due to the absence of important nutrients, essential for Fuffy’s well-being.

The alternative to this option is the administration of industrial feed. If you choose this mode, the best advice is to carefully check the ingredients listed on the back of the package.

Finally, it would be preferable to prefer moist foods to croquettes. The reason is that these are more easily ingested foods for the Himalayan cat, whose face shape can cause chewing difficulties.


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