Top 5 Essential nutrients for kittens


Nutrition is essential for the growth of the kitten: here is the top 5 of the essential nutrients for the kitten, to be put in his bowl every day since he was a puppy.

Just like adult cats, kittens are practically carnivores: their diet must be based on meat and fish, as demonstrated by the structure and functioning of their teeth and their digestive system practically designed ad hoc to chew and assimilate the meat and entrails.

As carnivores, kittens need a lot of protein, but also other nutrients that are essential for their growth and health: these are more or less the same nutrients that adult cats need, however the levels, quantities and ratios they change in order to cope with their rapid pace of growth at the right times and in the right ways.

Here are the 5 essential nutrients for the kitten that grows strong, healthy and happy.


Top 5 – Essential nutrients for the kitten

1. Proteins

As mentioned, first of all, among the nutrients essential for the correct growth of the kitten there are proteins: essential for the development of muscles, coat, skin and nails. Proteins are in turn made up of smaller particles, the so-called amino acids: some of these, essential amino acids, must be introduced into the body through food because the cat is unable to produce them by itself. We are referring mainly to taurine and arginine: taurine, for example, is found in beef, chicken and eggs.

2. Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids

Essential fatty acids are essential in the healthy diet of cats of all ages, including when the cat is still a puppy: their main function is to maintain healthy skin, coat, reproductive system and metabolism in general. Very important source of energy, they also improve the taste of food: they are found above all in fish, preferably blue fish such as sardines.

3. Vitamins

Vitamins represent one of the essential nutrients for the growth of the kitten because they help the sight, bones and many other fundamental aspects such as the ability of blood to clot or to heal wounds. There are many different types of vitamins and a good wet or dry cat food should contain the right proportion of the essential ones: alternatively, it is good to consider the integration of fruit and vegetables in the cat’s diet.

4. Mineral salts

Among the mineral salts essential for the health of a cat we remember calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium: also in this case, as for vitamins, reading the labels of cat food is essential to check its content. In particular, the mineral salts help the kitten to grow with strong and healthy teeth and bones.

5. Carbohydrates and fiber

As with the nutrition of the elderly or adult cat, the right amount of carbohydrates and fiber is absolutely necessary for the health of puppy cats: carbohydrates are the primary source of energy for cats, while fibers help digestion cat. Feral cats are able to introduce these nutrients through the prey they catch and eat, while house cats will have to introduce carbohydrates and fiber through specially formulated food.


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