How can I adapt my cat's diet according to its age?

 To be healthy, a cat needs a diet that is certainly balanced but above all adapted to its needs. Here's how to properly adapt your cat's diet according to its age and lifestyle. A cat's diet depends on its age and lifestyle. 

Thus, a kitten will feed differently from an adult cat, and a sterilized cat will also need a specific diet, as well as older cats. To adapt the diet of your cat according to its age, you must above all understand the needs of the cat at each period of its life.

1- The nutritional needs of the kitten, from birth to weaning
2- What food is for a young adult cat?
3 And how to feed an old cat?

How can I adapt my cat's diet according to its age?

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1- The nutritional needs of the kitten, from birth to weaning

As for any newborn, the first meals of a kitten's life are mainly composed of mother's milk. Very nutritious, it will allow it to consume all the nutrients necessary for its growth and its good future constitution. 

Then little by little, the cat will produce less milk: the young feline will enter a period of food weaning.
Like its parent, the animal will therefore naturally go for so-called “solid” food. Between 8 and 12 weeks of life, he will make this his new eating habit.

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2- What food is for a young adult cat?

Once weaned, your cat will need a diet adapted to its age… and its condition (neutered or whole). 

A young cat that has not been sterilized will necessarily spend more than a cat that has been. 

The cause is hormones. These tend to give the animal great desires/needs for freedom.

Also, because he is still growing and exercising, it is recommended to provide him with food - solid or wet - as healthy as it is nutritious so that he has enough energy to live his life peacefully.

Conversely, it is recommended to give sterilized young adult food to a cat that is no longer whole. 

Less caloric, this will allow him to be fed as he should be... without risking a possible weight gain.

At 12 months, a "classic" size cat is considered an adult (and this, until the age of 10). 

This milestone of the age of reason reached will therefore require a diet less dense in energy. 

And for good reason, although he always moves with a good paw and a good eye, he will spend less than a very young feline. 

It is then recommended to feed it through a diet rich in lean proteins, fibers, and whole grains to allow it to maintain an ideal weight and a healthy iron.

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3 And how to feed an old cat?

The old cat still has different needs from those of its young companions. 

How can I adapt my cat's diet according to its age?

More of a homebody, he will tend to become overweight more easily. In addition, with age, it can also develop dental and kidney problems.

It is therefore recommended to provide him with a diet low in calories but rich in omega-3s and proteins to help him take care of his figure, his physical abilities... and his urinary system! 

You can also give him probiotics on medical advice, to boost the health of your older cat.

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