I believe that all the cat shovelers will raise the cat owner as a child, with food, drink and play. But as humans, sometimes there will be nutritional deficiency, let alone kittens!
If a kitten has the following five symptoms, then its body is telling you that it lacks certain trace elements! Trace elements may not become the main source of energy like fat and protein. Short-term deficiency may not be manifested. In the long run, it will not only affect health, but also cause serious illness.
1. Cats are picky about food or have a loss of appetite
We often find that those cats that taste delicious food are often round and round. Because when cats need insufficient nutrients and lack trace elements, it will cause appetite and poor sense of smell. In the long run, cats will lose their appetite and become thinner, forming a vicious cycle. Anorexia is likely to be a lack of zinc, a trace element, which can be supplemented in time.
2. If you don’t grow up, you won’t like to move
Iron, manganese, selenium, iodine, zinc, etc. are necessary trace elements for cats to grow. The cat food that the cat owner usually feeds contains a large amount of protein and carbohydrates and other major nutrients.
However, some cat owners may feel that their cat owner is growing slowly at an age, and they are still standing still, even becoming thinner, and their mental state is no longer as active as usual. They begin to stop moving, as if some physical activities are slowly pausing.
3. Crazy hair loss
On the days of changing seasons, we can feel the state of cat hair falling off in the wind.
But cats lose a lot of hair, which usually only occurs during the hair change season or when they suffer from skin diseases. If the cats lose hair wildly during the hair change season, you must consider whether the cats lack trace elements.
4. Parts of the face and body are white. The cat's nose, meat pads, and gums will not turn white normally. If the cat's owner at home has whitened these places, it may be due to the lack of trace elements.
5. Cats have pica
If your cat is very interested in plastic bags and can't wait to open his mouth when he hears the rustling sound of the plastic bags, then your cat even likes to chew boxes. What's more serious is that it has an appetite for cat litter. In this case, supplementing trace elements is imperative.
How to supplement trace elements for cats?
1. Feed trace element tablets or nutrient solution
The most direct and quick-acting method is to give cats trace element tablets. If the cat doesn't eat it, it can be broken into small pieces and put into cat food; you can also add the nutrient solution to the canned cat for the cat to eat.
2. Choose comprehensive nutrition cat food
Cat food is the food that cats eat for a long time, and must be given the best within their ability. High-quality cat food will pay more attention to the addition of some trace elements, which can make the cats have a balanced nutrition.