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If you're a cat owner, you know there's a large variety of cat food available today from healthy cat food to cat gourmet food. How do you know what the right kind is for your cat? Well, if you have a kitten, for example, you will need a cat food made especially for young cats' nutritional needs that helps to help foster growth. Kittens should be fed as often as they like and need a cat food with more calories than the food for adult cats has. Don't worry about overfeeding, because most kittens won't overeat. Remember, a cat's weight increases 4050 times before reaching adulthood, so feeding her the right cat food is important. All cats whether indoor or outdoor, young or old need a cat food with minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and fiber. You can find lots of healthy cat food that promotes these ingredients. Look for proteins that include grains, dairy products, eggs, meat and poultry. Examples of good carbohydrates and fiber ingredients include rice, wheat and corn. When looking for minerals in a cat food, keep an eye out for liver, dairy, bone meal and fish. As long as your cat food has these ingredients, there's no need to feed her any other minerals or mineral supplements. Ask your vet if you have any questions about minerals and/or vitamins. Cat gourmet food typically has all of these ingredients as well. Vitamins are important ingredients in cat food, as they help your cat grow and maintain optimum health. Vegetables, grains and dairy are all good vitamin sources. If you think gourmet cat food isn't a necessity, you'd be surprised. An adult cat's sense of taste is 100,000 times more powerful than ours! Plus, cats have some powerful noses that help them smell that yummy cat food; nineteen million nerve endings are in a cat nose, as opposed to a human's five million. Just like you appreciate delicious food, so does your precious feline!
