When there is a Scottish kitten in the house, the question immediately arises, what to feed it and how to do it correctly? The first and most important rule is not to give food from your table. The kitten's body is very different from the human. More thoroughbred cats and especially kittens are more sensitive to abnormalities of the stomach, so you should take a very careful look at the choice of food for your pet.
From the first day of life and up to three weeks the kitten feeds only on mother's milk. Later, the lure begins, which includes dilute cow or goat milk. And already from two months the kitten is separated from the mother and goes on to more adult food. It can be milk rice or oat porridge, as well as low-fat cottage cheese. From the age of three months it is necessary to completely stop giving the kitten milk. Since from this age it can cause diarrhea due to non-digestibility.
How to feed a Scottish kitten? The body will not tolerate malnutrition and overeating and will start to malfunction. Therefore, you must definitely know the portions norms for the Scottish kitten. The larger and more mature the kitten, the more it requires food. Therefore, the weight of a daily portion depends on the size of the pet itself. 150 g -250 g of feed per 1 kg of weight. For example, your kitten weighs 2 kg, it will take about 400 grams of food per day. You can not feed the kitten with the same whole day, the diet should be varied. Feed Scottish cats, while they are still small, better at least 4-5 times a day in small portions.
It is necessary to feed the Scottish kittens correctly and balanced. It is desirable to determine in advance how you will feed your pet - natural food or ready-made food.
Natural food for a Scottish kitten
If you have a lot of free time, it is preferable to give advantage to natural food for your pet. In this case, you can independently monitor the condition and quality of the products. You wake up quite easily to prepare food for a Scottish kitten, because these beautiful animals are rather unpretentious in their meals, unless, of course, they were diluted with delicacies from childhood.
You can feed Scottish kittens with porridge (rice, buckwheat and oatmeal). But the main and permanent ingredient in the cat's diet should, of course, be meat and fish. Fish should be marine, not greasy. It is advisable to give 1-2 times a week (not more often) in boiled form, separated from bones and finely chopped. Meat should be included in the daily diet of 30 grams. It should be low-fat veal, beef, poultry meat - turkey or chicken. Meat processing does not differ from fish. It is better to initially learn to eat meat and fish in cereals and soups, specially prepared (without salt and spices). In the same way, you can cook chicken liver, heart, and ventricles.
It is necessary to diversify the food with sour-milk products. You can feed Scottish kittens with cottage cheese, kefir, cheese. It is also useful to add boiled shredded vegetables to the diet. All food should be at room temperature. Access to clean water should always be. You can not feed Scottish kittens with salty and fatty foods, smoked foods. Also, sugar and spices are not recommended.
Ready feed
What is the best food to feed a Scottish kitten? Prefer pre-prepared premium foods. First of all, pay attention to the expiration date and the storage conditions of the product. Also be sure to check with the seller, this or that feed is suitable for a Scottish kitten of your age. In infancy it is recommended to use ready-made fodders in the form of mousse, later slices in gravy. If you prefer to feed the Scottish kitten with dry food - water should be available in large quantities.