Nutritional Advice

We recommend a balanced commercial diet consisting of both dry food and canned food from one of the major reputable companies.

The major companies such as Hills, Royal Canin and Iams all have different diets specially formulated for your cats stage in life.

We recommend at least one meal of tinned food every day to make sure they take in enough water.   Ideally we recommend you feed your cat 50% dry food and 50% wet food. As most tinned cats food are not ‘balanced’ we recommend that you vary the flavor and brand of tinned food to help prevent any deficiencies occurring.

Cats are obligate carnivores which means they must eat meat, they cannot be vegetarian, however plain meat or fish and rice are NOT complete in nutrition and can lead to serious diseases developing ranging from blindness to kidney failure.

We do not recommend feeding home-made diets to your cat unless it has a specific medical issue and our veterinarians has recommended a specific diet.

Young kittens should have at least 4 meals a day and most adult cats should have 2 meals per day. Some cats are grazers and enjoy eating small amounts all day instead of two distinct meals.

A single cat in a household could be fed ‘free access’ to eat dry food when it wishes, with a single meal of tinned food, but many indoor cats will become overweight on a ‘free access’ schedule.

Fat cats should be fed a restricted amount of food two times a day.

Fresh water must be provided at all times. If the water is in a bowl, the bowl must be cleaned and refilled at least once per day.

A good way of provided ’fresh’ water to your cat is with a ‘pet water fountain’. We will often recommend that owners provide a water fountain to their older cats or cats that have ‘bladder’ problems to encourage them to drink more.