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Baby food for cats—does it make sense?
21.04.2022
For most cat parents, their feline companion will always be a baby, no matter how big they grow! But does that mean they should eat like one, too? Is baby food for cats a suitable diet choice?
Out of all “people food,” pureed meat, veggies, and fruit are probably the safest option for our furry friends. Products for infants are typically additive-free and light on the tummy, but that doesn’t mean specific risks aren’t involved. Let’s see which recipes are cat-safe and which ingredients to watch out for when buying baby food for your cat.
Is baby food safe for cats?
Baby food is a puree made with meat, veggies, or various fruits. Most recipes are cat-safe, but some can contain ingredients harmful to felines. If you want to give your cat some baby food, make sure it doesn’t have:
- Allium plants—Meat-based baby food is sometimes seasoned with onions and garlic.
Cats shouldn’t eat allium plants because they can cause temporary or long-term anaemia. The oxidants in the veggies speed up hemolysis, i.e. the breakdown of red blood cells, impeding the oxygen delivery. Besides anaemia, some cats can develop chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially if they’re genetically predisposed to it, like Persian, Abyssinian, and Siamese cats
- Citrus fruit—Don’t give your kitten food containing lemons or oranges because they’re highly toxic to felines. The essential oils in citruses can provoke gastrointestinal problems and affect the cat’s central nervous system. A spoonful of citrusy baby food could cause vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and seizures. Allergy-prone breeds, like the sensitive Bengal, can even develop skin irritation
- Grapes—Veterinarians aren’t sure which substance in grapes is the root of the toxicosis. It could be tartaric acid, which is generally toxic to pets, or a certain fungal toxin in the fruit. If your cat eats baby food with grapes, it could cause acute kidney disease
- Chocolate—Baby food with chocolate or cocoa contains caffeine, which affects the feline’s central nervous system and heart function.
The substance causes vomiting and diarrhoea, abnormal heart rhythm, tremors, and seizures in cats
Can baby cats eat baby food?
Weaning kittens can eat baby food, provided it’s unseasoned and free of harmful ingredients (e.g. toxic fruits or veggies, caffeine, etc.). If the kitty is still nursing, they shouldn’t have any solid food. While pureed meat isn’t exactly solid, it’s still unsuited for kittens who aren’t old enough to feed independently.
In the first three to four weeks of their lives, kittens can only stomach breast milk or milk replacer formulas (KMR) if they’re separated from their mothers. KMR supports steady growth and weight development while safeguarding your kitten’s sensitive tummies. That’s why you shouldn’t give your kitty cow milk or even plant-based alternatives (e.g. soya or almond), or they’ll get diarrhoea.
Once the kitten’s eyes are fully open and they get their first set of teeth, you can expand their meal plan.
Baby food is pretty mild, so your kitty can have it as a treat. When it comes to their daily meals, you should serve them specially formulated kitten food or high-quality wet food.
Kittens are sensitive during their first few weeks and can’t digest baby food.
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Can my elderly cat eat baby food?
Older cats have different eating habits from kittens and full-grown felines because of their deteriorating health. As they mature, cats are more likely to experience
- Gastrointestinal problems
- Appetite loss
- Dental disease
Baby food can work well as a dietary supplement for the ageing feline. The soft, mushy texture is perfect for cats with sensitive teeth. Purees are also highly digestible and quite palatable, so they might kick-start their appetite.
You should still encourage your oldtimer to eat cat food every day since it’s more nourishing. If they struggle with chewing, you can soften the meal with hot water, or better yet—a hearty (but unseasoned) soup or broth!
How often can I feed my cat baby food?
If the recipe doesn’t have any problematic ingredients, it’s okay to give your cat baby food as a treat, i.
e. once or twice per week. Complementary food is an excellent way to ensure your cat doesn’t get bored with their meal plan. If you stick to the recommended calorie intake for indoor cats (40 calories per one kg), moderate servings of baby food are okay.
Remember not to go overboard with the portions. Half a teaspoon (2–3 g) of baby food every now and then is more than enough for cats. You can also hand-feed your pet by sticking the tip of your finger in the puree and letting them lick it.
Feeding your cat baby food when they’re sick
Baby food can come in handy when your cat is recovering from an illness or infection. After being sick for a while, felines can lose their appetite for regular cat food.
Small servings of baby food can keep them nourished until they return to their standard meal plan. The recipes are designed for infants with sensitive stomachs, so they’re incredibly mild. Additionally, more than 20% of baby food made in the UK is organic, so it’s free of artificial flavouring, preservatives, and other additives that have no place in your cat’s meals.
Remember, baby food for sick cats should be transitional. As soon as your pet gets better, start giving them regular cat food.
What’s the best baby food for cats?
I heard we’re having chicken puree for dinner tonight.
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Since cats are obligate carnivores, the best choice would be unseasoned meat-based baby food. If you’re buying off-the-shelf products, double-check for herbs, spices, and other toxic ingredients. Avoid recipes that include starchy vegetables, rice, and other high-carb ingredients since they don’t have any biological value.
Felines are attuned to a carnivorous diet and lack the enzymes to break down carbs. When given in moderation, the grain in baby food won’t hurt them, but binge-eating can lead to indigestion. Cats shouldn’t have more than 3% carbs in their daily meals.
Ultimately, the best baby food for cats is homemade pureed meat since you’ll have complete control of the recipe.
Here’s how to make baby food for cats at home:
- Put some chicken or turkey in water. Don’t add herbs, spices, vinegar, or oil
- Gently simmer until the meat’s entirely cooked
- Let the meat cool for about ten minutes
- Put it in a food processor and add 180 ml of water (or KMR for kittens)
- Blend it into a puree
Avoid adding bacon, sausage, pork rinds, and other deli meat in the mix since it’s too fatty. Use lean ham or giblets if you want to “season” the puree with some extra protein.
You can also include veggies and fruit in your homemade baby food for cats, including:
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…and what’s the best food for cats?
As digestible and delicious as baby food can be, it’s still not enough to cover your cat’s nutritional needs.
The feline metabolism is conditioned to a meat-exclusive diet and requires high amounts of protein to function properly.
Cats can only harness protein from animal tissue, so veggies and other plant-based sources are obsolete. Protein is responsible for the feline’s muscle formation, tissue growth, immune resilience, and vital organ function. It’s also their primary energy source since cats aren’t fueled by carbs.
Without protein, your carnivorous pet won’t be able to synthesise essential amino acids, primarily taurine and arginine. An amino acid deficiency can result in
- Retinal degeneration
- Cardiomyopathy
- Altered white-cell function
- Developmental issues
Cats should have meat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.
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In the wild, cats would get taurine and other indispensable nutrients from fresh meat, mainly rodents, game, and birds. An entirely raw diet presents a health hazard for indoor cats.
Raw meat can contain harmful bacteria and parasites that cause life-threatening infections.
The best choice for your meat-eating pet is a wet-food-based diet. Both semi-moist and moist products are made to mimic the feline’s natural feeding pattern in terms of nutrients and are entirely free of microbial pathogens. Unlike kibble (i.e. dry food) that’s much more processed, wet food is rich in moisture, protein, and bioavailable vitamins and minerals that'll keep your cat in tip-top shape!
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If you fill out a simple questionnaire, you'll have the opportunity to create a personalised menu for your cat! Choose the perfect combination of Untamed products based on your furry friend’s food preferences, allergies, and life stage.
We have a selection of chicken and fish delicacies in gravy and jelly to satisfy picky eaters. You can’t go wrong with Untamed since all our products are made with premium meat cuts, including:
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Check out our other guides to what cats can or cannot eat:
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| Liver | Broccoli | Almond milk | Sugar |
| Cucumber | Sweet potato | Honey | Peanuts |
| Porridge | Coconut | Raw chicken | Eggs |
| Bananas | Nuts | Blueberries | Crisps |
| Rice | Peanut butter | Pasta | Bones |
| Garlic | Potatoes | Carrots | Vegetables |
| Raspberries | Pineapple | Onions | Oranges |
| Chicken | Pork | Raw meat | Apples |
| Soy milk | Mushrooms | Pumpkin | Slugs |
| Turkey | Mango | Birds | Peas |
| Chocolate | Cheese | Bacon | Grapes |
| Bread | Lactose-free milk | Adult cat food | Sweetcorn |
| Avocado | Tomatoes | Strawberries | Catnip |
| Ham | Popcorn | Olive oil |
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what to do and what consequences it can have, is it dangerous to eat food for animals
Last night my one and a half year old child got to the cat bowl and ate cat food. Since he felt great at the same time, my husband and I did not call the doctor or do anything about it. But in the morning I looked on the Internet and found out that there is too much toxic vitamin A in cat food, and there are dangerous microbes in it - and now I'm worried.
My question is: how dangerous is cat food for children and should I do something if the child has already eaten it? nine0003
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One serving of cat food will not harm a child. If he has already eaten from the pet's bowl, nothing needs to be done. But in the future, just in case, it is worth putting it in a place inaccessible to the child.
Although manufacturers of dry cat food are required to ensure that no harmful bacteria enter it, the control of pet food is still not as strict as that of human food.
And there is also less risk that the child will choke on dry granules. nine0003
How cat food differs from human food
Cats are carnivores, so they should eat mostly meat. The main ingredient in cat food is organ meats. These are, for example, the lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, liver, blood, and bone meal. All this is taken from the carcasses of the same animals from which they prepare food for people. That is, the meat has passed veterinary control and is therefore as safe as human food.
Commercial and household diets for cats - Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
In addition, small amounts of grains are added to food for overweight cats. This is necessary to reduce fat content, reduce calories and facilitate digestion due to dietary fiber. Therefore, in terms of basic composition, cat food almost does not differ from human food.
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There are only two ingredients that are more in dry food than in typical human food.
Vitamin A is added to all cat food. Food for kittens and cats with certain diseases is also enriched with taurine. But this does not mean that the child will receive too much of these substances from one serving of food. nine0003
Nutrition Guidelines for Cats and Dogs - European Pet Food Federation, FEDIAFPDF, 1.3 MB
You did not write how old your cat is, what breed it is, how many times a day you feed it, and what kind of food she eat. Therefore, in the calculations, I assumed that this is an adult outbred animal weighing 5 kg, in the bowl of which there was a daily portion of cat food. According to the serving size recommendations from the Purina website, this pet needs 55g of dry food per day. nine0003
Cat food has more vitamin A. The Association of American Feed Control Officials, AAFCO, recommends that adult cat food contain a minimum of 1 mg and a maximum of 99 mg of vitamin A per kilogram of food. For these animals, it is very important to get a lot of vitamin A, since the health of their visual and cardiovascular systems depends on it.
Recommendations for the content of vitamin A in cat food - AAFCOPDF, 228 KB
Dry cat food, consumer tests - GOST R 702.5.002-2020
At the same time, in foreign dry food, the content of vitamin A usually does not exceed 10 mg/kg, while in Russian it can range from 1.5 to 120 mg per kilogram of dry weight.
Suppose a child ate 55 g of dry food, which contained the maximum amount of vitamin A, i.e. 120 mg/kg. Under such conditions, the child will receive the maximum possible dose of the vitamin - 6.6 mg. This is about six times more than a child's daily allowance.
Vitamin A is necessary for the synthesis of the visual protein rhodopsin, but in high doses it is really toxic to the body. If you get too much of it, the symptoms will be similar to any other poisoning: nausea, vomiting, dizziness and blurred vision. nine0003
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Vitamins: what foods contain and how to take supplements . Therefore, despite the excess of the norm, the shock dose of vitamin A will not affect the child's well-being.
This will not lead to health problems in the future.
Cat food contains more taurine. Both humans and cats obtain taurine from food. But if in the human body it can be synthesized from the essential amino acid cysteine, then cats are incapable of this. And since taurine is needed to prevent blindness, heart problems, tooth decay and hair loss, food for fast-growing kittens, pregnant cats and animals with chronic diseases is enriched with it additionally. nine0003
Why cats need taurine - VCA Veterinary Hospital
An adult cat is estimated to need 35 to 56 mg of taurine per day. But most commercial feeds, including those fortified with taurine, contain about 500 mg of taurine per kilogram of dry feed weight. This means that with 55 g of dry food, the child will receive approximately 28 mg of taurine.
Taurine Requirements of Adult Cats - Journal of Small Animal Medicine
In very high doses, amino acids and chemically similar substances can be difficult to digest, and therefore sometimes cause digestive disorders: nausea, pain and heaviness in the abdomen.
But there is too little taurine in the feed for this: according to the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, people of any age can eat up to 6 g of taurine per day without harm to health. nine0003
What to do if the child has already eaten cat food
One serving of cat food will not harm the child. If he has already eaten it, most likely there will be no health problems. But in the future, it makes sense to protect the child from encounters with cat food. And that's why.
Harmful bacteria can get into cat food. Dry food is usually free of harmful bacteria because it is made from microbiologically safe meat, cooked at a high temperature that microbes cannot withstand, and tested for safety before being packaged. nine0003
How dry cat food is made - Global Alliance of Pet Food Associations, GAPFAPDF, 441KB
However, the control of pet food is still not as strict as that of human food. Therefore, occasionally harmful microbes, such as salmonella, get into them already at the factory, the infection of which is especially dangerous for young children.
Salmonella Infantis Human Multi-State Dry Food Outbreak - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
But more often, bacteria get into cat food through damaged packaging or improper storage, such as an open jar or food leftovers from an unwashed bowl. Cases are described when children became infected, even just by playing with dirty dishes from which animals ate.
The child may choke. Children under five have a very narrow trachea. Small, hard kibbles of cat food that are difficult for a child to chew can get caught in the windpipe and cause suffocation. nine0003
Cat food is dangerous for children with allergies. Approximately 86% of pet foods contain at least one common allergen, and 43% contain at least two. These are, for example, wheat, fish and soybeans. In some children, the first allergy symptoms appear in the year, so contact with a potential source of allergens without parental supervision may be unsafe.
Frequency of food allergens in pet food - Journal of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
How to stop your child from eating cat food
Place the bowl out of the reach of the child.
The easiest way is to put a cat bowl in one of the rooms and install a child safety gate on the door. Then the animal will be able to get to its food, but the child will not.
| The width of the gate and the distance between the bars for devices of different designs may differ. Before buying them, it makes sense to make sure that the cat can squeeze between them. The price of such is 3500 R. Source: market.yandex.ru | The cost of such gates is 3076 R. Source: market.yandex.ru |
Buy an automatic bowl with a lid. Cat food bowls with lids that open only on the signal of an electronic chip or key fob on the collar help to protect cat food from encroachment when the animal comes to eat.
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A conventional automatic feeder that dispenses food on time can also help: the less food there is in the bowl, the lower the risk that the child will have time to get to it.
A bowl with an electronic chip only recognizes its owner. Price - 4303 R excluding delivery. Source: elektro-osheyniki.ru| The cost of automatic feeders that give out a portion of feed over time depends on the design and pricing policy of the manufacturer. The price is 4750 R. Source: market.yandex.ru | The price of this feeder is 3350 R. All prices are valid at the time of publication. Source: market.yandex.ru |
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What to do if the child ate cat food
Raising children
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by a third: when the first child appears, the mother strokes the diapers and boils the toys.
When the second is born - to hell with this iron, the main thing is that the diapers are clean. And with the advent of the third - if the child got to the cat's bowl, then this is the cat's problem. The doctor told us how dangerous such a situation could really be. nine0003
Therapist at ON CLINIC International Medical Center
Choking
One of the main dangers of food is not its nutritional properties, as many people think, but its shape: a child can choke and suffocate with dry balls. If the child is very young, wet food can also be dangerous, and not just dry food.
What to do:
First of all, parents should make sure that the child is breathing well and without any difficulty. nine0023 If there is difficulty in breathing, call an ambulance immediately.
Food ingredients that cause allergies
Cheap foods may contain flavors, colors and various flavors that cause allergies.
You can compare them with what we eat: with chips, sweets - delicious, but there is little benefit in them. Of course, the worse the food, the harder the child will digest it, the stomach may get sick. But allergies can be caused not only by chemical additives, but also by bioadditives, various vitamins, protein components, and so on. nine0003
It is important to read the ingredients on the sachet to see if there is an ingredient that your child may be allergic to (eg fish, gluten). Small children, especially those under three years old, very often suffer from diathesis, allergies, dermatitis, etc.
It is important to prevent an allergic reaction - edema, urticaria.
First, check that there is no food in the baby's mouth. If there is nothing there, there is no reaction either, then everything is in order. Just let your child drink more water. You can also take smecta and crushed activated charcoal. nine0003
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If the child begins to swell or redness of the skin appears, in this case, you should contact a pediatrician or an allergist-immunologist.
If these symptoms increase rapidly, an ambulance should be called immediately.
As soon as the parents are convinced that the child does not choke on food, swallows calmly, breathes calmly, there is no acute allergic reaction, several actions must be taken . nine0182
1. Observe the child, and if vomiting, diarrhea suddenly appear later, then you need to see a doctor.
2. You need to make sure that the food of the cat or dog was fresh, that there is no non-specific smell, color and texture. Poisoning from food, in principle, does not occur if it is of high quality, not infected or spoiled by anything.
Salmonellosis
Feed may be contaminated with Salmonella (for example, if it was bought in bulk from an open pack in a pet store.
Symptoms: bloody diarrhea, fever, nausea, abdominal pain. In this case, you need to urgently contact an infectious disease doctor.
These are general recommendations, of course, everything must be considered individually.
