{"id":3768,"date":"2019-10-21T03:21:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2019-10-21T03:21:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:21:44","slug":"mindful-monday-what-should-i-feed-my-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3768","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday \u2013 What Should I Feed My Cat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LuckyFlowers-e1556711499625-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LuckyFlowers-e1556711499625-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LuckyFlowers-e1556711499625-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/LuckyFlowers-e1556711499625.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong>In most cases, the answer to this question is\u2014whatever he\u2019ll eat. Cats can be finicky, but there are so many cat food choices out there that surely you can find something he\u2019ll adore. Is it canned food (pate, sliced, stew), kibbles, moist, prescription, natural, organic, or raw food? What flavor does your cat prefer? Salmon, beef, tuna, whitefish, chicken, with or without grain? What do you or your veterinarian prefer your cat to eat? Often it isn\u2019t the same thing he wants to eat\u2014the piece of chicken from your plate, tuna bites, any cat treat, or how about a smidge of catnip?<\/p>\n<p>Cats also eat grass, your favorite houseplants, and if<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sophiegrass-e1538658834754-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sophiegrass-e1538658834754-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sophiegrass-e1538658834754-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sophiegrass-e1538658834754.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> you\u2019re not looking she\u2019ll sometimes lick from your ice cream bowl or take a bite of your pumpkin pie. Our kitty, Lily, will eat just about anything I\u2019m eating. While she\u2019s on a <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lily-with-Treats-030-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lily-with-Treats-030-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Lily-with-Treats-030.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>prescription diet, we carefully monitor what she eats, but I still get a kick out of her when she steals a piece of spinach or a string bean from my plate and actually eats it.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s a lot of controversy about what to feed your cat, there are also some hard fast rules. One of them is that cats are carnivores and a healthy cat will thrive on protein. Some say that a cat cannot live without meat.<\/p>\n<p>In case you\u2019re interested, here\u2019s an article on the nutritional requirements of cats and why their needs are a little quirky. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petmd.com\/cat\/nutrition\/evr_ct_cat_nutritional_needs_different\">https:\/\/www.petmd.com\/cat\/nutrition\/evr_ct_cat_nutritional_needs_different<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0In most cases, the answer to this question is\u2014whatever he\u2019ll eat. Cats can be finicky, but there are so many cat food choices out there that surely you can find something he\u2019ll adore. 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