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Posted on Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 4:23 am
Stopping Your Pets from Eating Too Fast
As pet owners, the well being of our animals is in our hands. As they grow, they become more capable of caring for themselves. However, when they are first born, being aware of how they eat and sleep, much like you would with a newborn baby, is important. Helping them to develop healthy habits during the early stages will stay with them their entire lives.
As newborns, animals develop their feeding habits from their mothers or caretakers. She will only allow it to suckle as much as she feels it needs in order to be healthy. As the animals starts weaning, they begin to take control of their own eating habits. This is also true when they change to solids and chewy treats. Whether the habits get formed because of competition issues or because of hunger issues isn’t relevant. What is most important is that the animals not eat their food too quickly, as this can lead to all kinds of digestive issues later.
While most cats aren’t terribly prone to gulping their food, dogs can be especially voracious at times. The problem with this type of eating style presents several issues. First, because the pet is eating so fast, they don’t realize just exactly how much food they are eating and will eat more than their body is comfortable with. Just like with humans, this can lead to physical discomfort and indigestion, and in extreme cases, even regurgitation. This means that the nutrition value is wasted with all the food that is eaten.
Another issue is obesity. Rapid eating often leads to overeating. Too much food is introduced into their systems and cannot all be broken down with normal exercise. And because of the physical discomfort and indigestion that can result from eating too fast, the animal doesn’t feel like “normal exercise” anyway. This leads to a sedentary life style, which coupled with the bad eating habits results in an overweight pet.
So between the weight issues, the indigestion and physical discomfort, these issue alone should give us as pet owners enough reasons to monitor our pets eating habits closely and work to modify them. Not only do we want our pets to be fed properly, but we want them to enjoy their food and to be a happy pet because of it.
About the Author
As a pet owner, Jon Harwokey is always on the hunt for entertaining
dog toys
and treats. Squeaky, bouncy, hairy, it doesn’t matter as long as it is durable. Kong chew toys are among some of the best
toys for dogs
and cats on the market. Nearly indestructible for strong jaws and interactive to keep them busy, a perfect combination.
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