Aug
Kong Cat
Posted in cats | No Comments »
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.
Learn Freerunning and Parkour – Kong To Cat
|
|
Shrek Donkey Cat Edible Cake Image Birthday Party … |
|
|
Mini Girotondo Dog / Cat Napkin Ring by King-Kong $27.00 AKK81 DC Features: -18/10 Stainless steel mirror polished. Dimensions: -Dimensions: 2.5” H x 1.5” W…. |
|
|
Cultural Revolution kitsch, Cat Street Market, Upper Lascar Row, Hong Kong, Photo Mugs Cultural Revolution kitsch, Cat Street Market, Upper Lascar Row, Hong Kong, China, Asia…. |
|
|
Something Like This… The Bob Newhart Anthology $11.22 Part of what Bob Newhart mastered, earlier on stand-up albums like The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart and The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! and later on his long-running TV series The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, was capturing a brand of Everyman neuroses and heightening it, bringing mundane, common scenarios into the realm of the absurd–and the absurdly funny. Newhart also perfected playing a… |
|
|
Marie Antoinette $11.81 Marie Antoinette may be a period film, but don’t expect minuets: Sofia Coppola’s candy-colored portrait of the doomed queen moves to a punk beat. Whatever you think of how that approach works in the movie itself, it makes for a bracing two-CD soundtrack that’s like a mix tape put together by a DJ particularly attuned to the tastes of 2006, not 1786. A dominant chunk of the selection is made up of … |
|
|
Legendary Horror Films (Original Soundtracks) $13.49 Digitally remastered original soundtrack music from a host of horror classics like Dracula, the Frankenstein series, Wolf Man, The Mummy, Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Invisible Man, Cat People, King Kong and more. All the great composers of the genre are here as well: Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Charles Previn and many more. The booklet includes faithful reproductions of original m… |
|
|
Network Cable Tester $1.33 Not sure what’s wrong with your network? Before you buy an expensive replacement router or cable modem, test your cables! If the wires are broken (and you know how those cables get snaked around the house) the tester will detect it. If you make your own patch cables and want to test that the wires are correctly assigned, then you need this! Test your twisted pair, Straight, Crossover, Cat 5 / Cat … |
|
|
New RJ45 CAT5 Network Lan Cable Crimper Pliers Tools $1.01 100% Brand new, For network installations. RJ45 Ethernet Crimper tools…. |
|
|
Hk RJ45 RJ11 RJ12 CAT5 Network Cable Crimper Pliers Cuter Tools NC-1 $10.79 This product is without retail box. RJ45 RJ11 RJ12 CAT5 Network Cable Crimper Pliers Tools Product Features: Hard and durable enough to crimp the network cables for using magnetic steel Functions: Cut th… |
|
|
Lint / Dust / Pet Hair Remover Brush for Clothing or Furniture $1.99 Check the mirror before you leave: are you wearing pet hair? Dryer lint? Dust or pollen? Keep your clothes looking crisp & clean with the Remover Brush for Lint, Dust, Pet Hair, etc! The drum rotates for right or left handed use, or to swipe up, down, & all around your clothing or furniture. Very convenient!… |