5 years ago, everyone's thoughts may still be on a son and a daughter, which is a perfect family. However, with the change of social concepts, the goal of many young people is no longer to get married before the age of age, how many children will have, how many children will be born, etc. Everyone wants to let it go, and there is no need to force them.
Since young people are not thinking about these things, why are they still so tired? Because they are starting to want to keep pets, and they also have to have a cat and a dog, which is perfect. This should be the wish of many pets! Even if the current economic conditions may not be able to do it, this goal is definitely in future plans.
When it comes to raising cats and dogs, it is estimated that many people can keep one alone, but it is more difficult to keep it in a mixed manner. First: It costs more money; second: There may be a fight between cats and dogs; third: they have different habits, which are difficult to take into account at the same time, and it takes a lot of time.
Although it is very difficult, there are still many big guys, with thick wallets, plenty of time, and patience. If you are such a high-quality shoveler, then just think I fart and nothing happened.
The shovelers who have raised cats and dogs at the same time should have had this experience. They both have been fed, but cats just like to come to the dogs and eat other people's dog food. Maybe the ones in other people's bowls are delicious! Will there be any problem with doing this?
There is a shoveler in China. His cat is 4 years old this year. In the past three years, the cat has been eating dog food. Until recently, his cat has been unable to do it and has been sent to a pet hospital, and it has been unable to be cured.
Cats eat dog food for a long time
The cat shoveler returned from buying a small cat 4 years ago. At that time, the dog had already been raised at home, and they got along well, which made the cat shoveler who had been worried for a long time breathlessly. Life passed by indifferently. Slowly, the cat shoveler found that when the cat was fine, they always liked to steal dog food.
Just when the cat was 1 year old, the shoveler felt that the cat had eaten dog food for so long, and nothing bad happened, so he had the idea that it would be great if he only bought dog food in the future. This would not only save trouble, but also save money? I guess the shoveler had already praised himself in his heart at that time: I am too smart, how could I come up with such a good idea?
As the saying goes, the better you think, the worse the reality will fall!
Cat has an accident
Recently, the cat shoveler found that the cat at home was very strange, and it became slow to move, and it always hit something, but it was not very old, so why did such a strange phenomenon happen? So he quickly sent the cat to a pet hospital. After examination by the doctor, he found that the cat's pupils on both sides were dilated and his vision decreased a lot.
This is not the most serious. The arteriovenous blood vessels around the eyes have severely atrophy, and the retina has also atrophy. This condition is no longer curable. Why do cats have this symptoms? The doctor asked the shoveler and found out that the cat had only eaten dog food for three years.
And the above series of symptoms are all caused by this reason. Could it be that dog food is toxic? The dog also ate it, why didn't the same situation happen?
Everything is because of it
For this reason, the doctor gave a professional explanation. It turns out that the biggest difference between cat food and dogs and wolves is that artificial taurine is added to cat food, and this ingredient is not available in dog food. This substance is very important to cats, and the cat itself cannot synthesize it, so it can only be obtained through predation.
This is also the reason why cats catch mice and eat them, because mice contain sufficient taurine. Only by consuming enough taurine can cats maintain healthy vision, and dogs can synthesize them on their own, so there is no need to add additional food to dog food.
In other words, cats have not taken taurine for three years, which has led to serious vision loss and a series of problems around the eyes. Therefore, taurine is very important to cats, and without it, you may not be able to survive.
However, the shoveler does not need to worry too much. If there are really cats and dogs at home, there is no need to specifically ask the cat not to eat dog food. As long as the cat does not only eat dog food, it doesn’t matter if it eats a small amount. Don’t feed the cats all to save trouble and money. This is a very wrong behavior.