Food for Indoor Cats Addresses 3 Common Problems
Over the years the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Humane Society have encouraged cat owners to keep their pet's indoors. It expands their lives. And it protects nature. Well, people are listening. There are 90 million pet cats in the United States. Out of those 90 million, 52% never go outdoors.
Many manufacturers have developed foods specifically for indoor cats. Consumers are delighted with this idea and it is really catching on. Indoor cat food is designed to address these 3 common problems:
1. Obesity.
Indoor cats are more likely to be spayed or neutered. This causes a shift in their metabolism. Spaying or neutering can cut a cat's daily energy needs by 20%. So food for indoor cats contain less calories, less fat and high levels of protein. Protein promotes healthy weight loss, because it requires more energy to be digested.
2. Hairballs.
Indoor cats shed constantly. They spend 30% of their time grooming themselves. And they swallow a lot of hair in the process. This causes them to constantly hack up hairballs. Indoor cat food formulas contain high levels of fiber, which keeps hair moving swiftly along the digestive tract. This prevents hairballs from forming.
3. Litter box odor.
Since cat's live indoors, people don't want the litter box to stink up their house. In order to reduce litter box odor, indoor cat food is made with highly digestible sources of protein. These include chicken, chicken meal, salmon and turkey. Conventional cat food uses a broader range of protein sources, which are harder to digest, resulting in litter box odor.
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