Healthy Cat Foods For Your Bobtail Cats

We have had many people over the years ask what healthy cat food consists of & what kind of diet we feed our exotic bobtail cats and other farm animals to keep them so healthy. The answer is that we feed a diet as close to what they would have been eating in the wild as possible, as there could be no better plan than the one given by their Creator.

Bobtail cats, Highland Lynx and all other cats and dogs, would eat a diet of primarily raw meat (including bones) and a smaller % of vegetation in nature. It seems logical that the more we can mimic those natural conditions, the healthier our cats and other pet/farm animals will be.

Our Highland Lynx and Desert Lynx are fed a raw diet for cats and/or organic cat food (hormone and antibiotic free). Because in nature a cat's diet would be primarily wet food (where would they get dry food?), we only feed dry food once a day, usually as a bedtime snack. Wet food also helps to keep your cats from getting kidney disease, often caused by a lack of water in their diet.

Healthy Cat Food Ingredients

It is important that cats not be fed much in the way of grains as they are not able to digest them well. Some exotic cat owners believe they should be fed a grain-free diet exclusively. We notice more digestive upsets when we feed grains (especially soy, corn and wheat), so we avoid them.

Some other ingredients to stay away from are any "by-products", food colorings, synthetic vitamins and minerals (such as the dangerous iron called ferrous sulfate), gluten, preservatives and fillers such as white rice.

**For indoor cats, a very important ingredient for health is access to green, growing things. Contrary to popular belief, cats do not just eat grass when they are sick. Cat grass can be grown indoors or out in pans, pots, window boxes, etc. Cat grass is wheat grass and/or barley grass and the seed can be found in most health food stores (or you can buy it online at one of the links below). Just ask for wheat berries or whole barley, plant the seeds in container and sprinkle lightly with good potting soil. Water it and watch your cats enjoy it as it grows.

For those who are interested in feeding raw cat food and/or organic cat food, I am listing some links below for the companies we use. Our cats love these healthy cat foods and you can purchase them through this site (Amazon) for some of the best prices. (Your purchase through this page also helps us keep feeding our cats these high quality, but sometimes expensive foods).

If you would like to know how to transition your cat to raw pet food, we would be glad to help. Simply email your question to us using our Contact Us page.

RAW CAT FOOD COMPANIES

Frozen Raw Cat Food (Paw Naturaw)

ORGANIC CAT FOOD COMPANIES

Organic Canned Cat Food (Newman's Own)

Organic Canned Cat Food (Castor and Pollux)

GRAIN FREE CAT FOOD

 Grain Free Cat Food (Ziwipeak)

 Grain Free Cat Food

SitStay.com and OnlyNaturalPet.com also have some of our favorite healthy cat foods. Feeding your exotic cats as the Shepherd designed them to eat will improve their lifespan and health.

*Note: Smoking indoors will destroy much of the good done by providing a healthy diet to
your cat. Please do not consider buying a cub if you smoke, unless all smoking is done outdoors.