Pet Care Articles from PETCO

Cat - Nutrition

Dangerous Foods for Cats
You may not think it, given that she is a creature that - in the wild - survives by eating disease-carrying rodents like rats and mice, but your cat actually has a very delicate and sensitive metabolic system. That means that you have to be very careful ...

Vitamin-Fortifying Your Cat's Food?
The advantage of buying pre-fortified food is that it is already nutritionally balanced for your cat's specific needs. You don't have to worry about giving the right amount of essential elements. If your cat is healthy and has been on a well-balanced ...

Special Diets
Sometimes it is necessary to put your cat on a special diet because of sickness, allergy, weight control and other reasons. This, however, is best left to your veterinarian because a professional should handle the complexities of nutrition. If your ...

Special Precautions when Storing Vitamins and Supplements
You need to take precautions when storing vitamins and supplements. These items are often expensive and you will want to maintain their shelf life. As with any medication, they should be kept safely tucked away, out of reach of curious children - and ...

Choosing a Food
You'll find lots of choices available when it comes to choosing food for your cat. How do you decide which one to pick? Here's a guide outlining types of foods as well as quality levels for each type. There are three basic types of food: dry, semi-moist ...

Your Cat's Nutritional Needs
It may not seem as though your cat is doing much when he is lounging near a sunny window for hours on end, but he's burning energy - and a lot of it - all day. In fact, your lap cat needs more energy-producing nutrients, like protein, than most dogs do ...

Food Allergy
Pets experience allergies to pollen, flea bites and even food. With a food allergy, the immune system reacts adversely to one or several ingredients in the animal's diet. Some pets become hypersensitive when they develop an abnormally intense reaction to ...

Choosing a Food for Your Kitten
As you watch your kitten stalking sunbeams, ferociously wrestling your drapes and pouncing on unsuspecting shoelaces, you can only imagine how much energy she burns up during the day. And because she uses lots of energy, she needs to eat lots of ...

Appetite Loss
Here's guidance on determining whether your pet is feeling ornery or out of sorts if she's not eating.