Kittens are an important stage of cat growth and development. Various nutrients are needed to maintain the metabolism balance in the body. The owners will also feed cats various foods and nutritional products. In general, kittens are not very complete in all aspects of gastrointestinal digestion. Sometimes when feeding, we will find that the cat’s belly suddenly bulges. What factors are caused by?
1. Indigestion of gastrointestinal intestines
Cat food may cause bloating in kittens. Because some cat feeds contain soybeans, when the intestines of the kittens cannot be digested, the bacteria in the intestines will ferment these indiges and produce gases, causing bloating, and diarrhea in severe cases. If the owner ignores it, it will become inertia. In the long run, the digestive system will be weak. Indigestion means malabsorption, which will form no matter how much or high-quality food you eat, it will still cause lesions due to the lack of certain nutrients.
2. If the fiber in the food is too high, cats should not eat too high fiber feed. In order to reduce costs, foods that penetrate too much fiber will reduce the digestion time of the small intestine and accelerate the entry into the large intestine. As a result, like soy foods, coliforms will ferment undigested foods, resulting in abdominal distension. Because most kittens are greedy, if these low-quality feeds are done well and cats like to eat, the owner thinks they are good feed. As a result, the kittens eat a lot, and even have soft stools, and are bloated like bulges, which are completely plagued, and the owner still has no idea.
3. Congenital megacolosis
Congenital megacolosis can also cause abdomen swelling in cats, which is caused by congenital defects in the cat's colon wall or colon movement disorders caused by other causes. Constipation is the main manifestation of cats' megacolosis, or bloody stools, the cat will vomit, lose weight, and the abdomen will be raised like a barrel.
4. Other aspects, such as acute peritonitis, are caused by bacterial infection, which is generally accompanied by increased body temperature and vomiting. Or hernia can also cause cats to swell their abdomen, so clinically, the differential diagnosis of abdominal enlargement is very important. We can first palpate, and then puncture examination to determine whether there is ascites. Leukocyte examination can determine the existence of inflammatory infection.
What should I do if my cat is bloated?
Some pathological causes need to be treated symptomatically after being diagnosed. Some feeding causes abdomen to enlarge the kittens in daily life. After six months of age, cats will start to slow down and their activity will also be slightly reduced; at this time, they will eat a larger amount of meals per meal, so they can reduce the number of meals a day. It is best to eat it with some pet-based probiotic sources at the same time, which can help cats digest and regulate their stomach and intestines.
Do not give kittens food to humans, otherwise it will cause unnecessary troublesome behavior. Feeding food cooked by home, or feeding kittens with adult cat food (especially weight loss cat food), or adding vitamins and other nutritional supplements to a completely balanced cat food may result in nutritional disorders.