Vitamins are very important to cats. Deficiency of any vitamin will have a serious negative impact on their bodies. Vitamin A deficiency occurs when the cat does not have sufficient vitamin A in its body.
The main causes of this problem are as follows:
The nutrients in food are unbalanced and cannot provide sufficient vitamin A;
The various manifestations of cats lacking vitamin A, what should cats eat for vitamin A?
The demand for vitamin A has increased significantly during the lactation period or during the kitten period;
Some metabolic diseases appear to inhibit the absorption of vitamin A;
When cats experience some infectious respiratory diseases, it will greatly reduce the vitamin A stored in the liver, and the above situations will induce vitamin A deficiency.
Don't underestimate this disease. The vision of the sick cat will be affected and may develop night blindness or dry eye. The resistance of the skin and hair will also decrease, making dermatitis prone to occur. In severe cases, it can also damage the nerves and cause skeletal muscle paralysis. In addition, vitamin A deficiency can also affect the cat's reproductive ability, causing deformities or miscarriage. Even if the kitten is born smoothly, it is prone to congenital diseases, such as skeletal deformity, deafness, and movement disorders.
To treat vitamin A deficiency, you need to go to the hospital to inject vitamin A preparation or take oral vitamin A supplements. Other diseases caused by the disease should also be treated symptomatically.
In daily life, the owner can appropriately feed the cat foods rich in vitamin A, such as animal liver, egg yolks, corn, etc. But pay attention to the feeding frequency, once a week.
Although diseases are inevitable in the process of raising pets, as long as you actively face it and devote yourself to treatment, I believe that babies will have a healthy body again.