We eat with a nose

How it is frequent your cat nonplused you, flatly refusing from tasty and healthy, however unknown meal? Let's understand: for what reason the animal undereats, when the bowl is full and how nevertheless to convince капризулю to have a bite?

To food-flavoring receptors of language of a predator perceive salty, bitter and, probably, sour. There was a version that in the taste center there are even some saharo-sensitive neurons though their quantity isn't capable to transform cats into the sweet teeth.

In the wild nature of a cat eat only the meat food rich with fibers and fats. Fibers is a source of irreplaceable amino acids, such which aren't synthesized in an organism of a cat, and arrive in him only with food.

In a mouse brain the amino acid necessary for a cat contains, therefore sometimes full animals only bite off mice a head. Fat has huge value not only as a source of irreplaceable fat acids and energy, but also as the starting "appetizing" mechanism which is responsible for taste and a flavor of food. Flavoring bulbs of a uvula of a cat are especially sensitive to these substances, from here and accustoming to a certain kind of food or forage mark.

At once I will tell: it is not necessary to "humanize" cats, transferring on them the habits and predilections. Unlike us these animals are inclined to adhere once to the acquired habits in a food. Living near to the person all life, they, of course, in something change the behavior, but don't think that also their physiology thus changes! And the reason of fastidiousness of our favourites lies in this area.

In flavoring predilections at cats the prime role is played by a nose and tongue.

Language, organ of taste, is supplied by various receptors which allow to feel heat, a consistence playing for a cat an important role, and flavoring qualities of food.

But before the meal will fall victim to the tongue, she should be distinguished the cat's nose: sense of smell in the course of a food of an animal plays an enormous role. His main function - to feel a smell, to estimate him (whether he bears danger or unpleasant sensations or, on the contrary, clears up in memory pleasant memoirs), to define temperature of food and to give a signal for immediate reaction. For this purpose the nose of a cat is equipped теплорецепторами and literally "is larded by olfactory cages in mucous a nasal course - Yakobson's so-called body. Pay attention: when the cat was very much interested by any smell, she, sniffing, extends a neck, opens a mouth, raises an upper lip and slightly wrinkles a nose. It becomes to direct all caught in a stream of air of a molecule of odorous substances to Yakobson's body where they will get on mucous a nose and will settle on her.

After smell recognition in a brain the signal about that will arrive, it is possible is or not. If owing to infringement of sense of smell the signal can't be analysed, return command: "Eat immediately! This is appetizing!" Doesn't operate. Studying have shown that the kittens deprived of sense of smell, lose сосательный a reflex and refuse meal. Therefore any illnesses accompanied by a cold are dangerous to kids so.

The flavored molecules transfer on themselves mainly fats. Fastidiousness of a cat at transition from one ready forage speaks another that fats, being a part of all forages, differ on a smell. Natural products smell absolutely in another way. Try to offer the cat after she enjoyed a fragrant dry feed or canned food, for example, crude fast meat. Yes it in comparison with them smells as nothing!

The main council: transition to other forage should be gradual - a minimum, week. In the first day it is replaced 1/7 habitual forages on new, on following - 2/7 and so on. I want to warn owners against very basic and very incorrect position: "Either you will eat it, or you will not eat at all!" It is considered that the cat isn't capable to starve meaningly itself to death. It is not capable, yes. But already in couple of days of such compelled starvation in an organism of a cat irreversible processes in which course the liver first of all will suffer can begin. So don't try переупрямить your animal, it isn't wise.

The cat always can be "convinced". How?

The first rule.

If you replace one ready forage with another, take care, that their smells were as more as possible similar.

The second rule.

Achieve, that the cat has at least tried. From experience of the factory owners interrogated by me it is possible to recommend to drip a few olive oil on new meal. Many cats find his taste and a smell rather attractive and worthy interest.

- Solid firms-manufacturers of the cat's forages let out sauces with the most diverse attractive tastes. It is necessary to drip him on any meal - appetite will wake up there and then!

- Remember that damp forages should be warmed up approximately to 40°С: it is the temperature of a victim most comfortable and habitual to cats which she would eat in the wild nature. Enzymes for food digestion will be stably allocated in the cat's stomach, and it is a guarantee of health of an animal.

- If the new forage has a smeared or liquid consistence it is possible to put his small part on a pad. The cat will start to wash urgently and thus will get acquainted with new taste.

- Many cats don't want to gnaw dry granules, and prefer the soaked. Try to add a weak chicken broth. Even the fastidious persons can't resist this aroma.

So, have patience and, having armed with the given councils, operate. What of the listed ways as a result will appear more effective - not too important. If only the kitty isn't has left kitchen hungry, sadly thus, reflecting that any habitual smells isn't felt. In general, there is nothing to eat...

To apprehend and analyse smells to a cat the huge congestion of olfactory cages (a minimum of 200 million) helps with a nose mucous membrane. For comparison: the area mucous at the person twice less. Remember, how on you aroma of is appetizing prepared food operates. And now try to present that the cat feels at occurrence of favourite food!