Consumers have had this dilemma on a lot of products when it comes to the talk about quality and quantity. In terms of cat food, what should you go for? Should you go for the food’s quality or its quantity? We will try to answer by listing what your cat needs and what it should avoid.

Know what your cat’s nutritional needs are. Generally, every cat will need the right amounts of proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins & minerals, and water. So, when trying to figure out whether to go for quality, you can look into the product’s components. Determine how much protein and other components it contains. Also take into consideration whether, for example, for every 100 grams of the product, you get more of these essential nutrients when compared with let’s say, a 200 gram pack. This is one of your gauges to help you decide. The more that you will get for a smaller amount of the cat food means that you get to provide more nourishment to your pet.

Determine if you need canned or dry food. These two types of cat food are different as each can provide a different experience for your pet. Canned foods provide more water than dry food or kibble can. When you are feeding your cat with kibble, it is important that you keep them well hydrated by providing water containers where they can easily drink water from.

While canned foods have to be placed in a bowl, the dry variety can be served anywhere and everywhere. Also, the amount of food that you can feed your cat when taking into account wet or dry food may differ. Wet foods, as they also contain water can be heavier compared to dry kibble.

This means that cats might tend to take in smaller amounts of wet food. If this is the case with your cat, it is important that you check how of the essential nutritional components have been introduced to your pet. This should be looked at in comparison with the amount of food that it was able to eat.

Look into the price. With all household products’ prices going up these days, you also need to be smart when it comes to buying your cat’s food. Don’t be persuaded by cheap products alone. You also need to consider both its quality and quantity. Find out which brands give you to best available quality with the most amount of the product at the most reasonable price.

Look at the brand. Though this is not your ultimate guide for making a decision, looking at the brand allows you to deduce the possible quality that the product has. Good brands tend to have good track records with what they do. This gives you the assurance that you will be able to buy a good product from them.

Your pet’s nutrition is always important. Buying quality products for them is essential. However, if you can find a product that can offer an acceptable level of quality with a reasonable volume or amount of the product, it may be better to decide to go for this one.

Admirers of leopards and ocelots will learn that there is a cat with the same exotic appearance that is domesticated, the Ocicat. The Ocicat came about totally by accident back in 1964, when Virginia Daly of Berkeley, MI, bred a Ruddy Abyssinian to a Seal Point Siamese in an attempt to get an Aby- pointed Siamese. The resulting first generations were phenotypically Abyssinian. It wasn’t until one of those first generation cats was again crossed with a Siamese that the desired result of an Aby-pointed Siamese was produced, but the litter also bore another surprise, a spotted cat.

Daly’s daughter dubbed that cat, which was named Tonga, an Ocicat, because of its resemblance to the wild Ocelot. Subsequent breedings, with American Shorthairs added to the mix to enhance size and boning, led to placement of spots and introduced the silver color, which forms the Ocicat that you see today. The Ocicat is distinctively different in its spotting pattern from other breeds of spotted cats. It has thumbprint-shaped spots that are inside a bulls-eye pattern. Compare that to an Egyptian Mau, for instance, which has several bands of color that fall together to form a thumbprint shaped spot.

Like other domestic breeds of cats that resemble their wilder cousins, the Ocicat looks wild and it has all of the characteristics typically found in exotic jungle cats, but their temperament is truly that of a pussycat. While dog-like in its devotion to the people who own it, the Ocicat is not a cat that is clinging or demanding, but they do love to shadow their humans closely. They don’t know the meaning of the word stranger, but simply look upon them as yet another lap to curl up in for a quick catnap. Another endearing quality is that Ocicats love to ride around on your shoulders and will quite literally allow you to ferry them all over the house. Ocicats also love new playmates and are often a source of comical antics, but when they tire out, they search for the nearest person’s lap for a nice long round of purring.

These are very smart animals capable of opening latches and doors, playing fetch and in at least one case, an Ocicat was known to wave ”bye-bye” to its owners. That is truly a picture that would be worth a thousand words. An Ocicat is a superb hunter, lying about in a lion-like pose, seemingly unaware until the prey comes into view. Then like lightening, they will do whatever necessary, even leaping higher than you would think they could to catch the object of their attention, then simply go back to their reclining position giving the impression that they somehow never even moved.