簡介:老貓是否適合吃生肉，不能只看年齡，更應依健康狀況、食慾、肌肉量及慢性疾病等因素綜合評估。完整均衡的生食配方可提供優質蛋白質、充足水分、必需脂肪酸及鈣、磷等礦物質，有助於維持熟齡貓的肌肉量、骨骼健康與日常活動力。然而，生食並非適合所有老貓，若有腎臟病、腸胃不適、牙口問題或其他特殊疾病，仍應先諮詢獸醫師。本文將帶你了解老貓吃生食的優點、風險、轉食方式，以及挑選完整均衡配方時應注意的重點。

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