Does my spayed female cat need neutered food or a urinary diet?

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When my 3 years old female cat was spayed she was 1 years old and 3.5 kg.We started the gave her kitten food for a month to recover.After 1 month she was 4.2 kg then we started to gave her neutered cat food(grain free) after 3 months she was 3.3 kg.We are feeding her with grain free adult cat food for 1.5 years.Now she is 3.8-4 kg and levels of protein and minerals of her food is same as the neutered cat food.Is the neutered cat food necessary?Do I have to change her diet to for uretra health? Pet's info: Cat | Scottish Fold | Female | spayed | 2 years and 11 months old | 8.8 lbs

Dr. Heidi DVM, CVA, CCRT, CVTP, CVSMT, CVCH · Accepted Answer

Unfortunately, I'm unfamiliar with the foods that are available in Turkey, but in general kitten food is higher in protein and fat for growing kittens. And as you found, a spayed cat will gain weight on that. I would suspect that a neutered cat food would be formulated to be slightly lower in calories than a regular adult cat food since their metabolism decreases slightly when a cat is neutered. That would be why Balim lost weight on that formula. If she is active enough to maintain her weight, I would supsect that a regular adult cat food is fine, but if she starts to gain too much weight, a neutered cat food may help prevent her from gaining weight as she gets older. Finally, we do not tend to see the same problems with the urethra in female cats that we do in male cats (but can see some bladder problems). I generally don't recommend feeding a special diet like that until a cat has a problem. I hope that was helpful and answered your questions. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

Does my spayed female cat need neutered food or a urinary diet?

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