City Cats vs. Wild Cats: Very Different Lifestyles
Wild cats vs. city cats — the difference in a phrase: active hunting vs. passive feeding.
Cats in the wild find their own food, and their prey is diverse: mice, birds, even rabbits. A whole prey animal contains protein, fat and carbohydrate for energy, plus minerals, trace elements and every other nutrient life needs — balanced nutrition from varied sources.
House cats depend on the food we give them and can't choose for themselves, so their daily diet must "supply as much of everything a cat needs as possible". Otherwise deficiencies develop — rarely an immediate danger, but over time a source of chronic disease. That's why Real Power, beyond high fresh-meat and low-carbohydrate ingredients, adds high-efficacy supplements: South American pharmaceutical-grade fish oil, 12 billion probiotics, glucosamine, small-molecule collagen peptides, hydrolysed lecithin and lactoferrin — to help cats maintain a high quality of life.
City cats also exercise far less than wild or free-roaming cats, and excessive protein burdens the kidneys.
The key for owners: choose animal protein that cats can break down and use, not hard-to-digest plant protein.
❚ Further reading: What is Real Power's functional pet food? · Hydrolysed protein for easier digestion · Formula comparison table
