Healthy bites

• Don’t ever give raw egg whites to your kitty as it contains avidin, which neutralizes biotin (an essential vitamin) making it unavailable to the cat.
• Don’t boil fish—you will destroy the nutrition.
• Don’t feed dry food to cats having bladder problems.
• Don’t feed a cat with dog food.
• Don’t give a cat more than two egg yolks a week.
• Don’t feed poultry bones as these are small and splintery and could choke the cat.
• Don’t give your cat alcohol, however, small the quantity… except when administered under veterinary advise as an antidote to anti-freeze poisoning.

(Joan Henderson is based in Australia and she has judged furry felines in many other countries including the USA, Bermuda, Malaysia, South Africa, Hong Kong, Philippines and New Zealand)