Bengal Cat Diet
Your Bengal cat’s diet plays a crucial role in its overall health and well-being. Like all domestic cats, Bengals are natural carnivores and thrive on a high-protein diet. To truly understand their nutritional needs, it helps to look at their wild ancestor, the Asian leopard cat, which primarily feeds on birds, lizards, and insects.
Unfortunately, many commercial cat foods today are loaded with grains like corn, rice, and soy—used mainly to cut production costs rather than benefit your pet. Bengals often struggle to digest these grains, which can lead to digestive issues and sensitivities.
That’s why it’s highly recommended to feed Bengal cats a grain-free, meat-rich diet.
- A good diet
- A clean and stimulating environment
- Access to sunlight
- Moments to move around and play
- A good contact with humans
- Minimized sources of stress
Raw meat, is it a good Bengal cat diet?
A quality raw meat is the best natural diet you can offer your Bengal cat. For having tried several kinds of dry food over the years, on several different Bengal cats, we can say for sure that the raw meat diet is much better for the Bengal cat’s digestive system. It’s simply easier to digest.
You can usually buy frozen, already prepared, high-quality raw food at your nearest pet store. Some people prepare their own food too.
Adult Bengal cats who have never eaten raw meat in their lives, will rarely like it. Ideally, it is best to start at an early age.
Exotic Nature Bengal kittens diet
At Your Exotic Nature Bengals, we feed our Bengal kittens only the raw chicken meat recipe ‘’Simply Chicken’’ from “Faim Museau” twice a day. We add some canned food (about 20%) to our raw meat mix to make it tastier. Bengal kittens love it, and their digestive system does too.
As for our adult Bengal cats, we feed them the grain-free dry food “Go! Duck recipe “, as well as ‘’Simply Chicken’’ raw meat snacks. Combining 2 quality foods is the best option for complete and optimal nutrition. The benefits will be felt by your Bengal cat throughout his life, and will be likely to live longer!
