Do You Consider Age When You Feed Your Pet?

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Is age a factor in determining what food you feed your pets? Perhaps it should be.

A survey released by Iams Premium Protection found that only 10% of U.S. pet owners take the age of their cat or dog into consideration when determining which formula to feed their pet. A new survey released by Iams Premium Protection found that only 10% of U.S. pet owners take the age of their cat or dog into consideration when determining which formula to feed their pet.

But cat and dog nutrition needs change with age, much like our own.

For instance puppies need DHA for brain and vision development while senior dogs benefit from the ingredient sodium hexametaphosphate or HMP, which helps to keep teeth clean during and after meals, according to Dr. Katy J. Nelson, DVM, a member of the Iams Pet Wellness Council.

Check out these easy-to-watch and info-packed videos from Dr. Nelson to find out which vitamins and nutrients are important for your pet. And see our age-by-age feeding guide for the basics.

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Kitten

Adult Dog

Adult Cat & Dog

Mature Dog

Mature Cat

Wendy Toth Wendy Toth is Senior Editor, Lifestyle for Digital Works @ NBCU. She lives in Brooklyn, has two…

Filed Under: Health & Home, Nutrition, Caretaking, Senior Pets
Tags: Cats, Dogs, cats, dogs, food, nutrition

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