ʻO nā mea hana meaʻai popoki kūʻai kūʻai nui ʻia nā pōpoki pākeke pipi pipi kūikawā maloʻo maloʻo ʻai-ʻole piha ke kumu kūʻai cattery cat staple meaʻai.

ʻO ka ʻai popoki he mea waiwai, maʻalahi, a me ka meaʻai kūpono.Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka ʻai popoki i ʻekolu mau ʻano: maloʻo, kīʻaha, a me ka hapalua kuke.ʻO ka meaʻai popoki maloʻo he meaʻai piha me nā meaʻai pono, momona i ka ʻono, a hiki ke pāʻani i kekahi kuleana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka pale ʻana i nā niho.

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ka meaʻai pōpoki i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai maoli a maʻalahi hoʻi e mālama.No laila, inā hiki, e ho'āʻo e hoʻohana i kēia meaʻai e like me ka hiki.Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻai maloʻo a ka pōpoki, e hoʻokomo i ka wai inu maʻemaʻe;Manaʻo kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole inu nā pōpoki i ka wai, he hewa ia.

ʻO ka ʻai popoki hiki ke hana ʻia me nā mea maka kiʻekiʻe e like me ka ʻōpae a me ka iʻa he ʻano ākea, maʻalahi ke koho a me ka ʻono ʻono, no laila ʻoi aku ka kaulana o nā pōpoki ma mua o ka meaʻai maloʻo.Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kekahi mau kini ma ke ʻano he kīʻaha meaʻai nui, a ʻo kekahi mau kini, e like me ka hapa nui o nā kini o kēlā me kēia lā, no ke ʻano o nā kini ʻai meaʻai, a ma ke ʻano he meaʻai koʻikoʻi ke kumu ʻole o ka ʻai.ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻai hiki ke hui pū ʻia me ka meaʻai maloʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pōʻino o nā niho, a pono e ʻai ʻia.He mea maʻalahi ka meaʻai canned no ka mālama ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi, akā e hoʻomanaʻo he maʻalahi ke hao ma hope o ka wehe ʻana.

ʻO ka meaʻai hapalua kuke ma waena o ka meaʻai a me ka meaʻai hiki ke kūpono i nā pōpoki kahiko.

ʻO kekahi meaʻai pōpoki maikaʻi e hoʻohui i ka taurine, ʻaʻole hiki i nā pōpoki ke synthesize i ka taurine, kēia amino acid, hiki ke loaʻa wale ma ka hopu ʻana i nā ʻiole.ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā pōpoki i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau holoholona hoahele e hopu i nā ʻiole.ʻO ka nele o kēia amino acid i nā pōpoki hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻike pō, no laila pono e hoʻohana i ka meaʻai pōpoki maikaʻi.