**1. Feed high-quality cat food or raw bones and meat.**
This forms the foundation for balanced nutrition and a healthy body, essential for maintaining healthy fur.
**2. Supplement with lecithin.**
Feed your cat two to three egg yolks per week. The lecithin in egg yolks is an effective element for nourishing fur. You can see results in two months. Egg yolks can be fed cooked or raw.
If your cat has difficulty eating egg yolks, you can provide good-quality lecithin products, preferably those derived from egg yolks rather than soy lecithin.
**3. Supplement with Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids.**
These fatty acids are essential for healthy fur and preventing skin inflammation. However, their unstable structure means they oxidize and break down once exposed to air. The unsaturated fatty acids in cat food can completely oxidize within a week to ten days of opening the bag. Thus, cats usually lack sufficient unsaturated fatty acids.
To supplement Omega-3s, options include fish oil (note, not cod liver oil, which contains vitamin A and can be toxic in excess), mackerel, Pacific saury, salmon, or canned deep-sea fish. However, tuna and cod, despite also being deep-sea fish, do not contain fish oil. Feed your cat 200-300 grams of deep-sea fish per week to supplement Omega-3s through diet.
**4. Supplement with complex vitamin B.**
Due to its instability, complex vitamin B decomposes on exposure to light and high temperatures, meaning most cats are deficient. Supplementing with complex vitamin B can boost your cat's immune system and reduce shedding.