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C. How much/how often

Cats do not do well on one meal a day. Many owners leave dry food out all day for snacking and give one or two "meals" of canned food to their adult cats. Others do not like leaving food out and simply provide two larger meals a day. If food is left out all day some cats will overeat and become overweight.

Read the dialogue and complete your own.

Pet owner: Good morning, Mrs. Jordan! There are some problems with my cat Mossy.

A Vet: Why do diagnose so quickly?

Pet owner: My cat rejects meat food.

A Vet: So ………. And what does it prefer?

Pet owner: It loses its appetite and is looking for grass sometimes. What’s the matter?

A Vet: There is nothing to worry. But I must examine your pet. (feels pet’s pulse, measures its temperature)

Pet owner: Why does it eat grass?

A Vet: Cats are finicky eater, besides grass provides enough nutrition.

Pet owner: What food must be dominant? May be dry?

A Vet: Semi-moist food. Health depends on food. It must supply nutrition and support immune protection.

Pet owner: Is everything o.k.?

A Vet: Yes, it is and your Mossy is very intelligent, because it knows what grass is useful.

Pet owner: Nice to hear that! Thank you, Mrs. Jordan!

Feeding horses

1. Look through the following recommendations on how to feed the horse and discuss them with your group-mates. Use the Vocabulary:

a mixture of grasses – травяная смесь

maturational value – зрелость, созревание

Rye grain – рожь

Cocksfoot – ёжа сборная

Timothy – тимофеевка луговая

white clover – белый клевер

pasture - пастбище

digestive problems – проблемы с пищеварением

laminitis –ламинит

hay -сено

All 'grassland is composed of a mixture of grasses and other plants. Some have little maturational value, though the horse may like them, but the three most important are Peren­nial Rye Grain, Cocksfoot and Timothy. Some White Clover is useful, but a heavily-clovered pasture may prove too rich and lead to digestive problems.

Even if clover is not present, grass itself can cause prob­lems, especially in the spring, because a horse can put on too much weight or sometimes develop the painful disease called laminitis. Also, a horse or pony can only exist on grass alone for the summer months. By October, supplementary feeding becomes essential. Start off with hay and then provide oats and beans. The more refined the breed, the more extra feed­ing will be necessary.

2. Choose two or three healthy foods and discuss their ad­vantages with your group-mates.

3. Suggest a slimming diet to someone/someone's pet who has become obesities.

4. Feel in the table. Discuss with your group-mates advantages and disadvan­tages of commercial foods for pets.

Advantages of commercial

food

Disadvantages of commercial

food

5. Complete five sentences according following example

The more refined the breed, the more extra feed­ing will be necessary.

The more......., the more.........

The less........., the less...........