First of all, congratulation for having a new cat and welcome to cat lovers home

ya agree that short hair is far easy to take care than the long hair cats.

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Food.
Iams is among the cheapest premium food. you can also try Science Plan, royal canin. This 3 brands are easy to get in the petshop. of course there are also other premium brands, but not all shop selling it. Whiskas and Frieskies is not premium nor super premium cat food. it is among the low quality because the ingredients are more towards grains and corn but less meat.

Super premium = like Orijen, Innova Evo = Expensive = 100% meat 0% grains, which means the best among all.

Premium = like iams, science plan, royal canin = average price but royal canin still expensive = more meat less grains.

Low quality = whiskas, friskies, smarthear, manja, etc. = cheap as can be found in supermarket = more grains & corn, very less meat.

Yes you can change your cat food, but do it by mixing the old food with the new brand food. example if you cat is currently eating PRODUCT A, but you feel like changing to PRODUCT B, now you need to mix 80% Product A with 20% Product B. Slowly decrease the Product A day by day, until its completely PRODUCT B. Actually you can find this on the cat food packet, i think i saw this manual on friskies and whiskas pack.

In my opinion, it is better for you to feed your cat atleast premium food. If he is a kitten, then buy kitten food. This is up to your budget.

More about food, please check out this website:
common questions about feeding your cat

feeding your cat the right way

Good nutrition for your cat

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Supplement, vitamin, etc.
First of all, ignore all of this. What you need to do is visit veterinary. Do medical checkup again parasites, vaccine, and deworm your cat. If you already feeding good food at least premium type... you can skip all this supplement, vitamin, etc.

My point is, rather than you spend too much on supplement & vitamin, might as well you go buy expensive food right.

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Drink/water.
Prefer filter water or air masak. please "air paip" please.

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Cleaning mouth
The yellow yellow thingy is TAR. you need to wash this by using cat tooth brush and cat tooth paste (can be found at petshop). or else, during bath, get a piece of small towel, and slowly rub the towl on your cat teeth.

If you cat is suffering from bleeding gums, or reddish blood color gums, and very bad tar on teeth, you need to do scaling at the veterinary. YES! it is expensive. so better take early action on mouth and teeth of your cat. because most cats owner ignore this part.

You can refer to this website:
how to cure cat bad breath

beside the mouth, you must also clean the ears. refer to this website = cleaning cats ears

and lastly nail care, click here http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Post...&qpid=22631564= trimming your cats claws

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Fish, chicken, and meat.
The best is Chicken, then meat, and the worst is fish.

you can feed them raw chicken or meat. also you can half boil the chicken and meat for them. but never put any "perisa". just empty water for boiling will do. Not too cock, medium cook is alright

If you want to feed fish, try to avoid tuna. All fish must be boil till it 100% cook.

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Veterinary visit.
One time a month is SO GOOD. you cat will be like paris hilton and britney spears if you can afford why not. Your cat will be smiling every month eheheh.
Again, rather than spending money on TOO MUCH visit to the vet, why not buying expensive cat food?
It is best to visit the vet every 3 months. you can also deworm your cat every 3 months.

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Neuter/Spay/Kembiri
It is best to neuter you cat at early age, to avoid mating season, loud vocal sound, stress, and spraying. Check out this website = neuter spay your cats

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Attention and toys
Beside caring for the best of your cat, you need to give them attention. toys is a must for indoor cats. You might not want your cat to end up commit suicide because of bored, and moody.

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Last but not least, you can refer to The Cat Zine for more guide lines and tips.

yeap ilium Dermocil is a good medicated shampoo to eliminate fungal dan skin infection.

i used ilium brand for ear mites and ear cleaning.

NutriEdge is something like blackwood... in other word it is one of the premium food. saw it before, but have not try yet.

if possible do it during the day time - during hot temperature. u can still do it at night, with warm water and need to dry them before they get cough and flu.

yes u can use the medicated shampoo to was the body too... but put more on the infected skin (tail)... leave it for 10-15 minutes with that shampoo before you rinse him.

have a good bath ehehe