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They wouldn’t be considered “wild” cats though. We were talking about cats left to their own devices. In their natural state cats eat multiple small kills every 24 hours. Up to 10 times a day.

This is a good place to start: https://catinfo.org/docs/CatFoodProteinFatCarbPhosphorusChart.pdf It only includes wet food because dry food is unhealthy for cats. I imagine that if your cat can't have high fat then they won't be able to digest high carb either - pretty much all dry foods are...

Why would they be fed at home if they are wild cats? The behavior of feral cats is to eat multiple small kills a day, not once or twice.

Agree with @Tobermory . The problem is that you don't actually know the exact bone content in the food and usually when you adjust the amount of muscle meat you also have to adjust the amount of calcium. You risk throwing off the phosphorous to calcium ratio.

Yep, there are different versions. I think I have the Dyson V8 Animal.

That’s a good point. I didn’t really want to get into it, but even commercial foods labelled for kidney or diabetic cats are problematic. But assuming that people are sticking to labels and not doing much further research on their own I suppose these labels would be the “useful” ones.

All cats need high animal protein, moderate fat, low carb, high moisture diets. Any “specialized” food is a scam (with the exception of foods for kidney cats and diabetic cats).

For 5 cats I think it's worth dishing out the cash for a good cordless. I have the dyson animal and it's made my life with 3 cats a lot less furry.

I would take him off of that food. Cats don't need very much fiber in their diet. RC also contains lots of grains and carbs that can cause digestive upset in cats.

My raw fed cats always have trace amounts of protein in their urine. Cats fed mostly or all wet food will also have lower urine specific gravity. If you can, I would find a vet who understands feline nutrition. If your vet is just comparing your cat’s diet to baselines set by kibble fed cats...

You hit the nail on the head. Multiple problems with this study. I don’t even understand how it got published with a sample size of 8. They really shouldn’t be running hypothesis tests with a size that small. Their standard errors are enormous. edit: just double checked the journal. Now I know...

Cats don’t eat just once a day “in nature.” They eat at least 10 small meals throughout the day based on multiple small kills.

I have heard these arguments before. They are based on a profound misunderstanding of the research that is available about prescription foods. Most of it is based on 30 day trials, not longitudinal studies, and most is also funded by the very pet feed companies that make the food. We don’t know...

I just use an old school hand written journal. :)

It's quite common in cats. Dry food is high in carbs and causes weight gain on its own in the first place... leaving it out for free-feeding just exacerbates it. Some cats will self-regulate, but some will eat too much. It could be that she just doesn't want to bother with the ball. You could...