Well, I'm starting to settle into being a cat owner. After three months (hard to believe its only been that long!), I have finally started to realy carefully consider the question of kitty nutrition.
My cats get wet food an average of 2-3 times a day, depending on when I'm home, etc. They will continue to get wet food. I sure that an entire wet food diet is better than one with dry food, and I am sure also that a properly balanced raw diet is the best yet; so you don't have to spend time convincing me of that. However, I do believe that cats do better on several small meals than one or two large ones, we are gone for much of the day so we can't give that to them on wet food alone. They end up not eatig enough if we dont supplement with kibble. And one of the cats is underweight, so I'd especially like her to have access to food during the day and while we sleep. Besides, we put the kibble in those food-dispensing balls to give them something to do / some mental stimulation. Raw at this time is out of the questions, as I can't even plan well enough to thaw or prepare food for my graduate-school self let alone the cats. So some kibble there shall continue to be.
The question is, which dry food will be the best for them and/or do the least possible damage? Right now they are eating Blue Buffalo Wildnerness, which we bought on a whim when we found out we were getting a cat. I was thinking we would switch to Nature Variety's Instinct with Raw Boost when we finished this. I also considered Evo, which is low-carb but whose ingredients look very similar to Blue Buffalo's to me. What are your thoughts? Any other suggestions?
Our second cat, Squeak, also needs to lose about a third of her body weight at least. (Not our fault, she came that way after being in a shelter for a full year!!!) I'm thinking that being in a house rather than a tiny cage (having the opportunity to jump on window sills, chairs, cat perches, beds, go up and down stairs, etc), regular interactive playtime exercise, and a high-quality high-protein low-carb diet will likely be enough, but it's something to consider.
My cats get wet food an average of 2-3 times a day, depending on when I'm home, etc. They will continue to get wet food. I sure that an entire wet food diet is better than one with dry food, and I am sure also that a properly balanced raw diet is the best yet; so you don't have to spend time convincing me of that. However, I do believe that cats do better on several small meals than one or two large ones, we are gone for much of the day so we can't give that to them on wet food alone. They end up not eatig enough if we dont supplement with kibble. And one of the cats is underweight, so I'd especially like her to have access to food during the day and while we sleep. Besides, we put the kibble in those food-dispensing balls to give them something to do / some mental stimulation. Raw at this time is out of the questions, as I can't even plan well enough to thaw or prepare food for my graduate-school self let alone the cats. So some kibble there shall continue to be.
The question is, which dry food will be the best for them and/or do the least possible damage? Right now they are eating Blue Buffalo Wildnerness, which we bought on a whim when we found out we were getting a cat. I was thinking we would switch to Nature Variety's Instinct with Raw Boost when we finished this. I also considered Evo, which is low-carb but whose ingredients look very similar to Blue Buffalo's to me. What are your thoughts? Any other suggestions?
Our second cat, Squeak, also needs to lose about a third of her body weight at least. (Not our fault, she came that way after being in a shelter for a full year!!!) I'm thinking that being in a house rather than a tiny cage (having the opportunity to jump on window sills, chairs, cat perches, beds, go up and down stairs, etc), regular interactive playtime exercise, and a high-quality high-protein low-carb diet will likely be enough, but it's something to consider.
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