Okay so I've been reading and it seems like it's not such a bad idea to combine these two diff diets. My kitten is currently almost 7 weeks and has just been eating wet food. Tried some dry but I'd really prefer to have him mostly on a wet food diet. The thing is that can get expensive when he's eating 4-5 times a day and I really want to go for the higher end stuff.
So just thinking maybe if I do Stella and Chewy's twice a day , then possibly a lower to mid range wet food 3 times a day , would that be okay ? I know freeze dried is definitely better than giving him dry and honestly he doesn't show much interest in it. He also doesn't really drink water , although I do leave out fresh bowls every day. I do also add about a tbs to each of his wet food meals. I just want to be able to basically balance out the quality of his diet w.o having to spend so much on the higher quality wet food , that have a lot of ingredients I'm not even sure I want him eating.
I haven't really done the math per se on cost so a little insight into that would be awesome. I will consider a commercial raw diet or homemade but not until he's at least a year and not eating as much as he has to now. Plus I tend to be pretty busy and there's many things to consider when going that route to make sure he's eating a balanced diet. Either way just want advice on what I can do and what could be more cost effective. As of now I plan on ordering Stella and Chewy's duck and chicken freeze dried , Fancy Feast classics and Purina Muse grain free chicken and spinach ( not sure entirely about the actual flavor as I've never seen this before ).
Also need help with the actual prep work and how much Smokey would need to eat a day as I'm bad with that. I know I should feed him as much as he wants but I also want to make the correct amount of rehydrated food so I don't waste any. I have to add the water as he doesn't really drink water on its own. Sorry for the long message and thanks for reading and any help.
So just thinking maybe if I do Stella and Chewy's twice a day , then possibly a lower to mid range wet food 3 times a day , would that be okay ? I know freeze dried is definitely better than giving him dry and honestly he doesn't show much interest in it. He also doesn't really drink water , although I do leave out fresh bowls every day. I do also add about a tbs to each of his wet food meals. I just want to be able to basically balance out the quality of his diet w.o having to spend so much on the higher quality wet food , that have a lot of ingredients I'm not even sure I want him eating.
I haven't really done the math per se on cost so a little insight into that would be awesome. I will consider a commercial raw diet or homemade but not until he's at least a year and not eating as much as he has to now. Plus I tend to be pretty busy and there's many things to consider when going that route to make sure he's eating a balanced diet. Either way just want advice on what I can do and what could be more cost effective. As of now I plan on ordering Stella and Chewy's duck and chicken freeze dried , Fancy Feast classics and Purina Muse grain free chicken and spinach ( not sure entirely about the actual flavor as I've never seen this before ).
Also need help with the actual prep work and how much Smokey would need to eat a day as I'm bad with that. I know I should feed him as much as he wants but I also want to make the correct amount of rehydrated food so I don't waste any. I have to add the water as he doesn't really drink water on its own. Sorry for the long message and thanks for reading and any help.