how bad is dry food really?

[lisahe]

what a good idea!! i think im gonna invest in one of these. if it works it'll make things so much easier

We got a MiBowl. It's definitely an investment but the cat loves it and we love it, too. I bought ours from Chewy because it could be returned (for up to a year!) if Ireland didn't like it. The company sells them a bit cheaper but the return window is very short. Just ask if you have questions about training or anything else!

 

[Alldara]

That is good to know .Would love not to have to do prescription food for life

Yes it gets very expensive!

I found my vet very facilitative on making the switch after a bit. I'm sure if you called, you could discuss it.

 

[downton ali]

Yes it gets very expensive!

I found my vet very facilitative on making the switch after a bit. I'm sure if you called, you could discuss it.

Great, thanks !

 

[tyleete]

they said he has to stay on hills prescription diet from now on, which is unfortunate because we havent necessarily heard the best things about hills.

I had a sweet boy that used to have crystals regularly. As in, to the hospital several times. I looked into the different foods to help. Rx vet foods are the worst. You might as well be serving them Friskies or Meow Mix. I found a company called Diamond. They have a urinary blend my little man went on for years after his last 3 day stint at the clinic & until I had to switch him having kidney failure. In the few years he was on that dry diet, he had 0 problems or trips to the vet due to crystals.
As for the topic, I really hate when people say a cat won't starve itself to death. I want to ask what kind of wonderful cat they have? That won't allow its stubbornness outweigh its self preservation.
I tried forcing several of mine to take to wet. Yeah. Didn't work so well. My cats went 2 days on no food. So I highly disagree. I didn't want liver and other organ damage so I threw in the towel.
Most of mine turn their nooses up at wet. It sucks. I. Would live to have them on it. But alas, only my guy with stomatits (& now kidney failure) is the only one on only wet food.
I'm on my 4th kidney failure cat now in 6yrs. I really, really wish I could get more water into them. Mine also don't like the fountains. They steer clear of it. But I put several bowls of water all around the house. It's not good enough. But it's the best I can do.:/

 

[Anchoress]

The real issue is that all creatures need fluids and most of the time cats get theirs from food,, When the kibble came out bigtime I was sitll showing cats and was by the sales stall at one show at Olympia and there were great worries re cats dying f kidney failure when they were fed EXCLUSIVELY on kibble ... ( I added that word myself from my experiences) I use dry foodvery sparingly , never totally. Mine get a variety. Raw chicken, tinned wet food, kibble far less than the other foods, And I watch the water bowls like a hawk,,,, Dry food is not an essential after all. For me a convenience to fall back on if i have not been able to shop ( I live remote on a small island) Never a staple diet... Not natural enough for my liking! Watching them tearing into a chicken joint is bliss..NB well over 50 years of cats