I'm aware that it is bad. I'm aware that dry food digests at a different rate than whole mice.
However, Soren rushes at the chance to eat dry food. Whenever we put down food for our malamute (dry dog food), Soren rushes over and starts eating with the dog. We usually have to pick him up and hold him until Ruuqo finishes eating (he eats a certain amount in the mornings and evenings). But I also feed Akassa and Mallory dry cat food with canned cat food, since I haven't been able to get them to eat mice yet. We give them one small bowl of dry food a day to share, and Soren will sometimes eat some of that.
Will this harm him? What exactly does it do, upset his tummy?
I can easily keep him from eating dry food now by shutting it off to him. However, once we start letting him roam the house rather than being locked up at night and when we're not home, I won't be able to keep it out of his reach. (Unless of course I can switch Akassa and Mallory over to raw.. then I will stop buying dry cat food altogether).
However, Soren rushes at the chance to eat dry food. Whenever we put down food for our malamute (dry dog food), Soren rushes over and starts eating with the dog. We usually have to pick him up and hold him until Ruuqo finishes eating (he eats a certain amount in the mornings and evenings). But I also feed Akassa and Mallory dry cat food with canned cat food, since I haven't been able to get them to eat mice yet. We give them one small bowl of dry food a day to share, and Soren will sometimes eat some of that.
Will this harm him? What exactly does it do, upset his tummy?
I can easily keep him from eating dry food now by shutting it off to him. However, once we start letting him roam the house rather than being locked up at night and when we're not home, I won't be able to keep it out of his reach. (Unless of course I can switch Akassa and Mallory over to raw.. then I will stop buying dry cat food altogether).
