Not to preemptively judge anyone here... But I've come to realize that about 75%+ of owners don't even realize that their cats are overweight. Let alone obese. So just because people may say it's working, doesn't mean it actually is. And the proof is in the cats you see at your work.Originally Posted by SweetPea24
It seems that free feeding works for a lot of cats. I think what I am finding very interesting is that all who responded feed some wet food too. At the hospital where I work, I would guess that around 80-90% of the cats that come in are free fed dry ONLY. And most of the time it's not measured. And of these 80-90%, all are overweight to obese.
Obviously, it is working for all your cats so I am wondering what our clients are doing...maybe feeding some wet would benefit them? Well, it would overall but I wonder if they added some canned, would these cats be less overweight?
Adding canned to free-fed dry is actually one of the reason's why when some new members join they say 'Oh, I don't want to feed wet, I heard it makes cats fat.' You have to attack it at both ends to start weight loss. More wet, less/no dry.