Bit of a rant. Within the last month or so I have been with various cats for various reasons to two different vet offices. At each visit I have been lectured about wet food being "junk food". Once by a vet tech, twice by veterinarians. It is really getting on my nerves.
I usually just give a non committal "hmmm" when I hear things from them like "Cats don't need wet food", "Wet food just makes them fat," or the most annoying "wet food is nothing but fillers and empty calories". What the heck do they think is in dry food?!
I guess it is because I have heard it so much lately, I am starting to get really angry. Why are they pushing dry food so hard? I actually had a bit of an argument with a vet because I want to feed my diabetic cat mostly wet.
I do try to keep my mouth shut about it. I don't want to be labeled as a "problem parent", but they act like I am doing a terrible thing by feeding wet.
Is there a well known, peer reviewed study that I can refer them to? I just don't want to continually be lectured about feeding more dry when I personally don't agree with it. It would be great if I could give them a little homework on the subject and maybe they would reconsider their stance on wet vs. dry.
I usually just give a non committal "hmmm" when I hear things from them like "Cats don't need wet food", "Wet food just makes them fat," or the most annoying "wet food is nothing but fillers and empty calories". What the heck do they think is in dry food?!
I guess it is because I have heard it so much lately, I am starting to get really angry. Why are they pushing dry food so hard? I actually had a bit of an argument with a vet because I want to feed my diabetic cat mostly wet.
I do try to keep my mouth shut about it. I don't want to be labeled as a "problem parent", but they act like I am doing a terrible thing by feeding wet.
Is there a well known, peer reviewed study that I can refer them to? I just don't want to continually be lectured about feeding more dry when I personally don't agree with it. It would be great if I could give them a little homework on the subject and maybe they would reconsider their stance on wet vs. dry.