I'm feeding my cats dry pet food but I think he wants something new. I want to try feeding then with wet pet food. What do you think?
It depends on the dry food, and on the wet food. The dry food I feed is less than 10% carbs, and made with over 85% meat, completely grain free... No fillers AT ALL. There are plenty of wet foods out there with much more grains that the dry food I feed, which contains none... I would be careful when generalizing.Originally Posted by NosyKitty
Wet food, no question about it. You can feed dry in addition to wet but dry food alone is NOT good for cats for three main reasons:
1. Not enough WATER. In the wild cats get all their water from prey. They don't have a big thirst drive and since dry food has only about 10% water, unless the cat will drink over a cup of water a day, and most won't, they will always be in a constant state of dehydration on dry food.
2. CARBS are not natural to cats. Most dry food contains 50% carbs and therefore is the leading cause of feline diabetes. Carbs are completely species-inappropriate for cats.
3. The PROTEIN in dry food is mostly plant based, and cats being carnivores do not get a complete spectrum of the proteins that they would from meat.
Not to mention all the fillers (corn, gluten, rice, soy etc) in dry food that is also a common cause of allergies to cats. These fillers are also completely species-inappropriate.
Here is just one of many good information sites about feline diet.
http://catinfo.org/#My_Cat_is_Doing_...ne_on_Dry_Food
whatever rocks one's boat! IMO to say that friskies is healthy.... wow! That is stretch! A million gazillion times my dry food without any of the junk that's inside of Friskies. Anytime.Originally Posted by furryfriends50
I feed one of mine sophistacat/friskies wet because he will eat it and loves it. I consider that a ton better than him eating dry food and a lot healthier
Originally Posted by furryfriends50
Wet food all the way. I never want to feed dry food again!
I don't care about the "quality" of the dry food. Its still dry which IMHO is still horrible. Personally I hope that more companies follow http://www.petsage.com/ way of thinking. Maybe by 2020 dry food will be banned...I can only hope.
I feed one of mine sophistacat/friskies wet because he will eat it and loves it. I consider that a ton better than him eating dry food and a lot healthierNightmare won't eat raw so I go for the next best thing for him.
That is a IMO question but since Furry is NOT old enough to go there maybe PM s would let you debate that...Originally Posted by carolinalima
whatever rocks one's boat! IMO to say that friskies is healthy.... wow! That is stretch! A million gazillion times my dry food without any of the junk that's inside of Friskies. Anytime.
Not old enough? How's that??? Actual age? Sorry... OT.Originally Posted by sharky
That is a IMO question but since Furry is NOT old enough to go there maybe PM s would let you debate that...
Personally I dont and wont feed a food with artificial flavors and colors
I agree - 50/50 wet is a good balance... IMO also, it's got to be a decent wet... I won't feed certain things... Artificial coloring, flavors, grains, plus I don't feed by-products either (I know people disagree on this...). I have the same standards for wet as I have for dry... I see no difference, just the water content.Originally Posted by AddieBee
Not old enough? How's that??? Actual age? Sorry... OT.
I feed a mix of wet and dry b/c I cannot afford to feed all wet and I am not inclined at this time to use raw much more than just occasional treats. 4 of my 7 love the raw, btw. They all love the freeze-dried raw chicken and fish.
I definitely think they are doing better energy and weight-wise moving from 80/20 to 50/50 dry-wet.
I feed the best WET that my boys will eat. They do not like the high-end grain free foods... go figure.Originally Posted by carolinalima
I agree - 50/50 wet is a good balance... IMO also, it's got to be a decent wet... I won't feed certain things... Artificial coloring, flavors, grains, plus I don't feed by-products either (I know people disagree on this...). I have the same standards for wet as I have for dry... I see no difference, just the water content.
Wet food for me is Dry + water. What i look for in nutrition remains the same. I can't figure out the double standard - MUST have highest quality dry, but low low quality wet is fine
Where did you get him? Was he de-wormed before you got him? How many times? Kittens usually need to be dewormed 2-3 times. If he had a heavy worm load you would likely BE seeing them in his poo or sticking out of his butt, especially roundworms. If tapeworms.. you might see segments in his poo or stuck to the fur around his butt or tail. They are about the size of rice grains.Originally Posted by MysteryCat
My cat is 9 months old. There are times that he has a good appetite and sometimes has no appetite, depends on what I gave him. He likes fish I bought from the market but I think its not enough for him. Sometimes he liked his dry food sometimes not.
What brand do you recommend? I also want to send him to vet for deworming but I'm afraid of worms...If I dewormed him, will I see worms on his poop?
It's good that you know who you are. Don't ever lose that.Originally Posted by furryfriends50
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AddieBee: I'm 17 (and a half - if that makes any differance). I know most people are going to think that I'm then an immature teenager and you shouldn't listen to anything I say because I have no idea what I'm talking about. Is that true for a lot of people my age? Sometimes and sometimes not. Is that generalization true for me? - you can pick.
I'm just a catloving dairy farming hick according to most everyone in my schoolI am though and proud of it. I'd much prefer to work at a dairy farm (to get money for college and to take care of the barn cats) and take care of several barn cats by myself than what they do lol!
So what if I would rather be cleaning calf stalls than be at some party? Who cares if I'd rather spend time with cats (and reading about them) than have time to have a boyfriend? That classifies me as a dork but I don't careI'm just - me
OTTO put it well... I did NOT mean it as a negative just a FYI . You have some lucky cats and cows IMHO... lol by 17 I had managed to rewrite a few thingsOriginally Posted by otto
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AddieBee: I'm 17 (and a half - if that makes any differance). I know most people are going to think that I'm then an immature teenager and you shouldn't listen to anything I say because I have no idea what I'm talking about. Is that true for a lot of people my age? Sometimes and sometimes not. Is that generalization true for me? - you can pick.
I'm just a catloving dairy farming hick according to most everyone in my school I am though and proud of it. I'd much prefer to work at a dairy farm (to get money for college and to take care of the barn cats) and take care of several barn cats by myself than what they do lol!
So what if I would rather be cleaning calf stalls than be at some party? Who cares if I'd rather spend time with cats (and reading about them) than have time to have a boyfriend? That classifies me as a dork but I don't care I'm just - me
It's good that you know who you are. Don't ever lose that.
I don't think anyone here would discount you or your opinions because of your age. 17 or 47 it's all in how you present yourself.
I knew a 17 year old in another forum who, though she had a wealth of knowledge, and could help many people, her temper tantrums and intolerance to any opinion but her own really discredited anything she ever said.
But that could go for any age.
I do agree variety seems to be the best diet ...Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45
IMO the ideal diet consists of both dry and canned and/or raw. With males, all dry can sometimes lead to UTI's and the males getting blocked - even if they drink water.
All dry does NOT clean the teeth like many people (and vets) believe or will tell you. Some of my past cats have been fed almost all dry their entire lives and needed teeth cleaned - plaque still built up on the teeth in a few years.
Our cats get one meal of dry in the morning and one meal of canned in the evening and raw 2-3 times a week. They also are pretty good water drinkers in addition to the water in canned food. Feeding them this way I have very little litter box odor (we do use the wood stove pellets), and the stools are a lot smaller too - which means the food is being used by the body.
Ok sorry for the generalization. Allow me to clarify:It depends on the dry food, and on the wet food. The dry food I feed is less than 10% carbs, and made with over 85% meat, completely grain free... No fillers AT ALL. There are plenty of wet foods out there with much more grains that the dry food I feed, which contains none... I would be careful when generalizing.