I have always fed her dry cat food...she seems to like it fine. I always wondered if I should mix it up...and give her some wet food too. I had a cat when I was a kid and we never gave her wet food...and she was just fine. Any advice?
2006-08-23 15:40:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
I heard from the lady in the PAWS shelter that moist food helps with keeping their urinary tract infection down. Since then mine gets a can a week split into 4 portions.
2006-08-24 08:29:47 · answer #1 · answered by bigmike1119 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the things you mentioned being bad about dry food are not true in a good quality kibble. Also, a high water content is not needed for healthy coats, nor does wet food have more oil than dry food. Overall, dry food is better as it is good for the teeth and has just as good of a nutritional value as wet food. If your dry food it getting pests in it, buy a container made for pet food. It is sealed tight and many are large enough to hold a full huge bag.
2016-03-27 03:07:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the benefits I have heard for wet food are that it has more protein and that cats do not need as many carbs as are in most dry foods and that most cats do not get enough water and wet food is a higher percentage liquid. On the other hand it is more expensive and dry food is better for their teeth. I think good quality dry food is fine for cats.
2006-08-23 15:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by steph c 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I give my cats wet food every now and then as just a I love you snack but its like once or week or sometimes once a month even. They do not need it at all unless you feel there is a weight issue by means of the cat is to thin and needs a little more coaxing to eat more. Cats can become dependent on it quickly and will even cry for it. That gets annoying believe me! So if you do not have a weight issue continue what you are doing or give him a tiny bit every now and then.
2006-08-23 15:48:01 · answer #4 · answered by Boxer Lover 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A lot of people don't give their cats canned food and they are fine. My cat always has dry available plus he gets some canned food twice a day. Why? Because he likes the canned food.
2006-08-23 15:45:20 · answer #5 · answered by Tavita 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My cat loves wet cat food compared to dry. I give it to him about every other day or so just as a treat.
2006-08-23 15:45:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dry food is better for the teeth
Wet food is better for enticing underweight cats to eat more.
Other than that, there are far more nutritional variations between brands than between wet vs dry.
2006-08-23 15:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should try to mix some in sometime. They have can covers if you don't use the whole can. But I wouldn't do it every day. I started to give my dog the mix after a year of only dry. Then one day I ran out and she wouldn't eat the dry alone. It took a while to get her back to it so now it's like a once a week or twice a month treat.
2006-08-23 15:50:19 · answer #8 · answered by Jenae, TV (tempter of the vile) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My sister always gave her cat a mix because the dry was good for her teeth, and the wet was easier to digest.
2006-08-23 15:47:52 · answer #9 · answered by momofboys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always given my cat both. All dry is well...all dry. Not very tasty or close to their meaty food they'd get in the outdoors if they hunted. I buy natural, healthy types of cat food, they put a lot of garbage in pet foods these days so read labels. I get Natures Choice which is not expensive either.
2006-08-23 15:46:03 · answer #10 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋