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What is a good brand to feed them dry food?
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Cats were never meant to eat dry food, also known as cereals or kibble. We, humans, make them eat it for convenience to us. It has nothing to do with them or their nutritional needs. It’s completely species inappropriate.
All small domestic cats descended from desert cats. In the wild, desert cats derive their entire liquid intake from their prey. They do not have a thirst mechanism because they don’t need it when eating a species appropriate diet. They get all they need from what they eat. Additionally water was usually not available to them in their desert climate. So they do not often drink water. Regular ol’ house cats have descended from those same wild desert cats.
So in a home environment, your kitty does not get the moisture it needs from dry food and it’s almost always in a constant state of dehydration. Water fountains are encouraged to TRY to get your cat to drink more and your kitty may even enjoy it, but it will never meet its water intake needs drinking from a bowl.
Deadly feline illnesses such as diabetes, kidney failure, obesity, allergies, Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD), constipation, bladder stones, kidney stones, urinary tract blockages and Urinary Tract Infections (FLUTD), with and without deadly crystals run rampant these days. Cats are not taking in enough water to stave them off. Proper water intake through a species appropriate diet alone can prevent most of these conditions.
Overall, wet is all around better for any cats diet, be it canned or Raw and they should never be fed dry cereal kibble if we wish to most closely match their wild nutritional and dietary needs. Kibble meets our needs… not our cats.
I recommend varying the diet with a constant rotation of 2 to 4 different brands of canned foods that your cat enjoys. If you do this, and allow your cat the same assortment they would have in nature when eating mice, bugs, birds and rabbits, your cat’s digestive system won’t be so sensitive and you won’t have to run around looking for a specific brand when your store is out. You will have a nice variety to choose from instead.
Canned foods I recommend you consider for your rotation:
Nature’s Variety - http://www.naturesvariety.com/content.lasso?r=0829192&page=1172&-session=naturesvariety:D04EC9250c614143FDKiM2BA9520
Wellness Grain Free Formula’s - http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_can_index.html
By Nature Organics - http://www.bynaturepetfoods.com/productpages/catmain.php
Organix - http://www.castorpolluxpet.com/store/organix/organix_organic_canned_formulas_for_cats
Evanger’s Holistic Pheasant - http://www.evangersdogfood.com/cat/20089.html
Evanger’s Organic Braised Chicken - http://www.evangersdogfood.com/cat/50103.html
Evanger’s Turkey & Butternut Squash - http://www.evangersdogfood.com/cat/50111.html
PetGuard Organics - http://www.petguard.com/cat-products/canned-food
Felidae - http://www.canidae.com/cats/cat_and_kitten/canned.html
EVO 95% Meats - http://www.evopet.com/products/default.asp?id=1662
California Natural - http://www.californianaturalpet.com/
Merrick Canned - http://www.merrickpetcare.com/store/canned_cat_food.php
Merrick Before Grain - http://www.beforegrain.com
Natural Balance - http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/catformulas/NB_CatCanned.html
Eagle Pack - http://www.eaglepack.com/Pages/HS_CanCat.html
When adding in a new food or changing cat foods please remember to switch your Pets food slowly over a period of 10 to 14 days, if you can. Start by mixing 25% new to 75% old, then 50/50 , then 75% new to 25% old, and finally switching over to 100% new. Take it slow as they need as not to upset their digestive system.
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woww this is such a great answer!!!
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now im a greeen paw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Forever! I’m quite sure Kat covered absolutely everything and I agree 1000%. The only thing I can add is that if there’s a compelling reason for you to feed any dry food - whether it be budget or schedule problems (where you need to leave some food out or your cat would miss a meal), there are some better brands of dry food.
What you want is a GRAINLESS dry food. That is going to be the easiest for them to digest.
These are my suggestions: My personal picks are Wellness Core, Innova Evo or Nature’s Variety Instincts. A new line that looks decent is Merrick’s B.G. (Before Grain). I agree with some of the foods listed here but not all. I am happy to review ingredient lists if requested: http://cats.about.com/cs/nutrition/tp/premdrycatfood.htm
And here’s a good rule of thumb for any type of cat food: If you can buy it at the grocery store, don’t buy it.
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I never fed my cats wet food when they were kittens and they are just fine.
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