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Is there a difference between feeding a kitten dry food or feeding it wet food?
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In addition: 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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Yes, There is a huge difference in wet or dry. 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.
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I personally think that wet food is better than dry food. To find out why I think that, please read the whole book “your cat.”
The book your cat answers all your pet food questions, and why cats were not meant to eat dry food.
how do you thiink cats survived for millions of years, while they were eating raw food.
cats did not evolve to eat dry food.
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Yes and no. There is a lot of difference between different brands of foods and you have to be very diligent about reading labels. Most dry food is not really that healthy (pretty much EVERYTHING sold in the grocery store, even “premium” brands like Iams) and some wet food is bad as well, depending on what is in it.
There are cats that can live a long time on these “grocery store” diets without health problems, but for every one that can, there is another that will develop health problems related to this kind of diet, so it is up to you to decide if you’d rather spend a little more on food and save yourself on vet bills down the road. Cats also tend to require less of healthier food to satisfy themselves so you really don’t end up spending as much as you think because you are feeding less and less is ending up as litter box waste.
The main thing is that you want to look for foods that are not loaded down with corn meal and grain fillers and you also want the first ingredient to be meat like “deboned chicken” and not something like “chicken by-product”. Some by-products like organ meats are actually healthy for your cat but other things classified as by-products are things like feathers, bone, beaks, feet, etc that are basically what was just swept up off the floor of the slaughterhouse and used in pet feed because it isn’t allowed in human food. There is no way of telling which is in your pet food because the label doesn’t generally say unless it reads something like “organ meats” or “chicken liver” specifically.
Cats should always have a bowl of fresh water available to them and this should be refilled daily, twice if you can. Some cats won’t drink water that’s been sitting out very much and this can lead to dehydration. Water is especially important if you choose to feed a dry diet as this food has very little moisture content.
Cats feed a canned diet will drink less than cats on a dry food diet, this is one major difference. If your cat begins having urinary tract problems, you will probably be best off to switch to a canned food because some cats will not drink enough water to stay hydrated themselves, this will depend on the individual cat of course.
If you can afford it, try to find a grain-free food, whether dry or canned. Wellness Core is a dry food brand that I feed my cat which is grain-free but there are others out there as well and there are some brands of canned foods that are grain free too, again read the labels.
If you choose to feed your cat a canned food diet, depending on whether or not your cat is prone to dental issues you may need to clean your cat’s teeth with a special tooth paste made for cats (you can find this in most pet stores or get it from your veterinarian).
Some cats have great teeth and will never have an issue regardless of diet, others will require brushing several times a week or even daily regardless of diet, so feeding a dry food isn’t a 100% guarantee of good teeth either. You can also have your cat’s teeth cleaned regularly by your veterinarian though this generally requires the cat to be put under an anesthetic, so if you can get your kitten used to brushing while he’s young, it will be much easier to deal with in the long run.
So there are some differences in dry and canned cat foods. Some people swear that dry cat food is the root of all evil and others swear canned will rot your cat’s teeth in a day, so it is up to you to investigate the problem for yourself and decide what is best for your cat, unfortunately there is no single clear-cut answer.
There is also the option of a raw food diet, which is the feeding of raw meats and supplements to your cat instead of buying a commercially prepared food. There are other people on this website who know more about it than I do so I’m sure they’ll be by eventually to discuss it.
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raw food is the best kind of food. i suggest that you read my answer. nuna can you please send a message to kat or catsofmany asking them this question specifically they know alot about this topic! go to catchannel.webs.com.
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We have tried both and the cats seem to like both. What I can say is the wet food made their poop smell really really bad, and gave the hairless cat gas. (sorry for being gross ;)) Anyway The vet told us there would not be a difference but they were wrong. They also said that dry food is like candy to the cats. We try to just mix it up to give them different stuff to eat.
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