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which food is better, wet or dry cat food?

8 Answers  |  Asked By: christarose777   45   

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Answer 1
kitty

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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), 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.

By: Kat   2948
 

Answer 2
kitty

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both!!! thats good!!!!!!!!!!

Source Link: BOTH

By: pussycat08   19
 

Answer 3
kitty

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I’d use dry cat food if I were you, its easy to store away, dont even need a refrigerator, lightweight, and its nutritionally-balanced, all that your cat needs, and you’ll only use it for staple. you can feed her other treats aswell, but its good to use dry cat food as staple, and other foods as extras. its really inexpensive aswell, but dont go for real cheap dry cat food, go for gold.

Source Link: dry cat food is really easy and best for you!

 

Answer 4
kitty

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thanks

 

Answer 5
kitty

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I feed my cats wet food and dry food. This diet includes more nutrients. Dry food is easier to store, though. However cats seem to perfer wet food over dry food.

 

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kitty

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Hi again! Most cats perfer dry than wet.

By: iamj   88

Answer 6
kitty

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Look at the nutrition facts. Check this website link. When you get to it, go to information center, one of the buttons on the left side of the screen. Then scroll down to, What’s In Your Cat Food.

Source Link: http://www.care4strays.org

 

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kitty

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There MUST be something wrong with the website, becaus the link does'nt work a 2nd time and I'm sure i typed it in right this time. You can do the same thing though, you just have to type in care4strays.org


Answer 7
kitty

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You should use mostly dry but maybe some wet once in a while.

By: iamj   88
 

Answer 8
kitty

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dry becaus ethe more wet you give your cat he would die from dihadration caused be dierea ir you do plan on giving your cat wet only alf a can that wouldnt make him sick ooh and mix it with dry so his tummy wont hurt!!!

By: ferard   150
 

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