baggy said:
A diet of good quality wet food is so much better for cats than dry, there are studies done. Vets are not animal nutrition experts by trade --
I am surprised to hear you say this. When we adopted our two boys 5 years ago, the shelter told us a dry food diet is fine. My girlfriend has had cats for more than 25 years (not the same ones of course) and she always feeds them dry with a teaspoon of wet once in a while. Her cats all lived to be very old and the ones she has now are old but healthy. :? My neighbor feeds her cats dry food only....healthy kitties there too. :?
I never said that all cats who eat only dry food get sick and die, I'm saying that wet food is healthier for them. Good quality, that is. Every cat is different -- but dry food has been the culprit in diabetes cases and other ailments -- topping the list is obesity. And I didn't say that your cats wouldn't like Fancy feast, or that they would keel over if they ate it, I just said that it is not a good quality food, trust me. Wait...don't trust me...as QOTN suggested -- it's always best to find out for yourself. From sites that are NOT Hills or Walthams ran -- they of course are catfood manufacturers who thrive on people who buy their dry food because THEY say it's the best.
I daresay that anyone who tries their cat on a quality wet food diet (Wellness, Felidae, Solid Gold, etc) will notice changes in their cats' coats, eyes, weight, and activity in just a couple weeks or less.
I think I'm going to research this.
Good call. If you educate yourself, then you can make the best call for your cats.
http://www.littlebigcat.com is an excellent source of cat nutrition information. I'll say it again, vets do NOT get more than 3-4 hours of nutritional education, and it is done by Hills and Walthams reps. So to be an expert, you need to read the studies and do your homework, which the maker of this site HAS DONE. So it's a great source -- check it out. It's all in one place.
Oh -- and did you read up above that if you have ever mixed wet with dry, THAT could be why your cats get the runs? Bacteria. And if your cat throws up after eating wet because he scarfs it, that is most likely because he scarfed it, not because of the food. There are things you can do to help that behavior.