Wet, Dry or Both??

[Cookiebaker]

Do you feed your cat(s) wet food, dry food, or both??

A few weeks ago, Marigold suddenly went on a picky strike about her food. Since the beginning, we have free-fed her dry food and she has always been happy with that. But one day, she quit eating that, and constantly merrowwed around my legs, begging to be fed. She prefered dog food to cat food (weird cat, huh?)

So I worked on changing her food and decided to try some wet food. Right now, we are going through about one 4-pack every 5-6 days. She LOOOOooooVes it! (The problem now is that I can't open any can of food without her coming and begging )

So what do you feed your cats and how much??

Edit: I forgot to mention that she is also getting dry food at all times as well.

[Craftlady]

Dry only. (Nutro), Skinny does love tuna but with his previous tummy problems that's out of the question even for a treat. Thumper won't touch tuna. Eleanor probably would but I haven't offered it to her.

[boscibo]

I feed Precise dry to all three cats, and Hanna and Bo get a little canned (Fancy Feast) twice a day. Abby will not eat canned, all she will eat is dry. She is finicky with a capital F.

I am getting more interested in feline (and canine) nutrition lately, so I will be watching this thread with interest. I know there is not any one "perfect food" for any animal, but I would like to find out what is best. There is so much conflicting information out there, and a million opinions.

[sirrahbed]

My three eat dry only. I tried to give them Fancy Feast as a fun treat and none of them would touch it. Beats me Guess they don't watch enough TV like I do

[kimlovescats]

Dry only .... they think they like wet ... but all they do is lick the juice off then try to bury the chunks!

[dogs_4_me]

I feed maddie half a can of fancy feast a day along with dry food.

[Pam]

Since Trevor was diagnosed with diabetes last summer I have been feeding both of my cats wet food. Trevor must eat Purina DM and in order for Andy and Trevor to finish eating at the same time I must feed both of them wet food. When they ate dry they picked and picked all day. Now that I can't free feed them any more I have to put Andy in a dog crate so that I know who is eating what. They each get 1/2 can of food in the morning and 1/2 can of food at night. Andy eats either Friskies or Fancy Feast. I worry that their teeth will go bad with no crunchy food but I really have no choice.

[DogLover9501]

Originally posted by kimlovescats
Dry only .... they think they like wet ... but all they do is lick the juice off then try to bury the chunks!

LOL Same with Tigger!! He LOVES the wet food gravy, and he'll cry for the wet food, so he gets wet food(well the gravy ) about once a week, but all the rest of the time, it's dry food.

[RedHedd]

Originally posted by kimlovescats
Dry only .... they think they like wet ... but all they do is lick the juice off then try to bury the chunks!

Same here

Mishi gets his K/D and Mitzi gets her Royal Canin Light formula. Each get about half a cup a day. Since Mishi went on his eating strike or whatever that blockage thing was last month, I put them both back to free-feeding. Mishi had lost a pound and the vet was concerned. I think he's back to about 15-16 lbs., still looks lean, but not bony. Mitzi is maintaining her weight loss.

They get Pounce tartar control treats once in a while, but they don't beg for them .... well, Mitzi does Mishi can take 'em or leave 'em, but if Mitzi's getting some, he wants a nibble too.

[QueenScoopalot]

I use both wet & dry. Rescued moms and babies get all they can eat of wet, and a mixture of kitten chows. So many of the ones I take in are malnourished, and if I have a litter of hissy-spitty kitties, the wet food helps to socialize them. My house cats (and none are really overweight) have dry food all day, and wet once a day. If I feel really generous, sometimes the piggies get wet twice a day. It's not easy popping the cans, and being trampled to death here!

[Desert Arabian]

We use dry and wet Iams, they get a can of wet every day and their kibble bowl is out 24/7

[Grace]

Both. Dry food is out all the time. Wet is given first thing in the morning and at dinner time. When it's gone - it's gone!!

And Reese gets shrimp - as a treat - because she is royalty.

[jazzcat]

Dry only here. I tried wet as a treat and Scout - my little porky pig who never passes up food - was the only one who would eat it.

[aly]

Mine get dry food. I feed them wet very occasionally - maybe once every month or every other month. If you switch her to wet, be sure to be proactive about her teeth since the dry helps keep tartar to a minimum.

[Shelteez2]

Originally posted by boscibo
I am getting more interested in feline (and canine) nutrition lately, so I will be watching this thread with interest. I know there is not any one "perfect food" for any animal, but I would like to find out what is best. There is so much conflicting information out there, and a million opinions.

I have heard that wet is supposed to be better for cats as they are built to get water from their prey, and kibbles are of course dry, (which is why it is recommended to always have plenty of fresh water out when feeding dry food). What have you come across so far?

Our cats both eat dry food and one eats a little bit of wet 2-3 times a day.

Originally posted by Pam
I worry that their teeth will go bad with no crunchy food but I really have no choice.

That's silly. That's like saying you can eat pretzles and not have to brush your teeth because you crunched on them. I really don't think eating dry food does that much for cleaning their teeth. I also know that when our cats have thrown up right after eating a lot of the kibbles were whole, so they are not even being crunched.

I've heard that wet is better for cats