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Yes there is enough nutrients in the dry food for your cats. Mine only receive canned food as a treat at night. However, there is some interesting research done on the correlation between amount of moisture a cat intakes and kidney disease. Cats need a lot of protein to maintain good health. Yet this will wear out the kidneys. It has been shown that increasing the moisture intake helps the kidneys to flush in toxins that build in the body. Therefore they don't "wear" out as fast. I have found in my experience of different cats that the ones I hardly ever observed drinking water died of kidney failure at a younger age than the ones that drank quite a bit. Well actually one of my huge water drinkers died of intestinal cancer not kidney failure at all.
For the four I have now they mainly eat dry food. Royal Canin to be exact. I also have 2 Fresh Flow waterers which has increased their water intake dramatically.
Can't wait to see some pics of your cats!![]()
Denyce





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