Wet, Dry or Both??

[DogLover9501]

Originally posted by aly
Actually being on a wet-only diet is pretty bad for the teeth. I've seen evidence time and time again at the shelter.

I've also seen evidence from cats I knew! My moms friend Jenny had a cat named Garfeild(sp), and all he ate was wet food, and people would tell her to atleast get him some treats for his teeth, or tatar controll treats or anything really.

His teeth got really rotten, his breath was the worst, he couldnt chew anything, and I think they eventually just fell out of his mouth

And I think he was only 5-7 years old!

*EDIT* I forgot to add, Tiggers teeth are also getting bad, but he doesn't even eat wet food, only dry for his entire life...7 years, so Im not sure whats wrong with his

[cloverfdx]

Yumi eats mainly dry about 85%, and the rest is tinned sardines or tinned cat food. She cannot eat the cheap dryfood and brings in up strait away .

And also she gets fed when ever she asks but only in tiny bits at a time for snacks, unless it is her proper breakfast or dinner.

She will be 5 in November and her teeth are fine.

[AmberLee]

I free feed dry -- three varieties of hairball formula for 'plush' fur-kids and serve a 'treat' in the kitchen when I get home from work/in the evening. Usually a variety of Temptations or Catsip/ LapHappy cat milk, but about once every two weeks or so a mini-serving of Fancy Feast.

[carole]

Queenscoopalot, that is odd how some vets say that about using dry only, I always thought dry only was excellent for UTIS, it says so on the packets I buy, I guess it really all depends on the pet, as with humans, some things agree with us some don't, probably the same with our pets.

On the up side though my mothers cat has been on dry all her life and has great teeth and has never had a UTI to my knowledge, so that is promising., guess we just have to take all the information out there, and decide what is best for our kitties ourselves eh?

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Ally and Connor are on dry food only. I have free-fed them up till now, but Connor is getting VERY podgy, so I will need to try again with the low-cal food for him (Tried it before I went away and it was a disaster - - he wouldn't eat anything at all, so I gave in and put his regular food back in his bowl)

Ally loves Temptation treats (she is VERY fussy), Connor loves ALL treats, and they both get half a slice of Champagne Honey Ham once a day as a treat.

[carole]

Ally that is exactly what has happened to Lexie, she was fine , now on biscuits only she had gotten rather podgy to say the least, I too am going to try the low-cal variety of her biscuits, but i have only found them in one place, and I want to buy a small bag first to see if she will eat them.

They both enjoyed their treat yesterday of fresh red cod.

[Tonya]

Dry only. When I first got Ron from the pound, he'd obviously came from a spoiled home. He wouldn't eat anything but wet food. lol. It took me a long time to get him to eat dry. Even now, it has to be very fresh.