Fed is best. Not everyone has access to or the privilege of feeding wet food. A cat getting regular meals of dry food is better than a starving cat on the streets or being euthanized in overcrowded shelters.
or just buy high quality dry food.. its just some dry food like WHISKAS is horrible for them. Its just mixed up garbage leftovers from meat factorys. I try and buy mine purina.. since he doesnt eat wet.
For real. My cat would rather starve to death than eat what he perceives as poop. Hes already a small weight cat as it is with unlimited kibble in the kitchen.
My cat eats mostly dry prescription food. If I bought the wet food variant my cat's monthly food bill would be more expensive than mine. Like, no shit that wet food is healthier just in general, but in many cases it's pretty unrealistic.
Agreed. We have 14 rescue cats. All neutered and shots current. Simply cannot afford daily wet food. Semi retired but get a good workout everyday trying to pet all of them all of the time.
I feed my cats 3 small portions of good quality wet food a day, and a complementary small portion of grain-free, high protein kibble at night (thanks to an automated dispenser) so that we can sleep in peace. Everyone is happy
Same my baby eats wet food three times a day and there's always a bowl with dry food just in case there's ever an emergency and I can't get home in time. (Rare occasion)
Is this recommend? I turned my cat to raw two weeks ago. Ever since she absolutely loves it but yells for it in the kitchen which she wouldn't do for kibble. I usually give her 2 times a day her recommend amount + 100% meat treats
@@splash4891It was easy for me since my dog already was raw and it is easily accessible in our supermarket so I don't need a big fridge. It is a complete diet for both cat and dog. With a little bit of tuna she easily turned to raw chicken. Now I am only trying to figure out if 2 times a day is enough because she yells she wants more. Not sure if she absolutely loves the food, or that she needs it more spread out through the day.
@@user-zc6ug3qh3z What's recommended is to feed cats a high-protein, complete (aka with all the micronutrients they need), meat-based, grain/sugar free diet. And to make sure they're hydrated and that they have energy and healthy BM. Mine have all the above. They are at a perfect weight, are full of energy and have glossy, silky soft coats. I contemplated a raw diet but it was not going to be feasible for several reasons, and this is the best we can do for them and for us at this stage. They are very well cared for.
@jacksongalaxy I currently live in Egypt and wet food is more expensive than what I eat. Not all of us can make the switch. Not to mention there's an entire continent (Africa) where you can't get good wet food without paying $5 for one can of Feasty Feast.
My cat has no teeth and kidney issues, and I have an executive function disorder, so I give her dry prescription food with some warm water added (to soften the kibble and provide hydration) as a compromise. Sometimes the best I can do is the best I can do, y'know?
Yeah we understand. But dry food isn't that Great for cats. It causes a lot of problems. To begin teeth tar/staining. With only a few exceptions. Their design to eat meat. Or raw. Dry food is a corporate invention. There's countless of evidence of cats having problems by eating to much dry food. And some Vetenarians are in the scheme for money ? Or the lack of ignornace tuaght by their Teachers.
I feed 1/8 cup kibbles with water three times a day. Plus snacks, which includes cookies and the tube slurps, aka churus. And they have a giant bowl of water that MUST be changed daily, for my tabby washes her feet in it (up to her furry elbows in water).
I feed my cat wet food, but I actually keep a small bag of dry food. The only reason I keep it is because just in case I run out of wet cat food. And the pet store is closed. Just so she has something to eat for the time being until I get more wet food. I don’t think I’m a bad guy because of it. I’m usually really good about keeping up with the wet food, but I’m human. Mistakes happen.
We do freefeed, as feeding meals to multiple cats was causing stress and fights, we leave kibble around all day and supplement with fresh breakfast and dinner :) none of our 3 of overweight and they are all getting along great now :) we also use a well balanced kibble with a decent amount of protein, recommended for castrated cats :) I would say advice about pet food is similar to breastfeeding lol there's always the best possible way but Fed is best
Free feeding worked very well for my first cats. They were never overweight and they lived to be 21 and 22 years old. We adopted some new cats when we were ready after my last babies passed. Our current cats have very different eating habits and we learned that free feeding wasn't going to work for them. Our one cat immediately wants to eat when she hears the other cat eating, even if she just ate. Now we have to measure food and watch our cats eat to make sure everyone only eats their own food
My stubborn kitty will starve himself if he doesn't get his dry food. Literally will go days without eating. Even the vet told me to just give him dry because he dropped too much way, too quickly.
Same! My kitty licks at the wet food then leaves it. I’ve tried dozens of different types, brands and he will starve himself if he doesn’t get his kibble. I want to feed him food that is healthy for him but I also don’t want him to starve. I’ve tried for weeks and the vet warned his organs can start shutting down if he goes too long without food due to cats’ fast metabolism.
I do 50/50 with mine, he used to hate wet food and had to learn over a few years. But even when he gets wet food, he craves his kibble and it's prescription for his urinary crystals and stone prevention.
My cats eat both but I have to vary the type of wet as far as texture. Pate, sometimes brands with extra moisture, some that are just chunks or the will lose interest
@@melissamorton220 mine loves saucy wet stuff which is great for his daily hydration needs. Pate hasn't really been as much of a win here, but I like to buy a bag of mush meat (raw diet) and give him a meatball or two every once in a while to mix it up! Classics and spontaneity in equal measure, am I rite?
All of mine eat both. But my oldest girl loves her fancy feast gravy lovers canned food! She loves gravy and won't eat any canned food that doesn't have gravy. But she also loves her prescription dry food. She's got to have both.
My cat refuses to eat wet food. He just turns his nose up at it. Pate, chunky, nothing in the wet food family seems to interest him. He’ll only go for the dry kibble. Therefor I have given up on feeding him wet good altogether.
I’ve found the same thing for my older cat, but I’ve found that putting a little bit of FortiFlora will have her trying it! Now she likes Friskies Pate and Tiki Cat. I know it’s expensive, but I use 1/4 of a packet each time: it’s really not the probiotics, it’s the Animal Digest Flavoring - too bad they don’t sell it on its own, it would be a lot cheaper
I want to suggest the stuff in gravy first. I started my cats with that first. For months all they would do is just lick the gravy off but leave all of the actual food 😂. Then I found hills science diet chicken adult chicken entree and they both ate it immediately to my surprise (I had been trying for 15 months to get them to eat ANY wet food). This stuff is like the strangest texture and I can’t even describe it properly but it may be worth a try for your baby 🐈
@@sarahb4104 I have same issue with my cats, thanks for the advice, I will try it for mine. Mine like mostly the gravy and one of my cats will eat this thicker "snack" type Delectables.
Idk maybe I'll get hate cause im no expert but i do have 2 cats and know what they like. They loooveee the fancy feast broths. I could put one on top of antlything and theyd eat it...especially the creamy ones. They're actually really good quality. You can try putting one on top of a little dry food to start or by itself or one of the lickable treats to begin, which my cats also love as a treat ❤😊
My cat was having major digestion issues when he was being fed dry food (puking, diarrhea etc...). I switched him to an exclusively wet food meal plan. I found a high quality wet food using Jackson's tips. Now about 2 months later and all of his issues have gone away.
My cat would never touch the van food we gave his brother, then he became very ill and we found out he was diabetic. He started insulin. We weaned off the dry food, which was much east than I thought and his blood sugars normalized and no more insulin. I couldn’t believe he accepted the change so well.
Whilst I do understand why it’s a good idea, my cat simply does not recognise wet food, meat, fish, lickable treats etc. as food. She will just look at it and ignore. She’s been like this since I got her age 4. She’s now 12.
Same here. Since I got her at 12 weeks old my cat will not consume enough wet food to sustain her. When I've tried, she stops eating and looses weight. She's the least food motivated cat I've ever known and getting her to eat anything is challenging. Vet says there's nothing medically wrong.
I've recently got bowls that are higher, at the right angle for the cat, and they have been much less messy since, and they seem more comfortable when eating, I totally recommend getting a higher bowl for our feline royalties!❤
What kind of bowls? I understand higher; they're deeper with high sides. But what is the right angle? Can you post a pic, or a website that has them? I think this might help my cat! Thank you!
Yep. My elderly gentleman also has no teeth and kidney issues. He absolutely refused to eat the (hideously expensive) prescription wet food but will eat the (hideously expensive) prescription dry food.
We have a liver shunt cat that didn’t like his prescription food. He has a prescription for a cat probiotic that I think has a bunch of flavor in it to help them with the taste of the prescription food. They’re little packets you sprinkle on. We add a little water to his food too to make sure he pees enough to stay healthy and it mixes right in.
My son found an injured feral tomcat on the streets 6 years ago, estimated to be 8 years old at the time, with bad teeth. What remaining teeth he had were covered in tartar. His blood work indicated possible developing kidney disease, but his appetite and drinking and litterbox use were all good, so he just got regular blood work to monitor. He would only eat dry food, too. He did develop kidney disease when he was 10, and the vet wanted him on prescription wet food if he would take it, but he refused it. He drank a lot of water, though. He emptied his water dish 2-3 times a day.
Exactly the same for my little cat that passed in May. She would not touch wet food. Even if the same brand and flavor as her expensive special diet dry food. And she had few teeth too. She had no kidney issues. She had bad allergies She ended up with brain tumor that finally required me to put her down. 😢💔.
When I wanted my picky cat to eat raw food I just put canned tuna over it for a couple of days. Now she will yell all day at me that she wants more raw food, now she absolutely picks it over dry food! (I made this change 2 weeks ago, she ate raw complete chicken diet within a few days without tuna, soon I will do the same method to get her on raw complete cow diet so she has some variety in her diet)
One of my cats refuses to eat moist food. He will only eat dry food or starve (we tried). And, he's allergic to everything (we did very expensive testing). So the vet prescribed alligator food from Blue Buffalo (it doesn't have any beef ingredients...an allergen for him). It comes in wet or dry. My kitty refuses the wet. Thank g-d he at least eats the dry. He is also very particular about the brand of dry food. So even him accepting this dry food was a miracle.
My cat periodically just stops eating and she has some liver issues and some other issues and at this point as long as she's eating I don't care... Keeping her calories up is way more important, especially because she is not a cat that can be easily treated by Beth or medicines. She is way too grumpy and obstructurous and giving her a simple pill is a half an hour torture endeavor
We adopted an elderly, diabetic princess when she was 11. She is 18 now and gets 5 pieces of dry food 2x/day - to distract her. It gives us just enough time to administer her insulin shots 😅 And she loooves her wet food as long as it has fish in it.
I adopted a cat and tried to give her 4 wet food meals a day. My resident cat loves her wet food and also gets 4 meals a day. But the newly adopted cat HATES wet food. I even tried giving her wet food really slowly only putting half a teaspoon in her dry food. She didn't eat anything the entire day and started vomiting because she was hungry but drank too much water. This happened 2 days in a row. I tried it again and again with 3 different brands, I've been to the vet and now we just gave up. She gets dry food 4 times a day now.
Dry food is better than her starving. Give it time. One day (years from now) she may surprise you and just eat the wet food one day. You just never know.
Agree dry food is better than her starving! Does she like cooked chicken or ham/human wet foods? Offer in very small amounts-(high salt content in ham is not good for cats- but mine can’t resist) maybe get her curious/explore those new non dry food textures? My cat hates the smell of most wet cat foods actually-so we feed raw or cooked meats. (Cooked without bones obv). You could also try warming up the food slightly to make it more appetizing. Think body temperature not cooked food temperature. Hope this helps >.
I fed a family of 6 indoor only cats , dry food only and they all lived into very late teens! One was 20! They always had fresh water, which is very important.
Right now, my EBT card will allow me to get Aldi canned tuna for my babies until I have money. I'd love to get them wet cat food, but the tuna and the remaining dry food is what I have. Oh, and I DO have a freshly changed cat water fountain to keep them hydrated. Most of us are doing the best we can, sir.
Absolutely! You do what you can for the ones you love. Just fyi, tuna has a lot of mercury and other toxins so keep that to an occasional treat - although I always have a can in case someone gets out and needs to be lured home 😅
As far as the reply, you first got, about Mercury in the fish... I used to supplement my cats dry food with sardines and just made sure they were from Norway which is more cold water than Taiwan or wherever that is from... They did really well with that until I was able to afford a better food
Omg your comment is adorable it made me 🥹 “Aldi canned tuna” . I love aldis it’s the only place I shop and can mostly afford! God bless you I wish you abundance ❤
My cat used to get bad urinary blockage issues. The vet prescribed all this medication and medicated dry food and it kept coming back. I followed Jackson’s advice and took away the dry food and only gave him wet food and the problem went away completely.
That's the way to go! A lot of vets receive money from those manufacturers, which is why they keep prescribing that expensive crap. Getting rid of the dry food altogether is taking care of the root of the problem.
Jackson...1st....luv you, you do great REPRESENT ! 2ND....I get massive guilt that their once a day wet food is supplemented w/other feedings w/dry. I have 4 rescues now indoor. I truly cant afford.more or even to improve wet quality. Initially when found NO-ONE wanted them PLUS all had health issues. I truly wish i could improve but financially cant. Even cooked/steamed chicken they turn their pink noses from. Lots of guilt. I dont disagree the difference it could make but my sweethearts are loved, fed, cared for, Vet. visits but im tapped out.
I wet high quality protein dry food for breakfast and serve canned for dinner. This helps my money go further. They seem to enjoy what they’re fed! 😻😻😻😻😻
It took me 3 months to get 1 of my cats to finally switch over to wet food. While I was switching over I wondered if she was ever going to accept the wet food. She still waits until i top her wet food with a piece of dry.
I feed my cat wet food cause of all those reasons. I only give quarter a day of dry food for treats or snack times and its that food that helps from getting stones in his bladder. I just loooooove my cat. I made sure that he doesn’t get that fat belly underneath. U know what!!!! I went to his dr. And he said he was such healthy cat!! And really in good shape. I felt so proud of myself. I really want my cat to live long and healthy.
His food is recommended by his vet. Which is Royal canin for Urinary care adult. Its expensive, I made one time a huge purchase on his dry food for snack and treats. (I still had his wet food when I purchase his dry food) then maybe 2/3 weeks I made a big purchase of wet food and used PayPal to make 4 payments. And now I just catch up with his food. Which I spend around $50 every other 3/4 weeks. Again u are correct is expensive but it saves u more then get ur cat to surgery. Thats how I think. Plus I spend less on me cause I just simply love my 🐈⬛ the sacrifices I do for him 😂😁🤷🏻♀️
Why not both? I give my kittys dental formula kibble and the vet says they're some of the healthiest, happiest, and well-behaved cats they've ever seen.
One of my cats wound up with diabetes. I managed to control it with diet by removing all dry food and feeding only wet, 3 times a day. My other 2 cats weren't super keen about the wet food but I gave them each a smaller portion and then put down some dry afterwards (kind of like "dessert") to top up their fullness, also 3 times a day. I had to watch the dry though, as if my diabetic cat finished his wet food and the dry was still down, he would try to get it. Just a few bites and he had pee lakes again.
Wow this video shows up right when I’ve finally got my two cats to eat wet food in the last 3 days. The universe is crazy sometimes. It has taken 15 months but my cats will finally eat wet food. There have been times I wanted to pull my hair out because they were so stubborn and in the beginning would basically not touch anything (starving themselves) until I put their hard food out. But finally I have got their night meal as wet food and they gobble it all up in one sitting. I just want to tell all cat parents out there who are going through the process of transitioning- it will take time, but it can be done. I never thought my 2 would touch wet food but here we are. Now I’m working on eliminating the day time dry food and replacing it with wet food. We got this!!!!
@@NMN_CP it happened in the past 3 days. Love these kind of rude comments tho. Karma is joyous. I edited my above comment to mention that it happened in the past 3 days.
The only time my cat gets dry food is during our evening play time - I stand in the middle of the flat and toss pieces in different directions and the cat chases after them. The best times is when the piece bounces off the wall or door in unexpected direction, or ends up under a furniture and the cat needs to get creative to fish it out.
Will he eat lick treats? For some reason my precious fussy little girl won't eat wet food, but she loves Churu lick treats and the Vitacraft salmon lick treats. (But no others, lol.) I give her a tube of one before her dry food just to help with her moisture levels. I was honestly getting incredibly stressed out and depressed trying to get her to eat wet food. This compromise has been working great for us (but of course is not guaranteed for everyone, so don't beat yourself up like I did if it doesn't work!).
Do a routine first! I make three meals. One before I go to work. A small snack when I return (which is still kibble), and a dinner before bed. Once you achieve that, then make the change, little by little. A bit moist with a small amount of kibble mixed in. The first few times it may not work, but it doesn't matter. Do not leave the food on the plate, if they do not eat, 15 minutes later you remove the food. If they are hungry, you offer them again. But if they don't eat, is fine, at the next meal they will be more hungrier.
I adopted an old cat he wasn't in the best health he's eyes were unclear I think he was feed very cheap cat biscuits. I would put cat biscuits in one dish and very good fresh food in the other, he would start eating the dry food take a few bites but then he would start smelling the other food and move over and start eating that instead. I always give him this option and he would always eat two or three pieces of the dry food, and then eat he real food. Or so he's eyes cleared right up. sadly he passed late last year. RIP Jack you where a very respectful handsome boy. edit to add I had him for about 4 years he was about 13 or 14 when I got him and it took him about 3 months before him stop hiding under the armchair. he was very sweet.
Definitely true! My persian cat got bigger kibble because of it. Still her teeth got into bad shape in a couple of years. She got it cleaned and I brush her now daily
It really depends on the kibble. . . A lot of kibble doesn't provide any resistance to 'scrape' on, and a lot of cats swallow much more than they are chewing.
My Larry only likes Fancy Feast, the shrimp in flakes. He also gets half a cup of friskies dry food in the morning and at bed time. It's complicated orherwise.
@@tracygarrett3952 natures variety instinct, dr elseys, and tiki cat born carnivore are good dry foods. Not the cheapest on the market but much cheaper than wet.
I switched my cat to nulo dry food for only a couple dollars more per month. It has actual meat as the first ingredient, no grains ,and high protein. I'm in poverty, and I can afford it, plus half can of food. I highly recommend nulo as the higher carb ,slightly cheaper brands gave my previous cat thyroid issues.
I think you can still do meals. I have a veritable army of cats, because I'm the contact man at my business for a colony of ferals we are running through a TnR program, as well as my own four cats. My work schedule is such that the meal schedule for the cats is one meal at 9 am and one meal at 9 pm. The total daily intake of a cat should be roughly an ounce per pound of body weight (unless kittens, who should get all they can stuff their faces with), and I split that between those two meals. It works for me and this herd, maybe something like that will work for you.
@@routergray7041 My mother's prior cat had much the same routine (and licked the bowl clean, bless that gentle giant), but our current two just aren't big eaters. I'll pluck away at it though.
I make homemade cat food (cat recipes with supplements or meat premix ) and give him some brands of wet cat food when he get bored from homemade. If he doesn't have an appetite, he gets a few pieces of Orijen dry food and that acts as a trigger for his appetite. It always works with him, since the amount I give is far from enough, he simply continues with the food I intended for him😏
Jackson, Ever since we took your advice and changed to meat only wet food sans preservatives, our cats show no interest in dry food. After a month, I took it away. We found Tiki Cat to be excellent and our cats gobble it up. We give them seconds when they ask for it. Thank you!
My kitty has the issue where he's prone to getting crystals in his urinary tract. It's happened a few times but not for years, thankfully. The vet told me years ago no more dry food for him, so we're good here!
Pure wet food is pure sugar on their teeth, a tiny portion of quality dry food will help keep his teeth clear of tartar. Your vet sounds like he's chalking up more money when your cat needs a dental clean, which is not cheap!
Getting my cats to transition to wet food was extremely difficult and I nearly gave up. I'm so glad that I followed through- their overall health improved greatly with a wet diet!
My cat regurgitates every time she would eat, wet food dry food it didn't matter. I bought one of those automatic food dispensers with a raised,tilted dish and set it to one serving to off every couple hours and she hasn't puked since
I feed them both. A small handful of kibble twice a day and 3 small portions of wet food, which includes chicken hearts and kidneys. They love both and are super healthy.
My grandma and I just took in four kittens. After seeing how much trouble her last cat had from refusing to eat anything but one brand of dry food, I’ve resolved that the same thing will NEVER happen to them. Now whenever I go shopping, I make a little “grab bag” of various brands and flavors of kitten food cans so even I don’t know what’s on the menu until dinner time. The only time I feed them kibble is if they’re still hungry between meals - they eat a ton since they’re growing so fast! Sometimes I’ll even forgo the cans, and give them a mashed-up hardboiled egg or some unseasoned leftover chicken, and they go absolutely NUTS for it 😊
@@macmarles3243 absolutely! It’s also important to make sure you don’t accidentally feed them something that’ll make them sick - most seasonings, ESPECIALLY garlic & onion, are poisonous to kitties 🙀. That’s why, whenever I give them “people food”, its minimally processed and I cook it separately, so I know the ingredients are all cat-safe.
I took my new kitten for his 1st vet visit after adopting him from the shelter being on dry food. My vet scolded me (bad) for suggesting a wet then raw diet. He said that's insane... He said if I want a kitten with constant diarrhea then go to wet or raw.... Ughhhhh
That's not true, though. My son got a kitten that his coworker heard crying in the middle of the night in a bank parking lot. Kitten still had milk diarrhea but was weaned. He also had worm diarrhea. My son got kitten vet care from his established vet, she treated him for worms, and recommended a mix of dry and wet in whatever amounts my son could afford. She prefers that they receive both, even if it's just a small portion of one or the other. For most people, that'll mean more dry than wet, but she prefers more wet than dry for a healthy cat. Her reasoning for both is that sometimes there are medical needs that limit the type of feed, sometimes all dry, sometimes all wet, and it's easier to transition if they're accustomed to both types. But she advised my son to give nearly all wet for the first weeks during deworming, because the diarrhea causes dehydration. My son did that, and the diarrhea cleared up. I fostered the kitten for the first months because my son was in the process of buying a duplex, and was working long hours, so I can vouch for the healthy kitty poo.
That's false. What's important when transitioning from one food to another (even between brands) is to take it slow. Mix in a little wet food and increase the amount gradually so the kitten's stomach gets time to adjust. Some kittens will be just fine with a sudden change, but it's better to do it gently in case yours has a sensitive stomach. And remember: vets usually sell pet food, and will recommend their own brands, and even disparage other options.
we transitioned all 4 of our babies to a wet food only diet and the amount of change weve noticed since is incredible! took some time transitioning all of them but it was beyond worth it! so much more energy, better ingredients, better weight management, better coats, better wellbeing overall!!
@@donnawatkins-gm8wj I have a 'Mini' Maine Coon runt who has serious health problems in that he accumulates silt in his bladder when I feed him regular 'supermarket' food, including dry kibble. ( he had to have an operation that cost an arm and a leg to remove it ) Turns out that most foods contain fillers, and that is where the silt comes from. So I now have to feed him canned food with no fillers, and though it's really expensive, I am nipping the problem in the bud not only for him but for his elder 'Uncle' cat too. Treats are 'ONE Ingredient Pure Bites' freeze - dried raw chicken breast. Also I feed them thoroughly - rinsed sardines about once a month as a special treat.
Informative video and so necessary. Cat parents need to hear this.THANK YOU❤️. I've educated many caring cat parents on this, who had no idea. After a year and a half since losing my sweetpea kitty, I adopted an 8 yr old cat whose elderly 'dad' had passed away. She was healthy and strong but quite overweight, as her dad, out of love, had indulged her in dry kibble, though a higher-end brand. First thing I did was wean her off the dry over just a few days, which she seemed to not mind. I give her only wet with a little extra water added, and she eats more of the wet than her dad's daughter told me she gets when I came by to get her, but Im pretty sure its because the dry is no longer there. I only give her a few morsels a couple times a week as a treat. She is now, after six months, at a healthy weight, sleek, no more 'swallowed a basketball' tummy. Shiny coat snd clear eyes too. I've read that dry also can promote kidney problems as it very hi-carb and drying to the system. Re kitties with tooth issues: My last baby had few teeth (18 y.o., had been a stray for years b4 I found him, and locals had left dry out for him). I gave him limited dry but because of the tooth issues I just poured a bunch into my small blender and ground it up, stored in glass container. Simply sprinkled just a little onto the wet. He seemed to like it.
I have one cat that prefers to graze throughout the day. Even when I give him wet food at meal times he’ll leave well before he’s finished and come back an hour later looking for more, but I don’t like leaving wet food out all day. But I’ve found that if he has kibble that he knows he can come back too, he’ll finish his wet food at meal times. He’s also never had any weight issues, so I know he’s not eating to much.
I really wish it was possible for me. But in my country wet cat food is unaffordable. It’s _extremely_ expensive and the cheap ones are literal poison…
Is raw meat an option at all? I live in a third world country and an some point it was cheaper to feed my family cat with chiken filet, chicken hearts, or stomachs because it wqs cheaper than and cat food. Raw meat is ideal in terms feline diet. Also, a lot of people studying cat nutrition seems to agree that even bad quality wet food is still healthier for cats than high end dry food.
@@fatim0nster the thing is my cat is allergic to certain parts of the chicken, and so many brands causes her to be obese even though we _always_ measure her food. But even if these weren’t the case, unfortunately in where I live, meat got extremely expensive. Even small chicken giblets like liver is considered a luxury nowadays. Let alone duck or rabbit meat, which are extremely rare and even more expensive anyway… I genuinely feel like I’m stuck on this regard.
@@ldalexandrite I'm sorry to hear that, food allergies can be very limiting in terms of food options. The only reason I brought up raw meat was because cat food is often shipped from other countries which makes it more expensive whereas meat is usually available locally. But I totally understand, raw meat isn't an option for me either nowadays. Hope you'll find something that works well for your kitty's health.
What about chicken, beef, ham baby food in the jars? You know that is safe because of human babies getting it. I have used that many times to nurse a sickly cat I rescued or to help them take their meds. Baby food might be cheaper and nutritional where you live, I hope that might be an option for you. My cats I give chicken baby food as a treat, they love it😻
My vet told me that wet food is not as good for cats because it can give more cavities... So I still get dry foods for dental care. My cats food has not a bowl of unlimited food but I give him a measured portion every 4 hours. When im not home, I have an autonomatic feeder for him.
Our cat was not eating, and when she did, she was throwing up. Tried several foods, probiotics, and other things, but nothing was helping. I did some research and finally we switched her food to a company called Smalls. It's all natural like a cat would eat in the wild. It has made my heart so happy. Multiple feedings so far, still in the samples box, and she is licking the bowl clean and no throw ups. I never thought I'd get so excited about cat food. To see her eat, enjoy it, and keep it down is such a joy.
It just doesn’t have as much moisture in it. And in general, wet tends to have more meat products and less carbs than kibble (wheat, corn needed for extruding, think flour in burger patty)
Wet food lets bacteria to build up on their teeth which can cause kidney issues and cats are very prone to it. Also caused my cat gingivitis. The crunching of wet food helps them clean their teeth. There are also special cat gel that with one drop will help them to remove the bacteria and plaque
what can i do if my cat refuses to eat wet food even if I mix a tiny bit of it in with her dry food? She will refuse to eat for an hour or so. And I eventually give up cause I don't want her to starve >.
@@kawaiikanako71 generally if you have difficulty like this it is allowed to use lower quality wet food, which contains lot of aroma and other stuff appealing to your cat, just to make your cat eat wet food, and after that gradually giving better quality food. If she will start eating wet its best to throw away dry food form your house otherwise your cat will still smell it (their noses are a lot beter than ours) and is likely to do hunger strike just to get her delicious dry chips ;) other option is goinf for BARF diet, as a lot of cats love raw meat, but you need to educate yourself much on that matter or have contact with good nutritionist (preferably both).
We took our 13yo guy off dry food 3 years ago for stomach issues. We still give him around 6 or seven dental treats a day. He hasn't had any dental issues yet.
My cats have both wet and dry food. The dry is for munching throughout the day and the wet is their main dish two times a day. They each get a half of a can for breakfast and half a can for supper.
Have you tried mixing the dry food with a little water to it? Then once the cat gets used to that u can start adding the wet food to it then slowly cut out pieces of the dry food every meal
@@jodier1298 He just turned his nose up at it, he's close to 10 years old, I think, so he likes the Hartz Delectable Stews and he just wolfs those right down, he also has a hairball problem and with the Friskies wet foods he just barfs them back up, the stews are a small victory that he doesn't barf up.
Sorry, Jackson. I have always free fed because I travel. My cat is older so she gets a high quality dry and soft mixed kibble. When I'm home, she gets about a teaspoon of boiled chicken for a snack in the morning and at night.
Jackson....this video ROCKS!. This has been a HUGE problem with my HUGE orange cat. He was weened on dry. That's all he wants. NOW I have the tools to fix this problem. Thank you!😅
You can't generalize, Jackson. Some cats, like my two cats, are grazers. They eat little, frequent portions a day. So wet food cans are just a big waste of food and money. Even little 100g bags are too much for them and I have to split them in two portions: one each in the morning and one each in the evening. For the rest of the day and night I leave out a single bowl with half a cup of kibble that they share. I let my vets suggest me what food to give to my cats and they always tell me to stick with fish based dry food and a bit of wet food to help with hydratation and evacuation. They say it prevents kidney failure in the long run. One of my vets has a 20y old cat who eats fish dry food since she was a kitten. Food is the only thing I disagree with you.
Cats are obligate carnivores. They NEVER eat grains (which comprise most dry food) in the wild. And being descendants of desert dwellers, they have a low thirst drive so must get a substantial portion of their water from their diet.
@@yourekittenme. Two vets prescribed dry food for my cats, yet I should give credit to a youtuber behaviorist? I consider JG a great expert in cat behaviour and I follow a lot of his suggestions. Actually I adopted two kittens just because JG suggests so (and it was a great choice) but I give more credit to veterinary graduates when it comes to food and health.
I cook for my cats. I boil chicken, chicken hearts and chicken livers. I fry ground turkey and then mix it up in the blender then add supplements. They love it!
My husband and I rescued our kittens, (1 week old and 3 weeks old) they were so young and malnourished that we had to bottle feed and closely monitor them. From day one I have been really focused on keeping them healthy and making sure they have the nourishment they need to lead a healthy life and grow strong. I tried to prepare for the day they would have to move onto wet food and honestly was incredibly disappointed and worried with the options that are out there. But more research and weighing options can help take the stress off. It can take alot of work to find the right food, but its completely worth it. Sometimes the cheaper option has been the better option, and sometimes we have to sacrifice for an okay option until we can get the better one. Appreciate this video alot 🥰
My cat loved fruit yogurt like its catnip. I would open the foil top and she would come running from wherever she was in the house, meowing the whole way.😊
We measure out 20gms (this is to last for 24 hours) of 3 different types of dry food which includes special dental and low fat ones. This we give her a little with each meal and if there's some left over after the meal she can go back to it if she's hungry between meals. We feed her 4 times a day, only a heaped teaspoon of wet food with a small amount of freeze dried high protein stuff crumbled on top. This has kick started her metabolism and she lost weight and stopped coughing because of acid reflux, with the addition of the high protein stuff she is a different, happier, healthier and more playful cat, at 13 she's like a kitten. Thanks Jackson for the idea of the high protein freeze dried stuff. The brand we get is Ziwi, a New Zealand brand.
I went the next step and made my cat Keto. My Gracie had hyperthyroid and kidney disease and I was bracing myself to have to go put her down. I got to keep my little girl 5 more years.
My cat had diabetes, adopted from the shelter and we loved our baby. We did Insulin shots, blood testing all day, and we changed and we fed her (fancy feast) canned cat wet chicken food, or boiled chicken. She got dry treats here and there. Dry food/treats also cause urinary infections. Not enough water. she couldn't have free feeding. Snuffle bags are great idea. ❤
I think it also depends on the type of kibble that gets fed. My two cats get 50 grams of high quality grain free kibble almost every evening with some kind of wet topping. In the morning the get wet food and Friday evening they get raw meat. Not to mention that they get some cat milk before everyone goes to bed.
My cat is very picky. She likes her wet food in flakes. I stir in a little water to make it saucy. She now eats most of the wet food because of the sauce. She does have a small bowl of dry food out at all times, as well as 2 bowls of water. I do this bc im very old and after i had a heart attack I was glad i left the extra water and dry food for her. After I came home from the 2 day CCU and stent procedure I found her hiding under my blankets. She had drank some water, ate the wet food and nibbled a little dry food while i was gone. I spent a lot of time laying on the bed with her just talking softly and telling her how much I loved her. The stray cats were very hungry and cried like babies when they saw me. The wild birds were hungry and set up quite a ruckus when i got home. I fed them all right away. Ty for the vid.
We are dry food now! I've always fed my cats canned food, but they had some dry too. But I have a cat with kidney disease and I noticed she was having a problem with her poop being really dry. So I took away the dry food and that problem is much better.
Thank you for getting on our case about feeding our cat dry food and I plan on quitting that as soon as possible when I get into feeding my cat whole prey I've been doing some research on it as well too
My 12 year old cat has always been on a dry food wet food diet and I’ve noticed it’s what’s kept her healthy and at a healthy weight. Never got sick never needed medication. I’m doing the same now with my 4 month old kitten. I listen to Jackson’s advice religiously but i dunno about the dry food one
Wij do so many people on UA-cam contradict each other when it comes to dry food. I just came from the vet and she told me dry good is fine. I’d like to see an in depth analysis using scientific literature about the pro’s and con’s of dry vs wet food.
A mix of both dry and wet is great. Dry food helps break plaque and stuff on their teeth. Wet food for water however, if you keep feeding wet food, the teeth will deteroiate quicker. Seen this so much at Vet clinics, espicially during dental months.
Everyday, my 2 Maine Coon Cat Boys snackadoo on a 3-part dry food mix, go nutso for 2 wet food feedings at 2 cans each for 4 total, and totally loose their fluff for 3 tablespoons each of boiled chicken treats (cat activity is the best on Chewie). My husband's special Boy has a deli meat problem, so he gets extra in the form of turkey.
One cat doesn't like dry food the other doesn't like wet food.
Welcome to my hell 😆
Lord 😂 But I guess they wouldn’t be cats if they didn’t have issues with something as basic as food 😆
S a m e
Have you tried mixing it a little at a time?
Same! They only lick the gravy
Good to hear others struggling with this! I've tried so many brands and she will just take a nibble of her wet food but she loves her dry food.
Fed is best. Not everyone has access to or the privilege of feeding wet food. A cat getting regular meals of dry food is better than a starving cat on the streets or being euthanized in overcrowded shelters.
or just buy high quality dry food.. its just some dry food like WHISKAS is horrible for them. Its just mixed up garbage leftovers from meat factorys. I try and buy mine purina.. since he doesnt eat wet.
For real. My cat would rather starve to death than eat what he perceives as poop. Hes already a small weight cat as it is with unlimited kibble in the kitchen.
I definitely agree with that point.
My cat eats mostly dry prescription food. If I bought the wet food variant my cat's monthly food bill would be more expensive than mine. Like, no shit that wet food is healthier just in general, but in many cases it's pretty unrealistic.
Agreed. We have 14 rescue cats. All neutered and shots current. Simply cannot afford daily wet food. Semi retired but get a good workout everyday trying to pet all of them all of the time.
I feed my cats 3 small portions of good quality wet food a day, and a complementary small portion of grain-free, high protein kibble at night (thanks to an automated dispenser) so that we can sleep in peace. Everyone is happy
Same my baby eats wet food three times a day and there's always a bowl with dry food just in case there's ever an emergency and I can't get home in time. (Rare occasion)
Is this recommend? I turned my cat to raw two weeks ago. Ever since she absolutely loves it but yells for it in the kitchen which she wouldn't do for kibble. I usually give her 2 times a day her recommend amount + 100% meat treats
@@user-zc6ug3qh3z good for you, its a natural diet for them, I am hoping to go to raw eventually for mine
@@splash4891It was easy for me since my dog already was raw and it is easily accessible in our supermarket so I don't need a big fridge. It is a complete diet for both cat and dog.
With a little bit of tuna she easily turned to raw chicken. Now I am only trying to figure out if 2 times a day is enough because she yells she wants more. Not sure if she absolutely loves the food, or that she needs it more spread out through the day.
@@user-zc6ug3qh3z What's recommended is to feed cats a high-protein, complete (aka with all the micronutrients they need), meat-based, grain/sugar free diet. And to make sure they're hydrated and that they have energy and healthy BM. Mine have all the above. They are at a perfect weight, are full of energy and have glossy, silky soft coats. I contemplated a raw diet but it was not going to be feasible for several reasons, and this is the best we can do for them and for us at this stage. They are very well cared for.
@jacksongalaxy I currently live in Egypt and wet food is more expensive than what I eat. Not all of us can make the switch. Not to mention there's an entire continent (Africa) where you can't get good wet food without paying $5 for one can of Feasty Feast.
My cat has no teeth and kidney issues, and I have an executive function disorder, so I give her dry prescription food with some warm water added (to soften the kibble and provide hydration) as a compromise. Sometimes the best I can do is the best I can do, y'know?
Absolutely
Yeah we understand. But dry food isn't that Great for cats. It causes a lot of problems. To begin teeth tar/staining. With only a few exceptions. Their design to eat meat. Or raw. Dry food is a corporate invention. There's countless of evidence of cats having problems by eating to much dry food. And some Vetenarians are in the scheme for money ? Or the lack of ignornace tuaght by their Teachers.
That's smart! :)
Adding liquid to dry food can cause bad pathogens to grow that is in the dry food. Please do your research.
I feed 1/8 cup kibbles with water three times a day. Plus snacks, which includes cookies and the tube slurps, aka churus. And they have a giant bowl of water that MUST be changed daily, for my tabby washes her feet in it (up to her furry elbows in water).
I feed my cat wet food, but I actually keep a small bag of dry food. The only reason I keep it is because just in case I run out of wet cat food. And the pet store is closed. Just so she has something to eat for the time being until I get more wet food. I don’t think I’m a bad guy because of it. I’m usually really good about keeping up with the wet food, but I’m human. Mistakes happen.
We do freefeed, as feeding meals to multiple cats was causing stress and fights, we leave kibble around all day and supplement with fresh breakfast and dinner :) none of our 3 of overweight and they are all getting along great now :) we also use a well balanced kibble with a decent amount of protein, recommended for castrated cats :) I would say advice about pet food is similar to breastfeeding lol there's always the best possible way but Fed is best
Yep, this is what I do as well. They use our dry food as more of a snack.
Free feeding worked very well for my first cats. They were never overweight and they lived to be 21 and 22 years old. We adopted some new cats when we were ready after my last babies passed. Our current cats have very different eating habits and we learned that free feeding wasn't going to work for them. Our one cat immediately wants to eat when she hears the other cat eating, even if she just ate. Now we have to measure food and watch our cats eat to make sure everyone only eats their own food
Mine are the opposite. Without meal times one will get too fat and the other two don't get enough.
Castrated is a harsh word. Just say spayed or neutered
My stubborn kitty will starve himself if he doesn't get his dry food. Literally will go days without eating. Even the vet told me to just give him dry because he dropped too much way, too quickly.
Same! My kitty licks at the wet food then leaves it. I’ve tried dozens of different types, brands and he will starve himself if he doesn’t get his kibble. I want to feed him food that is healthy for him but I also don’t want him to starve. I’ve tried for weeks and the vet warned his organs can start shutting down if he goes too long without food due to cats’ fast metabolism.
@@ajpthequeenmine won’t even lick it. She doesn’t understand it as food.
Exactly! What do we do with the hunger protester cats?!?
Same with my new one. I've tried every trick I found on the internet so in the end my vet told me to just give her kibble
Same - mine just won't eat wet food...and the only "people food' she'll eat is canned tuna 😔
I do 50/50 with mine, he used to hate wet food and had to learn over a few years. But even when he gets wet food, he craves his kibble and it's prescription for his urinary crystals and stone prevention.
My cats eat both but I have to vary the type of wet as far as texture. Pate, sometimes brands with extra moisture, some that are just chunks or the will lose interest
@@melissamorton220 mine loves saucy wet stuff which is great for his daily hydration needs. Pate hasn't really been as much of a win here, but I like to buy a bag of mush meat (raw diet) and give him a meatball or two every once in a while to mix it up! Classics and spontaneity in equal measure, am I rite?
As a human that had kidney stone issue for 20 years, I find now that I don't eat plants, I don't make stones anymore.
Hope your kitty is doing well..
All of mine eat both. But my oldest girl loves her fancy feast gravy lovers canned food! She loves gravy and won't eat any canned food that doesn't have gravy. But she also loves her prescription dry food. She's got to have both.
same, when we adopted her we decided it was best to have a variety, not only for nutrien but also texture
My cat refuses to eat wet food. He just turns his nose up at it. Pate, chunky, nothing in the wet food family seems to interest him. He’ll only go for the dry kibble. Therefor I have given up on feeding him wet good altogether.
I’ve found the same thing for my older cat, but I’ve found that putting a little bit of FortiFlora will have her trying it! Now she likes Friskies Pate and Tiki Cat.
I know it’s expensive, but I use 1/4 of a packet each time: it’s really not the probiotics, it’s the Animal Digest Flavoring - too bad they don’t sell it on its own, it would be a lot cheaper
I want to suggest the stuff in gravy first. I started my cats with that first. For months all they would do is just lick the gravy off but leave all of the actual food 😂. Then I found hills science diet chicken adult chicken entree and they both ate it immediately to my surprise (I had been trying for 15 months to get them to eat ANY wet food). This stuff is like the strangest texture and I can’t even describe it properly but it may be worth a try for your baby 🐈
I am so relieved I am not the only one with a picky cat. I felt like I was crazy.
@@sarahb4104 I have same issue with my cats, thanks for the advice, I will try it for mine. Mine like mostly the gravy and one of my cats will eat this thicker "snack" type Delectables.
Idk maybe I'll get hate cause im no expert but i do have 2 cats and know what they like. They loooveee the fancy feast broths. I could put one on top of antlything and theyd eat it...especially the creamy ones. They're actually really good quality. You can try putting one on top of a little dry food to start or by itself or one of the lickable treats to begin, which my cats also love as a treat ❤😊
the biggest advantage of wet food is its high moisture content. if using dry food, get your cat a water fountain so they drink more to compensate
I do dry in the morning and wet in the evening. Works great.
Same
I do the reverse. Works out great.
Same
how many oack of wet food a day
A bowl of cereal for breakfast and a nice stew for dinner sounds great!
My cat was having major digestion issues when he was being fed dry food (puking, diarrhea etc...). I switched him to an exclusively wet food meal plan. I found a high quality wet food using Jackson's tips. Now about 2 months later and all of his issues have gone away.
Please be aware of gingivitis
My cat would never touch the van food we gave his brother, then he became very ill and we found out he was diabetic. He started insulin. We weaned off the dry food, which was much east than I thought and his blood sugars normalized and no more insulin. I couldn’t believe he accepted the change so well.
Whilst I do understand why it’s a good idea, my cat simply does not recognise wet food, meat, fish, lickable treats etc. as food. She will just look at it and ignore. She’s been like this since I got her age 4. She’s now 12.
Mine is the same. I've tried every brand going and human grade food but he still won't eat it.
So your cat won't accept tuna? My picky cat turned to raw because of tuna spread over it. Now she loves raw
My 14 year old is the same. She will sniff wet food but will not eat it. She used to like tuna but now she'll smell it and walk away.
@@user-zc6ug3qh3z Nope, he just sniffs it and walks away.
Same here. Since I got her at 12 weeks old my cat will not consume enough wet food to sustain her. When I've tried, she stops eating and looses weight. She's the least food motivated cat I've ever known and getting her to eat anything is challenging. Vet says there's nothing medically wrong.
I've recently got bowls that are higher, at the right angle for the cat, and they have been much less messy since, and they seem more comfortable when eating, I totally recommend getting a higher bowl for our feline royalties!❤
What kind of bowls? I understand higher; they're deeper with high sides. But what is the right angle? Can you post a pic, or a website that has them? I think this might help my cat! Thank you!
@@nanciewanda I'm guessing they mean raised food bowls so the cat doesn't have to bend down, not deeper bowls.
Yep. My elderly gentleman also has no teeth and kidney issues. He absolutely refused to eat the (hideously expensive) prescription wet food but will eat the (hideously expensive) prescription dry food.
We have a liver shunt cat that didn’t like his prescription food. He has a prescription for a cat probiotic that I think has a bunch of flavor in it to help them with the taste of the prescription food. They’re little packets you sprinkle on. We add a little water to his food too to make sure he pees enough to stay healthy and it mixes right in.
My son found an injured feral tomcat on the streets 6 years ago, estimated to be 8 years old at the time, with bad teeth. What remaining teeth he had were covered in tartar. His blood work indicated possible developing kidney disease, but his appetite and drinking and litterbox use were all good, so he just got regular blood work to monitor. He would only eat dry food, too. He did develop kidney disease when he was 10, and the vet wanted him on prescription wet food if he would take it, but he refused it. He drank a lot of water, though. He emptied his water dish 2-3 times a day.
My boy loves the rocks
Exactly the same for my little cat that passed in May. She would not touch wet food. Even if the same brand and flavor as her expensive special diet dry food. And she had few teeth too. She had no kidney issues. She had bad allergies She ended up with brain tumor that finally required me to put her down. 😢💔.
When I wanted my picky cat to eat raw food I just put canned tuna over it for a couple of days. Now she will yell all day at me that she wants more raw food, now she absolutely picks it over dry food! (I made this change 2 weeks ago, she ate raw complete chicken diet within a few days without tuna, soon I will do the same method to get her on raw complete cow diet so she has some variety in her diet)
One of my cats refuses to eat moist food. He will only eat dry food or starve (we tried). And, he's allergic to everything (we did very expensive testing). So the vet prescribed alligator food from Blue Buffalo (it doesn't have any beef ingredients...an allergen for him). It comes in wet or dry. My kitty refuses the wet. Thank g-d he at least eats the dry. He is also very particular about the brand of dry food. So even him accepting this dry food was a miracle.
My cat periodically just stops eating and she has some liver issues and some other issues and at this point as long as she's eating I don't care... Keeping her calories up is way more important, especially because she is not a cat that can be easily treated by Beth or medicines. She is way too grumpy and obstructurous and giving her a simple pill is a half an hour torture endeavor
Have you tried Pill Pockets? They worked for mine.
We adopted an elderly, diabetic princess when she was 11. She is 18 now and gets 5 pieces of dry food 2x/day - to distract her. It gives us just enough time to administer her insulin shots 😅 And she loooves her wet food as long as it has fish in it.
I adopted a cat and tried to give her 4 wet food meals a day. My resident cat loves her wet food and also gets 4 meals a day. But the newly adopted cat HATES wet food. I even tried giving her wet food really slowly only putting half a teaspoon in her dry food. She didn't eat anything the entire day and started vomiting because she was hungry but drank too much water. This happened 2 days in a row. I tried it again and again with 3 different brands, I've been to the vet and now we just gave up. She gets dry food 4 times a day now.
Dry food is better than her starving. Give it time. One day (years from now) she may surprise you and just eat the wet food one day. You just never know.
Agree dry food is better than her starving! Does she like cooked chicken or ham/human wet foods? Offer in very small amounts-(high salt content in ham is not good for cats- but mine can’t resist) maybe get her curious/explore those new non dry food textures? My cat hates the smell of most wet cat foods actually-so we feed raw or cooked meats. (Cooked without bones obv). You could also try warming up the food slightly to make it more appetizing. Think body temperature not cooked food temperature. Hope this helps >.
Consider changing the brand. That could be the reason. Try giving Purina Pro Plan
I fed a family of 6 indoor only cats , dry food only and they all lived into very late teens! One was 20! They always had fresh water, which is very important.
What dry food!!!
@@mahashabir9968I’d recommend ALDI brand actually - it’s called Heart to Tail and is very affordable. Like $3.75 for a 3.15LB pound
Right now, my EBT card will allow me to get Aldi canned tuna for my babies until I have money. I'd love to get them wet cat food, but the tuna and the remaining dry food is what I have. Oh, and I DO have a freshly changed cat water fountain to keep them hydrated.
Most of us are doing the best we can, sir.
Absolutely! You do what you can for the ones you love. Just fyi, tuna has a lot of mercury and other toxins so keep that to an occasional treat - although I always have a can in case someone gets out and needs to be lured home 😅
As far as the reply, you first got, about Mercury in the fish... I used to supplement my cats dry food with sardines and just made sure they were from Norway which is more cold water than Taiwan or wherever that is from... They did really well with that until I was able to afford a better food
Omg your comment is adorable it made me 🥹 “Aldi canned tuna” . I love aldis it’s the only place I shop and can mostly afford! God bless you I wish you abundance ❤
My cat used to get bad urinary blockage issues. The vet prescribed all this medication and medicated dry food and it kept coming back. I followed Jackson’s advice and took away the dry food and only gave him wet food and the problem went away completely.
What brand you give to your’e cat ?
My son has 2 cats and both of them had the same problem with dry food. He did the same as you and got the same results as you.
That's the way to go! A lot of vets receive money from those manufacturers, which is why they keep prescribing that expensive crap.
Getting rid of the dry food altogether is taking care of the root of the problem.
Dry food in small portions helps keep your cat's teeth clean, wet food is pure sugar on their teeth!
Jackson...1st....luv you, you do great REPRESENT !
2ND....I get massive guilt that their once a day wet food is supplemented w/other feedings w/dry. I have 4 rescues now indoor. I truly cant afford.more or even to improve wet quality. Initially when found NO-ONE wanted them PLUS all had health issues. I truly wish i could improve but financially cant. Even cooked/steamed chicken they turn their pink noses from. Lots of guilt. I dont disagree the difference it could make but my sweethearts are loved, fed, cared for, Vet. visits but im tapped out.
I rescued all my cats... if I had to spend $15 a day in wet food instead of $1-$2 on dry... they would NEVER have gotten rescued
I wet high quality protein dry food for breakfast and serve canned for dinner. This helps my money go further. They seem to enjoy what they’re fed! 😻😻😻😻😻
Hey Jackson have you done any vids on FIV kittens/cats. Would appreciate some. Ty
It took me 3 months to get 1 of my cats to finally switch over to wet food. While I was switching over I wondered if she was ever going to accept the wet food. She still waits until i top her wet food with a piece of dry.
I feed my cat wet food cause of all those reasons. I only give quarter a day of dry food for treats or snack times and its that food that helps from getting stones in his bladder. I just loooooove my cat. I made sure that he doesn’t get that fat belly underneath. U know what!!!! I went to his dr. And he said he was such healthy cat!! And really in good shape. I felt so proud of myself. I really want my cat to live long and healthy.
Isn’t wet food expensive/doesn’t it add add? How often do you feed it to them? (Someday I want cats so I’m asking .)
What kind of wet food?
His food is recommended by his vet. Which is Royal canin for Urinary care adult. Its expensive, I made one time a huge purchase on his dry food for snack and treats. (I still had his wet food when I purchase his dry food) then maybe 2/3 weeks I made a big purchase of wet food and used PayPal to make 4 payments. And now I just catch up with his food. Which I spend around $50 every other 3/4 weeks. Again u are correct is expensive but it saves u more then get ur cat to surgery. Thats how I think. Plus I spend less on me cause I just simply love my 🐈⬛ the sacrifices I do for him 😂😁🤷🏻♀️
I forgot to mention his dry food is same brand u just add SO
@@gingerisevil02 btw I make automatically payments just cause it gives u 35% off. Huge huge help!!
Why not both? I give my kittys dental formula kibble and the vet says they're some of the healthiest, happiest, and well-behaved cats they've ever seen.
Dry food is terrible for cats
Just an opportunity to thank you for all that you do, and teaching me so much. 🎉❤
One of my cats wound up with diabetes. I managed to control it with diet by removing all dry food and feeding only wet, 3 times a day. My other 2 cats weren't super keen about the wet food but I gave them each a smaller portion and then put down some dry afterwards (kind of like "dessert") to top up their fullness, also 3 times a day. I had to watch the dry though, as if my diabetic cat finished his wet food and the dry was still down, he would try to get it. Just a few bites and he had pee lakes again.
Thank you Jackson for that great info!!
Wow this video shows up right when I’ve finally got my two cats to eat wet food in the last 3 days. The universe is crazy sometimes. It has taken 15 months but my cats will finally eat wet food. There have been times I wanted to pull my hair out because they were so stubborn and in the beginning would basically not touch anything (starving themselves) until I put their hard food out. But finally I have got their night meal as wet food and they gobble it all up in one sitting. I just want to tell all cat parents out there who are going through the process of transitioning- it will take time, but it can be done. I never thought my 2 would touch wet food but here we are. Now I’m working on eliminating the day time dry food and replacing it with wet food. We got this!!!!
it's just a coincidence
@@NMN_CP it happened in the past 3 days. Love these kind of rude comments tho. Karma is joyous. I edited my above comment to mention that it happened in the past 3 days.
Thank you! You've given me hop for my cat! 😻
The only time my cat gets dry food is during our evening play time - I stand in the middle of the flat and toss pieces in different directions and the cat chases after them. The best times is when the piece bounces off the wall or door in unexpected direction, or ends up under a furniture and the cat needs to get creative to fish it out.
Same here but I've got to do it with 3 cats and it gets a little chaotic, they sometimes slide across the tiles. They love it!
My cat absolutely refuses to eat wet food. I've tried all different kinds and flavors. She refuses to eat at all. I'll try again but...
Same here. 🫤
Same! He will starve, but will not eat wet food. I’ve tried raw, home cooked, to get away from kibble and he refuses.
Will he eat lick treats? For some reason my precious fussy little girl won't eat wet food, but she loves Churu lick treats and the Vitacraft salmon lick treats. (But no others, lol.) I give her a tube of one before her dry food just to help with her moisture levels. I was honestly getting incredibly stressed out and depressed trying to get her to eat wet food. This compromise has been working great for us (but of course is not guaranteed for everyone, so don't beat yourself up like I did if it doesn't work!).
Do a routine first! I make three meals. One before I go to work. A small snack when I return (which is still kibble), and a dinner before bed. Once you achieve that, then make the change, little by little. A bit moist with a small amount of kibble mixed in. The first few times it may not work, but it doesn't matter. Do not leave the food on the plate, if they do not eat, 15 minutes later you remove the food. If they are hungry, you offer them again. But if they don't eat,
is fine, at the next meal they will be more hungrier.
Thank you so much for making this video and for sharing this video it was interesting to watch
I adopted an old cat he wasn't in the best health he's eyes were unclear I think he was feed very cheap cat biscuits. I would put cat biscuits in one dish and very good fresh food in the other, he would start eating the dry food take a few bites but then he would start smelling the other food and move over and start eating that instead. I always give him this option and he would always eat two or three pieces of the dry food, and then eat he real food. Or so he's eyes cleared right up. sadly he passed late last year. RIP Jack you where a very respectful handsome boy. edit to add I had him for about 4 years he was about 13 or 14 when I got him and it took him about 3 months before him stop hiding under the armchair. he was very sweet.
My vet says I need to balance wet and dry because dry is apparently good for scraping at their teeth.
Definitely true! My persian cat got bigger kibble because of it. Still her teeth got into bad shape in a couple of years. She got it cleaned and I brush her now daily
Wrong. It's not the best. Brushing the teeth after meals, and giving raw chicken necks to chew on is better.
It really depends on the kibble. . . A lot of kibble doesn't provide any resistance to 'scrape' on, and a lot of cats swallow much more than they are chewing.
@@kirarasmom4274 🤷🏻♀️ I can only tell you what my veterinarian told me.
My vet told me the same thing.
My Larry only likes Fancy Feast, the shrimp in flakes. He also gets half a cup of friskies dry food in the morning and at bed time. It's complicated orherwise.
Maybe something a step up from Friskies? Jackson? If you must do kibble but not spend your inheritance, what would you recommend?
@@tracygarrett3952 natures variety instinct, dr elseys, and tiki cat born carnivore are good dry foods. Not the cheapest on the market but much cheaper than wet.
I switched my cat to nulo dry food for only a couple dollars more per month. It has actual meat as the first ingredient, no grains ,and high protein. I'm in poverty, and I can afford it, plus half can of food. I highly recommend nulo as the higher carb ,slightly cheaper brands gave my previous cat thyroid issues.
Meals just aren't a functional option if you have to go to work and are absent for nearly 11 hours with commute. 😢
I think you can still do meals. I have a veritable army of cats, because I'm the contact man at my business for a colony of ferals we are running through a TnR program, as well as my own four cats. My work schedule is such that the meal schedule for the cats is one meal at 9 am and one meal at 9 pm. The total daily intake of a cat should be roughly an ounce per pound of body weight (unless kittens, who should get all they can stuff their faces with), and I split that between those two meals. It works for me and this herd, maybe something like that will work for you.
@@routergray7041 My mother's prior cat had much the same routine (and licked the bowl clean, bless that gentle giant), but our current two just aren't big eaters. I'll pluck away at it though.
My roommates fed their cat 3 times a day… morning, evening, and then at 11. It’s doable
@@gingerisevil02 If they eat, yeah.
Wet food for breakfast, small dispensed dry food snack mid afternoon, wet food at bedtime?
My kitties love their snuffle mat and seems like they enjoy more of that challenge then just dispensed in their bowl
I make homemade cat food (cat recipes with supplements or meat premix ) and give him some brands of wet cat food when he get bored from homemade.
If he doesn't have an appetite, he gets a few pieces of Orijen dry food and that acts as a trigger for his appetite. It always works with him, since the amount I give is far from enough, he simply continues with the food I intended for him😏
That’s a great idea!
@@yourekittenme.
Well you never know with cats. I am lucky it works with mine. 👌
Jackson,
Ever since we took your advice and changed to meat only wet food sans preservatives, our cats show no interest in dry food. After a month, I took it away. We found Tiki Cat to be excellent and our cats gobble it up. We give them seconds when they ask for it. Thank you!
Thank you Jackson for the tip, that’s exactly what I’m doing. 😃✌🏼
I've tried for years to switch my cat. Your tip: don't leave out dry food 24/7. Worked! Should have been logical but here we are.
Thank you so much
My kitty has the issue where he's prone to getting crystals in his urinary tract. It's happened a few times but not for years, thankfully. The vet told me years ago no more dry food for him, so we're good here!
My 3 cats drink more water with a fountain which is good for urinary health.
Pure wet food is pure sugar on their teeth, a tiny portion of quality dry food will help keep his teeth clear of tartar. Your vet sounds like he's chalking up more money when your cat needs a dental clean, which is not cheap!
My vet has said cats need both wet and dry food. Dry is important for maintaining their teeth, while wet aids with hydration.
one of my cats only eats the gravy of the wet food then comes back later when the meats dry. he makes his own dry food.
😹yep, I have one cat that makes his own jerky from the shreds
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Getting my cats to transition to wet food was extremely difficult and I nearly gave up. I'm so glad that I followed through- their overall health improved greatly with a wet diet!
My cat regurgitates every time she would eat, wet food dry food it didn't matter. I bought one of those automatic food dispensers with a raised,tilted dish and set it to one serving to off every couple hours and she hasn't puked since
Which one do you have? I've been looking for an automatic feeder with a raised dish, but to no avail. Thanks in advance!
Thank you!
Our cats have both , and very healthy..
We recently took in a stray and it will not eat dry food.. 😂
I feed them both. A small handful of kibble twice a day and 3 small portions of wet food, which includes chicken hearts and kidneys. They love both and are super healthy.
My grandma and I just took in four kittens. After seeing how much trouble her last cat had from refusing to eat anything but one brand of dry food, I’ve resolved that the same thing will NEVER happen to them.
Now whenever I go shopping, I make a little “grab bag” of various brands and flavors of kitten food cans so even I don’t know what’s on the menu until dinner time. The only time I feed them kibble is if they’re still hungry between meals - they eat a ton since they’re growing so fast! Sometimes I’ll even forgo the cans, and give them a mashed-up hardboiled egg or some unseasoned leftover chicken, and they go absolutely NUTS for it 😊
If you give them other food or raw food, make sure it's complete and balanced!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@macmarles3243 absolutely! It’s also important to make sure you don’t accidentally feed them something that’ll make them sick - most seasonings, ESPECIALLY garlic & onion, are poisonous to kitties 🙀. That’s why, whenever I give them “people food”, its minimally processed and I cook it separately, so I know the ingredients are all cat-safe.
Kittens should be fed every time they wake up when they’re little, and as much as they want. As they grow up they can eat fewer times a day.
Feed what you can. Canned or kibble. It's the love you provide and enough water and check ups thay matter most ❤
I took my new kitten for his 1st vet visit after adopting him from the shelter being on dry food. My vet scolded me (bad) for suggesting a wet then raw diet. He said that's insane... He said if I want a kitten with constant diarrhea then go to wet or raw.... Ughhhhh
That's not true, though. My son got a kitten that his coworker heard crying in the middle of the night in a bank parking lot. Kitten still had milk diarrhea but was weaned. He also had worm diarrhea. My son got kitten vet care from his established vet, she treated him for worms, and recommended a mix of dry and wet in whatever amounts my son could afford. She prefers that they receive both, even if it's just a small portion of one or the other. For most people, that'll mean more dry than wet, but she prefers more wet than dry for a healthy cat. Her reasoning for both is that sometimes there are medical needs that limit the type of feed, sometimes all dry, sometimes all wet, and it's easier to transition if they're accustomed to both types. But she advised my son to give nearly all wet for the first weeks during deworming, because the diarrhea causes dehydration. My son did that, and the diarrhea cleared up. I fostered the kitten for the first months because my son was in the process of buying a duplex, and was working long hours, so I can vouch for the healthy kitty poo.
@@kimfleuryYour advice is very sound. Thank you.
That's false. What's important when transitioning from one food to another (even between brands) is to take it slow. Mix in a little wet food and increase the amount gradually so the kitten's stomach gets time to adjust. Some kittens will be just fine with a sudden change, but it's better to do it gently in case yours has a sensitive stomach.
And remember: vets usually sell pet food, and will recommend their own brands, and even disparage other options.
we transitioned all 4 of our babies to a wet food only diet and the amount of change weve noticed since is incredible! took some time transitioning all of them but it was beyond worth it! so much more energy, better ingredients, better weight management, better coats, better wellbeing overall!!
Upon your advice, I have successfully removed dry food from my cats' diet.
Remember you can still give as a treat😸
@@donnawatkins-gm8wj I have a 'Mini' Maine Coon runt who has serious health problems in that he accumulates silt in his bladder when I feed him regular 'supermarket' food, including dry kibble.
( he had to have an operation that cost an arm and a leg to remove it )
Turns out that most foods contain fillers, and that is where the silt comes from.
So I now have to feed him canned food with no fillers, and though it's really expensive, I am nipping the problem in the bud not only for him but for his elder 'Uncle' cat too.
Treats are 'ONE Ingredient Pure Bites' freeze - dried raw chicken breast.
Also I feed them thoroughly - rinsed sardines about once a month as a special treat.
My kitten is not a huge fan of dry food, he eats the wet food,first and his dry food is the last resource if he is very hungry 😂😂😂
@@flaviasilvaa Aww, kittens are so much fun!
Make sure to take plenty of videos because they grow up fast!
@@midnightkitty8172 yeah, you are so right 😍😍😍 , he is very funny and absolutely adorable 🥰
I will enjoy as much as I can 🥰🥰🥰my little boy
Thank you, Jackson, done!
Informative video and so necessary. Cat parents need to hear this.THANK YOU❤️. I've educated many caring cat parents on this, who had no idea.
After a year and a half since losing my sweetpea kitty, I adopted an 8 yr old cat whose elderly 'dad' had passed away. She was healthy and strong but quite overweight, as her dad, out of love, had indulged her in dry kibble, though a higher-end brand. First thing I did was wean her off the dry over just a few days, which she seemed to not mind. I give her only wet with a little extra water added, and she eats more of the wet than her dad's daughter told me she gets when I came by to get her, but Im pretty sure its because the dry is no longer there. I only give her a few morsels a couple times a week as a treat. She is now, after six months, at a healthy weight, sleek, no more 'swallowed a basketball' tummy. Shiny coat snd clear eyes too. I've read that dry also can promote kidney problems as it very hi-carb and drying to the system.
Re kitties with tooth issues: My last baby had few teeth (18 y.o., had been a stray for years b4 I found him, and locals had left dry out for him). I gave him limited dry but because of the tooth issues I just poured a bunch into my small blender and ground it up, stored in glass container. Simply sprinkled just a little onto the wet. He seemed to like it.
I have one cat that prefers to graze throughout the day. Even when I give him wet food at meal times he’ll leave well before he’s finished and come back an hour later looking for more, but I don’t like leaving wet food out all day. But I’ve found that if he has kibble that he knows he can come back too, he’ll finish his wet food at meal times. He’s also never had any weight issues, so I know he’s not eating to much.
My cat is very weird- he hates wet food, won’t eat it
Thank you Jackson...that makes sense. You go cat daddy❤
I really wish it was possible for me. But in my country wet cat food is unaffordable. It’s _extremely_ expensive and the cheap ones are literal poison…
Is raw meat an option at all? I live in a third world country and an some point it was cheaper to feed my family cat with chiken filet, chicken hearts, or stomachs because it wqs cheaper than and cat food. Raw meat is ideal in terms feline diet.
Also, a lot of people studying cat nutrition seems to agree that even bad quality wet food is still healthier for cats than high end dry food.
@@fatim0nster the thing is my cat is allergic to certain parts of the chicken, and so many brands causes her to be obese even though we _always_ measure her food.
But even if these weren’t the case, unfortunately in where I live, meat got extremely expensive. Even small chicken giblets like liver is considered a luxury nowadays. Let alone duck or rabbit meat, which are extremely rare and even more expensive anyway…
I genuinely feel like I’m stuck on this regard.
@@ldalexandrite I'm sorry to hear that, food allergies can be very limiting in terms of food options. The only reason I brought up raw meat was because cat food is often shipped from other countries which makes it more expensive whereas meat is usually available locally. But I totally understand, raw meat isn't an option for me either nowadays.
Hope you'll find something that works well for your kitty's health.
@@fatim0nster you’re so kind, thank you🧡 I hope things will get better and your options will broaden again in the future too 🥰
What about chicken, beef, ham baby food in the jars? You know that is safe because of human babies getting it. I have used that many times to nurse a sickly cat I rescued or to help them take their meds. Baby food might be cheaper and nutritional where you live, I hope that might be an option for you. My cats I give chicken baby food as a treat, they love it😻
The snuffle mat is great! My baby loves it
My vet told me that wet food is not as good for cats because it can give more cavities... So I still get dry foods for dental care. My cats food has not a bowl of unlimited food but I give him a measured portion every 4 hours. When im not home, I have an autonomatic feeder for him.
Our cat was not eating, and when she did, she was throwing up. Tried several foods, probiotics, and other things, but nothing was helping. I did some research and finally we switched her food to a company called Smalls. It's all natural like a cat would eat in the wild. It has made my heart so happy. Multiple feedings so far, still in the samples box, and she is licking the bowl clean and no throw ups. I never thought I'd get so excited about cat food. To see her eat, enjoy it, and keep it down is such a joy.
I would like to know why high quality dry food is not good for cats....
It's fine, I have cats that have lived a long time on dry cat food coupled with chicken, ham, tuna etc. Dry kibble is good for their teeth as well.
It just doesn’t have as much moisture in it.
And in general, wet tends to have more meat products and less carbs than kibble (wheat, corn needed for extruding, think flour in burger patty)
Wet food lets bacteria to build up on their teeth which can cause kidney issues and cats are very prone to it. Also caused my cat gingivitis. The crunching of wet food helps them clean their teeth. There are also special cat gel that with one drop will help them to remove the bacteria and plaque
what can i do if my cat refuses to eat wet food even if I mix a tiny bit of it in with her dry food? She will refuse to eat for an hour or so. And I eventually give up cause I don't want her to starve >.
Also i dont freefeed her so thats not an issue.
@@kawaiikanako71 generally if you have difficulty like this it is allowed to use lower quality wet food, which contains lot of aroma and other stuff appealing to your cat, just to make your cat eat wet food, and after that gradually giving better quality food. If she will start eating wet its best to throw away dry food form your house otherwise your cat will still smell it (their noses are a lot beter than ours) and is likely to do hunger strike just to get her delicious dry chips ;) other option is goinf for BARF diet, as a lot of cats love raw meat, but you need to educate yourself much on that matter or have contact with good nutritionist (preferably both).
Another guy I can trust on UA-cam ad far as cat health! His tinctures are amazing also I got the calm one it really works!
Our vet has always said that dry food is needed for their dental care! 🤔🤷🏼♀️
We took our 13yo guy off dry food 3 years ago for stomach issues. We still give him around 6 or seven dental treats a day. He hasn't had any dental issues yet.
@@johnjr757 which kind of dental treats do you use?
It’s a myth propagated by pet food companies.
@@splash4891what's name of the dental treats?
@@splash4891 Greenies
Excellent suggestions!
My cats have both wet and dry food.
The dry is for munching throughout the day and the wet is their main dish two times a day. They each get a half of a can for breakfast and half a can for supper.
SAME!
I have wondered how to transition my cats. They do love their dry food. Thanks for this!
I've got a cat who won't touch wet food at all, I got adapted by him, so the former family probably only gave him dry food.
Have you tried mixing the dry food with a little water to it? Then once the cat gets used to that u can start adding the wet food to it then slowly cut out pieces of the dry food every meal
@@jodier1298 He just turned his nose up at it, he's close to 10 years old, I think, so he likes the Hartz Delectable Stews and he just wolfs those right down, he also has a hairball problem and with the Friskies wet foods he just barfs them back up, the stews are a small victory that he doesn't barf up.
Thanks❤️❤️
Sorry, Jackson. I have always free fed because I travel. My cat is older so she gets a high quality dry and soft mixed kibble. When I'm home, she gets about a teaspoon of boiled chicken for a snack in the morning and at night.
Thanks ❤
First and foremost, the best food you can feed your cat is food they will eat.
Wrong
Jackson....this video ROCKS!. This has been a HUGE problem with my HUGE orange cat. He was weened on dry. That's all he wants. NOW I have the tools to fix this problem. Thank you!😅
You can't generalize, Jackson. Some cats, like my two cats, are grazers. They eat little, frequent portions a day. So wet food cans are just a big waste of food and money. Even little 100g bags are too much for them and I have to split them in two portions: one each in the morning and one each in the evening. For the rest of the day and night I leave out a single bowl with half a cup of kibble that they share.
I let my vets suggest me what food to give to my cats and they always tell me to stick with fish based dry food and a bit of wet food to help with hydratation and evacuation.
They say it prevents kidney failure in the long run.
One of my vets has a 20y old cat who eats fish dry food since she was a kitten.
Food is the only thing I disagree with you.
Cats are obligate carnivores. They NEVER eat grains (which comprise most dry food) in the wild. And being descendants of desert dwellers, they have a low thirst drive so must get a substantial portion of their water from their diet.
@@yourekittenme.
Two vets prescribed dry food for my cats, yet I should give credit to a youtuber behaviorist?
I consider JG a great expert in cat behaviour and I follow a lot of his suggestions. Actually I adopted two kittens just because JG suggests so (and it was a great choice) but I give more credit to veterinary graduates when it comes to food and health.
@@francescoiadicicco1266 read HER comments on veterinarian nutritional education.
I cook for my cats. I boil chicken, chicken hearts and chicken livers. I fry ground turkey and then mix it up in the blender then add supplements. They love it!
Thank you Jackson. Gonna do this!
My husband and I rescued our kittens, (1 week old and 3 weeks old) they were so young and malnourished that we had to bottle feed and closely monitor them. From day one I have been really focused on keeping them healthy and making sure they have the nourishment they need to lead a healthy life and grow strong.
I tried to prepare for the day they would have to move onto wet food and honestly was incredibly disappointed and worried with the options that are out there. But more research and weighing options can help take the stress off.
It can take alot of work to find the right food, but its completely worth it. Sometimes the cheaper option has been the better option, and sometimes we have to sacrifice for an okay option until we can get the better one.
Appreciate this video alot 🥰
My cat loved fruit yogurt like its catnip. I would open the foil top and she would come running from wherever she was in the house, meowing the whole way.😊
We measure out 20gms (this is to last for 24 hours) of 3 different types of dry food which includes special dental and low fat ones. This we give her a little with each meal and if there's some left over after the meal she can go back to it if she's hungry between meals. We feed her 4 times a day, only a heaped teaspoon of wet food with a small amount of freeze dried high protein stuff crumbled on top. This has kick started her metabolism and she lost weight and stopped coughing because of acid reflux, with the addition of the high protein stuff she is a different, happier, healthier and more playful cat, at 13 she's like a kitten. Thanks Jackson for the idea of the high protein freeze dried stuff. The brand we get is Ziwi, a New Zealand brand.
I went the next step and made my cat Keto. My Gracie had hyperthyroid and kidney disease and I was bracing myself to have to go put her down. I got to keep my little girl 5 more years.
My cat had diabetes, adopted from the shelter and we loved our baby. We did Insulin shots, blood testing all day, and we changed and we fed her (fancy feast) canned cat wet chicken food, or boiled chicken. She got dry treats here and there. Dry food/treats also cause urinary infections. Not enough water. she couldn't have free feeding. Snuffle bags are great idea. ❤
I think it also depends on the type of kibble that gets fed. My two cats get 50 grams of high quality grain free kibble almost every evening with some kind of wet topping. In the morning the get wet food and Friday evening they get raw meat. Not to mention that they get some cat milk before everyone goes to bed.
My cat is very picky. She likes her wet food in flakes. I stir in a little water to make it saucy. She now eats most of the wet food because of the sauce. She does have a small bowl of dry food out at all times, as well as 2 bowls of water. I do this bc im very old and after i had a heart attack I was glad i left the extra water and dry food for her. After I came home from the 2 day CCU and stent procedure I found her hiding under my blankets. She had drank some water, ate the wet food and nibbled a little dry food while i was gone. I spent a lot of time laying on the bed with her just talking softly and telling her how much I loved her. The stray cats were very hungry and cried like babies when they saw me. The wild birds were hungry and set up quite a ruckus when i got home. I fed them all right away. Ty for the vid.
Was just wondering the best way to do this. Jackson read my mind!
We are dry food now! I've always fed my cats canned food, but they had some dry too. But I have a cat with kidney disease and I noticed she was having a problem with her poop being really dry. So I took away the dry food and that problem is much better.
Thank you for getting on our case about feeding our cat dry food and I plan on quitting that as soon as possible when I get into feeding my cat whole prey I've been doing some research on it as well too
My 12 year old cat has always been on a dry food wet food diet and I’ve noticed it’s what’s kept her healthy and at a healthy weight. Never got sick never needed medication. I’m doing the same now with my 4 month old kitten. I listen to Jackson’s advice religiously but i dunno about the dry food one
Wij do so many people on UA-cam contradict each other when it comes to dry food. I just came from the vet and she told me dry good is fine.
I’d like to see an in depth analysis using scientific literature about the pro’s and con’s of dry vs wet food.
A mix of both dry and wet is great. Dry food helps break plaque and stuff on their teeth. Wet food for water however, if you keep feeding wet food, the teeth will deteroiate quicker. Seen this so much at Vet clinics, espicially during dental months.
Everyday, my 2 Maine Coon Cat Boys snackadoo on a 3-part dry food mix, go nutso for 2 wet food feedings at 2 cans each for 4 total, and totally loose their fluff for 3 tablespoons each of boiled chicken treats (cat activity is the best on Chewie). My husband's special Boy has a deli meat problem, so he gets extra in the form of turkey.