"Bob Brenchley." wrote in message
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:28:12 GMT, "turn man"
wrote:

my cat is around 3 and I just adopted her, she loves wet food but will
not
eat dry food. We have been mixing both in the cat's dish, wil she ever
eat
dry food?

Cats are much better on a proper diet of tinned cat food.

Feeding a little dry will not hurt, but never let it exceed 30% of
their diet.

I was told by my vet (and someone on another group said they were told the
same by theirs) that a dry diet of a complete cat food like Science Diet was
the best diet to feed my cats. Not to say that they *must* have dry, or
that wet is not healthy, but they won't necessarily have urinary or other
problems if their main diet is a complete dry food and they're supplied with
fresh water. My cats free feed on a complete dry food, with an ocassional
sachet of wet as a treat, and when they got their last booster a couple
months ago, they checked out as being completely healthy.

As for a cat that won't eat dry, unless your vet indicates otherwise, I
would just suggest you make sure you're getting a complete brand of wet food
(one containing all the necessary nutrients for a healthy diet), and
continue giving her what she wants!

Ann