Dry Vs. Moist ...

Allegra640 wrote:

Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a doubt, a
diet of strictly dry food is the way to go.

Whats a girl to do?

Change vets??

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Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a doubt, a
diet of strictly dry food is the way to go.

Whats a girl to do?


Try another opinion, and you'll probably get a different answer. Or you can
compromise, and feed both
Around here, the only opinion that matters are the cats anyway. Bootsie won't
hardly touch wet food, and Yo and Frank won't touch dry.

Sherry

"Allegra640" wrote
Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a doubt,
a
diet of strictly dry food is the way to go.

Whats a girl to do?


Victor posted this link earlier. It discusses the differences between dry
and wet food pretty extensively.
http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm

But you only have to use common sense, really. Think of what a cat's natural
food would be - small rodents and birds. Think of dry food - in no way does
that resemble dry food. Look at the ingredients of the dry food. The main
ingredient is cereal. Where in a mouse or bird are there cereals? There
might be a small - a very small - amount in their stomachs, but that is all.
Add to that that dry food contains no water (duh! ;o), which cats are built
to extract directly from their food (remember, they originated in a warm and
dry climate), they would have to drink huge amounts of water if they eat
only dry food. Wet food contains 75-80% moisture. My cats don't drink very
much, but that is OK because they get all that moisture from the wet food.

I don't want to turn this into another rant, and I don't want to sound
paranoid, but are you by any chance feeding your cats dry food that is sold
at your vet's clinic? Just wondering. Anyway, it's up to you to make the
decision. Please research the subject, and make sure that your sources are
not the spokesmen for any food manufacturers.

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Marina

in article , Marina at
wrote on 9/6/03 10:09 AM:


"Allegra640" wrote
Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a doubt,
a
diet of strictly dry food is the way to go.

Whats a girl to do?


Victor posted this link earlier. It discusses the differences between dry
and wet food pretty extensively.
http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm

But you only have to use common sense, really. Think of what a cat's natural
food would be - small rodents and birds. Think of dry food - in no way does
that resemble dry food. Look at the ingredients of the dry food. The main
ingredient is cereal. Where in a mouse or bird are there cereals? There
might be a small - a very small - amount in their stomachs, but that is all.
Add to that that dry food contains no water (duh! ;o), which cats are built
to extract directly from their food (remember, they originated in a warm and
dry climate), they would have to drink huge amounts of water if they eat
only dry food. Wet food contains 75-80% moisture. My cats don't drink very
much, but that is OK because they get all that moisture from the wet food.

I don't want to turn this into another rant, and I don't want to sound
paranoid, but are you by any chance feeding your cats dry food that is sold
at your vet's clinic? Just wondering. Anyway, it's up to you to make the
decision. Please research the subject, and make sure that your sources are
not the spokesmen for any food manufacturers.

--
Marina

Well, that really doesn't make sense either, because most vets sell canned
as well. I guess for me, extremism of any kind usually bodes trouble. For me
this would be no different. I do know that vets are in a transition over the
dry/moist debate right now. Feline only vets are much more apt to say mix it
up and don't depend on dry. It's a fairly new attitude here in the U.S. but
it's happening.

Karen

Allegra640 wrote:
Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a
doubt, a diet of strictly dry food is the way to go.

My vet told me this, too, but I've since learned from folks on this group
and lots of good pages that wet (or both) is the better way to go. As
Marina says, it's only common sense if you think of what they eat in the
wild, and how they get their moisture from their food.

I'm actually finding out that homemade raw diets with nutrients added is
even better, but that's a whole 'nother story....

Ann

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http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak

"Sherry " wrote in message
...
Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a doubt,
a
diet of strictly dry food is the way to go.

Whats a girl to do?


Try another opinion, and you'll probably get a different answer. Or you
can
compromise, and feed both
Around here, the only opinion that matters are the cats anyway. Bootsie
won't
hardly touch wet food, and Yo and Frank won't touch dry.


Apache isn't really interested in wet food (except tuna), Dakota
will eat anything that sits on his plate. I change their water and
top up their dry food bowls each morning before I go to work and
give them a small amount of wet food each night when I get home.

I suspect that Dakota eats most of the wet food when I'm not in
the room - I know Apache steals crunchies out his bowl whenever
she passes it!


--
Jette
"Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes

http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Thanks so much guys. Will definitely be adding some moist in their diet.

We finally gave up the efforts to find a wet food that Jake would try more than once.
He eats only dry food. Bad part is he wants to eat only Delicat and I want better
quality than that. We compromise and mix it half and half with Nutro. I'd only give
him Nutro, but then he just eats at the neighbors.

--
Jo Firey

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take
our breath away."
"Allegra640" wrote in message
...
Just now got off the telephone w/my vet and he said that without a doubt, a
diet of strictly dry food is the way to go.

Whats a girl to do?

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 14:20:34 -0700, "Jo Firey"
wrote:

We finally gave up the efforts to find a wet food that Jake would try more than once.
He eats only dry food. Bad part is he wants to eat only Delicat and I want better
quality than that. We compromise and mix it half and half with Nutro. I'd only give
him Nutro, but then he just eats at the neighbors.
No use buying food they won't eat!

Jo Firey said:

We finally gave up the efforts to find a wet food that Jake would try more than once.
He eats only dry food. Bad part is he wants to eat only Delicat and I want better
quality than that. We compromise and mix it half and half with Nutro. I'd only give
him Nutro, but then he just eats at the neighbors.


I can sympathise. With my male cat Andy I went through just about every
canned food in search of something he would eat. I tried Iams, Nutro,
Science Diet, and the like. What does he eat - 9 lives, Fancy feast,
Purina, and Petsmart's Sophistacat/Sophistacat Supreme - none of the
"high quality" foods that are best for him.