Proctor and Gamble is voluntarily recalling two
lots of dry cat food that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Not exact matches
You end up paying a
lot of money for
food that is no better than grocery store purchased mass - produced
dry cat food.
Modern day
cats eat
lots of dry food which has very low water content (about 10 %) and so they need an additional water supply in the form
of a separate water bowl.
«There are a
lot of people who believe that
cats only need to eat canned
food and will be unhealthy if they eat
dry food,» says Larsen, noting that most
cats can do fine on either.
However, I have discovered a
lot of articles concerning the Wellness
dry cat food and urinary crystals.
Canned
cat food contains a
lot of water and
dried food virtually none, so a
cat on a diet
of canned
food will drink quite a bit less.
The most important thing is to try to get as much water into their diets as possible because
dry food and
foods with
lots of grains draw moisture back out
of the system and dehydrate the
cat which causes urinary and other health problems.
I cook two meals a day — I serve up a breakfast burrito (eggs whipped and cooked to a Holladaise sauce consistency & then mixed with
dry cat food & cut up turkey hot dogs) and a meaty oatmeal (chicken thighs cooked overnight in a crockpot with a little water, then the meat separated off, the broth thinned down with water & used to make oatmeal, then add back the chicken meat & serve up warm so its nice & sloppy with a
lot of juice.
In fact, a
lot of vets aren't too fond
of dry cat food or kibbles.
If a
cat eats a high quality
cat food with high concentration in protein its diet MUST be balanced between
dry and wet
food, the
cat MUST drink
lots of fresh and clean water and also exercise every day.
If you feed your
cat a highly - in - protein
dry cat food and your
cat doesn't eat wet
food then it's a little risk
of developing some problems, even if Yoda drinks a
lot of water, but this is not enough for a male feline to keep the optimum hydration on a diet.
In general
cats handle well a good quality and high in proteins
dry cat food complemented with wet
food, also drinking
lots of water, exercising a
lot and eating only the recommended amount daily.
Have been doing much research on a replacement
food and am not able to narrow down a new
dry cat food that is mostly meat based and not loaded with a
lot of unnecessary extras...
That's why we need to find the best balanced point between
dry and wet
food, give
lots of water to our
cats, plenty
of exercise is essential with all indoor
cats.
Lots of useful information here, I know more about
dry cat food than ever before.
If your
cat gets
dry food, you could switch to a
food with smaller sized kibble; a
lot of senior
cats have dental problems, missing teeth or gum issues, so the chewing can be problematic.
«There are a
lot of people who believe that
cats only need to eat canned
food and will be unhealthy if they eat
dry food,» says Jennifer Larsen, DVM, PhD, a nutritional consultant and assistant professor
of clinical nutrition at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at UC Davis in California.
That said, many modern - day
cats don't drink enough water and are in a state
of mild dehydration because they eat a
lot of dry food.
Dry cat food needs to be carefully chosen, for a
lot of it contains fillers and carbohydrates that just make the
cat fat.
Cats that eat only
dry food need to be provided with
lots of fresh water, especially if they are prone to developing urinary tract blockages.
BUN and / or creatinine may be high if the animal is dehydrated (common in
cats who eat a
lot of dry food, or during hot weather or after a stressful car ride).
My
cats are finicky and when the veterinarian suggested they switch from
dry food to wet, I went through a
lot of attempts before finding this one flavor
of Friskies wet
food that they absolutely adore.
Mt
cat only eats
dry food and drinks
lots of water, she has a can
of food once in a while and she is perfectly healthy.