just wet food for cats?

Sydney · Moderator

just wet food for cats?

Kittys Mom · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

Never heard of Merrick's

You mean this stuff?
http://www.merrickpetcare.com/store/canned_cat_food.php
A little overdone, but seems well made. If it is price competitive, it should be good to use.

I talked to a dog breeder once that had always fed dog kibble to her cats. She said the hardness made the food better for their teeth, and it was less salt etc. than cat food. She said that her eldest cats all had their teeth because of that. It is, I think, lacking in some mineral that cat's need, though.

PrettyDobie · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

I feed my oldest cat only wet food because her teeth have gotten really sensitive in her old age and she can't eat the hard food. I can for one tell you it doesn't make there poo less smelly my cats is still the same. I can't really tell about her coat it doesn't seem to have changed. At least with my cats it doesn't upset there stomach with different flavors. My cat will have seafood flavored one night and then the next she will have a turkey dinner. I feed her the wet pouches of meow mix.

Kittys Mom · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

I'm using Feline Pine litter. I notice a difference in how reeky the litterbox gets, according to what I feed. Unfortunately, the stuff that produces less smell is the most expensive food

My cat is too old for dry also. She was just puking it for years, now she gets canned exclusively. She is over 15, I think...

PrettyDobie · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

Yea thats what was happening to my cat she loves both dry and wet but she kept puking the dry. She is only about 8 1/2 years old. I know shes not that old but because of her allergys to fleas she acts alot older. The vet said all they can really do is give her a cortazone shot so her hair will grow back after she has had fleas. Since I live in texas fleas are a huge problem. Shes really over weight as well but the diet hasn't worked and her back legs are skin and bones. She rarely makes a jump anymore. Now she justs meows at my feet and I have to pick her up and put her on my bed or something. I tried feline pine but it got really messy because to would expand when the cat used the restroom so then when the cats would get out of the litter box it would come out with them.

puttin510 · ~Grand Champion~ Gold Medal Poster!

I don't know about any of this expect for one thing. A couple of years ago, my sisters persian was having problems with crystals in his urine, (again) Well I went to cat forums and they all said wet food will help to keep your cat from getting the crystals in the bladder. Wether your cat will eat it is another thing. Hers did not like it.

dusty082155 · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

my own cat is very finicky. the two foster cats are not.i feed mine canned food.but i also have a self feeder that i keep full of the dry too. i give them tuna fish every now and then and also canned chicken. they gobble that up faster than the canned cat food.