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WET VS. DRY
If
you think about what a cat eats in the wild, what comes to
mind? Birds, mice, squirrels etc. in other words, a combination
of wet and dry food materials. Therefore, realizing that the
healthiest diet for your household pet is a combination of
wet and dry foods is a reasonable conclusion. Yet many people
still cling to the idea that Kitty will do just fine on only
dry kibble or only canned food. Remember, the dry and wet
food should be served in separate bowls. Don't mix them together.
Veterinarians
will often say that an all-dry diet is fine and nutritionally
complete, but how would you like to eat a bowl of dry cereal
for breakfast lunch and dinner for the rest of your life?
Yes, Kitty will survive on such a diet, but it really isn't
the BEST for her, or the most interesting. Just like you can
survive just fine on pizza every day for every meal for the
rest of your life . . . but it's not the BEST diet for you,
and boy would it get boring! Cats need wet food to reduce
the workload on the kidneys. Cats with a history of bladder
or kidney disease should not be given any dry food.
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