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Cleo only eats wet food when there is also hard food or treats in the bowl as well. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is this a bad habit that needs to be broken? Otherwise she won't eat.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Dry food shortens your cat´s life, just saying

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

exclusive dry food seems to check out, but mixed seems to be fine according to google

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The veterinarians I asked all said the same, the least dry food the better and at best no dry food at all. Dry food promotes the development of kidney problems, which is one of the most common causes of death for cats. Evolution has optimized cats for living in desert/savanna environments, so they take in moisture through eating, not drinking and therefore a cat will never drink enough to balance out the loss of body moisture that is caused by digesting dry food.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there any issue with soaking dry food that you are aware of?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No, the problem with dry food is it's lack of moisture only.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've had multiple cats live into their 20s on dry kibble. They'll be fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, do as you please. I'll keep passing on what several vets taught me though.