Hi there, new to the forums, so hello!
I'm going crazy with this issue! My vet just told me today (as I just brought my kitty vegas in for a teeth cleaning this morning) that I should not be feeding her ANY wet food at all) That they should be on an all dry food diet....all cats should be. I've also read that they should be on an all wet food diet - wet food contains water. Vet said this is bad, articles and other forum posts I've read say they need the water, and they get more nutrition from the wet food.
WELL i've read numerous articles - including one in cat fancy mag. that says a dry food only diet can cause urinary tract problems (such as crystals), as well as kidney stones. I've read also that an all wet diet is bad too and that the best is a combination of the two - which is what i do now. It seems like all this info out there is so contradictory it's making me crazy, lol! Is there a website someone can point me to that I can trust to give me the right info?
Vet also keeps pushing/suggesting Iams, Science Diet, & Eukanuba. I read bad things about these foods all the time. Are these vets getting paid to push those products? Every vet I go to they want you to use one of those 3. Why is that? Are they REALLY the best? I have read bad things about Iams, politcally, and nutritionally.
My current cats diet is Blue Spa Select Dry food (http://www.bluebuff.com/products/cats-spa-select.shtml) which I keep out all the time and both my kitties LOVE IT!! Vegas my orange tabby would never eat the dry I put out (I tried Iams, Cat Chow), but since I changed to Blue, I see her eating it all the time.
In the am and pm Vegas gets 1/4 of can of wet fancy feast (which i had no idea was so bad for them). Charlie SOMETIMES eats wet food...it depends on what it is, and what mood he is in, lol. And he doesn't eat a lot of it, a few nibbles.
Would like to know if anyone knows much about my current dry food choice. They also offer wet food and i'm considering changing from Fancy Feast to their brand.
I'm so confused as to what my cats diet's should be now! I've read so many contradictory statements! Any suggestions on feeding habits, and wet & dry food brands that are the best/healthiest for my cats would be great. I really need to know if my vet is telling me this because they were paid to, or if they really are misinformed in the animal care industry. Are the articles I'm reading incorrect? I don't understand why they would be giving me this nutritional advice, if everything I read about it tells me the advice isn't so good. Do I need a new vet? or Is my vet correctly advising me?
Thanks in advance for your advice, and if you made it through this whole post - i'm a bit chatty sometimes.
I just want to be able to give my babies the healthiest diet I can!
-Valerie
I'm going crazy with this issue! My vet just told me today (as I just brought my kitty vegas in for a teeth cleaning this morning) that I should not be feeding her ANY wet food at all) That they should be on an all dry food diet....all cats should be. I've also read that they should be on an all wet food diet - wet food contains water. Vet said this is bad, articles and other forum posts I've read say they need the water, and they get more nutrition from the wet food.
WELL i've read numerous articles - including one in cat fancy mag. that says a dry food only diet can cause urinary tract problems (such as crystals), as well as kidney stones. I've read also that an all wet diet is bad too and that the best is a combination of the two - which is what i do now. It seems like all this info out there is so contradictory it's making me crazy, lol! Is there a website someone can point me to that I can trust to give me the right info?
Vet also keeps pushing/suggesting Iams, Science Diet, & Eukanuba. I read bad things about these foods all the time. Are these vets getting paid to push those products? Every vet I go to they want you to use one of those 3. Why is that? Are they REALLY the best? I have read bad things about Iams, politcally, and nutritionally.
My current cats diet is Blue Spa Select Dry food (http://www.bluebuff.com/products/cats-spa-select.shtml) which I keep out all the time and both my kitties LOVE IT!! Vegas my orange tabby would never eat the dry I put out (I tried Iams, Cat Chow), but since I changed to Blue, I see her eating it all the time.
In the am and pm Vegas gets 1/4 of can of wet fancy feast (which i had no idea was so bad for them). Charlie SOMETIMES eats wet food...it depends on what it is, and what mood he is in, lol. And he doesn't eat a lot of it, a few nibbles.
Would like to know if anyone knows much about my current dry food choice. They also offer wet food and i'm considering changing from Fancy Feast to their brand.
I'm so confused as to what my cats diet's should be now! I've read so many contradictory statements! Any suggestions on feeding habits, and wet & dry food brands that are the best/healthiest for my cats would be great. I really need to know if my vet is telling me this because they were paid to, or if they really are misinformed in the animal care industry. Are the articles I'm reading incorrect? I don't understand why they would be giving me this nutritional advice, if everything I read about it tells me the advice isn't so good. Do I need a new vet? or Is my vet correctly advising me?
Thanks in advance for your advice, and if you made it through this whole post - i'm a bit chatty sometimes.
-Valerie