How bad is it to do a sudden switch with dry?

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Ok I really really do not like the food Ping is on. I only bought because the feed store stopped carrying Felidea dry. And I could not go to the specialty store to get better food. So I just bought the best store brand I could find. And now that I have the Serengeti I won't him off the cheap store stuff now. Generally speaking Ping as done well with any food changes. He has an iron tummy I thing.

So do ya'll think it will be ok for me to just switch him off the bad stuff cold turkey today and get him on the good stuff.
 
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He should be OK with that, especially since you are switching from a low quality brand to Serengeti. If he does vomit or get diarrhoea, you can go back to doing a gradual switch.
 
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Since you say he has an iron stomach I think he should be ok. My kitties both have pretty tough tummies too and do very well with switches providing they like what I'm switching to.
 
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Agree with the previous posters... MOST of the gradual is cats often have change issues and some tummy issues
 
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Originally Posted by Ping

Ok I really really do not like the food Ping is on. I only bought because the feed store stopped carrying Felidea dry. And I could not go to the specialty store to get better food. So I just bought the best store brand I could find. And now that I have the Serengeti I won't him off the cheap store stuff now. Generally speaking Ping as done well with any food changes. He has an iron tummy I thing.

So do ya'll think it will be ok for me to just switch him off the bad stuff cold turkey today and get him on the good stuff.
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I did it gradually, mixing in more and more of the new food that I wanted them to eat until they were eating 100% new food. This worked very well for Persi & Alley. It took about a week and I threw the old stuff away.
 
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