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My cats have been eating a part dry/part wet diet of Innova kibble & canned for awhile now. I had thought about switching to all wet awhile ago, but honestly it was just too inconvenient at the time so they've been getting one canned meal in the evening and free fed the dry. However, I've noticed that several of my kitties are getting kind of chubby; I've also been reading on this site about all the kidney problems people have had, and I really want to do everything I can to prevent those problems in my cats.
Now that DH got Sprout he's willing to help me care for the cats, and I think we could manage all wet feedings. So, according to the directions on the Innova can, I should feed about half a 13oz can per day per cat. That means with 7 cats I'd go through about 3.5 of the 13oz cans per day, at $1.89/can. I think my costs would go up about $50/month, but the dry isn't cheap anyway at $42/bag at my local store. I really don't want to go any more expensive than the Innova, but is that the best wet food I can get at that price point? I've looked at the Wellness foods and my cats have eaten them on occasion, but it is a bit more expensive than the Innova.
Cat-specific questions: Griffin and Bastian are my 10 month old Ragdolls, and I imagine they are not totally done growing yet. Is it okay to restrict them to wet meals, or do they still really need to have food available all the time?
Sprout is our new Sphynx, and he basically never stops eating. His previous owners told me that they started rationing out his dry food at their house because he did get quite chubby for awhile, so I guess he's working on bulking up again! I'd like to prevent him from getting too fat, but is two wet meals a day enough for his fast metabolism?
TIA for any insights!
Now that DH got Sprout he's willing to help me care for the cats, and I think we could manage all wet feedings. So, according to the directions on the Innova can, I should feed about half a 13oz can per day per cat. That means with 7 cats I'd go through about 3.5 of the 13oz cans per day, at $1.89/can. I think my costs would go up about $50/month, but the dry isn't cheap anyway at $42/bag at my local store. I really don't want to go any more expensive than the Innova, but is that the best wet food I can get at that price point? I've looked at the Wellness foods and my cats have eaten them on occasion, but it is a bit more expensive than the Innova.
Cat-specific questions: Griffin and Bastian are my 10 month old Ragdolls, and I imagine they are not totally done growing yet. Is it okay to restrict them to wet meals, or do they still really need to have food available all the time?
Sprout is our new Sphynx, and he basically never stops eating. His previous owners told me that they started rationing out his dry food at their house because he did get quite chubby for awhile, so I guess he's working on bulking up again! I'd like to prevent him from getting too fat, but is two wet meals a day enough for his fast metabolism?
TIA for any insights!