I'm thinking I may switch from dry to wet food

First of all, here's a cartoon for you then my questions are below:

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- What is a good, quality wet food?

- Usually, how much is it per can (the typical-sized can)?

- From the typical-sized can, how much do you feed per day (the whole can?) and how many times per day (half in the morning, half and night)? We have a 9 month-old male. He weighs about 7-8 pounds.

- Will a cat eat refrigerated caned food (after it's been opened)?

- Is it difficult for the cat to switch from dry to wet food?


Thanks!

Great idea!


1. Good quality canned food contains no by-products, no artificial preservatives, and no artificial colors.

2. Refer to your first post about when to feed regarding how much to feed.

3. It's always a good idea to warm up the food that has been in the refrigerator. To do this put the portion of food in a microwave safe dish add a tablespoon of water and pop in the microwave for ten seconds. Test with your finger to make sure it's not too hot.

4. Some cats take to wet better than others. Be persistent.

Check out www.mudbay.us for more information.

As to the food, there are real experts here, but the basic point is to get a good-quality food that has as little grain and as much meat as possible.

However, if you haven't been feeding your cat wet food, he may not even recognize it as food. I wouldn't change suddenly. What we have done is feed the cat a little wet food in the morning and evening, letting him get used to the idea of eating it. By the way, some cats like the chunks in gravy, others like the pate. Experimentation is the key. When you find one you like, try to chage it up every so often, so that he doesn't get hooked on one flavor of one brand. You don't want to be in trouble if they change the flavor, drop the flavor, have a recall problem, or whatever.

I think about half a can, morning and evening, is what most people feed. However, someone here said give them as much as they will eat in 15 minutes. At the end of that time, throw the rest away. Don't give them anything else until the next feeding, and do the same thing.

Our cats eat it just fine when it's refrigerated. Someone here said their cat would ONLY eat it refrigerated. Others say their cats won't eat it cold, so they warm it up a little in the microwave.

You may need to try quite a few different brands and flavors of wet food before you figure out what your kitty will eat. Just don't buy more than one or two cans until you know he'll like it. I wasted an awful lot of money on stuff that my cats consider inedible.

Cats have very individual tastes. My original two like the cold food straight out of the refrigerator and won't touch anything that's been microwaved, even after it's cooled to room temperature. Now that I have six, I never have any leftovers to put in the refrigerator, so don't know what the others would eat.

Some people prefer a 100% wet diet. I'm using a combination of wet and dry, partly because of the cost and partly because I'm still free feeding the kittens. None of my kitties are overweight with free feeding. In fact, two of them are very slender and the others appear average.

Here's a link to a site that has lots of wonderful information.

http://http://www.catinfo.org/#My_Ca...ne_on_Dry_Food

The most important thing is to make the transition from dry to wet, very very slowly!

Originally Posted by Shanynne

Here's a link to a site that has lots of wonderful information.

http://http://www.catinfo.org/#My_Ca...ne_on_Dry_Food

The most important thing is to make the transition from dry to wet, very very slowly!

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not sure why but link is not working...

Lots of wet food threads on here if you do a search ...

I agree 1000% about going slow