Help - Feeding Question

Hi Everyone! I've been lurking for some time now but I have a question. I am a mommy to 2 beautiful kitties - Jangles and Jingles . Jangles is about 14 months old now and Jingles (his sisfur) just turned one.

Problem is that Jangles is refusing to eat his dry food anymore. Both he and Jingles are free fed Nutro dry and get Nutro wet at night. Jingles is fine with this routine and she loves both. But I've noticed that he isn't eating the dry but is gobbling up the wet and he seems hungry all the time.

What should I do?? Should I give in and give him wet food every morning and night (will be kind of of expensive)? Or should I try different types of wet food? And if do give him wet food for breakfast - is it wrong not to give her some too??

Sorry for all these questions! Any help is appreciated!

If he prefers wet food, I would give it to him in the morning, too, rather than have him be hungry all day. You could continue to give her dry in the morning, or switch her to wet if she decided she wanted it.
I think it's a good idea to feed more than one brand of food, provided your cats don't get upset stomachs from switching. Cats that only get one brand tend to insist on only eating that particular brand after a certain point, and that could lead to trouble if the ingredients are changed, the brand is unavailable due to inclement weather, a strike, etc., or if your cat has to be put on a special diet. You could do a gradual change by mixing the foods, and then decide how often you want to switch, e.g., every three months, or whatever. I feed three different brands of dry and three or four brands of canned food every week, but that's extreme, and due to the cat's preferences.

I've been reading a lot of articles lately outlining why canned food is actually BETTER for cats than dry food...here's a link to one if you'd like to take a look:
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.ph...needcannedfood

Amanda

I have the same problem, Sibohan my Calico hardly cares for her wet and picks at the dry all day. Duke my overweight boy gobbles down the wet and if there isn't any dry in his bowl he yells until he gets it. Duke also will eat all of Sibohan's wet food if she leaves it, I have to feed them in seperate rooms or Duke will eat everything. If you come up with a solution I would be curious too. As you can tell my two angels are compleetly different personalities

i heard raw food diet is very good for them. considering you know what goes into the food you make for your cat. and its not all processed stuff.

Originally Posted by gia_c

i heard raw food diet is very good for them. considering you know what goes into the food you make for your cat. and its not all processed stuff.

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If you do decide to do the raw food diet, please ensure you do a huge amount of research in order that you cat gets all the nutrients it needs. You will have to supplement the raw meat diet with vitamins, etc. I'm no expert so I can't tell you what exactly you need to add so please make sure you do the research.

Originally Posted by Yosemite

If you do decide to do the raw food diet, please ensure you do a huge amount of research in order that you cat gets all the nutrients it needs. You will have to supplement the raw meat diet with vitamins, etc. I'm no expert so I can't tell you what exactly you need to add so please make sure you do the research.

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Yes, just like with ANY diet that your feed your precious babies! You should really research what goes into your commercial diet as well. Once you do that research then you'll know why a homeade raw diet is so good.

Originally Posted by Yosemite

If you do decide to do the raw food diet, please ensure you do a huge amount of research in order that you cat gets all the nutrients it needs. You will have to supplement the raw meat diet with vitamins, etc. I'm no expert so I can't tell you what exactly you need to add so please make sure you do the research.

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Oh btw- it's not nessacerily true that you have to suppliment a raw diet with extra vitmains. If you have balanced raw diet you will not need to suppliment at all. The reason there are so many suppliments in commercial food is because they food is cooked and it removes vitamin/nutrients when the food cooked at high tempatures.
You don't have that problem with raw meat-none of the vitamin/amino acids are destroyed.
If suppliments were nessecery with a raw diet no wild/feral cat would survive.

Thanks for everyone's input! I actually went out and bought another flavor of Nutro dry food and he's eating it!!! I'm very happy because I was starting to worry if there was a problem with his teeth.

I kept an eye on him today and noticed that he was eating the dry food throughout the day. But of course he loved his wet food dinner. I'll keep an eye out and make sure he keeps eating it. If he stops then I'll just have to feed him wet food twice a day.

Thanks again!

If he is reluctant to eat dry food, you should make an appointment with the vet to have his teeth and gums looked at. Sometimes cats stop eating dry food because oral/dental problems make it too painful. It's not the most likely thing at his age but still a good thing to rule out, especially since these problems are almost always treatable.

Otherwise, it's most likely that he just prefers canned food. This is actually a good thing since canned food helps keep cats hydrated and in the long run makes them much less prone to obesity, diabetes, and kidney disease. To save money, you can switch to larger cans of cat food (the size that's similar to a soup can). These large cans are significantly more cost effective and you can just store leftovers in the fridge.

Originally Posted by bengalbabe

Oh btw- it's not nessacerily true that you have to suppliment a raw diet with extra vitmains. If you have balanced raw diet you will not need to suppliment at all. The reason there are so many suppliments in commercial food is because they food is cooked and it removes vitamin/nutrients when the food cooked at high tempatures.
You don't have that problem with raw meat-none of the vitamin/amino acids are destroyed.
If suppliments were nessecery with a raw diet no wild/feral cat would survive.

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I had been wondering about just last


I would try more wet it is much better...