Quick question for those who feed both wet and dry food

urbantigers

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Do you feed them together or at separate meals?

I've always fed dry in the morning and wet early evening (then a little more dry at bedtime) but that's mainly for convenience. I was just wondering what other people do.
 

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Polly is supposed to eat as much wet as possible, but she likes dry, so I let her have a little. I meal feed because Polly and Prego eat different foods. I offer her both at each meal. She likes to eat most of the wet then nibble a little dry then wet and back and forth.
 

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I free-feed dry and give her wet around noon (oddly enough that's when I'm usually home, ah, college). I don't need to meal-feed because Zissou is in no danger of being fat, if anything I'm worried she's a little skinny but she's growing like a weed still, and still on the kitten food.
 

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We free-fed our cat dry food and then put a half a can of wet food at night time
 

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My three get their wet food breakfast around 7am when I get up and dry food free feeding the rest of the time -- this may change though as one of my guys is getting hefty.
 

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Kandie is feed on demand she eats raw and canned ...
Zoey eats free at night and when Kandie eats during the day
 

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I free feed kibble and feed 1/2 a can twice a day one in the AM and PM.
 

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Dry is out all day...and 1/2 can of wet for brkfst & dinner, also some kitten milk in the am. If I don't give her the milk she sits at the fridge and cries.
 

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about 1/2 cup dry free fed (Mika usually eats most of this) and wet twice a day, morning and evening.
 

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We free feed dry, and the three share a small can of wet in the morning and another in the evening.
 

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Wet food twice a day with a side order of dry twice a day. 1/4 of a can morning and night and 1/8 of a cup dry morning and night with freeze dried meat treats and a CET chew at night. If some of the wet food is not eaten then I have to feed more dry food. If Rosie eats most of the wet then Spotty gets more dry and Rosie is not fed until the next meal. I adjust accordingly. On weekends when I'm home I sometimes split a 3 ounce can of wet for lunch instead of putting out dry food for the morning. Boosts water intake for kitties, plus they both could lose a little weight. My vet says carbohydrates in dry food are fattening and I read a lot of info about that myself.
 

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Hi, I have 5 cats all with different appetites. I leave dry food down all day and night, they never overeat so I know they are only going to eat when they're hungry. Then they have wet food at dinner time, between 5.00pm and 6.00pm whenever is convenient around our own meal time. They tend to lick all the jelly off and come back to the meat later on! All the cats are healthy and none of them overweight so they must be happy with this. Cat ages range from 6 years to 1 year (the 1-year old has special treatment at the moment as she's just had a litter of kittens 6 days ago.
 

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I feed wet twice a day, in the morning and before I go to bed. I leave the dry out when I go to work or school. I'd like to feed all wet someday, but unfortunately, my schedule and my budget make having the dry food out a necessity.
 

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I free feed dry and then they get wet 2 times a day, well except for Sherman, he gets a bit more.
He cant eat dry very well.
 
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