I am trying to get my two cats to eat more wet than dry food. They currently get a heaping tablespoon of Wellness/Dick Van Patten wet in the morning and again in the afternoon (equaling about an ounce of wet for each cat per day), and I keep a measured amount of dry food on hand for them. One cat is seven and a half pounds (female), the other is fourteen pounds (male).
I've had a problem with my female cat Sophie having a food intolerance and have eliminated grains and soy from their diet, which is helping her. But I still haven't found a dry food that she can handle. Her main problem is that she often turns her nose up at the wet food and I can only get her to eat small amounts at a time or she throws it up. To avoid food competition with the younger male I put her up on the counter to eat her wet food so she can take as long as she wants. They also have a water fountain to drink from, and I add water to her wet food because she likes it smooshy.
My question is -- do the high protein foods such as Wellness CORE cause kidney damage? This seems to be a controversial issue that vets can't agree on. Some say that high quality meat protein sources are easier on the kidneys than grain/soy protein sources. My cat doesn't have kidney damage yet and gets yearly senior screenings. I just don't want her to develop it later.
What are some quality canned foods that you would recommend? So far I can only get her to eat wet food if it has some kind of fish in it. She won't eat beef at all, and doesn't like chicken/turkey if there isn't also fish in there as well. Do canned foods have soy? I still haven't determined exactly what she is intolerant to, but removing the biggest offenders from her diet has improved her problem with sporadic colitis and vomiting. (I should add that she's been to the vet several times this year, and had multiple blood, stool and urine tests looking for parasites and other common illnesses, which is why I'm thinking it's a food intolerance that is causing her issues).
I've had a problem with my female cat Sophie having a food intolerance and have eliminated grains and soy from their diet, which is helping her. But I still haven't found a dry food that she can handle. Her main problem is that she often turns her nose up at the wet food and I can only get her to eat small amounts at a time or she throws it up. To avoid food competition with the younger male I put her up on the counter to eat her wet food so she can take as long as she wants. They also have a water fountain to drink from, and I add water to her wet food because she likes it smooshy.
My question is -- do the high protein foods such as Wellness CORE cause kidney damage? This seems to be a controversial issue that vets can't agree on. Some say that high quality meat protein sources are easier on the kidneys than grain/soy protein sources. My cat doesn't have kidney damage yet and gets yearly senior screenings. I just don't want her to develop it later.
What are some quality canned foods that you would recommend? So far I can only get her to eat wet food if it has some kind of fish in it. She won't eat beef at all, and doesn't like chicken/turkey if there isn't also fish in there as well. Do canned foods have soy? I still haven't determined exactly what she is intolerant to, but removing the biggest offenders from her diet has improved her problem with sporadic colitis and vomiting. (I should add that she's been to the vet several times this year, and had multiple blood, stool and urine tests looking for parasites and other common illnesses, which is why I'm thinking it's a food intolerance that is causing her issues).