Picking the right meal plan

[emu the cat]

I've been thinking about adjusting my cat's meals. Archer is two years old and she's been on a mainly dry food diet for a while now, but I want to acclimate her a different diet so she can be healthier and more hydrated. She's actually picky when it comes to wet food, and we've been trying different brands to see what works. I want to do a mix of wet and dry, but Archer is a snacker, so it takes forever for her to finish her food, and I'm afraid that the wet food would go bad by then. Whenever I want to feed her wet food, I have to feed her separately from her 'regular' meal and make sure that she finishes it, won't be possible after social isolation ends.

I was also thinking about frozen raw food, but the options I've seen are a bit pricey. Would the raw food have the same problem of going bad as the wet food? Are there any good cheaper options that you guys like?

Thanks in advance!

 

[LTS3]

Frozen raw food is basically raw meat. It's not safe to leave out for more than an hour even with a Frosty bowl.

Canned / tinned / pouch foods are completely cooked inside the sealed packaging so they are safe to leave out for a couple of hours or so at at normal-ish room temperature of about 70 F or cooler. I've left canned food out all day with no issue other than the food gettibg dry. You can use a programmable timed feeder to give your cat meals when you aren't able to do so. I like thr Petsafe 5 compartment one but there are others. You can freeze canned food into portion sizes and pop the frozen block into the feeder to slowly defrost and stay fresher longer.