Do you feed your cat wet food?

both.... usually always has dry food available.... wet in morning and in evening...

Mike C.

Hawkeye02 wrote:
What brands of both do you use?

Purina One sensitive systems kibble. My kibble-loving kitty has IBD, and Purina One works well for her most of the time. It's a boat we don't rock.

Canned -- Whatever is handy. If I'm in the pet store I pick up the "premium" stuff. If I'm at the grocery store or WalMart, I'll get some Fancy Feast or Friskies. They won't eat any of the other "grocery store" brands I've tried. I generally get an assortment of flavors. My male cat is finicky in that he won't eat the same flavor (or brand) more than a couple of days in a row, so I switch things up every can.

Our two elderly cats get free fed dry food and I split a small can of one of their favorite flavors (which of course varies by the week.. cats are like that, yes they are) between the two of them every morning. Since the dogs get some canned food mixed with their kibble in the morning it's only fair. :)

They have done very well health-wise with this arrangement... Blanca will soon be 17 years old (we've had her since she was a tiny 6 or 7 week old stray) and Mr. Higgins has been with us 4 years and is somewhere around 15-16 or so now.

Ours free feed on dry food ( a mix of digestive, oral care and age formulas).

They also get a third of a can of wet food every morning. It is more of a treat.

They all line up for it in the morning. Dolce will "remind" my MIL in the morning by sitting by her empty wet food dish.

Thanks, I was about to quit the wet food, but think I will keep on with both..now...question, What brands of both do you use?

Both. I do believe wet is best, and I'd feed only that if I could get my one kibble-lover on board with the idea.

We have 4 cats. They get mostly canned food. They get 10 to 15% raw meat. At night for a midnight snack, they each get a heaping TBs of high-end grain-free kibble from PetsMart. The kibble is a snack, not a meal.

Cats are very prone to urinary and kidney problems, they tend not to drink enough water, have been documented to drink less water on dry food, and so dry food really isn't a plus there. If I had a cat that had any issues that way, I'd certainly do everything in my power to get that cat on a wet diet, and add water to that.

That said, at this time, most of mine get a combo of kibble and raw. The 17 yo with weak kidneys gets canned (turned into soup) and kibble renal diet (she won't eat enough canned to keep her alive) plus a little lightly cooked red meat.

Our indoor cat ate nothing but dry for his entire 16 yrs life. No weight issues and no urinary problems.

I don't have a cat, but my son has 1 and daughter has 2. Per my son's vet, he leaves dry food out all the time and gives 1/2 small can of wet food at evening meal time. Refrigerates the other half for the next night. My daughter feeds only dry. Don't know if there is a right or wrong answer to your question.