Thread: Dry vs Wet food: What our Vet said and do you agree/disagree?

As I have said in many threads before I am a wet food believer through & through....... my boss who is a vet of the older school is also a wet food believer,all my animals have been brought up on tinned food with just a small portion of bikkies {RC,Hills or Sanabelle}
What did we feed our animals before biscuits came on the scene,think there was perhaps only two brands of cat food available way back then,I have worked at a vets for 40 years & never had half the problems that we see now before biscuits appeared,lots more cases of cystitis,overweight cats & now something that was very rarely seen diabetic cats too......
I know if you are a raw food feeder that they do recommend added taurine but also believe that it comes from meat & fish anyway so wether it is how it is derived from those sources I have to admit that I don't know,obviously the tinned food contains other parts of the animal involved where as raw food diet tends to be the straight forward flesh part,perhaps someone could come & tell us in easy to understand terms or otherwise it could mean some homework for us but all I know is that I have never had any problems wet feeding in well over 40 years,canine or feline.........x

hey Lollypop, I am also a wet food believer - only dry food as supplement, though Neevie-Coon-the-Pirate disagrees. When I first got her, the breeder's advise was :
1) only wet food for the first year - helps settles kidneys and all that -
2) and also it has to be wet food in jelly at least till the first 6 months because gravy would be too rich for a kitten
3) it's ok to avoid wet food alltoghether - contrarily to what the Iams add suggests, wet food being made of 70% water is a good thing! it keeps your baby hydrated!
(she also advised to feed her boiled chicken breasts and raw salmon as treats... Neevie totally agrees with that...)

Frazer hasnt arrived yet, but i will be feeding him wet food as well as fresh fish and a little biccies, but thats cos I have always fed my moggies that and havent had any problems. But I am a beginner with MC's so I dont know how we will get on, fingers crossed ! lol

As the wet vs dry food war rages on, I will play it safe and feed both. Ginger gets half a can in the am and the pm and all of the grain free dry kibble her heart desires. I have fed dry food for years and never had a problem with my cat's diets or health. One of my vets suggested a raw diet but neither I or the cats were down with that. I tried and they just would not touch it. Oh wells, I think we all have their best interest at heart.

Went to stock up the furries wet food larder this afternoon & although I always used to feed tinned Felix because it has gone up so much over the last 18 months have been feeding Classic,made by Butchers {now there is another pretty old name over here for animal foods} it works out at 45p a tin & there in big writing is "With added taurine" now how good is that...

OK, I just looked up on Amazon Buchers Classic .... 1 pound a tin! must be quality! where do you get your 45p ones, Jckkerrison!?

Originally Posted by Alekto

OK, I just looked up on Amazon Buchers Classic .... 1 pound a tin! must be quality! where do you get your 45p ones, Jckkerrison!?

Today we got it from Waitrose,have to say couldn't believe it as normally we do pay a bit more but it still works out cheaper than the Felix,needless to say we got a few packs....x
Will have to have a look & see if it is a better type....!

Nope same one can't believe that price is right have just checked Pets at Home & it is 48p a tin.....

This is our first MC and the breeder told us to feed her chicken or beef mince and cat biccies till her adult teeth come in and then raw chicken necks and cat biccies from there on. Also canned fish only once a week through her whole life. Our vet agrees with this diet, but said if Pumpkin slows down on the cat biccies to withhold the mince till she eats more biccies. Previously with moggies we have owned we have fed tinned food and cat biccies with a few treats of roast lamb or roast chicken and two of those lived to nineteen years of age.

Wow I had no idea what cat biccies were! I had to look that one up, thank God for Google. I feed Ginger a can of high quality food and all of the grain free dry cat food she wants and she is doing great! She is getting to be a big girl! 13# and growing!