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

hi Bohemiannic - the only reason why I would feed Neevie differently from any other cat is because I regret not having enquired about feeding my previous cat properly before, not because she is a MC.
to my opinion, MCs feed exactly the same way as other cats - only more...

it is the first time I see the advise to give them raw chicken neck - the only reason I can see for this is that it is hard to eat, they have to go at it for hours to get the meat out, and therefore it might be best for their stomach because they eat more slowly? I don't know.... but that seems to be just for a treat? predominantly cat biccies is what the breeder says?
as per above, cats in general don't drink enough for their own good, they don't get thirsty when they get dehydrated, their body doesn't tell them - if they were fed predominantly on cat biccies they would become dehydrated... kidney problems could ensue...

Personally I try to not allow Neevie too much cat biccies - she prefers cat biccies but I try to not allow her biccies unless she's had some moisture in her during the day. Be it, if I've seen her drink - she likes to drink from the tap so that allows me to keep an eye - or I know she's eaten wet food from a can, or even chicken or fish, raw or cooked whatever I have at hand...

you'll see in the forum, some people prefer to feed their cats raw meat exclusively - it does look like a good way to do it, the concensius being that's what they'd eat in the wild - however my take on this is: in the wild, they don't have a choice. The first humans also ate whatever they could find, it doesn't mean that's what's good for them. It doesn't mean raw meat is bad for cats, I just mean I don't know what's best.

I only have 2 rules: as much moisture as possible, and as natural food as possible (no starch, no ash, and a minimum of processed)