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

I've spent a lot of time reading up on this.

The best diet - raw food. Beaks, feathers, gristle, the lot.
Second best food - wet food with no grain and the proper mix of animal proteins e.g Lily's Kitchen
Third best food - dry food with no grain at all
Fourth best - all the other foods - IAMS, Hills, Royal Canin, Felix, Whiskas etc

What I actually feed my MC: Orijen dry food with 1/3 portion of Almo Nature tuna and whitebait in jelly a day. Any more wet food and he gets diarrhoea (and I have tried, I think, every wet food on the market). He won't eat raw food or Lily's kitchen and anything with grain in means a trip back to the vet for more steroids for his poor colon. I have discussed this with three different vets and we all feel that Sidney is healthier on this mix than any other that has been tried over the last 18 months, so I suggest you try things and see what works.

Our last cat died at 16 having eaten nothing but IAMS all his life. Up till the last 6 months he was in fantastic shape, but if I knew then what I know now I would never have gone anywhere near kibble with grain in - at the time I saw the adverts and thought I was doing the best for him. Basically, cats need to eat other animals, not wheat.

whiskas is the worst food which you can give to your cat. There is no meat inside, grain only. RC, Felix, Hills based on chicken meat with the extras like grain, spinach etc. It's mean, this kind of food is better than whiskas. Dry food without grain can be no tolerated by cat's in many cases and it's a big shame. I face with this problem all the time, because after no grain food my cats have a diarrhea always:( i decided on RC dry food have no problem in this time.

it seems I have finally managed to find a wet food my cooners can keep down. I started giving them a teaspoon full of Applaws chicken breast mixed in with purina sensitive a few weeks ago and they've now built up to 2 cans a day (the cans are tuna sized, not whiskas sized, and between 3 cats) and no sickness, yay! Hoping to see some results soon, Morris has definitely gained weight and I hope Mia will soon too.

here they are all scoffing..

Goldie have you tried to give a Animonda Carny as a wet food? It's in good price and high quality ingredients. My cat who had a stomach problem all the time, tolerates this kind of wet food.

Thanks for the suggestion, Berike, I've had a look and can get it online at zooplus but nowhere local. I had a stack of chicken to get through but will keep your suggestion in mind when I;m running low. Thanks again!

just a quick update.
I stopped feeding my MC's wet food and now just feed them Royal Canin MC food. I was talking to a lady at the pet shop about them sicking up food and it seems my boy MC is a pig and scoffs food down too quickly. This problem has now been eradicated completely by feeding this food as the kibbles are much bigger meaning he has to crunch them and can't eat as fast. Genius. No sick for 3 weeks!

I've now inherited my other half's moggie too bringing the total household to 4 cats - all of which eat the MC food.
Happy days.