Proportioning Dry/Wet food.

**Karol** · 11th December 2009, 01:32 PM

True... But I've been trying to change their diet for more than a year now, and still there are too many kinds of meat they simply won't eat. Especially our house cat... She only eats steak and tuna fish; and apart from that she'd rather starve than eat any raw meat. I've tried all different kinds of meat; big pieces as well as meat cut to pieces with a mixer, and she still refuses to eat it. So I'm afraid that I'll have to stick with the combination part raw + part dry food - which is still better than only giving dry food or combining it with tinned wet food.

**WoodsideMaineCoons** · 11th December 2009, 01:47 PM

I couldn't agree more Carol - if one of mine wouldn't eat raw then there is no way I would try to force it! The fact that your cats have a varied diet is much better for them than being on a diet that they don't enjoy!

My mum's cats will only eat biscuits and felix pouches but they are all happy and healthy so it can't be that bad!!!

**Svetlana** · 17th January 2010, 01:06 PM

I see that questions at all factory owners identical all over the world. At us some veterinary surgeons, say that chicken necks can litter a stomach of a cat. What your opinion on it?

**LoopyKoonz** · 17th January 2010, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Svetlana

I see that questions at all factory owners identical all over the world. At us some veterinary surgeons, say that chicken necks can litter a stomach of a cat. What your opinion on it?

Hi Svetlana

can you explain a little more what you mean by litter a stomach? xx

**Svetlana** · 17th January 2010, 02:28 PM

Hello Louise! I can badly explain in English, excuse. Bones as dust in a stomach. So some veterinary surgeons consider.

**Svetlana** · 17th January 2010, 02:36 PM

Chicken bones. And my question: chicken necks are harmful to cats?

**LoopyKoonz** · 17th January 2010, 03:24 PM

Hiya,

I suppose they could be harmful to some cats yes but the breeders and cat owners who feed them do not seem to have a problem

i do not feed these though i do feed a part raw diet which has bone in it, but not full bones, they are processed down

x

**Svetlana** · 17th January 2010, 03:56 PM

Yes, Louise, I too do not feed the pupils with chicken necks. But I know that many feed with chicken necks. It is important to me to know opinion of skilled factory owners of cats. Thanks!

**misslinaoh** · 17th January 2010, 08:18 PM

We feed Lucius a mostly raw diet with a sprinkling of high quality dry so he can get some crunch on his teeth. We also give him a day old chick every now and then, and I have always wondered about the bones, but I guess in a chick they are really small..?

**Jasper&Bailey** · 22nd February 2010, 10:21 PM

I spent days reading, reading and reading more and more theories on foods for cats, my conclusion is that if you have the time then you should make your own cat food (B.A.R.F.)(I dont have this luxary) There are plenty of recipes from experience breeders available on line. Failing this all the 'experts' hate dry food. There views are down to what they would be eating in the wild and really they are right, dehydrated biscuit full of rice, maize, wheat etc is not something they would encounter other than what was in the prey items tummy. Dry foods have awful meat content as do most wet foods as if you read them e.g Whiskers, it's 4% meat, 81% moisture. Online there a full and frank accounts of what is going on inside these foods and calculations as to how to work it out.
I like the idea of a bit of dry food keeping there teeth healthy (like the bones of a bird would) although tiny amounts of biscuit stuck in teeth can be a big cause of dental issues long term. I feed my two MC's:
Natures Menu ---- Wet kitten food (70% Meat) (Genuine!)
Applaws ---- Dry kitten food (80% Meat) (Genuine, although it is obviously dehydrated!)
They have a tiny sprinkle of the dry in with the wet and have a regular supply of fresh food through out the day, I suppose it's little and often, there's not noramally any left!
I also use a large ceramic dog bowl with only an inch of water in it inside a huge metal dog bowl for the drink, this minimizes the splashing when they 'clear the leaves of the water!', another thing I have done was to go to B&Q and buy a large sheet of perspex for the area to protect the floor.
Hope this is of someone use to someone. Thanks, Gra'.