Making The Switch From Wet To Dry Cat Food

July 28, 2010 · Filed Under Cat Tips 

I’m a loving cat owner and I endeavor to do what is best for my cat. She’s consistently enjoyed wet foods but recently started to shun away from it. My partner and i wondered what was wrong… could she have a stomach upset perhaps or does she simply no longer enjoy the flavor? A trip to the vets, which coincided with her annual vaccinations led to the finding that my much loved moggie had a huge build up of cavity enducing plaque and tartar on her teeth.  Furthermore, her gums were found to be so sore that they seemed to be practically on the point of bleeding! Needless to say, I was mortified. Our beautiful moggie had been avoiding hear meals due to the fact she was essentially in discomfort feeding on the stuff! Just what exactly can I do in order to remedy the situation? Well, the vet recommended that she might have her teeth cleaned tomorrow by the veterinarian nurse. However, he told me that this is often upsetting for anxious felines and never a thing that should be continued regularly.

He offered me a second solution, which if you ask me was much more straight forward and rather simple; to change the food I’d been supplying from wet food to dry. Now, I had previously regarded dry cat food as an second-rate choice. After all, I never consume dried up meat so just why should my cat? Nonetheless, it turns out that a high quality dry cat food is actually much better for a pussy-cat compared to stuff you get from a tin or foil sack. The coarse nature of dehydrated cat food basically works just like a tiny toothbrush in your cat’s mouth.

Therefore, I chose a big sack of dried poultry food and headed back home. I’d been unclear about exactly how my cat would respond but since she had received a good measure of painkillers along with a extremely empty stomach she barely seemed to detect the difference. Actually, she gobbled down the entire dish.  I have kept her on the dry food and now have discovered a great company who produces dry food crammed full of meats (cats require larger levels of protein than canines). Today, whenever I have her teeth checked the response is favourable. They’re much cleaner compared to before and the cat is significantly happier, therefore it’s dry food for our cat from today onwards.

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