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HELP DRY CAT FOOD BAD?????????!!!!!!?
Ok im concerned. I was looking for a good quality dry cat food, and this is what People have said:
"The rise in the use of dry food has also seen the rise in diabetes.kidney disease, crystals ect in cats. Take it from someone whose cat got diabetes from eating dry food. I have also worked on a feline diabetes board and have seen literally more then hundreds of examples of what happens to the blood glucose when dry food is fed and when a switch is made. Dry food is NOT better for teeth, most are loaded with carbs and corn that cats may have trouble processing and 95% of the moisture is zapped out of the dry during processing. I can give you a million other reasons."
"Technically no dried food is good for cats or dogs...when they drink water it causes the food to expand in their stomach's so should be avoided"
Should i not feed my kitties Solid Gold, or Blue Buffalo Dry food then? What if i buy a cat water fountain to entice them to drink more? Is dry food really Bad?
Yes I am afraid that a completely dry food diet is bad for your cat and I speak from experience - I have one cat with struvite crystals and another with diabetes (both having been adopted late in life and having had a predominently dry diet). Cats in the wild are not programmed to drink very much as they obtain most of the moisture they need from their prey. Domestic cats are no different and are notorious for not drinking enough. The combination of this and the grains/fillers and carbohydrates in dry food can be potentially life threatening. Dry food was invented for humans and not for cats. It doesnt smell as much as wet food, it is easier to leave out all day with no messy bowls and, because of the fillers (drop some dry food in water and see what happens), the cat eats less making the customer think it is good value for money.
Of course, not every cat fed a dry diet will die because of it, but you have to look at the facts (and the fact is that dry food is NOT beneficial for their teeth - they hardly even chew it anyway).
Unfortunately, I do have one cat who refuses to eat anything other than dry food so I am trying to switch her to Orijen which is completely grainless and is high protein/lo carb. If your cat does like wet food then research good makes on the internet (I use Bozita which is Swedish and is mostly meat, again with no grains/fillers).
A water fountain is a very good idea - all my 6 cats love theirs and it does entice them to drink more as it stays fresh and they seem to like the movement of the water.
I will get loads of thumbs down for this - I always do - as my opinion is that feeding a completely dry diet is simply lazy - a cat is a carnivore and needs MEAT not dry rubbish. There will be people saying "my cat is very healthy" and I sincerely hope that this continues but diabetes usually comes on later in life so there is every possibility that one day it might happen to their cat.
You have done your research well - trust what it is telling you.
Edit - Law L - No-one has said that the cat's stomach EXPANDS. It is the food which expands, making the cat feel full and hence it eats less and hence its cheap miserable owner thinks it is good value.
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