My girl is fat. 16 pounds of fat. I knew she was fat but that is like excessive fat.
My vet recommended switching from dry food to wet because dry has carbs and wet has more protein. Also, going to wet would automatically take us from the "eat whenever you want" mealtimes (and she doesn't actually eat a lot, just a few mouthfuls a few times a day) back to the scheduled mealtimes of breakfast and dinner. Right now they eat
Purina Indoor Cat Chow and are fine with it. My male has hyperthyroidism and lost a lot of weight before we figured out something was wrong and started giving him medication, but before that he was a bit chubby. Other than his hyperthyroidism and her fatness, they're both perfectly healthy and the food is healthy for them. They also very occasionally get a few bites of an "all natural" (whatever that means anymore) food made from fish, though I did not buy it and don't remember the brand. It's a very recent thing that we only give them when my male is being obnoxious and won't shut up.
I'm not sure what to do because my first two cats were wet food meals only and they had urinary problems or somesuch thing due to "charcoal in the food," according to my mother. I know nothing about this because I was young when they died, though the first one was definitely put down due to a urinary infection (or she had one at the time and I don't remember the proper reason for her death, Idk). They were also brothers so I have no idea if it could have been genetic. They ate Friskies wet cat food. I've also heard that wet/dry food is worse for cats' teeth? Don't remember whether it was wet or dry.
I can always just call up the vet and/or go in again (and either way have to wait for 45+ minutes) to see what brands they recommend, it slipped my mind at the time. They'd probably just say the brands of food they carry are the best, anyway, and they're way too expensive for me to afford.
Soooo, what are your opinions on wet and dry cat foods? What brands do you use regularly and what have you tried? Any health differences you've noticed, like sleekness of coat, shedding, hairballs and throwing up, etc?
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