Cat Nutrition: The Food, The Bad & The Ugly: Part 1: Dry Food! 

I totally admire Jackson Galaxy for this! By shooting this video, he has blown off all chances of getting high-paying endorsements for commercial cat food companies. Yet, he chose to speak the truth for the cats’ benefits! Thank you so much!

Spend the extra $$$ on healthy food and meat... save ALOT later in vet bills and suffering. Been there, seen that. And thank you Jackson

PLEASE, Part 2 needs to be called, "Meat, Prey, Love"!

Learned this lesson the hard way when I adopted my current girl, Bug, 7 years ago. Had grown up with indoor/outdoor farm cats who were fed kibble, so naturally just assumed that kibble was the thing to feed cats. I bought the "fancy" kibble and thought she was getting the very best. Then at about 1.5 years old, Bug suddenly got very sick. Constant diarrhea and puking. We kept going back to the vet, who kept prescribing her meds that didn't help. Finally, he suggested giving her expensive Royal Canin "sensitive tummy" kibble. Horrible advice. The diarrhea became less constant, but was not eliminated. The big thing was she ballooned in weight. Put on 3 lbs in 3 months. She couldn't even clean herself anymore due to her weight. Then, because her back end was so badly burned from months of diarrhea, she developed a fear of her litter box and started holding her pee in for hours and hours, then having big accidents on the couch or the rug when she couldn't hold it anymore. It was horrible, and the vet was worse than useless to help us. I finally couldn't take it anymore, and started trying to find resources to help her on my own. Discovery one: if the cat experiences pain in her litter box, she may develop a fear of the litter itself. Rushed out and bought all new boxes and a new brand of litter that very morning as soon as stores opened. That cat was in the new box going potty before I even finished adding the litter. Her little face looked so relieved. Discovery two: cats literally cannot digest carbs. And what was that sensitive tummy cat food made of? Almost entirely plant material. WTF. No wonder she'd exploded in weight. Discovery three: kibble is terrible and totally species inappropriate. Spent days finding the perfect wet food and studying ingredient lists and calorie breakdowns so that her diet was measured to the last calorie going forward. Once we transitioned to quality wet food, she got so much better. But what I was able to eventually figure out (because I knew every ingredient she was eating and could track flare ups) was that the poor kid simply had food allergies. She had never been sick at all--just allergic to beef and other red meats. She suffered all those months and all those prescription pills I had to shove down her throat when all she needed was appropriate food. I was so mad at myself for not knowing better, the pet food industry for lying to us about what is good for our animals, and especially mad at that vet's total lack of awareness of cat nutrition or ability to help her in any way. Better believe we've got a different doctor now. Super long story short: feed wet food, and always know what your cat is eating.

Just switched my cats to wet food (had them on kibble for financial reasons, unfortunately) and I swear their coats have never been more soft and the dispositions more lovey and snuggly!

I’ve lived catless on this earth for 76 years. Tomorrow I pick up my first cat from his foster. Will skip the dry on your advice, and I’ll give him three mealtimes, no grazing. Treats for training, though. (If i invest the time and energy, I *ought* to get a treat, I’d say.)

I work at a pet supply store and this is exactly what I spend a lot of my time talking to customers about! LOVE this video💜🐱

Can you do a “how to switch from dry to wet?” Video for those who may want to switch. Also maybe include some low cost wet foods that are good quality that you recommend.

Got my first cat in years. She is a barn cat, was gonna feed her cheap kibble. Fell in love with her. She’s now a pet who lives in the bar, bought her better food. And now I’m watching cat videos. Oh my.

I had to take my female cat to the vet recently because she was suffering from a UTI and had crystals in her pee. She only eats dry food.I never knew this about dry food. This has been an eye opening experience. Definitely switching

I give my cat a handful of dry food to start her day with something different. Then wet food for lunch and dinner. With a fresh bowl of water each day she seems to really dig it.

Hey Jackson, I really appreciate this advice, but it's really hard to follow suit when all vets in my country tell otherwise. In my country, minimum wage is 600€ and 85G of good quality wet foot is around 1,60€. Times 31 days = 49.6€, times two (in my case) cats that's 100€ a month IF I feed 1 satchel of wet food a day for each cat. If they were to eat the advisory amount, it would be at LEAST 3 times a day, which would equal to half of a minimum salary. For that reason, I order wet food online so I can get it cheaper, but, inevitably, I have to feed them some dry food. For this reason, I opted for the highest quality I found of dry food available (Brand Royal Canin), which from what I understand, is still less than Ideal. It baffles me how much I am judged by the vets for not feeding ONLY dry food. They consider wet food as some sort of treat. Thanks to your advice, I am now feeding at least 1 satchel of wet food for each cat a day, but it's absolutely not sustainable to feed more than that a day, and I can only do that because I earn more than minimum wage. But for people who really do get minimum wage, it is absolutely unthinkable to spend ~130€ a month on cat food. For this reason, I ask you, what DIY options can we provide our kittens so they can have a healthier feeding? Maybe cooking something that I could eat and they could eat too? Feels super contradictory when I ask for vets advice and they laugh saying DRY FOOD IS ENOUGH, PERFECT AND NOT HARMFUL WHATSOEVER. I'd love your input on this.

Can you talk about cats who only like dry food and how to transition them to wet ?! My little one only will eat dry every time I give her wet she won’t eat it.

I am gonna give you a tip. If you still decide to give your cat dry food, becaus its just cheaper and more convenient as Jackson said, or maby you mix between dry food and wet food like i do, mix the dry food with a bit of warm water. My cat LOVES the water that is ”flavoured” by the food lmao. He drinks it all. I give him this in the morning and then i give him wet food in the evening. My vet also said this is a very good tip wich she is gonna recommend to people!🥰

We always gave our cats wet food but our one year old kittens have got overweight and the vet said we should be giving them dry only. So it's hard to know who to believe when the apparent experts tell us to give dry only! It's not even cheaper. The specialist dry food is incredibly expensive!

How about doing a video on cat treats. That is, if you haven’t already. Thanks.

Omg I can’t believe none of this was covered in all my training at pet supplies plus 😵 makes me want to get rid of all the dry food for all my friend’s and family cats

I'm a vet. My cat only gets canned food. No dry food at all!

I'm rewatching this again, and good golly Jackson. You're a real gem. This is genuinely pro-cat, educational, and funny! I needed a good laugh. I love this. Thank you!!!

I told one of the ladies at my cat's vet that we were switching her over to wet food, because I'd seen your videos about kibble being bad for them. She tried to tell me that cats need to eat dry food because it's better for their teeth. I was a little annoyed because after seeing your videos I've done my research and you are 100% right on most kibble being horrible for them. Since she's been on wet food she's much happier and less gassy lol. And she doesn't drink from her water bowl a billion times within an hour because she's getting water from her food too. I still have some of her old dry food, but I normally use it as treats or if she acts like I'm starving her between meals I'll give her a very small serving to hold her over for a bit. I also have some other treats that I give her maybe once or twice a day for dental health, but I don't like giving her dry food or treats besides those moments, and she seems to appreciate it lol.

I hate the pet food industry so much it's unreal. On top of not being very healthy, many major pet food companies have a history of their dry food causing seizures or other deadly reactions in pets, with no apparent cause (though I kind of doubt it's been properly researched). It's really frustrating how much harm we can cause our pets because of a lack of knowledge & companies that only care about profiting off cheap food. Thanks for the video!

My cat got an ulcer recently, stopped eating because of pain... I ended up switched her over to Rachel ray's wet food completely... And it saved her life. She didn't like my home made chicken meal, so I have to give her the expensive stuff. It can get really expensive, so I don't know if this is really practical for families who are having trouble feeding themselves during a pandemic.

I just had the same problem with my cat, terrible smell of her poop. I was told to get dry sensitive dry food for her. Now I want to switch to wet food for my cats I have two Russian blues rescues! Thanks Jackson

My family and I are getting prepared to adopt 2 cats. We decided to watch your videos to help us get ready and we have learned so much! I had planned to hide and cover litter boxes, not doing that now! Had planned to feed kibble, not doing that now! Thank you for educating us!

Damn it, I've been lied to for all these years. I've lived under the presumption my cat has been eating better, and more nutritiously than me

It's astounding how many people say they only feed dry, that their cats won't eat wet food...seems they're just too lazy to transition their cats into wet food

I was a "high quality" dry food feeder with all of my previous cats and I can't even count the ways that I regret that. I simply didn't know any better, and the vets never tipped me off either, even when they eventually came down with urinary problems, kidney stones, all of the hallmarks of the damage dry food does to a cat! My current cat has only ever had wet food (premium, real meat) and his physique, alone, is so completely different from my previous cats. He's quite petite for a tomcat, but he's so lean and muscular, even at a now lazy 3.5 years old, I am sometimes in awe. He has zero belly sag - zero! When I pet his back and shoulders it's all rippling muscles underneath. When he stands up you can easily see that he has a bonafide, grade A, rock solid, badonkadonk butt! And he sleeps about 21 hours per day - where can I get these genes?! Anyway, the difference is night and day. I won't know until he's a bit older whether this diet has done as much as I hope to avoid the "typical" urinary problems that my previous cats had. So far so good, though. I so wish we had a Jackson Galaxy spreading this knowledge about how detrimental dry food is for cats years ago. That would have saved my previous sweet boys a lot of pain and suffering, I suspect.

Why does dry food still exist then? Just because it's convenient to *us* ? Dry food should be banned.

dietitian here, just a quick aside, the glycemic index is the "unit" used to compare how fast a food will raise blood sugar. so saying a cat's glycemic index rises is incorrect. sounds like jackson just got a little mixed up in his words, but everything else is still sound info.

Man, I do not only agree totaly with wat you're teaching us all here - as a Cat Dad with over 50 years of experience I should know something by now too - but the way you present and tell it!! You're ACE boyo, so please DO keep up the good work and spreading the word; I wish I had your presentation skills (and looks too)! My little PiPi-puss sends you her love from over here in The Netherlands where cats are plentifull

I feed a combo of wet and dry purely because the dry food has a probiotic in it. We're still learning a lot about gut bacteria in humans but it's clear it's hugely important. I still believe wet food is a necessity, but I think the blend gets the best of both worlds. I feed my cats Nulo if anyone wants to look into it.

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What are your thoughts on adding homemade meat broths to add to their dry food? No sodium, just pure stock.

Your advice is good but not all people can afford the best food for their cats, so instead of a cat being on the road eating scraps it's better to have one or two and feed them dry food...

this video made me look at the bag of kibble i bought yesterday in disgust. what have we been feeding our beautiful queens

I'm watching this and crying. I love all four of my babies, but there's no way I could afford really good raw or canned food for all of them. One of them refuses to eat anything BUT kibble. We've tried filets, bits of turkey, soups, pate, EVERYTHING. She will ONLY eat kibble. We even prompted her with some baked salmon, nothing.

Jackson, thank you so much for sharing and educating us! So many dry cat foods claim to be nutritionally "complete" so they make you think its OK, will definitely be making the switch with our cat Bella. She goes through phases of being "off" the wet food we'd been feeding her so we ended up mainly feeding her dry which I now realise was a big mistake. Thank you so much again for highlighting something so important, you're the best! Now off to research the wet food options!

I'm so glad I saw this. My little guy is still 4.5 months and on wet kitten food. I was thinking about the canned food that you get from the vet when he gets a little older. I've heard good things. I'll also cut way back on the dry treats. He just started liking them so I've been leaving them out. Thanks Jackson!

Wow. I wish I knew this years ago. Last year, my long-haired domestic best friend, Hope, died of complications from diabetes. I let her nibble all day on dry food. I feel responsible for her demise. She was 16 years old when she passed. She would still be here if I had only known. BUT, at least I learned - and thanks to Jackson and all his videos and tv shows, I am much more knowledgeable. I waited a year to bring in another furry rescue, Chloee, a Maine Coon mix. She is 2 years old, and already needs to be on a diet! Thankfully, dry food will NOT be on the list! Thanks, again, Jackson, you helped saved my cat from an early demise.

All the veterinarians who have had my many generations of cats recommend me good quality dry food, they did not recommend wet food, and even less homemade food. My question is, what is happening with the vets? Why do they do this?

omg, I'm so excited about this and I need the rest of this series asap. love it!

Just as in humans, its the food that is making pets sick. If the human food sucks (chemicals, processing, sugar) you can imagine what trickles down to pet food.

It's not about ease. It's about cost. So expensive what food is omg. Super expensive to feed five of them. And they're not even mine. I just took them in temporarily hopefully. That said I do feed both. I'll soak the dry and water though I was doing that but I got mixed results.

Can you please bloody tell me why the vet said oh if you keep going how you’re going he is going to become obese … and then proceeds to advise that I get him royal canin dry food ….. like what Jackson galaxy ? Can we not trust vets ?

My cat won't eat wet food. Tried natural meats, both raw and cooked, and she turns away. I even tried Dr. Marty's freeze dried foods with same results. She simply loves her Blue Wilderness brand. She's 7 yrs. Norwegian Forest Cat and beginning to appear a little chubby. I regulate her daily servings. Short of starting a mice farm, I'm not sure what to do. LOL ! Any thoughts Jackson ? Thanks for the great video ! Look forward to part 2 !!

I believe that cats need both - wet and dry. The wet for meat and water and the dry for their teeth. I think the cronchin - especially a larger food kibble size helps clean their teeth. You can get a dental kibble. I also believe that most cats do self regulate their intake but there are a few that don't.

This video has people panicking... If your cat only wants to eat dry food, it is perfectly fine to feed it. I'd say look for a high animal protein content (no less than 70%). Dry food may increase the risk of certain diseases, but your cat will certainly not die from it. I also just read a study saying it may DEcrease the risk of chronic kidney disease. It's not that black and white.

I'm really not a fan of the idea of gore-ifying the production methods of dry food - I am pretty sure you could do this about anything, whether it's vegetables being fertilised with manure, or meat being harvested from living animals. Not all kibble is born equal, and 'processed' doesn't necessarily mean bad. Meat is produced via a biological process, as are plants. Industrial processes are generally safe and unproblematic, and cat foods which are certified as being 'nutritionally complete' have formulas that adhere to recommendations made by animal nutritionists who follow scientific evidence. Not RU-vidrs, not cat-behaviorists - but feline dietary experts who are following proven methodologies and informed by peer-reviewed research. It is accurate to suggest that domesticated cats are not as far removed from their ancestors as Dogs are, but it is also not entirely accurate to suggest that the feeding needs of wildcats are entirely applicable to domesticated cats, and come without problems. Even if you do feed your cat raw food, you'll still need to supplement it with processed formula/fortification to make it nutritionally complete - so you're basically still dipping into some of the same processes by which kibble is produced. The other aspect that isn't touched upon in this video is feline dental health. If you're not feeding your cat raw food filled with bones etc, their wet-food diet will probably be largely soft meat and jelly. The bottom line is if you're a responsible cat owner, you'll feed your cats a suitable amount of food for their age and size, you'll look at what goes into your cat food, and you'll make informed choices based upon protein content, nutritional completeness, and any specific dietary needs of your cat.

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My Vet told me dry food is not good for a cat's kidneys at all. He totally backs up what you say here. (Jackson, are you familiar with Hills' Science Diet cat food? If so, any comments?)

I agree that dry food may not be the best choice, however it really depends on the quality of the dry food. A lot are crap quality (the common commercial brands) but there are also some specialty brands of dry cat food that actually are high quality. I feed my kitty "Orijen Cat & Kitten" and the first 10 ingredients are fresh or raw meat ingredients, no byproducts, no wheat, no corn. I also mix in some wet food & a bit of extra spring water to make sure she's getting enough water for at least two of the total daily meals (I feed her 3-4 meals, she's still a growing kitten) and replenish her drinking bowl with clean spring water frequently.

As an endocrinologist (a doctor who specializes in endocrine disorders like diabetes mellitus) I have to comment that the slide at 6:35 "Carbohydrates greatly increases the glycemic index in cats" is plain wrong. Glycemic index is a characteristic that is ONLY applied to food, specifically it's ability to increase blood sugar. Feeding carbs to a cat won't cause THEIR glycemic index to rise, rather it will cause their BLOOD SUGAR to rise as you mentioned several times correctly. Alternatively, it can be stated that dry cat food with a lot of carbs increases the glycemic index of that food to a high level that is inappropriate for the cat relative to their natural diet.

Vet says the bigger kibble is good for their teeth, then internet people say it's a myth. Vet says dry food is fine if the cats drink water and are active, internet people say dry food will ruin your cat. This is why i have trust issues. In the end feed your cat what you want and what makes it happy, but maybe feed it less so it keeps a healthy weight. With the amount of comments on cat food videos of people who fed their cats dry food for the 20+ years they were alive and well, take everything you hear on the subject with a grain of salt. Keep your cats active, the rest is secondary.

All of the vets I've spoken to in the Netherlands say dry food is fine, as long as you get ones that are tailored for your cats lifestyle. My cats are indoor cats so they get fed Hill's or Royal Canin's Indoor dry food. Vets say this has the required nutritional values as it's made specifically for cats. They do strongly recommend not getting cheap cat food though.

I have fed my cat the Royal Canin British Shorthair dry food for his entire life. He has been very healthy. However as soon as I started giving him wet food, his health worsened. Especially his teeth. After a vet visit, we were actually advised to stay way from wet food because in the process of eating dry food, the chewing of the hard kibble results in the kibble helping scrape the build up of bacteria off the teeth. So what do I do? Everywhere I look, everyone is saying that dry food is bad. However every vet has told me that my cat is very healthy and even suggested to keep to dry food!

These videos are INVALUABLE. I feel so bad for feeding my precious girl dry food only diet, after my vet told me that was what was best as it "cleans their teeth" I'm so angry that I trusted someone to give me honest advice, and instead they told me to do something that I now know, causes harm to cats. Thank you, Jackson. I'm going to watch every single video of yours because I truly trust you and think you know what you're talking about. Much love 🐈❤️

I’m not saying he’s wrong here, but I think there’s a flaw to the argument that the nutrition an animal gets in the wild is what’s best for their health and longevity. Evolution doesn’t select for traits that enable an animal to live to old age, it just needs them to get to reproductive age and Do that successfully.

Hi Jackson, I feed my cat an expensive brand of wet food (Encore) once a day and then give her also a bit of a medium range expensive dry food (Scrumbles), which she really likes. The analytical constituents of the dry food are: 36% protein, 21% fat content, 2% fibre, 9% inorganic matter, 0.5% omega 3, 2.9% omega 6. The composition is: 75% chicken (34% dehydrated and 30% freshly prepared chicken, 8% chicken fat, 3% chicken liver), 19% rice, 2.7% dried alfalfa, 1.5% salmon oil, 0.4% dried cranberries, 0.07% dried carrot. It's gluten-free, and from my understanding also low carbs. I thought this was a good meal, but now I'm not sure anymore 🤔

What if my cat literally refuses everything but dry food? (And I've tried to get him to eat wet food multiple ways)

My cat sticks her nose up to canned food.

I think cats are not the only ones who come straight out of the desert because jackson looks really good as a cowboy 🤣

Now what about puzzle toys? Most of them are only for dry food. I’ve been feeding my cat dry food at bedtime in his puzzle toy

As great as all the information is with the abundance of cats there are in rescues or strays we need to just encourage people to adopt and provide a loving home where the cat is loved and fed.

I did notice my cat got fat when I started her on dry food. Now that she switched to wet, her weight dropped tremendously. I wish she would stick to the raw diet. She would starve most of the day cos she prefer canned wet foods.

My vet says high quality kibble is better than raw (risk of contamination with raw); and says can food is the leading cause of tooth decay. I'd advise people to listen to their vets about this, not a person on the internet. My mom has had several cats through the years and the ones that lived well into their mid to late teens, all fed on high quality kibble. This is my first cat, and I'm only feeding high quality kibble. And please, look for a common sense type of vet. We've met with some vets that want to do many test and procedures and charge thousands of dollars, when my mom's common sense vet looked at the symptoms of her cat, maybe ran a couple of tests (usually not), and we started treatment and her cat recovered and was fine.

We give our cats both dry food from an automatic cat feeder, along with some wet food for dinner. They will eat the dry, but meow in happy anticipation for their wet food. And they have remained between 11 and 12 pounds which their vet has been happy about. I think the main thing is using the automatic feeder which limits their total intake to a certain amount, and thus cuts down on grazing.

My GF mom feeds her cats Iams orange bag. The one, pancake lived over 20 years. Her current, boo is 19. She does get wet, treats, etc. But to say dry food kills cats is INSANE. Mix it up. They will ALWAYS eat wet over dry. Love you Jackson. But gives your cats WATER, clean bowl of water is 2x more important than any food.

I hear you Jackson but what do we do when we get this advice from you and the vets say feed dry only (well at least mine does) I am now thoroughly confused. If I let my cat guide me all the little bugger wants to eat is dry food but if I dictate he is forced to eat wet. See my predicament. Trust you or ignore my vet.

Any time my cat eats something other than her prescription dry food she barfs :( I tried slowly adding wet and all types of high quality wet foods and nothing worked, not sure why tbh

Ugh, I'm unfortunately in a sticky situation where the pandemic has severely cut my income, so I've had to start adding kibble into my cat's diets (it's just generally so much cheaper per serving compared to high quality wet/raw food) It's still mostly raw or canned, and the kibble is as high quality as I can possibly can find, but it's still such a bummer.

My cat vomits after eating wet food or raw meat. She can only have dry food and treats, yogurt and papaya. She loves wet food and meat, but she will vomit 5 minutes after eating.

This video is honestly a great help! I just adopted a kitten a week ago, so it's good to know these things early on. Jackson is the kitty guru. My Umbry prefers to eat wet food anyway lol, but sometimes I'll use very little dry food in interactive food toys as treats. Umbry also LOVES churu lol. I don't free feed him and he memorized his feeding schedule, tho he can be really sassy about it sometimes 😂

I agree 100%, however, I'm out to work for at least 12 hours and so in order for my cat not to starve I place a bowl of dry food, and then when I come back I play with her till she is ready to eat and feed her wet food.... Do you recommend any other approach?

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I'm studying to be a pet nutritionist and it greatly pains me every time I see the "cat eats same dry cereal everyday" memes

What about Royal Canin dry cat food as recommended by the vet? And what if the kitties in my house have it soaked in water for five minutes, and drink water frequently? My dad drains the water out of the food bowls once the kibble is done soaking. I could ask him to keep the water in. I don't have a job and can't support the kitties myself--my dad has said that the canned cat food is too expensive, but I know that Sophie and Amelia crave it. They have canned food once in a while but still eat the dry nuggets... I just want to know if my babies are okay.

my cats are on a half wet (canned) half raw diet, but they don't tolerate brushing very well and I sadly simply don't have the hour to spend every day trying to brush all of their teeth - and my vet comments every year how there's plague build-up on their teeth and I should incorporate more dry food to clean their teeth... Does anyone have any good ideas on what to do?

One of my senior kitties take THYROID Medication. Another just had her FORTH surgery to remove cancer . Vet said that was the best he could do. I WASN'T READY to give up on her. Retracted her eyeball Last resort to do Everything I can. SO FAR SO GOOD Cancer hadn't returned 🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️

All-dry is bad, i agree. As a vet tech i've been taught that a 50:50 diet is ideal though, as long as the food is of high quality. I feed my Bengal kitten Purizon to graze on and Animonda Carny as wet food in the morning and evening. Sometimes, he gets a portion of raw chicken to gnaw on. The breeder I got him from feeds her cats the same dry food. Bengals have a sensitive digestive system. Both food choices are grain free and contain mostly meat, muscle, bone and organ with some water mixed into it. In case that doesn't hydrate him enough I have a very fancy drinking fountain for him. I personally don't think we can compare house cats and raw cats when it comes to diet anymore. I also doubt that raw cats in the wild don't suffer from any nutrient shortages. A lot of research has been put into high quality dry food and that's not for nothing. Just saying.

Well, that cooking process is disgusting.

Jackson explains the cooking process and asks 'why do cats like it?'. Me: puts on full screen, turns up volume and leans in close...

Dry food does not have to be bad!!! My cats are 9 in april, they are healthy and fit. They love dry and no free feeding. They eat 5 times a day, they have water at all times. Some days they get one meal wet. Why so little wet? They dont eat it and I dont like to throw out food all the time. I buy dry that is grainfree, no sugar, no color, no adatives, high in meat and I mix different ones together, so they dont get only one kind of food. I also only buy food that has taurin in it. As a treat they get fresh beef or turkeymeat and they go out and hunt mice, eat gras, love the catmint and are happy and healthy and not to fat. And they dont have probs with there gums, no plack. In all the years not one cleaning needed. They are checked once a year by the vet.

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I just wanted to add a quick comment here. I am so happy you have given such an informative video on dry cat food . I work with diabetic cats and many are on dry food . We encourage changing them to canned pate to help try to get them regulated!

No wonder the boys get antsy as soon as the weekend is arriving. They get fish in the evening from Friday to Sunday, and Sofus in particular is especially obstinate about it.

We used to feed our cats a wet meal and a dry meal each day, but after a while they both started refusing the wet food, yet still eating the dry. Eventually, we stopped buying the wet food, though we do try it once in a while, they still always choose dry. But our cats are odd...they actually like fruit, particularly blueberries, strawberries and bananas.

Don't a ton of veternarians and veternary nutritionists out there say that kibble is just fine, and that kibble fed cats will simply drink more water to compensate? I mean, there are ample examples of 20+ year old 100% kibble fed cats

I have a 9 week old kitten and he only goes through 1 wet pouch a day. I give him like 10-20 grams of kibble in between, is that still bad? Also I’ve heard some say some try food might be good for their dental health? What is the crack with that? 😊

i didn't know any of this. I have been free-feeding high quality dry food to my cat his entire life. To be honest i've never had one single problem with that. He don't leave my home, he has never been ill and he is a beautiful but skittish old cat now. Lately he started to regularly throw up what seemed to be the dry food so i called a friend who is a veterinarian and asked for guidance. I do notice when he gets something that is not dry food, like tuna or chiken, he really likes that, but he can be picky or fussy with food. I've been giving him almost only chiken the last few days and he's not super into that either it seems. I've also bought some special food for stomach issues which is like wet food and he is absolutely crazy about it, maybe i should try wet food. However, should i change his diet at this point in his life? he's like 16 year 's old. Also, should i try to feed him raw food? will he take it good if he has never eaten raw meat in his entire life?

My cats are not fat, they love the crunch of kibble, drink plenty of water, and have great teeth. They get some tuna as a treat, but mostly kibble. The starving kitten I just took in won't eat wet food, either. She ate enough Hills Science Diet chicken flavored urgent care food to stay alive, but didn't start to eat enough to gain weight until after a week when I started offering her kibble moistened with water. I tried half a dozen flavors but she just wasn't interested. 🤷‍♀️

Handily, my cat does not like dry food at all. He is all about the meat - any meat.

What about prescription diet dry food? my boys are getting the royal canin urinary s/o dry food and wet food in the morning (with extra water). I would LOVE to switch to wet food only, but one of my boys had a scary urinary blockage years ago and since then they're all on the diet food. It's crazy expensive, ($100 per 17lbs bag!!) but I do it since my vets throughout the years recommended it. And no, I'm not buying the food from them, so they don't benefit from it. They said, the cats would build up more tartar and possibly lose weight. I'm confused. Any advice?

The Canadian Veterinary Journal disagrees with this video: See the publication: "Dry foods and risk of disease in cats" by C.A. Tony Buffington

Interesting. I buy both, it’s true, but when you have multiple cats, buying can food it’s expensive.

Thank you Jackson! It all makes sense now. When I fed my cat dry she’d come for a drink like 3+ times a day. Now I feed her raw she barely comes for a drink.

Thanks for this, Jackson! i've always been curious if dry food was actually good for cats...so definitely interested in this series!

My cat eats little wet food but loves his dry food. When we first brought him in, our vet suggested a certain brand of wet food. He wouldn't touch it. My vet is of the opinion that they will eat if they are hungry enough. Yeah.. my cat went on a hunger strike. I did have a woman behind me in line at a pet store who told me she was told to try mixing a little bit of baby food into the wet food to entice them to eat it. Not sure if that would help anyone or not. I work really long hours and would hate not having a little something for him to nibble on, if need be, when I'm not there. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Well... where I live most people feed their pets with wet food, the vet told us we are changing the genetic of these animals and most of them are losing all their teeth very early in their lives. (I actually met a dog with no teeth and her owner said she fed him wet food mostly and the vet told her that was the reason). We use to give our cat a very expensive food brand good for her teeth, her hair was shining and nice, we give some dry treats as well, most of her teenager life was like that. dry food was always available. them now she is 3 years old and we started to introduce some wet food, she is shading hair like mad and seems that she is always hungry. I'm in the process now of switching to a better brand of wet food and see how it goes. I don't want to completely switch her diet to a "wet moisture mash potatoes like food" I believe she should use her teeth, and she is in fact still nibbling on her dry food during night time mostly. I believe that is good for her, or ... we should admit cats are hunter and just feed her birds and mice, as you would with a snake.

I've been feeding my indoor cat three meals a day; two of high quality wet food, and one of high quality dry food for sterilixed indoor cats and that's supposed to have low carbs. Not low enough, though, so often I give only half of the recommended daily portion at the dry food meal. (I don't free-feed.) And he hasn't gained weight at all it seems, in about three years of this combination diet and relatively consistent meal times. The thing is, I'm hesitant to give the dry food portion up because the dry food I've chosen has tons and tons of added nutrients and even something that's supposed to actually help keep the urinary tracts balanced and healthy, as in goods that I'm not entirely convinced even high quality wet foods have. I mean, they do have added nutrients too but it looks like the dry food in question has sooo much more. I honestly doubt it's reasonably possible to scarp all that stuff together as suppliments to add to the wet food meals. What I add to one of the wet meals is half a tea spoon of fish oil for Omeaga-3, if we're out of the dry food. He does drink quite a bit of water any time after he's done with his dry food meal. Not all the time but just once or twice some time after whilst on days he doesn't get dry food he doesn't drink necessarily at all. Still, I'm worried that even that one tiny dry food meal might hurt his kidneys in a long run. I'm taking a look at that raw feeding video but I have two cats, and one of them suffers from the typical tooth disease requiring expensive vet visits, so I doubt I can afford that diet type.

Thankyou for sure..my cat loves real poached meat that's wet..18 yrs old n no kidney stones or constipation 😃