Cat Nutrition: The Food, The Bad & The Ugly: Part 2: Wet Food! 

When you said you would rather my cat eat the worst wet food than the best dry food, that really opened my eyes.

Me looking at my 3 cats like "yall just got more expensive didn't you"

I find it funny that I am watching all these videos trying to give my cat the healthiest and best while I am here eating sweet popcorn

“Let’s get right into it, shall we?” After 3 minutes of effing around in a cowboy costume 😂❤ lol I love it.

i tried to do the switch slowly, Wet food at every meal instead of just breakfast and dinner, and more of it. after the first meal Reese stopped even looking at the dry food lol. Her personality has changed drastically, she now comes and sits on the couch with me and is much more into play time. i'm glad i took Jackson's advice

If you don’t mind could you maybe talk some about what brands you recommend and how to interpret labels? I’m curious.

"Unless they're being fed by six neighbors." I look over and give my kitten Peach a look. She is being fed by at least four neighbors. She has worked the system.

A good tip for people looking at "what food to get" is to look at what country the food was produced in. Singapore, New Zealand, Canada all have higher restrictions for the quality of ingredients put into their food. That's not to say all US brands are terrible but it is something that can definitely help narrow it down.

Please make a video on homemade cat food recipes

I didn't realize for the longest time that dry food was the only reason why my cat was chunky. She has been on a all wet food diet for 6 months and she's lost 2.5 pounds at 9 years old! I also took her to get her bloodwork done and she was perfectly healthy! I think was only a matter of time that she would have been diagnosed with diabetes if I didn't make that change ❤

The comment about cats reversing diabetes by changing to wet food is absolutely accurate! I had a cat 20 yrs ago who was diagnosed with diabetes at age 10. I got her off the dry food immediately and switched her to a wet food diet with very very low carbs…we got her blood sugars down to normal levels and got her insulin down to 1/2 unit once a day from 3 units 2x a day. That was the only change… I also tested her using a human glucometer to only give her insulin when she really needed it and in the amount she actually needed versus just blindly shooting her up 2x a day as the vets would have had me do back then. Also my old vet was trying to get her to switch to hills science diet DM dry food. When I looked- the carb levels were as high as the original kibble I was feeding her and the ingredients list was terrible, so I didn’t change her diet to what they were recommending. I managed her diabetes until she passed at age 16 1/2 not from diabetes. Thank you for this awesome video. I wish back when I first had my kitty that I knew then what I know now about food…

I have been feeding my cats "high quality" dry food for most of their lives; I have always considered myself a responsible owner; this video convinced me to change, and change fast (well, as fast as you can be when it comes to switching a cat's diet!). I now realize that no matter how "high quality" a dry food may seem, it's not the way to go. I can't make up for lost time that I spent feeding dry food, but I will certainly make it so they never eat it again!

A miracle is taking place in my home. For the last four years I tried to switch my cat to wet food now and again. She has always loved kibble way better, wouldn't even touch some wet food. After the last video, I was like: that's it. We are switching, no matter how long it takes. It hasn't even been that long, but for two days she leaves the kibble and prefers the wet food! I didn't think this would ever happen. I am so happy for her health! I now know she only likes the pieces or strips, no pate or mousse. And only sauce or bouillon, no jelly. And she seems to like chicken a lot and sometimes fish. Well, my princess, whatever you want, as long as it's decent quality wet food. The kibble is out!

When my cat was diagnosed with feline diabetes 16 years ago I changed half her food to wet and her insulin was cut in half. She lived to 16 years. I appreciate this series and I am now considering transitioning my kittens to a wet food diet. Of course, I haven’t watched the raw video yet. Thank you for helping me be a better cat mom.

I recently lost my bestie, a sweet loving 55lb Chow/Shepard mix rescue. I'm realizing that I really want another pet, and my current life situation favors cats over dogs. I'm learning all I can, and I want to have a nice set up/budget/plan before I adopt. I haven't had a pet cat in 24 years! There's so much new and better information out there now! Thanks for all the videos, I'm really enjoying them!

Can you plz as well tell us about the food portions a cat at each age should take?🥺

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on keeping their teeth and gums healthy

I had to laugh at the chicken feet thing. He's kind of looking down on chicken feet as an animal byproduct, but where I live, people would be like, "How could you waste chicken feet by putting them in cat food? They're delicious!"

I’m incredibly thankful for this video. In 2020 I had to put down my 7 year old cat who had FIV and diabetes and was overweight. Vet recommended me an expensive diabetic kibble, and taught me to give my cat insulin several times a day. Nothing was working, sugar levels were over 700 and my cat was suffering so I put him down. I’m now adopting two kitties, a Ragdoll and Maine Coon in June and happened to watch this video of you saying wet food was the answer. I wish I came across this video last year while my cat was alive, I wish I thought to try a wet food only diet... But now I’m so grateful that now I know to set my kittens on the right path, to stay away from dry food. THANK YOU!

WARNING: Ever since we watched this video, my cat hasn't touched her dry food. Jackson told her to go on a diet and she demains it now! Also as a diabetic doing keto I think his recommendation should be called "kitto"

Hey Jackson, thanks for another great video. Just wondering if you could talk about age appropriate diets - what's the difference between kitten/adult/senior foods & are they really necessary? 😸 thanks dude, love ya!

Thank you. Saving cats & vet bills.

Why is there no mice flavour cat food?

I was under the misconception that my kittens NEEDED dry food, I'd mix small portions of "healthy" dry food with wet food. My cats had snubbed dry food, I had to mix it in with their wet food and worried when they were hardly eating it. My cats are now fully off dry food. I'm glad I saw Jackson's videos to verify that dry food wasn't needed at all.

A cat I had got crystals in his urine. Had to have emergency surgery--cost me an arm and a leg. I was told at the time to switch him to a prescription diet, which was also dry. (Amazing, this is what they prescribe.) I did my own reading. Padfoot thought raw was poisoning him, so I ended up feeding him a good quality canned, and he never had a return of the crystals (they are said to be more likely to get after getting once). If Jackson reads this, I think it would be good for him to talk about how they use these prescription diets. From what I understand they can be just as bad as what any other dry.

My twin cats have been on raw since they were kittens: they’re five years old now, sleek and extremely active. They eat two small meals a day (breakfast and dinner) but in between, they don’t want anything else. The most important thing (especially since we live in a compact condo) is that the litter rarely smells. The raw diet makes everything so much better for all of us, although it’s shocking how many vets try to push their dried foods on us. I’ve found a good vet now who is on board with the diet. Thanks for all the info, Jackson: I can now easily send it to other cat friends who don’t understand why I’m such a weirdo about the raw diet.

I’m so thankful that I discovered you. You are making me a much better pet companion. Thank you from Dexter (about 19), Truman (about 8) and myself (young at heart)

Thank you very much, Jackson and community! This is really important info and I appreciate it a lot. Much Love to y'All

Thank you Jackson! I just adopted 2 kittens and they've been eating a combo of wet and dry food. I'll be slowly removing the dry food now

I got a beautiful long haired kitten a month ago and have been watching all of your videos! Thank you Jackson 😊

Fantastic Jackson! Thank you so much for always finding ways to educate cat lovers every where!

Even to wet food I'd like to add a little bit of extra water, turning it into a stew or soup. Guess what? My cat likes her food even more!

Thanks Jackson for this video. Lots of people are feeding their cats the wrong way and you are contributing to educate them. A fan of yours from Italy.

Please keep in mind that there are wet foods that, because of the composition, are only supplemental, not whole foods

Thank you Jackson for this information. Waiting for that vid on how to switch. much love.

Jackson - A big step to choose love for cats over commercialism - those big companies to go against take courage, and I really appreciate that you are able to take the stand you do in order to keep out cats most healthy. Thank you. Mine have eaten straight meat since young, and I hope to have less vet bills and most important to have them feel and look their best! Thank you, again. Appreciate the bravery!!!

I've been waiting for you to make this videos! I don't have a Cat yet but when I do I want to know exactly what the best diet for them is going to be. I can't wait for the third part to come out!!! ❤️

I did a lot of searching for a good, but affordable, wet food after the last video. I found that Wholehearted (Petco brand), is actually really good. Tiki Cat seems like a great food to work towards. ☺️ I want my Emrys to be happy and healthy. 😺 Thank you so much Jackson. 💜🤗😻💜

Thank you so much for this video series Jackson! As others have pointed out your "I'd rather your cat eat the worst wet food than the best dry food" statement was a real attention getter and it inspired us to begin removing dry food from our kittens diet. Our kitten was 100% on board with this change and as soon as we started adding more wet food she refused to eat any more of the dry. We thought this transition would take a few weeks but ended up only being a few days. We're now about 1 week in to 100% wet and we're surprised at how many things have not only changed but changed for the better. The "zoomies" are a good example - these are now mostly right on schedule which makes them so much more enjoyable and easier to manage.

Im so glad i found your channel, im getting a kittie, and i learned a lot about what type of food to give him thanks to you. Thanks man

For those wanting good brands, Tiki cat, Weruva, My BFF are some good ones. Any brand that has ingredients with mostly meat and not the added junk in the can. Also, consider Stella and Chewy's dehydrated raw, where all you have to do is add water to make it a complete diet. Another option is to check out your local pet store's freezer section. This is where I discovered Carnivora, a local company who sells whole-prey raw patties from humanely raised animals.

I would love to see a video of your daily routine with your cats or cat☺ Thanks for the video❤

Thank you for the food advice. We've taken dry food off the menu here for our kitty named Sir. He stopped being a fussy eater and finishes all his wet food instead of turning his nose up at it. He also likes trying new flavors now. His coat and muscle tone have improved too. Love the channel.

Jackson, you have helped me and my little kitty cat out so much with her health. I'm just watching her munch down on some lovely wet meat, from her plate, at her new set meal time and I'm so happy. I can feel that she is happier! Working my way through your videos to see how I can improve her indoor life even more. Thank you so much, you're an angel! 💕

im planning on getting a kitten in a couple weeks and this channel has seriously helped a lot!

Love this series can’t wait for part 3!

I appreciate your videos 😊 I'm a first time kitty Mama and your videos are educational and helps me better understand my fur baby 💕 much love

Happy holidays Jackson 🎄🎅🤶 I just adore you and wanted to wish you a very merry christmas! Thank you Cat Daddy 🐈❣️☺️

Thank you, I remember growing up when we had two cats and all we did was give them wet food, I don't even remember having dry food

there is a Happy Forest of ferals in BC that have some Chonks, you should meet up with Tiny Kittens if you ever end up in Canada, the founder is known around the world for her work with feral kitties, TNR, pregnant mommas giving birth to their last litter, adopting out the kittens and the ferals that decide that living with people is not so bad. the Happy Forest colony is around 400 cats counting all the kittens rescued or born at the shelter, and all are well cared for and fed every day

Thank you so much for the video! I really like this series!

I'm a first time cat guardian, you're videos have helped me connect more with Ricardo. Made me fall more in love with cats. Thank you Jackson!

This is so helpful. With our 6 month old kitten, I got distressed when she started refusing all wet foods. She WOULD NOT EAT. And i know that's dangerous for cats so I found the best dry food I could and she devoured it. I was just so relieved to see her eat that I stopped trying to go back to wet food. Well, now she's gained a LOT of excess weight and I'm slowly weaning her off of the dry and back to the wet. She seems more receptive now.

I did the same thing to myself, I went from a high carb diet to a fat and protein based diet. I can confirm, fast swapping can be very unpleasant. But the end result is a much healthier feeling life.

Just watched the dry food video. Very much an eye opener for me thank you G Jackson.

Getting it Jackson...... thank you. Wow......so glad you are there!

Thank you for these videos, I did always wondered how good could be wet food vs dry food (I think a natural diet is the best option)

Tbh an in dept guide on reading wet food labels sounds super handy. Or just a "het these are great use these

Thank you for sharing this to the world so we can all have happy healthy cats and kitties. 😘😻🤗

HeyJackson, Just wanted to thank you for saving so many lives (kitty lives) ! You're making the world a better place.

I wonder what Jackson feeds his cats.

I love feeding my cat wet food. It's one-on-one lovin' time..All love & Mojo to ya💖

Thank you JG youve helped me and my cat so very much, were so thankful 😊👍💓

I learned so much !!! Thank you !! God bless you Jackson 🙏❤

Just started my babies on all wet food katkins style! After struggling with urinary issues resulting in him having to be cathetered 😭! Even with the “prescription” dry cat food it wasn’t working for him and he would still have horrible issues. Switched him to katkins even when my vet told me not to and told me it would kill him. Overnight he was better just by his personality. Got a ph testing litter to make sure he’s still balanced and he looks perfect. He seems like he feels so much better and all his uti symptoms immediately went away!! Even my mean anxious girl cat immediately was so much nicer and calmer all the time. It hasn’t been very long so I’m excited to see if my 2 overweight cats loose weight on all wet food.

I am so interested in cutting out dry food now for my two boys after watching these two food videos 😳 but would love to know more about a proper balanced wet food diet for sure!

These videos have been so helpful!! I just adopted a 4 year old kitty from someone about a month ago. The people I adopted him from free-fed dry food and gave wet food only once in awhile as a treat. I've always been a wet food feeder and started feeding him four smaller meals of wet food throughout the day and while I've left out some dry, he's barely touched it and seems very happy with his new meal plan. I'll probably get rid of the dry altogether and just give a small treat in the evenings before bed. Your other video on how to read a can label really helped as well and I feel much more educated on what to look for! Thank you so much!!!

Thanks for the video. Its all been very educational. This will help a lot of cat owner's who were never thought the differences of dry and wet cat food.

Totally eliminated dry food from our cats diets since part 1. They are happy and their post meal behaviour is more normal. Sleep it off, wake up with energy.

Food is such an important topic when it comes to cats. Last year my cat was sick for almost 2 months with a UTI and my Vet told me that it was most likely caused by her diet. Most cat food doesn't have nearly enough quality meat that cats need and companies often will add sugar to their food so that cats will get hooked on the food more easily so that owners will buy more of their product. She said that most cat food is basically equivalent to cat junk food and will cause harm to your cats health in the long run and have them develop kidney and teeth disease early on from all the sugar, additives and wheat that doesn't benefit their health. I was seriously heartbroken when i heard of these tactics that companies have, to trick owners into buying their products and ever since then switched to a brand that is only slightly more expensive, but doesn't have any additives, grain and is 68% made up of pure meat and my cats have never been better. I would rather pay a little bit more on their food beforehand, than all the bills at he vet when they come down sick, not to forget that being sick reduces the quality of your cats life and sometimes also goes unnoticed. Ever since i had that incident and learned about this, i've been actively sharing this info to all cat owners i know, because often times brands will make us feel good about buying their brand and tell us how good their product is for our pets, when in reality we're basically feeding them junk food everyday and setting them up for health issues. So please, I know some people don't have the budget to spend a lot of money on cat food, but please try look for food that has no sugar or salt, taste enhancers, grains, conservation additives and most importantly look for a high meat percentage (at least 60%) and little to no fish- or meatmeal which is often used so they can use less meat to save money on production. It might not be possible to find a food that fits your budget and checks off all these things, but i hope you at least look at the ingredients and reflect on what you're actually feeding your cats, because it often does more harm than we expect from the way brands advertise it. In the end tho, i guess Jackson still says it all, bad wet food is still better than good dry food.

Love these videos!! I feel like I will be a much better cat owner bc of everything I've learned from your channel over the years!!

So thankful for this video! We’ve been doing part wet and part dry but will be switching to wet only!

Have always fed my cats dry food, and wet food was their treat! How wrong I was.

Love this series, can't wait for Part III, and even looking more to "How to transition your Cat from Dry to Wet Food" . As a Boomer who has always fed her cats dry, can you please answer some additional questions. How much to feed them? How long you can leave the food out? How often to feed cats based on their age? I know older kittens are every six hours, but what about mature cats? I sleep 8 hours minimum, how does someone handle nights? if we are supposed to feed them every six hours. I don't like the idea of leaving out wet food over night to go bad. I recently down-sized and have transitioned my cat from Indoor/Outdoor to Indoor only, and she doesn't seem interested in toys or playing. She nine years old, and now that she no longer has prey to play with , how do I get her interested in toys?

I am so glad you made this video because I was told from petco vet to feed my cat only dry food so this helped me to find something to keep my little kitten healthy

I love this! Watching all the good videos today gettin me some education. You’re so funny! I’d love to see the bloopers!😂🎉

This, and my cat's aversion to canned food (but constant attraction whenever I am cutting up meat) makes me want to get a recipe to make fresh organic food for my cat. Can you refer us to a recipe on one of your next videos?

I have been feeding raw to my cats for about 7 years now, not only has their weight dropped but it keeps their teeth so clean!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤i love you and thank you for opening my eyes! I was raised when we gave ur chained up dog scraps and our cat bagged cat food. I’m so appreciative for your channel and wolf 🐈 will live a better life!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank for your informative video. My cat eats only wet food and she hates even to see dry food. But our vet said it's so dangerous for her health it shortens her life and etc. So I was in dilemma what food to give. Now you enlightened me up. Thank you so much 💗

Looking forward to the switching video! I have an 8 year old cat that absolutely refuses wet food. We got her when she was ten weeks old, and I’ve never been able to get her to switch. The rest of the cats all eat wet food, but not this chonker. I’ve tried everything-mixing wet and dry, putting them side by side in the same bowl, a few dry kibbles on top of wet, etc. Nothing. She won’t even eat regular chicken or fish. Only cat I ever met that turns her nose up at people food.

I recently adopted 2 give year old cats from a shelter. Although they got canned food twice a day, kibble was accessible 24/7. When I brought them home I gave them some kibble, but also a variety of canned pates and meats with sauces or gravy. They totally stopped eating the kibbles by themselves. My only problem is not knowing what brands are the best and how much to feed.

I am trying to watch this in all seriousness and I can't because you are cracking me up! Great video! Thank you!

Thank you for the content. This is a topic that we are just learning about the hard way. Our cat has gotten blocked up twice from royal canin dry food for overweight cats. She is not fat, but she needed to slim down. It was terrifying. We thought it would mean surgery. Anyway, suddenly we are asking the right questions. Took a major health crisis to make us aware of the problems with dry food. I am so thankful my baby girl made it through. Wet food used to be a treat. That needs to change.

I just ordered a huge package of Feline Porta (wet food) because this brand is known for producing natural cat food with ca. 45-60% chicken or fish 🙂🐱

We were raised to give the cat dry affordable food & told it was best and healthiest for a cat. Now it makes sense why my cat is complaining hungry & thirsty. Will be checking out more cat dietary/nutrition options & videos ASAP. Being that I am guilty of feeding her dry food as her primary diet in addition to canned human tuna & salmon & egg. (Probably another bad choice on my end).

Thank you thank you…changing to ALL Wet….slowly and looking forward to part 3 and then unofficial part 4

Thank you kindly sir for the great information. You've been a big help with adapting to cat ownership!

I'm really looking forward to what you have to say about making the switch! My problem specifically is that I'm worried my cats aren't getting enough to eat (and fatty liver disease sounds terrifying). I can only feed my cats in the evenings, and they can only eat so much in one sitting, and you can't leave wet food out for too long. How do I make sure they're getting the right amount of food?

Are you going to talk about freeze-dried raw and raw meat diets? I feed my boy freeze dried raw and he absolutely loves it, the problem is my parents prefer to feed him kibble because of the convenience. I’m trying to convince them to switch to freeze dried with me.

I love the new video style! 😂 So much thought into it

I just got my 6 month old kitten and this is so helpful 🙏

I’ve searched for a pet food company with the nerve to sell “rodent flavor.” For some reason eating a chicken, a tuna - lamb, even - is fine. Why not some tasty mouse?

We were feeding wet food only but the allergies wouldn’t stop. Our one boy was throwing up multiple times a week, if not a day, and his fur was so coarse compared to his brother’s. We switched to a raw diet and it’s so much better now - no vomiting episodes and both our boys are silky smooth now ♥️ Our allergy boy sniffed a bit of canned food my parents offered their dog and gagged, safe to say he won’t be switching back lol

His video collection is an asset for us & the future generations to come

Thanks a lot !!! I didn't know that dry food wasn't good for my cat. I really like your channel, good work !

will you make a video guide about raw dieting? i'm poor with no job but eventually want to feed my cats raw when i can afford to.

Great video! :) There was just one little thing missing: The calcium-phosphor ratio in cat food. There is one German organization (Stiftung Warentest) who test different things which is available on the market. They always do laboratory tests of cat foods, and I was quite surprised by their last 2-year tests....The food I used to feed my cats (Mac´s, a German raw meat canned cat food) contains way too much phosphor, which can lead to kidney problems. :/ So I stopped giving that certain food to my cats and started buying a really worldwide famous market food (Which got one of the bests review from Stiftung Warentest). It´s not the best cat food on the market concerning the meat and wheat content, but it´s still better than too much phosphor. :/ I noticed that my cats aren´t throwing up anymore and that their fur got really nice and shiny. Also the last 2 blood tests at the vet showed that everything is as it should be.....Like our vet told me: "Your cat Jack is a very veeeeeery healthy cat for his age" (He is 10 years old). The only complaint the vet had been the teeth of Jack, but he had a surgery on 8th of December and now the teeth are healthy again too. :) But yeah, always check the dry-matter content of a food and the phosphor-calcium ratio. :)

Thank you for this video full of information!

This series has been great! Thank you so much for laying down the law in kitty chow territory!