Fancy Feast

My cat, Jerry, seems to be particularly difficult with his food. We found that Friskies / Whiskas dry food does not agree with him, and he does not like Hills Science Diet, Royal Canin, or similar marks. Everything seems like it's Fancy Feast (tuna only) the wet food and Fancy Feast Dry Food.

T it be detrimental to health than to eat this brand of food?

Let me share with you what I learned about feline nutrition to help you make an informed decision on this plan, you must feed your cat.

Many brands of manufactured cat foods claiming to be "healthy" are not really. In fact, they are made of the lowest ingredients possible. I'm not saying that the cat can not live their ... the same thing that you could live off hot dogs and Mac and cheese forever, but better choices can and should be made for your feline friends. I would not say that any manufactured food is the best "for a cat but a grain free organic wet food would be a good start. Feeding canned is certainly better than feeding dry in all cases.

Cats were never meant to eat dry food, also known as cereals or kibble. We humans, eating them for more convenience for us. It has nothing to do with them or their nutritional needs. It is totally inappropriate species.

All small domestic cats descended from desert cats. In the wild, desert cats derive their entire liquid intake from their prey. They have no thirst mechanism because they do not need by eating a species appropriate diet. They get everything they need from what they eat. Additionally water was usually not available to them in their desert climate. They do not drink water often. ordinary house cats ol 'have descended from those same wild desert cats.

Thus, in a home environment, your cat is not the moisture it needs from dry food and is almost always in a constant state of dehydration. Water fountains are encouraged to try to get your cat to drink more and your cat may even enjoy it, but it will never meet its water intake in a drinking bowl.

deadly diseases such as feline diabetes, kidney failure, obesity, allergies, irritable bowel disease (IBD), bladder stones, kidney stones, urinary tract blockages and urinary tract infections (FLUTD), with or without crystals are murderers rife these days. Cats do not take enough water to push them. Proper water intake through a species appropriate diet alone can prevent most of these conditions.

Overall, wet is all around best diet for all cats, it canned or Raw and they should never be fed dry cereal kibble if we want to better their wild nutritional and dietary needs. Kibble meets our needs ... not our cats.

It is also true that dry food cleans teeth. DRY foods are not own teeth. It's an old myth that has been scientifically disproved for years, but the old school Veterinarians he drilled into the minds of the people for so long (and sadly still do) that people still believe. Cats can not "chew". They did not flat "chewing" teeth. Their molars are not for grinding food. They have meat ripping pointy carnivorous teeth. You can see the "crunch" a piece of food once to crack and break ... but they are absolutely unable to chew a hard piece of food. Want your cat to have clean teeth? Give them an appropriately sized raw bone to chew. : O)

Personally, I feed a raw meat and bones diet of my cats and they are very healthy in this regard. I highly recommend it. Once I got the hang of it and felt comfortable with her is a breeze to prepare. It's something you might consider one day. Cats are carnivores after all and must withdraw all their nutrients from meat based sources. They are unable to absorb any other source. Despite thousands of years of domestication.