Can Cats Live Off Dry Food Only

Mix ever increasing small amounts of canned food in with the dry food.

Can cats live off dry food only. A key to success for free feeding is place the right amount of dry food for a cat for only one day at a time in the bowl. Cats get picky about texture shape odorflavor. Dry food must however be stored in a dry clean environment.

The longer answer is yes a cat can be fine on a diet of only dry food. The issue with dry cat food is the lack of water content which makes it hard to keep your cat hydrated without wet food. And in those instances the dry food tends to be things like Brekkies Go-Cat similar supermarket type foods ie those not really manufactured with a vets input - although have seen a few cats fed on Iams with this prob.

The urinary tract thing is really only a problem in overweight male mainly indoors cats who are prone to stress fed on mainly dry food. May be only slightly better than canned food at preventing dental disease. The average cat who eats only dry food needs to drink several ounces of water a day to make up for the lack of water from food.

Benefits of dry food. You may have heard concerns that dry food is bad for cats and can affect the health of their kidneys urinary tracts and even teeth. Were always looking for new delicious ways to treat our cats.

This not only helps get water into the cats system it also helps the food go a bit further. But dont store any leftover food in the can. Cats on dry food-only diets are slightly more prone to obesity and diabetes than cats who eat wet cat food.

But they need plenty of water to go with it so they do not get hydrated. The short answer is yes. Some cats prefer to be fed wet food in the morning for example but have dry food left out during the day to snack on.