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Cleo only eats wet food when there is also hard food or treats in the bowl as well. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is this a bad habit that needs to be broken? Otherwise she won't eat.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The veterinarians I asked all said the same, the least dry food the better and at best no dry food at all. Dry food promotes the development of kidney problems, which is one of the most common causes of death for cats. Evolution has optimized cats for living in desert/savanna environments, so they take in moisture through eating, not drinking and therefore a cat will never drink enough to balance out the loss of body moisture that is caused by digesting dry food.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is there any issue with soaking dry food that you are aware of?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

No, the problem with dry food is it's lack of moisture only.