Mixture of wet and dry foods for pinicated felines

By Nomi Berger
Does your favorite cat give dry food a “legs” a day and a “back down” to the next?
If so, in particular the major cats, consider making the most consistently pleasant meals of the leg mixing food of wet and dry cats. Unlike adding a Topper, which is often used to increase certain nutrients or to help cats to gain weight, combine wet and dry foods increases palatability and improves the appetite of a cat.
Because most cats rarely drink enough water in one day, this can cause dehydration, which, in turn, can cause health problems, including urinary and/or renal tract problems. Wet food can help correct this. Studies have shown that wet canned foods are generally composed of 75 percent of water and semi-rged canned foods are made up of 35 percent water. On the contrary, dry cat food is made up of a single 10 – 12 percent of water. Therefore, adding wet foods to your cat’s current food greatly increases your daily water intake.
Highly tasty for most delicate felines, canned wet food has fabulously fragrant meat combined with tempting and tasty ingredients, as well as canned tuna for humans of the grocery store. And given the abundance of water that contains wet food, cats will feel more full faster. Not to mention how much it helps them handle their weight, since they are consuming fewer general calories.
The only inconveniences: wet food is more expensive than dry food and is more difficult to store once the can have been opened.
On the other hand, dry cat food is similar to dry dog food, since several ingredients are combined, extruded, cooked and then dry in pieces of bite size or small pieces of croquettes. One of the main advantages of Dry Food is the price: it is usually less expensive by ounce than wet foods, however, depending on the brand it bought.
Dry foods, with its crispy croquette, especially some brands prescribed in veterinarian, are specifically formulated to support the dental health of cats by helping to clean their teeth and reduce the accumulation of tartar and plaque. That said, these specially formulated brands should never replace regular teeth and professional teeth and dental checks.
Dry food is also easy to store and lasts more than wet food once it has been opened, so it is ideal to put aside during the day for cats that prefer to graze.
The combination of wet and dry foods offers cat owners the best of both worlds: hydration and taste of wet foods along with dental benefits and dry food cost savings. However, the key to success is to find the correct relationship of wet foods for your own feline friend.
The “general rule”: combines 70% of dry foods with 30% wet foods, although very humid foods may require a proportion of 75% dry and 25% humid. The ideal relationship can also depend on the needs of your own cat. Older cats, for example, may require extra wet foods to keep them hydrated and attract them to eat. But, to err by caution, it is always better to follow the advice of its veterinarian. Then, begin to make a slow transition to the dry/wet combination.
Start by adding a lower amount of humid foods to the usual dry foods of your cat and allow several days to get used to the combination and avoid any possible stomach discomfort. Then, during the next week, add more wet foods to dry food until you reach your objective relationship.
And, lease of the leg, always remember that patience is worth it!