Dry and/or wet food for kittens?

Question

i have a 15 week old kitten and i have been told by a couple people that i need to feed her wet AND dry food, is that true? shes a healthy 3.2 lbs the vet said she was fine, and i never asked about her diet. can anyone help me?

Answer 1

try the wed food is more soft for kittens but i believe  yours is ready to eat and dry food, try both..

Answer 2

I have a cat, when she was that young we fed her both. It didn't really matter, my mom would just go to the store and buy whatever was cheaper at the time. lol. My cat's in good health, had her for about 3 years now. (: So it's up to you.  

Answer 3

well kittens love wet food but it makes there p**p stink you should give her dry food and occasionaly if shes being good and you dont mind picking up wet stinky p**p then wet food

Answer 4

dry because wet can give them diarrhea

Answer 5

i would feed it wet until it gets older and its teeth get stronger, but then as it gets better teeth and bigger, mix some dry food in the wet food and each day keep increasing the amount of dry food until he/she is only eating the dry food.  

Answer 6

they say that dry food is better for a cat cause it don't give it diarrhea but if you don;'t mind cleaning it give him wet food and they like it better

Answer 7

My little baby grew up since then but I fed him wet food, half a can, twice a day, and left the dry food out all the time if he got hungry. I did this because my vet said it was good for diegestion and to keep him "regular" (if you know what i mean). But i warn you! My cat has become a little spoiled and used to the wet food, so be prepared to continue buying wet food for her if you start. I hope this helps, good luck!

Answer 8

w/dry

Answer 9

Dry Food

Answer 10

Dry wet is too expensive.

Answer 11

Yes.

Its good to keep a balance between dry an wet food for cats. I feed my cat dry food and a sppon full of wet food each day. This is what i do, but some other p;eople i know do it differently.

If your cat seems to throw up after the wet food try mixing the wet food with the dry. Igf that dosent work, give your kitty only once or twice a week.

Kitty will be happy. : D

Answer 12

Dry And Wet You Should Put A Little Of Both Into Her Food Dish

Answer 13

I have raised several abandoned kittens to become healthy adults.

At 15 weeks, they can have dry, crunchy food as a regular diet.  I give them (and continue with my  adult cats) a spoonful of wet food in the evening.  This ties in well with training them to come to their name, and if they ever need meds, pills can be given just before or with "treat", and it makes your life easier.

Answer 14

You don't need to feed dry food.  It doesn't clean the teeth - that's a myth.  Wet food is typically healthier, although of course it depends somewhat on the brand you buy.  But even the worst wet is usually better than the best dry.

Dry food is convenient for humans.

So it's up to you.  Although it's better if your kitty never eats any dry - and thus never has a chance to get addicted - it's not the end of the world if you give it some.  But if you do, I would recommend doing no more than half dry for the total daily intake.  But don't mix them together.  You could serve some of each at each meal or alternate.

Answer 15

I would always advise feeding cats both. While a cat can happily subsist on a wet food diet alone, it's best to give a little variety, and I've found that cats quite like to munch down on hard bits of dry food. Don't feed an exclusively dry diet as your cat won't get all the nutrients she needs.

Answer 16

Both types of food have different benefits for pets.  Dry food helps fight plaque which can help the cat's teeth.  Wet food is easier to digest and has more "natural" nutrients.  It's probably best to do a mix of both.  My kitty has a sensitive stomach and I have tried soooo many kinds of foods...I started using HALO brand hard and soft food and his tummy is all better and he doesn't get sick anymore...

Answer 17

There is never a reason to feed dry foods. take it from someone whose cat got diabetes from eating it.





Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health

Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.

Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingrdiant a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?

http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Rea...

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04...

Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms

The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with grains and carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process.  Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food but in

Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.

http://www.catinfo.org/#My_Cat_is_Doing_...

You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all.    The best food for cats does not contain any grains at all.

Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies  whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. I would rather feed a middle grade canned food then the top of the line dry food.

Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bp...

Please read about cat nutrition.

                               http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics...

                               http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.ht...

      http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.ht...

Vetinarian diets  The reason your vet thinks so highly of the pet food they sell probably has more to do with money than nutrition. In vet school, the only classes offered on nutrition usually last a few weeks, and are taught by representatives from the pet food companies. Vet students may also receive free food for their own dogs and cats at home. They could get an Iams notebook, a Purina purse and some free pizza.  http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04...