Kit N Kaboodle Cat Food

[jen-s]

OP–Feed what you can and what they’ll eat.

To those who keep saying that the worst wet is better than the best dry–frankly, that’s not remotely accurate. Have you seen the labels on some of the crap out there?! Plus, no matter how cheap the wet is, it is still going to be more expensive than a cheap dry. And for someone watching their pennies, frankly, it’s just not feasible.

OP–You can add water or broth to dry kibble and it will mush up like wet. If you are worried about their fluid intake, adding water is a great option. Nuke it a touch in the microwave and it’ll be warm and gooshy fast. What options do you have locally for stores to shop at? It does no good to recommend a brand that isn’t available to you.

[whbar158]

I think the point is wet food is better than dry food for cats. I know many cats do ok on crap food, but a lot don’t. It also depends on if the cats are outdoor cats as well. I have found that cats that indoor/outdoor or just outdoor can handle the crap food better because they also eat things outside that provide to their diet. Straight dry food for an indoor cat is asking for problems, spending a little more on a wet food is better, as someone who was feeding a high end dry food and STILL had a dry food problem with their cat I feel strongly about this, a $1000 surgery later my cat eats wet food ONLY and through a lot of research this is the best diet for cats, but especially indoor cats.

It is important to still have food for yourself and be able to pay rent, but I also feel strongly about providing proper care for your animals. I am sorry you are struggling and I know it must be tough, so right now do what you can to feed the best you can afford but try to upgrade when you can.

[cowboymom]

Wet food has nearly no protein in it, like 8%?

Get dry and dump in a can of tuna, with the water, to add moisture and protein. and water to stretch it. Get chicken livers and wings when they’re cheap and feed them as treats. If you supplement the cheap food it all turns into good cat food, for cheap.

[Rudy]

@cowboymom;7791699

Wet food has nearly no protein in it, like 8%?

Actually very very wrong. Wet food is usually very high in protein unless it is a low protein diet intentionally. The catch is how the protein is labeled in the different foods. You can have protein listed as an as-fed basis, dry matter basis, etc.

These give very different number from each other.

So…

let’s say a wet food diet has a guaranteed analysis of 8%(the way most labels read). This is 8% on an as-fed basis. Often, wet food is 75% water and 25% dry matter. So on a dry matter basis…(8/25)*100 = 32% protein on a dry matter basis.

Now…a dry food may be around 28% on an as-fed basis. Dry food is around 10% water. When that is calculated out. (28/90)*100= 31.1% protein on dry matter basis.

Hopefully you can see that an 8% wet food guaranteed analysis diet actually has a slightly higher protein content than a 28% protein guaranteed analysis dry food.

Then you have to get in to protein digestibility and quality of protein sources etc etc.