spinningwoman
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I am sure this is true even when using all commercial catfood. I have two cats who have always had very different food preferences. The male would eat only 'wet' food - ie tins, pouches etc - whereas the female would eat only dry catfood. She became more and more overweight and last year the vet said she urgently needed her teeth seen to, which would involve a general anaesthetic. My sister's dog had just died as a result of this, so I was not really up for it then and just put it off, despite the vet telling me it was a serious risk not to have it done then because it was so bad it would be weakening the jaw. Oddly, the other cat was slim and had no problem with teeth, despite the received wisdom that dry food is 'good for their teeth'.
Then I had a very busy couple of weeks when I ran out of dry catfood and just didn't have time to shop so she got desperate enough to eat the other stuff. She started to look a bit more svelte and when I checked the packet I realised that the posh expensive dry food I was buying was very high in carbs - the tinned stuff does contain carbs too, but nothing like as much. I decided to carry on with the wet food for both cats and see what happened. This year she went for her check and the vet said her weight was much better and didn't mention her teeth at all, so I asked. The vet looked at me a bit oddly and said there was no problem with her teeth. I told her about the previous year and when she looked back at the notes she did a major 'double take' at the difference with the previous notes. But even then, when I explained about the change of diet, she clearly wasn't taking it in! Dry food is 'good for their teeth' - does not compute! But of course it makes perfect sense to me, and I will not be using dry food again.
Then I had a very busy couple of weeks when I ran out of dry catfood and just didn't have time to shop so she got desperate enough to eat the other stuff. She started to look a bit more svelte and when I checked the packet I realised that the posh expensive dry food I was buying was very high in carbs - the tinned stuff does contain carbs too, but nothing like as much. I decided to carry on with the wet food for both cats and see what happened. This year she went for her check and the vet said her weight was much better and didn't mention her teeth at all, so I asked. The vet looked at me a bit oddly and said there was no problem with her teeth. I told her about the previous year and when she looked back at the notes she did a major 'double take' at the difference with the previous notes. But even then, when I explained about the change of diet, she clearly wasn't taking it in! Dry food is 'good for their teeth' - does not compute! But of course it makes perfect sense to me, and I will not be using dry food again.
