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Just wondering how you guys balance the mix of these. Our cats looooove wet food, but keep it as a treat for every now and then. Have to keep the wet cat food in a plastic sealed container as our cats will tear through the box they come in and dig their way through haha.

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[–] darknymph@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

my cat is very food orientated. so i give her dry food in the morning for breakfast and wet at night for dinner, because she will eat and eat until she vomits. so i dont give mine dry and wet at night, but i do incorporate other foods into her wet food just as a bit extra and extra nutrients. (only other foods that they can eat obviously)

[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

When mine was young I only gave him dry food. Then he developed kidney disease (CKD) 4 years ago. It and diabetes are fairly common in older cats.

Now he gets dry food plus wet food in the morning and evening - 1/2 of a little can or 1/4 of a bigger can at each feeding. The dry food and wet food are in separate bowls. That plus finding a water fountain he likes has so far kept his kidney disease from getting any worse.

Next cat I’ll give wet and dry food from the start.

[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Dry food in the mornings and wet food at night. Never have any issues with weight and my cats always live long, leisure filled life's.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

2 cats.

Their automatic feeder spits out ~10 grams of dry food 7 times throughout the day. They mostly worked out their own system for sharing and taking turns. I often manually give one more if one of them complains. The small portions helped with competitive over-eating and vomiting.

Then at night they get about 25 grams each of wet food. So a 5.5 oz. can lasts 3 days.

[–] Linssiili@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

We feed them primaly wet food 3 times a day. But if we are away over 9 hours, we give them dry food in toys to find.

All three of them gain weight easily, so we have to control their food intake

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Wet food twice per day portioned by weight of the cat, and then an automatic feeder gives them a little bit of dental health dry food that dispenses at noon and midnight to keep them from getting hungry and scratching my toes.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Fill dry food in the morning (for the day), wet food after I get home from work (night).

[–] sygnius@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I fed my cat 1 scoop of dry food in the day, and half a can of wet food at night.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

We feed out cat wet food every day, but not a lot. Wet food is much better for cats because dry food has a lot of carbs, which cats really shouldn't have in their diet. Our cat is a pretty picky eater though, and we don't want to put down wet food just to watch it dry out and get thrown away, so we give her a small amount of dry food in the morning, and a little more dry food at night with a tablespoon of wet food.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Dry from the automated machine during the day. Wet at night from a can

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

We only feed dry food.

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee -1 points 8 months ago

Never. Strictly raw food.

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