Let’s talk about canned food. First, if it isn’t already abundantly clear – I think dry cat food is a very bad idea. I don’t think anyone thinks the semi-moist foods (those little pieces that aren’t hard as kibble, but chewy, like Tender Vittles) are a good idea. (If you do – well, they’re not for the same reasons dry/kibble is bad and more.)
So, where does that leave us? Options remaining are a freeze-dried raw food, a frozen raw food, or a canned food. (Or, I suppose there’s the options of a freshly made raw food or whole prey or homemade cooked diet – I won’t go there for the time being.) I realize there are MANY caregivers out there that are reluctant to feed raw for many reasons, and I do not fault them for that! I think commercial canned food is a perfectly acceptable option! While the majority of my cats’ diet is a frozen raw food, I do feed canned food to them on occasion and I feed my foster cats canned food. Why don’t I feed my own cats’ canned food more often? Well, a few reasons including cost (yes, homemade raw is less expensive), palability (if some of my cats get canned, they start clamouring for it and refusing to eat their raw), and a couple cats that had IBD so long before their diet was changed that even most canned foods cause them stomach upset…. among other reasons.
However, I’ve seen some people argue against canned food – and I’d like to discuss some of the “reasons” why.
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