Switching From Wet Cat Food To Dry

I'm a loving cat owner and I always try and do what’s best for the cat. She's often enjoyed wet foods but just lately began to shy away from it. I wondered just what exactly was wrong… did she be suffering with a stomach upset perhaps or does she basically no longer like the taste? A trip to the veterinarians, which coincided along with her yearly vaccinations concluded in the finding that our precious moggie had a huge build up of cavity enducing plaque and tartar on her teeth.  Furthermore, her gums became so sore that they seemed to be almost on the point of bleeding! Naturally, I was mortified. Our lovely cat had been avoiding her food due to the fact she was essentially in pain consuming the stuff! Precisely what could I do to remedy the situation? Well, the vet suggested that she might have her teeth cleaned tomorrow by a veterinarian registered nurse. Having said that, he told me that this is often nerve-racking for nervous cats and never something that should be repeated frequently.

The vet offered me a second course of action, which if you ask me appeared to be far more straight forward and hassle-free; to change the food I had been offering from wet food to dried food. Now, I had previously considered dried cat food as being a definite substandard option. After all, I do not eat dried up meat so just why should my cat? However, apparently , a high quality dry cat food is actually significantly better for your cat compared to stuff you get out of a can or aluminum foil pouch. The coarse nature of dry cat food actually acts just like a mini tooth brush inside your cat’s mouth.

Consequently, I grabbed a sizable bag of dry poultry food and headed home. We were unclear about just how my moggie might respond but because she had had a large dose of painkillers along with a extremely empty tummy she hardly seemed to detect the change. In reality, she wolfed down the whole dish.  I have kept her on the dried food and have discovered a great manufacturer who produces a product crammed full of meats (kittens and cats have to have greater levels of proteins compared to dogs). Now, when We have her teeth examined the reaction is good. They're much cleaner when compared with before and the moggy is much more happy, consequently it’s dry food for our cat from now onwards.

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