Cat Food

Some people and vets alike think that dry food is the only way to go, whereas other vets and cat owners believe that wet food is the only way to go.

Rags, my old man, has been fed a combination of both wet and dry food his 19-years of life. My mom started feeding him Delicat (available at the grocery store and nutritional value is close to eating McDonalds every day) because he wouldn’t eat any other kind of dry food. He was eating wet food everyday, usually Fancy Feast. Fancy Feast can be found in your grocery store, but is also available online. They have variety packs, which are sometimes the easiest to buy. With gas prices the way they are these days, it might be easier to order Fancy Feast online, as companies like Amazon.com offer free shipping for orders over $25.

I ended up requesting a number of samples from various cat food companies when Rags was 14 years old. I had switched Rags to the KC Cat Clinic for his vet, and they told me that Delicat was horrible for him.

So, he started eating Royal Canin. Since Rags had lymphoma and received chemotherapy, he was an even pickier eater than before. So I offered him a number of dry and wet foods through his chemotherapy protocol period and then he ultimately settled in wanting three kinds of food: Royal Canin Mature 27, Royal Canin Active Mature 28 and Eagle Pack Holistic Select Anchovy, Sardine and Salmon Meal Dry Cat Food.

I keep this variety for him because he is still a picky eater, and if he doesn’t eat, then he doesn’t live. So I will let him be as high maintenance as he needs to be in his final years of life.

When Rags passes, I will get two kittens. I have decided that I will feed them only wet food. While wet food is a little more expensive (although I will cut that expense by using coupons) and inconvenient to prepare. I always scoop out about half of the wet food from the can and then mash it down and add water (a great way to get more water in your little one).