I was just wondering how many times a day / week / month you give your cats wet food?
Is it actually good for their health? Or does it just depend on the quantity they eat?
And what kind of fresh food can I give them? (As an occasional treat)
Thanks in advance.
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Cats' tastes definitely change. Mine didn't like Terra Faelis at first, but now it's clearly the wet food they prefer. On the other hand, they've gone right off Grau now, even though they used to love it.
Terra Faelis is a good wet food, but you have to be careful as it’s not very palatable at all and my girls don’t like it... Otherwise, there’s Feringa, which is the one I go for :)
I don't have an answer for that, but I do have a question for Séverine: can you feed a cat solely on wet food like Applaws? The Orijen kibble seems to be making him put on weight...
No, you can't feed your cat exclusively on Applaws wet food because it’s a "complementary" food, meaning it’s not high enough in fat and the minerals aren't balanced. However, you can definitely feed your cat solely on complete wet foods. It’ll actually be much easier to keep your cat at their ideal weight that way.
Just a heads-up though, not all wet foods are created equal. To pick a good one, you should check the quality of the packaging to minimise the risk of phthalates (like Bisphenol A). You need to know where the ingredients come from (traceability) and make sure the food is rich in meat/fish and organic or human-grade offal (at least 60%). It should be low in carbs—avoid grains, especially wheat, barley, rye, spelt, and kamut (max 5%)—and contain a small amount of veg (max 20%). Obviously, it should have as few nutritional additives as possible, and they shouldn't be artificial. Finally, you need to know what the manufacturer actually means when they say "by-products", as this term often includes high-quality offal like heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, gizzards, and tripe. By law, they have to be labelled as "by-products". But some brands don't hesitate to include hard-to-digest "by-products" like spleen, throat trimmings, fatty scraps, or even beaks and fur. YUCK!!!
The analytical constituents of a good wet food, with an average moisture content of 80%, should look like this:
crude protein: between 9 and 11%;
crude fat: between 4 and 7%;
crude ash: max 2.5%;
crude fibre: between 0.1 and 1.5%;
calcium: between 0.2 and 0.3%;
phosphorus: between 0.15 and 0.25%;
carbohydrates: max 3% (this is rarely listed, so you have to calculate it: 100 - (moisture + crude protein + crude fat + crude ash + crude fibre));
PCR (Protein-to-Calorie Ratio): between 80 and 120.
Hi there,
I give my cats table scraps or homemade meals... I do give them wet food sometimes, but I still think they prefer the home-cooked stuff. If you give them wet food every day though, you'll have to keep it up because they'll likely start begging for it... so it’s up to you, but I’d avoid only giving them dry food.
