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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea
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She's sensitive to beef (usually barfs it up) so I only give her pork chops and chicken. I also give her this commercial rabbit stuff.
Dry food is bad for your cat, I would give it up. I feed my cat a VERY small amount as a late-night snack (like, 10 kibble pieces) but I don't even do it every night. Dry cat food is pretty much the cause of kidney problems in cats, their digestive systems are designed to extract water from their food (they're desert animals, after all). If their food doesn't contain enough water their kidneys go into overdrive and it takes a huge toll on them after a while. Look it up.
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If their food doesn't contain enough water they go and drink some. It isn't as bad as you are making it out to be imo.
I'm not against a raw food diet but I just think it's expensive and I would never do it personally. I'm perfectly fine feeding my cats dry food that's labeled oral care. It does wonders for their teeth.
Also you should probably buy your cat a tooth brush and toothpaste to brush it manually since you aren't giving it any dry food. I would say those dental pads but screw those things. So hard to clean their teeth with that in my experience.
Animals usually keep their teeth clean by munching on rough harder material. The reason why lions and bigger cats end up having clean teeth despite eating wet food that creates so much plague is that they also are out in the wild and munch on sticks that help to clean their teeth.
Eating something that is hard does help clean your teeth. The example that you used in another post is kind of bad. To break it down for humans, If you eat an apple which creates some type of roughage it helps with your teeth more than eating oatmeal that has all the moisture in it. Soft foods don't clean your teeth, roughage does and roughage is better for human digestion as well. Need that fiber but that's unrelated to cleaning of the teeth.