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Just wondering how you guys balance the mix of these. Our cats looooove wet food, but keep it as a treat for every now and then. Have to keep the wet cat food in a plastic sealed container as our cats will tear through the box they come in and dig their way through haha.

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[–] darknymph@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

my cat is very food orientated. so i give her dry food in the morning for breakfast and wet at night for dinner, because she will eat and eat until she vomits. so i dont give mine dry and wet at night, but i do incorporate other foods into her wet food just as a bit extra and extra nutrients. (only other foods that they can eat obviously)

[–] wondrous_strange@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Question - one of my cats has very bad skin issues caused by allergies (based on what the vets said). So she has to eat dry hyperallergenic special foods of royal canin(its the only one that does not cause a severe reaction)..

My 2 other cats also eats the same food, since it is very hard to feed each a different type of food.

My question is - if I wet the dry food with water, for how long can it stay in the bowl at room temp(we live in a warm climate region).

Any other thoughts or recommendations will also be much appreciated.

Thank you ❣️

Edit - Fixed some typos and added details for clarity

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Fill dry food in the morning (for the day), wet food after I get home from work (night).

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

We feed out cat wet food every day, but not a lot. Wet food is much better for cats because dry food has a lot of carbs, which cats really shouldn't have in their diet. Our cat is a pretty picky eater though, and we don't want to put down wet food just to watch it dry out and get thrown away, so we give her a small amount of dry food in the morning, and a little more dry food at night with a tablespoon of wet food.

[–] Linssiili@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

We feed them primaly wet food 3 times a day. But if we are away over 9 hours, we give them dry food in toys to find.

All three of them gain weight easily, so we have to control their food intake

[–] sygnius@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I fed my cat 1 scoop of dry food in the day, and half a can of wet food at night.

[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Dry food in the mornings and wet food at night. Never have any issues with weight and my cats always live long, leisure filled life's.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Wet food twice per day portioned by weight of the cat, and then an automatic feeder gives them a little bit of dental health dry food that dispenses at noon and midnight to keep them from getting hungry and scratching my toes.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Dry from the automated machine during the day. Wet at night from a can

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

2 cats.

Their automatic feeder spits out ~10 grams of dry food 7 times throughout the day. They mostly worked out their own system for sharing and taking turns. I often manually give one more if one of them complains. The small portions helped with competitive over-eating and vomiting.

Then at night they get about 25 grams each of wet food. So a 5.5 oz. can lasts 3 days.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

We only feed dry food.

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

Never. Strictly raw food.

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