 Purred: Thu Jan 17, '13 3:48pm PST |
 | |  | | Great advice, and I agree 100 %. My male cat used to have chronic UTI's and I had him on expensive crap from the vet for it, when a trip to the holistic vet with my dog, ironically, and the vet asked me if I had cats. And then she lectured me for a half hour on how I should NEVER, NOT EVER, feed dry food to my cats, especially male cats. And she said no fish canned food for the males, especially, but that she did not like the canned foods even with fish. And she said to add water to the food, like the previous poster said, just buy the classic or pate style and add some warm water to it. My male cat (knocking on wood right now) has not suffered a UTI since I took her advice. My cats are so much healthier. I try to tell people (gently) about how bad dry food is, without being pushy or bossy, but it is so true, and rarely the people I do tell listen, but it is true. I always say, go and read about it on the internet. |  |  | |  |
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It's a big myth. Only regular teeth brushing and/or dentals will keep your teeth healthy. Some people even give their cats raw poultry neck bones and gizzards to gnaw on for dental 
There's a section there on urinary issues and why dry foods contribute to it.
Any commerical brand will do. Some people even make their own homemade raw food using a recipie.
Adding some water to pate canned food makes a sort of "gravy" and is a lot healthier than a commerical brand of 
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There are lots of brands: Halo Liv A Littles, Real Food Toppers, PureBites, Whole Life, Wildside Salmon, etc.
