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I thought the lack of any moisture in dry food can create other issues too?

• Nadya 11y ago
  Some studies cite that, although with small sample sizes (making the difference between 11% and 39% only a factor of 8-12 cats). The often cited danger is urinary obstructions and studies like [0] that show wet canned food treats the condition. Another study [1] show it happens less frequently with cats who eat wet food as opposed to dry food. So many people make the conclusion that wet food prevents and treats a potentially fatal condition, therefore wet > dry. I don't find either study entirely convincing, most vets and studies don't seem to cite dry food as the inherent problem, but rather free-eating cats, overweight, and indoor-only (lack of exercise specifically). (No citations this time, sorry. I don't keep all this stuff handy!) When the studies themselves aren't blaming dry food (entirely) and vets don't seem to overwhelmingly condemn the use of kibble, I don't see reason to do so myself. I trust the studies and vets. [0] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10023397 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10023397 [1] Paywall, but I think this is the study. http://jfm.sagepub.com/content/suppl/2014/03/12/16.4.DC1/JFM_16_4_US.pdf http://jfm.sagepub.com/content/suppl/2014/03/12/16.4.DC1/JFM...