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After about the second failure I would have gotten one of those auto feeders that let out as much as they want and some weight control cat food.
by JohnJamesRambo 10y ago
After about the second failure I would have gotten one of those auto feeders that let out as much as they want and some weight control cat food.
- dangrossman 10y agoThat's a good way to make cats fat and eventually diabetic. On top of free feeding alone causing obesity in a lot of cats, "weight control" cat food is the worst stuff, it's mostly grains (carbs) which a cat -- an obligate carnivore -- doesn't need in its diet at all.
- danparsonson 10y agoI can't speak for anyone else, but with the cat I used to have, that would've resulted in an empty cat feeder and a very sick cat within an evening. I had to hide absolutely anything even vaguely edible, especially (bizarrely) bread, which the cat adored and which caused it terrible diarrhoea... Not all cats are created equal!
- nommm-nommm 10y agoCat was eating so much volume she was vomiting. Weight control food doesn't help with this issue. Additionally, my obese cat was on a very controlled amount of "diet" food for years, it doesn't actually work. Switched him to Blue Buffalo and didn't observe any weight change. And before anyone asks, yes, the cat has been to the vet and has gotten all the blood work and I've tried multiple meals and everything. Don't even go there.
- ddebernardy 10y agoThere's no such thing as "weight control" (dry) cat food except on food packaging by the crooked pet food business. The stuff invariably is full of carb, which cats do not metabolize like we do (they get their glucose through gluconeogenesis, from meat) and it's far too dry (cats on a normal diet gets the bulk of their water from "wet" food, and get much less water when on dry food, leading to kidney stones and bladder problems). Cats are true carnivores. They shouldn't be getting dry food to begin with.