Can cats live on dry food?

The nutritional content present in cat food is more important than whether it's wet or dry. Our cats can be picky eaters, choosing the suitable food for the cats is tricky and a balancing act between a food's nutritional value and the cat's selective sense of taste.

Dry Cat Foods contain more carbohydrates than wet food because dry food use grains, such as cornmeal and rice, to process the kibble. Some cat foods, contain proteins from vegetables instead of meat, which is not ideal for your meat-eating cat.

Cats Needs
It is difficult to figure out the exact amount of food a cat needs. Cats need food that is less in carbohydrates and high in animal fats and proteins.

There are many classifications of cat food according to their:

    Nutritional food is combined in a way to make something better.

Kittens, Adult, Senior / Geriatric.

Sensitivities     and way of living (hairball prevention, neutered, indoor, sensitive skin, etc.) 

Some dry foods contain a certain amount of carbohydrates with little or no grain or vegetable products. 

When shopping for cat food, always read the list of ingredients that is present in it. Try to avoid unimportant ingredients made from corn, rice, beans, peas, or potatoes.

Cats usually drink little water throughout the day. They feel less thirsty compared to other pets. Sometimes they do not feel thirsty even though there is a chance of dehydration. 

That's why Wet Food contains a lot of water content than dry food. Cats would eat in the wild, as small prey also contains more moisture than dry foods. 

Extra moisture helps to keep the kidney, bladder, and urinary tract health for cats. Long dehydration can infect the cat's urinary tract and possibly lead to kidney disease.

Many people believe that dry food has the advantage of cleaning a cat's teeth because it's not as soft as wet food. 

Regular dental cleaning of the cat's teeth should be done, depending on what kind of food you are serving. If the cat prefers dry food needs to drink more or you can sprinkle some water on the food.

If the cat is not used to eating at a fixed time, then the first step is to begin feeding in a fixed routine. Start by giving dry food 3-4 times a day and be sure to take it away after 20-25 minutes. 

If you are changing from wet to dry foods, do not do it suddenly. Feed the pet a mixture of the two foods; slowly move out from the old food to the new food.

Dry Cat Food:

• Easily and without any risk you can leave it out and it will not get spoiled.

• Full of energy, meaning a cat can consume lots of calories quickly.

• 10% of the water particle is present in the atmosphere or nearby surroundings.

• Wet food contains more carbohydrates and less protein.

• It may be a little better than canned food because it helps in preventing teeth-related diseases.

Canned Cat Food:

• It gets spoiled very quickly and it's better to keep it under refrigeration once opened.

• Less energy or calories than dry food.

• Up to 78% of water particles are present in it.

• Contain more fat and protein especially animal protein that is obtained from animal meat and fat and very few carbohydrates than dry food.

People believe that canned food is good and healthy for cats and dry food is not good and unhealthy for them. But the high moisture content in wet food is helpful to cats with urinary problems, diabetes, or kidney disease.

Higher protein levels are often found in wet food and are beneficial to strict carnivores like cats because they only eat the meat of animals and bird. Their nutritional needs and requirements are three times more than the protein of omnivores.

Including the activities, overfeeding rich foods, cats are likely to gain more weight.

To manage weight problems, including playing with your cat and putting control in their diet at the time of neutering.

Control feeding measures the food and offers it as a meal. It can be used for weight control and tend to overeat.

Choice feeding means food usually dry food, which is less likely to spoil. Nursing cats are commonly fed free choice. But it can turn into a problem for a cat that does not know when to stop.

It is advised to feed cats’ twice daily using portion control. Don't give them too much to eat. You may change the portion quantity according to their health and body weight.

Consult your vet for their complete nutritional diet according to the body condition.

Wet food is less easy to use but can be helpful in cats suffering from urinary disease and constipation.

Dry food produces a lot with a little waste that provides calories for thin cats with food volume limits and allows for the use of food puzzles and food toys.