Best wet cat food for an elderly (17yo) cat? Special snowflake issues inside. He's missing half his jaw, so "paté" textured wet food is easier for him to eat than chunky wet food, and dry food is too difficult for him to chew. He doesn't finish a full 5.5oz can in one feeding so it would be nice to find a wet food that comes in smaller servings.
The recommendation that dry food is better for cat's teeth is outdated (the best explanation I read is that cats don't really seem to chew their food all that much anyway); within the last few years the recommendation has switched over to wet food being better for cats' health.
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There is a powder made by Purina called Fortiflora. It's a probiotic, meant to be sprinkled on food after the cat has had a course of antibiotics, to help reestablish gut bacteria. But supposed it's made of the same flavoring powder that they use to make dry food super-palatable to cats -- so (again supposedly) it can help make any food more palatable if you sprinkle it on. Might be worth a ...
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Is there a reason you’re sticking with wet food? My cat wouldn’t eat the wet renal support food but did eat the dry. posted by FencingGal at 12:12 PM on [2 favorites] There's a VERY popular and informative web site someone published, all about feline renal disease support.
How can I store dry cat food without it going stale? I store cat dry food in the bag it comes in, and the bag is in turn in a large plastic airtight container—mainly to keep the cats from breaking into the bag.