What do you feed your cats?

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I’ve been back and forth between feeding my cats a mix of biscuits alongside their jellymeat, and just biscuits alone. I find the pros of just dry food to be;
They graze throughout the day rather than having two set meal times, which is more natural cat behaviour
They maintain a better body weight on dry food alone 
It’s cheaper 
But I feel so guilty that that’s all they eat every day! How boring for them! They get snippets of meat from leftovers and I know for a fact they all hunt, which is how I justify it to myself. 
Just curious what everyone’s views are?

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Cats have a very low thirst drive and tend to get easily dehydrated, wet food is an essential part of their diet.

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i give my cat orijen dry cat food. slowly switching her to smallbatch pets raw sliders. i also keep lots of water bowls around my house so she's more tempted to drink

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My three cats eat from the same bowl. We fill it at most twice a day but that's only if one was outside when the others ate and then it doesn't get filled up all the way, just enough for them to eat. Our kitchen sink drips, so they drink from it or the small creek in the back yard. We have wet food for them but they usually only get it as treat, like when they caught the squirrel that kept getting in my bird feeder, or when they have to go to the vet.

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Definitely feed your cats wet food. Most cats don’t drink enough and your cats will get dehydrated and have a higher likelihood of when they get sick it being much worse because they are dehydrated. At the clinic I used to work at most times people called saying their cat was sick we would have them bring it in and then give the cat fluids and they would perk up almost immediately. We feed my parents cat breakfast of wet cat food and then let him graze his dry food for the rest of the day. I would say don’t feel guilty for feeding them a seemingly plain diet but liquid is very important and most cats won’t just drink. 
PS - my parents cat George cause he is cute feat my beardie Gus

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Just wet food and the occasional dry food treat. They always have water available too

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I feed my cats wet and dry. Wet food is great because as someone else mentioned cats often don’t drink enough water so they get a lot of it from their food (although my cats drink a lot of water too). They also seem to enjoy wet food more. Dry food is great because it keeps their teeth healthy and I can leave it out for them while I’m at work.

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At the vet clinic where I work we feed the house cats only in the morning : 1 bowl of dry and 1 bowl (1/4 can) of wet. They usually finish the wet in the morning and then pick at the dry during the rest of the day.

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Mine have dry biscuits in the morning and wet food for dinner

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A mix of wet, dry, and raw. They are also outdoors as much as they please, so they catch mice, rats, and birds too.

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We give dry food during the day and overnight, and then they get wet food for supper.

What do you feed your cats?

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