But you may say, “My cat loves dry food! She even try to open the bag when I was not at home!”
Well sometimes, Cat Dry Food is a necessity when you are out of house for a while. But there are three reasons you want to avoid giving Cat Dry Food as much as possible.
Because (1) Cats are originally meat eaters=carnivore (2)They need water intake from Food not from water plate (3)Cats need “little” carbohydrate.
Provided these three facts, best cat food combination is like this: High Good Quality Protein, Water, moderate amount of fat, and a very little carbohydrate.
The problem is that Commercially available Cat Dry food is basically made of high level of carbohydrate such as corn, rice and grains. Average 35-50 Carbohydrates, not little amount. And it contains almost no water. Cats are used to take water from their food.
Then by feeding cats excessive Dry Food, problems such as below occurs:
Cats get addictive to Carbohydrates just like we do. They get chronically dehydrated and cause problems such as obesity, diabetes. When cats eat dry food, because of high carbohydrate ratio, blood sugar levels rise. When this is an ongoing thing, insulin-producing cells “down regulate,” which leads to diabetes.
Because of dehydration(lack of water in Cat Dry Food), kidney disease and even bladder problems may happen. Kidney needs plenty of water to process byproducts (in cats food, if there is) and digestion. If kidney is overloaded, they malfunction over time. Even worse, due to dehydration, bladder/kidney stone may be caused because of dehydration.
Finally, cats with bad teeth are related to Dry Food intake. Which is high in sugar(=carbohydrate). Some dry food claims that it has dental cleaning function as cats eat dry food. Though abrasive benefit from dry foods is questionable as they simply shatter their mouth and swallow it, there is basically no such an action. To have such a benefit, cats need to chew something hard like raw chicken neck!
These are just a few of many problems associated with Cat Dry Food. As it is said, sometimes its necessary to feed cats with dry food. But remember the natural cat food balance is: High in Protein, Water, Moderate amount of fat and almost no carbohydrate, we had better feed dry food as minimal.
