| You've probably heard it a hundred times in the past | | | | vitamins, all of which is in the perfect food of a |
| when you would go to the veterinarian, dry food is | | | | mouse. This is impractical for a domesticated house |
| best, it controlled weight and helped keep the cats | | | | cat, so commercial products were made. |
| teeth clean. Dry food may help with cleaner teeth, | | | | Now it is thought that the pH balance of urine is the |
| but free feeding of dry food is leading to obesity and | | | | cause of urinary problems, so pet food |
| other diseases. It is not just the quantity of dry | | | | manufacturers wanting to sell their products have |
| food, it is the quality. | | | | come up with all sorts of additives to prevent urinary |
| We are feeding our cats food which they really were | | | | problems. The manufacturers of urinary tract health |
| not meant to eat. Dry food can cause dehydration | | | | cat food are putting urine acidifiers in the food which |
| and adding a small amount of water to the dry food | | | | can cause metabolic acidosis, resulting in impaired |
| can help with hydration levels but the best cat food | | | | kidney function and a loss of potassium which leads |
| for urinary tract health are diets high in moisture and | | | | to mineral imbalance. This type of prevention only |
| are not fish based, but meat based. If your cat loves | | | | leads to problems of another sort. |
| his dry food which is only about 10 percent moisture, | | | | The best urinary tract health cat food would be a |
| try mixing a moist canned or packet food and | | | | diet with raw foods or canned, because although a |
| gradually increase the moist food until he eating a | | | | cat eating only dry food does drink a bit more water |
| mostly a canned food diet. | | | | than a cat on a canned or raw diet it is still only half |
| Cats need a natural raw diet of meat, bones and | | | | of the water compared to a cat eating canned |
| organs (originally this was a mouse or small rodents). | | | | foods. When a cat is only eating dry food the urine |
| Cats crave meat so adding raw meat or changing to | | | | becomes very concentrated which can contribute to |
| a raw food diet would be an ideal cat food for | | | | feline urinary tract associated illnesses. |
| urinary tract health. A healthy diet for the owner of | | | | Cat food for urinary tract health includes raw or |
| the cat would include grains and vegetables but cats | | | | canned food, and adding natural immune builders, to |
| are carnivores and are not meant to eat vegetables, | | | | support a healthy immune function and an overall |
| cereal and grain fillers. They are meant to eat meat, | | | | balance to keep our pets healthy for years to come. |
| bone, organs, along with the fiber, minerals and | | | | |