# Straight dope on dry cat food

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-dry-cat-food/396606>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-dry-cat-food/396606 "2007-03-19T18:27:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-dry-cat-food/396606/21 "2007-03-21T18:23:25Z")

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My kitty won’t eat _Anything_ but grocery-store brand dried cat food. I’ve tried canned and packaged food plus tuna and salmon. Nose in the air. (Well, she will slurp some of the tuna juice but not much.  
But, her teeth are good, she’s spunky and energetic. And healthy and only slightly overweight.  
If she’s happy, I’m happy!

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-dry-cat-food/396606/22 "2007-03-21T18:36:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Liberal]  
I’d like to hear from knowledgable specialists, like veteranarians ?  
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**Liberal** feel free to email me if I can answer specifics.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-dry-cat-food/396606/23 "2007-03-21T18:44:29Z")

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My vet sez the same a HIGH Quality dry food is best, with canned as a once a day meal or treat.

Iams, Science Diet, Maxcat, Felidae, and several others.

Prescence of Corn in the first few ingredients is a bad sign.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-dry-cat-food/396606/24 "2007-03-21T18:55:44Z")

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[QUOTE=DrDeth]  
My vet sez the same a HIGH Quality dry food is best, with canned as a once a day meal or treat.  
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As an aside, many (most?) UK veterinarians would suggest a wet (canned\*) cat food.

\*tinned, actually I seem to recall.

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