Know the Basics of Feline Nutrition-Lisa A. Pierson, DVM

Lisa explains how an increasing number of American Veterinary Medical Association members, are now strongly recommending the feeding of canned food instead of dry kibble.

The three key negative issues associated with dry food are:

1. type of protein - too high in plant-based versus animal-based proteins. 
2. carbohydrate load is too high
3. water content is too low
   

Every cat was "fine" until their owners started to recognize the signs of diabetes.

Every living creature is "fine" until outward signs of a disease process are exhibited. That may sound like a very obvious and basic statement but if you think about it......

This is why the statement "but my cat is healthy/fine on dry food" means very little to me because I believe in preventative nutrition - not locking the barn door after the horse is gone. I don't want to end up saying "oops......I guess he is not so fine now!!" when a patient presents to me with a medical problem that could have been avoided if he would have been feed a species-appropriate diet to begin with.

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