{"id":685,"date":"2017-06-05T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/?p=685"},"modified":"2017-06-21T01:19:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T01:19:52","slug":"whichisbestwetordrypt5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/whichisbestwetordrypt5\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Is Best, Wet Or Dry? Pt 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-685 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/whichisbestwetordrypt5\/hydrated-food-needed\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hydrated-food-needed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Which Is Best, Wet Or Dry? Pt 5\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-690\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-690'>\n\t\t\t\tcat on only dry food will probably suffer health problems \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/whichisbestwetordrypt5\/kidney-stones\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kidney-stones-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Which Is Best, Wet Or Dry? Pt 5\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-691\" srcset=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kidney-stones-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kidney-stones-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kidney-stones.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-691'>\n\t\t\t\tlike Chronic Renal Failure and\/or kidney or bladder stones\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/whichisbestwetordrypt5\/water-cake\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Water-Cake-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Which Is Best, Wet Or Dry? Pt 5\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-692\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-692'>\n\t\t\t\tto mix your food offering with plenty of water to make sure the water intake is being taken advantage of.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/whichisbestwetordrypt5\/cat-food-mixed-with-water\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cat-food-mixed-with-water-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Which Is Best, Wet Or Dry? Pt 5\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-689\" srcset=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cat-food-mixed-with-water-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cat-food-mixed-with-water-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cat-food-mixed-with-water.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-689'>\n\t\t\t\tA cat\u2019s water intake needs to be in great volumes, not just small sips. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Part 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever given any thought as to the hydration value of food you give your cat? When animals are in the wild, the prey they eat are alive and well before consumption and therefore are made up generally of around 70% water.\u00a0 Tinned food might average perhaps 78% water content.\u00a0 Dry food, however, is known to only contain around 10% of any type of included fluid; therefore it is safe to say that a cat on only dry food will probably suffer health problems like Chronic Renal Failure and\/or kidney or bladder stones. Now being a chronic sufferer myself of such an illness, I can just imagine the pain that a cat would suffer.<\/p>\n<p>A cat\u2019s water intake needs to be in great volumes, not just small sips. Their food needs to contain a maximum amounts of fluid in its makeup.\u00a0 Dry kibbled food does not provide this for them.\u00a0 I think the ratio of water to dry food would be 1 cup of water for every 10 pounds of body weight and that is over a 24 hour period.\u00a0 Of course, in warmer weather, your cat would need more.\u00a0 However, as with children, I have never seen our cat drink a lot of water before during or after a meal of dry kibbled food, have you?<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead and provide the appropriate amount of water, however, then it is your job to supervise that your cat actually drinks it all up as well. Even with tinned food, your cat would need to drink at least 1\/3 to \u00bd that amount of water as well.\u00a0 A tip from a reader is perhaps to mix your food offering with plenty of water to make sure the water intake is being taken advantage of.\u00a0 That way, if your cat just still will not drink enough water, then it is getting it directly from its food anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading my blog.<br \/>\nPlease comment below and share my link.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/debzebooks.com\/amis-de-chat-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Debbie Nicholson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/debbienicholson.info\/whichisbestwetordrypt5.m4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for your Audio link to this blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=DG9G3A3M6HCPW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/images\/life-happens-volume-1-3d.png\" alt=\"Life Happens Volume 1\" width=\"165\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Life Happens Volume 1 A Collection of Funny Emails and Facebook Messages Dating From The 1980s To 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Favourite Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewellgroomedpet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cathy&#8217;s Well Groomed Site<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/debzebooks.com\/debbie-nicholson\/grossinvasionofprivacypt7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Debbie&#8217;s Other Blog<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cats<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peteducation.com\/article.cfm?c=1+2142&amp;aid=2729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pet Education<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/obligate-carnivore-definition-554428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obligate Carnivore<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\/cat-food\/cat-food-wet-or-dry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wet Or Dry<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\/cat-breeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cat Breeds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.petfinder.com\/cats\/cat-nutrition\/wet-or-dry-cat-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cat Food<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pets.webmd.com\/cats\/guide\/feeding-your-adult-cat-what-you-need-to-know#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feeding Your Cat<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetent.co.nz\/companion-animals-factsheets\/pet-food-cat-dog-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pet Food<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/why-do-cats-eat-grass-553934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eating Grass<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catster.com\/lifestyle\/cat-training-behavior-tips-socializing-shy-cats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cat Behaviour<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/catinfo.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nHydrated Food Is Needed<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/cat-water-cake-mithiruka-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese Water Cake<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/cat-kitten-water-drink-cat-tongue-1199259\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehonestkitchen.com\/prowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food mixed with water<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/debbienicholson.info\/amisdechatbook2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amis de Chat Book 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=5QMBK9P5UQCEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-174 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/506-694-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Amis de Chat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/debzebooks.com\/amis-de-chat-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Product Launch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 5 Have you ever given any thought as to the hydration value of food you give your cat? When animals are in the wild, the prey they eat are alive and well before consumption and therefore are made up generally of around 70% water.\u00a0 Tinned food might average perhaps 78% water content.\u00a0 Dry food,&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/whichisbestwetordrypt5\/\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,27,1],"tags":[34,108,36,28,8,35,117,107,118],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-debbie-nicholson","category-general","category-uncategorized","tag-amis-de-chat","tag-cat-food","tag-cats","tag-debbie-nicholson","tag-life-happens","tag-new-product-launch","tag-wet-or-dry-pt-5","tag-which-is-best","tag-which-is-best-wet-or-dry-pt-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/debbienicholsononline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}