Why am I not a big fan of dry food? First of all, dry food is often full of carbohydrates. Research has associated high-carbohydrate diets for cats with urinary crystals, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Sound like something you want to take a risk on? Disease risks aside, let’s go back to the Raw Cat diet: prey. Prey animals are high in protein and water. The process of making dry food, or extrusion, breaks down some nutrients in the food. By the time it’s done being extruded, dry food has a moisture content of less than 10 percent. Wet food is about 60 percent moisture, which is much closer to
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