[Felvtalk] cat fountains

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MY GUYS DRINK THE LIQUID FROM CANNED FOODS (AND I ADD 1 CAN OF HOT WATER MIXED IN) AND THEN DO NOT EAT THE MEAT.  I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS BECAUSE IT GETS COLD OR WHAT.  THEY WILL NOT TOUCH FISH OF ANY KIND, LOVE DUCK, RABBIT AND LEAN RED MEAN FROM BLUE BUFFALO.

---- Kelley S <moonvine at gmail.com> wrote: 
> My friend does something similar but she feeds them all in separate
> crates.  They know their crates and will jump in at meal time.  I could
> never give my cats canned food in separate bowls like that - they love
> canned food so much they just go crazy and some would definitely be left
> out.  I also have one who does not like canned food - she does like plain
> human canned chicken but I can't give her that as a main diet.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Lorrie <felinerescue at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I have three fountains and the cats do drink lots more water this
> > way, however the fountains have to be maintainenced, often and it's
> > kind of a nuisance to clean them and change the filters etc.
> >
> > .
> > Dry food really isn't good for cats and can cause cystitis or UTIs.
> > It's very convenient for us, but not the best thing to feed cats. I
> > don't leave food down (free feed) because I have one cat who has
> > urinary problems. I give my 14 cats canned food in 14 bowls every day
> > LOL, and I put water on their dry food when they get that. They don't
> > seem to mind, and they drink up the water then eat their portion of
> > dry food.  This way I am sure they get enough water. I have to watch
> > them tho, as three of them are pigs and they try to steal each others
> > food. I couldn't do this if I was still working, but I'm home all day
> > now and I can portion out the food according to the weight of each
> > cat.
> >
> > Lorrie
> >
> > On 01-11, Ardy Robertson wrote:
> > > That's what I heard - that moist food is like 70% water. I worry about
> > his
> > > bladder/kidney because it is fish-based and that is all he will eat. (His
> > > dry food is chicken now)
> > >
> > > I thought maybe some extra water would help with any bladder issues later
> > > on. He seems to smack his lips a bit now, like he is dry. He does like to
> > > catch water from the faucets if I leave a really small stream so I think
> > he
> > > would enjoy a fountain maybe just for fun :)
> > >
> >
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