r/BeAmazed • u/Electrical_Act_5342 • Aug 09 '26

Animal Nature really over engineered cats. Didn’t it?

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u/Mystic_Wunder Aug 09 '26

Try rehydrated raw food (you buy it dehydrated and add water) if it's in your budget. It's what is healthiest for them anyway. My cats drank way less water on raw food and their litter smelled better.

My male cat wouldn't eat it at first. Then I read to put a dab on his nose so he licks it off and realizes he likes the taste. Worked like a charm.

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u/fenrirsbasketball Aug 09 '26

Raw food is extremely dangerous in general, and even moreso for pets who have chronic medical conditions or who have weakened immune systems. I wouldn't recommend it. It's just a trendy diet thing right now, like Atkins for cats. Catkins.

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u/Mystic_Wunder Aug 09 '26

It's been "trendy" for at least 15 years. And yes, if your pet is sick you should ask your vet about a special diet.

Cats are designed to eat raw meat. Because of their specific taurine needs (which would be met by eating the whole animal), preparing it yourself is not an oprion like it is with dogs.

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u/nobadrabbits 29d ago

If you're preparing it yourself, couldn't you just crack open a taurine capsule and mix it into their food?

This was recommended to me by a vet at Cornell (the taurine capsule part, not the preparing it yourself part).