Mark Carroll wrote:
> John Doe wrote:
>> I leave hard food out for mine to snack on, plus wet meals. One of my
>> cats was eating more dry food than the others and its voice changed. I
>> immediately suspected the dry food and started feeding it wet food
>> only. I think it's voice has changed back, but in any case surely that
>> was the problem (I'll post a follow-up later).
> Thank you, that'd be interesting. I'd vaguely recalled that a mix of wet
> and dry is best but I don't remember why and, indeed, with multiple
> cats, I guess it can be a challenge to watch consumption to make sure
> each is getting enough balance.
Yep. Her regular sounding meow is back. There was another symptom that
came and went in the same timeframe. I'm very confident that was the
problem.
FWIW... The dry food it snacks on can be put in a plastic zipper bag
(maybe 1/5 full) with some water. It saturates, and when served it remains
moist for a long time. Probably better to use too little water than too
much water in the mixture, it should not be runny. Rinsing that bag
opening under running water helps keep it clean between servings. Probably
refrigerate. It probably doesn't taste good, but "Toobig" can cope with it
for necessary snacks.