Is it okay to mix wet and dry cat food for weight management?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Mediumhair | Female | spayed | 2 years old | 9.9 lbs
My cat is aproximately 4.5 kg and has been on a diet for about half a year. I noticed that she enjoys wet food a lot more than dry food but I can’t afford feeding her only wet food at the moment. Would it be okay if I feed her wet food twice or three times a week and the rest of the week only dry food? Would she gain weight again if I do that? I was thinking Whiskas or Felix since it’s easier and cheaper to get here.
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Published on November 1st, 2017
It is probably best to maintain Ginger on just dry food rather than switching it up a couple times a week. Unless she is supposed to be much smaller, 4.5kg is usually a normal cat weight. Measure out her food and only give her as much as she needs to maintain her weight. If you find that she is gaining weight on her current food and amount, then you may have to decrease what you are feeding her just a little.
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Published on October 24th, 2017
Ask this to 10 different vets, and you will get 10 different answers! First, congratulations on getting Ginger to lose weight!! This is an extremely daunting task and you have done wonderfully! I prefer my patients to be on a canned food diet if they will eat it. Canned food is higher in protein and lower in carbs than dry cat food, and contains extra moisture, which is great for kidney and bladder health. If Ginger likes canned food, then a perfect maintenance diet for her would be 1 can of Fancy Feast twice a day, and no dry food. If you try to mix canned and dry food, you can easily overfeed and she could start to gain weight again. There are many good brands, but I feed my cat Fancy Feast!
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