Is expensive cat food worth the extra money?
No. Not the dry food, since dry food is completely inappropriate for cats, who need a moist, meat based diet. However investing in good quality wet food will save you a lot on the future vet bills, since your cat will be less likely to develop diseases. I can’t recommend feeding ANY dry food. Cats are designed to get their water from food. That’s the way nature designed them, they have low thirst drive. When fed dry, they won’t drink enough to compensate for the lack of moisture. They will only consume about 50% of the water they should be having. This can lead to kidney disease, UTI, crystals, blockage, renal failure and more. Especially if you have a tom, this is crucial. Male cats have narrower urethra than female cats and are more prone to blockage from the crystals. Free feeding also leads to obesity. And the fact that dry food is over-processed means, that most of it’s little nutrition has been already destroyed, leaving almost no nutrients for your cat. It needs to eat more to m
