[boatbums]

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. They do not have any health problems now (other than the occasional hairball) and I want to keep them that way. I am going to Petsmart today to get some Blue Buffalo canned to give them once a day. Do you think letting them continue on free feeding the dry Royal Canin would be harmful? They both like it a lot and I don’t know how they would respond to a change...it’s all they have ever eaten (outside of treats - which have always been freeze-dried chicken, salmon or bonita flakes).

[Nepeta]

When I changed my 3 cats over to canned only, one of them whined and cried for days, reluctant to eat the canned food. Cats will continue to eat whatever they wish--I would take up the dry food and not offer them the opportunity to continue eating it.

The 'whiner' now wakes me at 4.30 to be fed canned food.