Cats need more than kibble because they intake water better through food than drinking water, and a diet of nothing but dried kibble can cause kidney problems.
You aren’t wrong but you’re missing the bigger picture. No capitalist producer of kibble is doing more than the bare minimum. Dogs and cats need more than what is in kibble because kibble is shit. Do you remember seeing white dog turds everywhere? If you’re old enough you may remember when kibble contained so much bonemeal the dog turds wouldn’t dissolve and would turn bright white in the sun. Imagine for a moment that you only ate dry breakfast cereal for the rest of your life…
That’s why I make my own dog food. The dry kibble is just for emergencies when I am super broke and can’t. They eat kibble, I eat ramen. Or maybe sometimes also the kibble.
Cats need more than kibble because they intake water better through food than drinking water, and a diet of nothing but dried kibble can cause kidney problems.
Dogs really only need variety for the enrichment.
You aren’t wrong but you’re missing the bigger picture. No capitalist producer of kibble is doing more than the bare minimum. Dogs and cats need more than what is in kibble because kibble is shit. Do you remember seeing white dog turds everywhere? If you’re old enough you may remember when kibble contained so much bonemeal the dog turds wouldn’t dissolve and would turn bright white in the sun. Imagine for a moment that you only ate dry breakfast cereal for the rest of your life…
That’s why I make my own dog food. The dry kibble is just for emergencies when I am super broke and can’t. They eat kibble, I eat ramen. Or maybe sometimes also the kibble.
Now that you mention it… I do remember seeing white dog turds everywhere, and I can’t place my finger on when they stopped being around…
TIL