Hi all,
Thanks so much for all your advice on my other thread :)
I now have another question!
I have been reading online that Bengals should be on a wet diet, raw preferably (not sure i'll succeed in that one...) but this goes against what I have always thought about 'normal cats' - i.e. dry food is better, for their teeth etc.
Before I read this, we were feeding the kits a mainly dry diet (and they eat it very well) with chicken extras (we run a shop that cooks chickens so we have a lot of plain, cooked chicken available). We haven't been feeding them tuna as I feel this is a very salty fish, not necessarily ideal. In the first few days we had a lot of runny poos, but all three have now settled and we are only getting nice, well formed toilet visits!
So i guess my question is whether this diet is ok - the dry food is nearly 100% Applaws (still in the process of moving them on from what they were on before which is not (IMO) the best brand)...so once they are finished they will have Applaws dry food to graze on, with twice daily meals of plain chicken (or other meaty leftovers if available). Or would they be better with a wet diet? I have used (and like) Natures Menu and Nature Diet before...just don't want them ending up being fussy beggars, the breeder said they are divas about food but honestly I am yet to see it.
My next question is whether they are drinking too much... I know they are on a mainly dry diet at the moment but they are like fish! I fill three small bowls of water a day (the ones that little desserts come in... about 3.5 inches in diameter and about 2 inches deep) and they drink it all. Is this normal? They have been raised by the breeder to drink water, I have always had trouble getting cats to drink it in the past... maybe this is a normal level? They don't seem to be going to the toilet more than they should - in fact all three seem to go together, like girls
Usually they are visiting the litter tray every 2-3 hours.
Also, I haven't got them a cat tree yet, but they LOVE to climb...my legs...the dining chairs...anything. I wanted to get them one but my housemate thinks they don't need one and they won't use it, we don't have too much floor space so it would be a squeeze. I agree my old 'normal' cats would just ignore their cat trees but something tells me these guys are going to be crazy for it. Any advice? And any recommendations, considering three hulky bengals are going to be climbing on it?
Sorry for the long post... hopefully someone can clear these things up for me :)