Nikki

I think you were trying your best, and I quite admire you for sticking up for yourself.

I tend to err on the side of forum members here, because I see the sense of the raw diet methodology.

I see where you are coming from with working out the teeth with dry - in theory the cats have to crunch/bite on the dry food. However watching a cat eat dry (small pellets of dry unless RC Maine Coon = big balls like maltesers) and watching a cat eat a chicken wing are just totally different scenarios. Chicken wing means the cat scrunches down and really works that jaw, biting/chewing 10s of times.

My cat eats rabbit raw and she eats the bone - I can hear it crack from across a room. I am glad she does because she can suffer from gingavitis butthis ssems to be under control through giving her raw with bone.

Now, I am a combo feeder - they get bozita and butchers classic mostly (wet) and raw for whoever wants it.

I used to feed dry and I still think dry has its place. When I feed dry it is Orijen - not so much cereal filler. I see dry is an emergency food - human equivalent to the supermarket curry.