Hi Dylann. As long as the wet food is complete and balanced (only 50% of these in Australia, but likely for a prescription food) then there’s no problem other than slightly worse dental disease. Check out my pages on feeding a biologically appropriate diet to cats and carbohydrate contents in cat food where the benefits skews towards wet diets.

Hi Harvey. It’s a good question. The first thing to say is that there’s certainly no guarantee of safety, and choking or bone lodgement could definitely occur, even though I have never seen it in a cat. The reality is that cats are very close to their wild ancestors, and generally consume their prey bones and all in a very methodical and careful manner. They generally do the same with a chicken neck, but if you had a very greedy cat, you would possibly need to be careful.

Why is it OK to give a cat a raw chicken neck when there are so many bones inside of a chicken neck? That seems dangerous to give the cat a chicken neck because of all the bones.

Hi Shirley. As you can tell from the article, I’m very keen on feeding good quality dry food to my cat, but you might be pleased to know that I still give him a treat every day too. The trick is to make the treat timing so predictable that he only begs me just before it and not all the day. In my case, I get it ready while I’m making a coffee and he knows that the sound of the coffee machine means a treat is coming. I then make sure not to do it at any other time.

What can I do? Thank you if you can help me.

Another great article! I’m feeding my 9 month year old kitten 85g of Pro Plan wet food and half a cup of Black Hawk dry food a day. I’m wondering if I can cut back on or eliminate the wet food and if so, how?

However, she does love the wet food so it feels cruel to do so. But it would be cheaper to just feed her dry & give her treats. Appreciate your time!

Hi Denisse. I’m not familiar with the food, but if it’s marketed as complete and balanced in your country then that’s the best information you have to go on. I’m not aware of green tea being toxic to cats at these doses.

My cats will only eat Farmina dry Boar and apple food. The thing I worry about is in the last ingredient it says it has a pinch of green tea extract. My cats won’t eat wet but graze on this all day. Do you think it is okay for them…the ingredients are super good except for the green tea.

Hi Clinton. There’s no real need to give the poached chicken but you certainly can for treat purposes. And while on the subject, treats are okay as long as they stick to under 5% of the total diet. There’s nothing wrong with having Hansel and Gretel style trails around the house to keep your cat amused. Just make sure it doesn’t interfere with the better part of the diet.
As you know from the article, I’m agnostic about whether you continue the wet food or not. It doesn’t sound like it’s worth bothering with in your case. The big exception is cats prone to cystitis.
As you know, I would be feeding a chicken neck a day rather than plain chicken meat so you also get the dental benefits but this can be hard to start if not already done from a kitten. Read more about this here.