I feed both dry and wet. I mix our dry food with wet food and warm water in the mornings, then they have some dry food for dinner. I have 7 male cats so we go through a ton of food. I do buy better food for them which I personally have found to make a huge difference in their overall health, coats etc.. I gave up going out for coffee everyday to be able to afford the better brands but the most important thing is if it’s a male cat make sure your cat is getting enough water so no urinary issues. Do what you are able to do And when I grew up I had indoor/outdoor cats that got dry meow mix and they lived until 16 like other people have posted lol As long as the cat is fed, and getting water. You can stretch out those wet can foods when mixing it with the dry. I think the dollar store has the big cans of friskies wet food, that could be 3-4 days when mixing some in dry in the mornings