What does a kibble do

Is Kibble Really Bad for Dogs? The Pros and Cons

When it comes to our furry friends, we want nothing but the best for them. We love them unconditionally and do anything to keep them healthy and happy.

But sometimes, in our quest to give them the best life possible, we can make mistakes like feeding them kibble. Kibble is a type of dry food typically made from grains, vegetables, meat by-products, and preservatives.

Its often seen as an affordable and convenient option for dog owners.

However, you may not know the many disadvantages of feeding your dog kibble. For example, kibble can be very hard on a dogs digestive system because it doesnt contain any moisture.

This can lead to dehydration and constipation problems. Additionally, since kibble is usually high in carbohydrates, it can cause weight gain in dogs without getting enough exercise.

And finally, many commercial brands of kibble contain harmful chemicals and fillers that could cause health problems down the road.

So whats a pet owner supposed to do?

The Pros and Cons of Kibble for Dogs

There are a lot of different opinions out there about whether or not kibble is bad for dogs. Some people say its the best thing you can feed your dog, while others claim its the worst possible option.

So, whats the truth?

Is kibble bad for dogs?

To answer this question, we need to look at what kibble is. Kibble is a dry food made from pellets of processed meat, grains, and vegetables.

Its then typically coated in a tasty flavor (like chicken or beef) to make it more appealing to dogs.

So, what are the pros and cons of feeding your dog kibble?

Lets start with the pros. One of the biggest benefits of kibble is that its extremely convenient.

Its easy to store and transport, and you dont need to worry about it doesnt go well. Additionally, kibble is typically very affordable, which is great for pet parents on a budget.

Another big pro of kibble is that its typically nutritionally complete, which means it contains all the nutrients your dog needs to stay healthy. This is important because it helps ensure your dog gets everything it needs in its diet.

Now, lets take a look at the cons. One of the biggest downsides of kibble is that its often made with low-quality ingredients.

This means that it may not be as nutritious as you might think.

Additionally, some dogs may be allergic to the grains and other ingredients used in kibble, which can lead to health problems. Finally, kibble can be very high in calories, leading to weight gain in dogs.

If your dog is already overweight, kibble may not be the best option. The answer is that it depends.

If youre looking for a convenient and affordable option, kibble can be a good choice. However, if youre concerned about nutrition or your dogs weight, you may want to consider other options.

Key Takeaway: Kibble has both pros and cons. Its important to consider your dogs needs when deciding whether or not to feed them kibble.

Is Kibble Bad for Dogs?

We want to give them the best food, the best toys, and the best care possible.

So when it comes to their food, we want to ensure were giving them the best.

But is kibble bad for dogs?

The short answer is:

No, kibble is not bad for dogs, and in fact, kibble can be a great option for your pup.

Kibble is a complete and balanced meal that provides all the nutrients your dog needs to stay healthy and happy. There are a lot of myths out there about kibble.

Some say that kibble is full of fillers and preservatives that are bad for your dog. Others say that kibble is processed and doesnt contain all the nutrients a natural diet would.

But the truth is, kibble is a healthy and nutritious option for your dog. Kibble is made with high-quality ingredients carefully selected to provide your dog with all the necessary nutrients.

Plus, kibble is highly digestible, so your dog can get all the nutrients they need from its food. Kibble is a great option for dogs of all ages.

Puppies, adults, and seniors can all benefit from a kibble diet. Kibble is also a great option for dogs with allergies or sensitivities.

Kibble is a healthy, nutritious, and delicious option for your pup.

Key Takeaway: Kibble is not bad for dogs; it can be a great option for your pup. Kibble is a completely balanced meal that is highly digestible and full of nutrients that your dog needs to stay healthy and happy.

How to Choose the Right Type of Kibble for Your Dog

Choosing the right type of kibble for your dog is important to their health and well-being. With so many different types of kibble on the market, it cannot be easy to know which one is right for your pup.

Here are a few things to keep in mind when choosing the best kibble for your four-legged friend:

1. Consider Your Dogs Age, Breed, and Activity Level.

Puppies and senior dogs have different nutritional needs than adult dogs. Similarly, small breeds and large breeds often require different types of kibble.

And, of course, a couch potato will need a different diet than a dog who loves to run and play.

2. Check the Ingredients List.

You should always check the ingredients list on any kibble youre considering for your dog. The first ingredient should be a protein source, such as chicken, beef, or lamb.

Avoid kibble that contains fillers, such as corn or soy.

3. Choose a Quality Brand.

When it comes to kibble, you generally get what you pay for. Cheap, off-brand kibble is often made with inferior ingredients and may not provide the nutrition your dog needs.

Opt for quality kibble from a reputable brand.

4. Talk to Your Vet.

If youre still unsure which type of kibble is right for your dog, ask your veterinarian for a recommendation. They can help you choose a kibble that meets your dogs needs.

Key Takeaway: Bring your dog to the Vet for the best dietary advice.

FAQs about Is Kibble Bad for Dogs?

Do dogs need kibble?

There is no definitive answer to this question, as opinions vary greatly.

Some people believe that dogs do not need kibble and that it is bad for them, while others believe it is perfectly fine for dogs and can even be beneficial.

Ultimately, it is up to the owner to decide what they believe is best for their dog.

Is kibble food bad for dogs?

There is no definitive answer to this question, as opinions vary greatly. Some people believe kibble is an unhealthy option for dogs, as it is often made with low-quality ingredients and fillers.

Others argue that kibble can be a healthy option for dogs if it is made with high-quality ingredients and contains no artificial additives or preservatives. Ultimately, the decision of whether or not to feed kibble to a dog is up to the owner.

Is kibble or real food better for dogs?

There is no definitive answer to this question as it depends on the individual dogs needs. Some dogs do better on kibble, while others do better on real food.

It is important to consult with a veterinarian to determine what is best for your dog.

Is kibble worse than wet food?

There is no definitive answer to this question, as it depends on the individual dogs needs and preferences. Some dogs may do better on a wet diet, while others prefer kibble.

Ultimately, it is up to the owner to decide what type of food is best for their dog.

Kibble

Used to tame creatures around the Arks

Kibble are food items used to tame creatures more quickly and with higher affinity, allowing players to save time and end up with better stats on their tamed pet.

The Kibble system was reworked with the ARK: Homestead update and is currently available on every platform excluding Mobile. Instead of Kibbles based on eggs, the Kibbles are replaced by quality-based types: Basic, Simple, Regular, Superior, Exceptional, and Extraordinary. The egg-based Kibbles are still in the game and are able to be used; Additionally they are categorized into one of the 6 quality-based types.

All Eggs (excluding insect eggs, like Araneo Egg or Moth Egg) now have a size and can be used to create a corresponding quality-based Kibble.

In Mobile most Creatures have a preferred egg-based Kibble that tames the Creature with the greatest taming efficiency and effectiveness. However, using a Kibble that is not preferred by the Creature is even worse than taming with Raw Meat or Berries.

The Switch version now has access to the new kibble system as the ARK: Homestead update was added in the remake of game.

Usage

Kibble can be used as food when taming a creature. Although all Kibble types will technically work to tame all creatures, certain kibbles will work better for certain creatures. Using the wrong kibble will take longer in the best case, but can also be only 2/3 as effective as using the creature's regular food and will instead decrease the taming effectiveness.

Creatures prefer at least one specific class of kibble, but accept also kibbles of a higher class, e.g. Argentavis can most effectively be tamed with Superior Kibble and better, but Basic, Simple, and Regular class have worse results than meat.

The order of effectiveness (in terms of taming duration) in food for taming creatures is:

1. Speed values are outdated, just use it as a rough overview
2. Scorpions, Dung Beetles, Spiders, Vultures, and Karkinos only

The food value of a Kibble depends on the Creature and the type of food. For Kibble it varies between 20 and 135. Non-favorite kibbles gives only 1/8 of the taming progress than the favorite kibbles.

Kibble is also used for imprinting baby dinos. During care, they may want to be hand fed a randomly selected kibble, including any kibble that is not their species' preferred food. For this reason, having as many types of kibble as possible will allow the imprinting rate to increase.

Recipes

Learning an Engram is not necessary to create kibbles and there are no Engrams available for them, instead recipes are found throughout the world. Follow the same instructions as when cooking with a Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker.

In addition to the ingredients listed below, all kibble recipes require a Waterskin with at least 25% water in it (any other Water-container works, but will be completely used up regardless of capacity).

When creating Kibbles in an Industrial Cooker which is hooked up to a water irrigation system, no waterskin or other water-container is necessary.

Fertilized eggs can also be used to make Kibble. Breeding creatures is a great way to generate eggs on-demand.

Cooking these kibbles requires a lit Cooking Pot so in addition you need fuel for the fire. It takes 30 seconds to cook 1 kibble in a Cooking Pot.

See also Egg for a list of eggs and their size.

Creatures

The following Kibbles are used to tame the dinos listed below them.

Basic Kibble

Simple Kibble

Regular Kibble

Superior Kibble

Exceptional Kibble

Extraordinary Kibble

Standalone

Kibble Taming Chart

An overview of the Kibble system.

An overview of Kibble taming requirements and taming in general.

Resources needed for taming as of v297

Using as regular food

Kibble can be used as regular food for tamed dinos. Kibble takes 3 days to spoil, which makes it last longer than most other food types. It also stacks to 100 and weighs little compared to other foods. Kibble can last for very long periods of time when stacked and preserved in a Preserving Bin or Refrigerator (Refrigerator is recommended as the spoilage time is greatly increased).

The amount of food per kibble depends on the type of kibble and whether the kibble is preferred by a particular dino. Most dinos gain 80 food from their preferred kibble, even if other dinos would gain more. There are exceptions; for instance, Daeodons gain 120 food from their preferred kibble (Iguanadon/Superior), which normally only gives 90. Aside from being preferred by a dino, kibbles will give either 60 or 90 food per kibble. Kibbles that give 90 food generally require Prime Meat Jerky and as of v257 are: Ankylo, Araneo, Archaeopteryx, Argentavis, Ichthyornis, Iguanodon, Kaprosuchus, Mantis, Megalosaurus, Microraptor, Moth, Oviraptor, Pulminoscorpius, Quetzal, Rex, Spino, Stego, and Tapejara. All other kibbles give 60 food, unless preferred, of course.

Due to these traits, using Kibble as regular food can be useful on some occasions. Like when leaving your creatures behind for long periods of time, as you have to fill the creatures' inventories less often.

However, farming Eggs is still very time consuming and expensive, so generally it is not recommended to use as regular Dino food. When using Kibble for this purpose, it is advised to use Kibble types that are easy to make, like the Basic Kibble.

Recipes (Legacy and Mobile)

This creature, item, or feature was removed from the game. This page remains for historical reasons.

More info: This item was removed in v293.100.

This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

Although these Kibbles are no longer craftable for PC and Console, they are still craftable in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile. They can be crafted in the Cooking Pot, Industrial Cooker, or the TEK Kibble Processor (Mobile).

The value of the Kibble is used to determined the necessary amount of Kibble needed when using the TEK Kibble Processor (Mobile), and the Crafting yield.

In-game recipe for kibbles in general

Kibble	Egg	Plant Matter	Other Ingredient(s)	Favorite Kibble for	Kibble Value
Kibble (Allosaurus Egg)	Allosaurus Egg	Savoroot	Cooked Prime Meat	Tapejara, Royal Griffin**	10
Kibble (Ankylo Egg)	Ankylo Egg	Savoroot	Prime Meat Jerky	Carno	5
Kibble (Araneo Egg)*	Araneo Egg	Rockarrot	Prime Meat Jerky	N/A
Kibble (Archaeopteryx Egg)	Archaeopteryx Egg	Longrass	Cooked Fish Meat	Diplocaulus	3
Kibble (Argentavis Egg)	Argentavis Egg	Citronal	Prime Meat Jerky	Spino	10
Kibble (Baryonyx Egg)	Baryonyx Egg	Savoroot	Raw Fish Meat	Megatherium	5
Kibble (Bronto Egg)	Bronto Egg	Rockarrot	Cooked Meat Jerky	Sabertooth	15
Kibble (Carbonemys Egg)	Turtle Egg	Rockarrot	Prime Meat Jerky	Brontosaurus	5
Kibble (Carno Egg)	Carno Egg	Savoroot	Cooked Meat	Trike, Direwolf, Dire Bear	5
Kibble (Compy Egg)	Compy Egg	Citronal	Cooked Fish Meat	Iguanodon	1
Kibble (Dilo Egg)	Dilo Egg	Citronal	Cooked Meat Jerky	Ankylo, Doedicurus, Equus, Pachy	1
Kibble (Dimetrodon Egg)	Dimetrodon Egg	Citronal	Cooked Meat Jerky	Gallimimus	5
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)	Dimorph Egg	Longrass	Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky	Megaloceros	3
Kibble (Diplo Egg)	Diplo Egg	Savoroot	Rare Flower	Allosaurus	5
Kibble (Dodo Egg)	Dodo Egg	Rockarrot	Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky	Pteranodon, Ichthyosaurus, Mesopithecus	1
Kibble (Gallimimus Egg)	Gallimimus Egg	Savoroot	Cooked Meat Jerky	Terror Bird, Castoroides	3
Kibble (Griffin Egg)	Griffin Egg	SavorootLongrassCitronal	Cooked Prime MeatSnake Plant Seeds	Royal Griffin, Unicorn	30
Kibble (Iguanodon Egg)	Iguanodon Egg	Rare Mushroom	Prime Meat Jerky	Daeodon	5
Kibble (Kairuku Egg)	Kairuku Egg	Savoroot	Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky	Angler	1
Kibble (Kaprosuchus Egg)	Kaprosuchus Egg	Savoroot	Prime Meat Jerky	5
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	Lystro Egg	Rockarrot	Cooked Prime Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, or Prime Meat Jerky	Diplodocus	1
Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg)	Megalosaurus Egg	Rockarrot	2Prime Meat Jerky	Therizinosaur	15
Kibble (Moschops Egg)	Moschops Egg	Savoroot	Cooked Meat Jerky	Purlovia	10
Kibble (Oviraptor Egg)	Oviraptor Egg	Longrass	Prime Meat Jerky	Megalosaurus	3
Kibble (Pachy Egg)	Pachy Egg	Citronal	Cooked Meat	Paracer	3
Kibble (Pachyrhino Egg)	Pachyrhino Egg	Citronal	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	Baryonyx	5
Kibble (Parasaur Egg)	Parasaur Egg	Longrass	Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky	Raptor	1
Kibble (Pegomastax Egg)	Pegomastax Egg	Citronal	Raw Prime Fish Meat	?
Kibble (Pelagornis Egg)	Pelagornis Egg	Citronal	10Chitin	Archaeopteryx	5
Kibble (Pteranodon Egg)	Pteranodon Egg	Rockarrot	Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky	Carbonemys	3
Kibble (Pulmonoscorpius Egg)	Pulmonoscorpius Egg	Longrass	Prime Meat Jerky	Rex, Beelzebufo	5
Kibble (Quetzal Egg)	Quetzal Egg	3Rockarrot	3Prime Meat Jerky	Mosasaurus, Giganotosaurus, Dimetrodon	15
Kibble (Raptor Egg)	Raptor Egg	Longrass	Cooked Meat Jerky	Mammoth	3
Kibble (Rex Egg)	Rex Egg	Longrass	Prime Meat Jerky	Plesiosaur, Quetzal	15
Kibble (Sarco Egg)	Sarco Egg	Rockarrot	Cooked Meat Jerky	Stegosaurus	5
Kibble (Spino Egg)	Spino Egg	Savoroot	Prime Meat Jerky	Megalodon	10
Kibble (Stego Egg)	Stego Egg	Citronal	Prime Meat Jerky	Argentavis	5
Kibble (Tapejara Egg)	Tapejara Egg	Rockarrot	Cooked Prime Meat	Kaprosuchus	10
Kibble (Terror Bird Egg)	Terror Bird Egg	Citronal	Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky	Woolly Rhino	5
Kibble (Therizinosaurus Egg)	Therizino Egg	Citronal	AnglerGel	Basilosaurus	15
Kibble (Titanboa Egg)	Titanoboa Egg	Longrass	Cooked Meat Jerky	Gigantopithecus, Dunkleosteus	10
Kibble (Trike Egg)	Trike Egg	Savoroot	Cooked Meat Jerky	Sarco	3

* = This Kibble is not craftable.

** = This Creature prefers another Kibble over this one, but this Kibble can still be used to tame the Creature effectively.

Creatures (Mobile)

This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

Dilophosaur

Pulmonoscorpius

Dodo

Titanoboa

Lystrosaurus

Compy

Dimorphodon

Kairuku

Moschops

Oviraptor

Pachyrhinosaurus

Parasaur

Royal Griffin

Standalone

Super Kibble (Mobile)

This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

Super Kibble (Mobile) is a type of Kibble exclusive to ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile.

These Kibbles can be crafted in a Cooking Pot or in an Industrial Cooker by substituting the normal Egg with a Super Fertilized Egg (Mobile). They can be used to tame Creatures faster and with greater Taming effectiveness.

Notes

• When using Kibble to passive tame by placing it in the last slot of your hotbar, be aware that if a Pegomastax steals it, it will eat the entire stack!
• If you are trying to make kibble and nothing is being produced with correct ingredients, try making a cooking pot or industrial cooker. Some updates render a crafting station disfunctional in a way.
• Kibble used to not work on the official Primitive + mod, but now works as intended.