Whats the cheapest way to feed my cat?

paddypaws101 wrote: »

Originally Posted by Sequeena
Raw food is brilliant though it's hard to find the right balance. If you don't research it properly you may end up killing the cat because they're not getting what they need (not aimed at you btw just a general observation).

I think it would be pretty hard to actually KILL a cat by feeding it raw, but I agree some research is needed to make sure one is feeding a balance of meat to bone etc

Thanks for the link princessleah...I think the 400g tins still work out cheaper and are probably more practical as I feed 4 cats at a time.

I didn't mean you would kill a cat by feeding it raw food - you'll kill a cat by not getting the balance between muscle/meat/bone right I think they need to have taurine supplements when on a raw diet, not too sure as I don't feed it

I have six cats, 4 grown ups and 2 kittens, (had to have one put down last year was 19 due to illness) All of mine have dried food(any that tesco has on offer) left out all day and lots of water as have always been told by vet this is best for them. They get treats every other day, either cooked chicken or tinned catfood. They are all very healthy have lovley thick sleek coats, are never ill, none have had to visit the vets since they were neutered. and all my perevious cats have lived for a very long time i think 18 was the youngest.

CrimeWave wrote: »

I feed my cat very very cheap 'sandwich tuna' 3 cans for £1 ( each can 170g) 'human food' or sardines in brine a supermarket has it at 3 for £1 at the mo. 100% meat none of this 4 % rubbish. Half a can with her good value dried 70% meat biccies every day. ( £7 for 1.5kgs pets at home own) Can't beat it for price against content?

Sorry to rain on your parade but tinned fish intended for human consumption should only be given to a pet as an occasional treat as it is high in salt, especially if canned in brine.

I have to agree with fire fox and foreign correspondent

Claire_Bear wrote: »

Maybe, I was standing there looking at all the different types of catfood we sell and comparing meat quantity etc (I mean working hard, of course :A ) so I might be getting confused between them all, but from what I remember there was some Happy Shopper or similar brand pate tins with 4%, Smokies pouches were 40%, and the FF tuna tins were 70%. I'm in tomorrow though so I'll write it all down and report back. Might pick up a pack of the FF to try it, and just give a tin as an occassional treat.

Bought a pack of the FF tuna today, just got back and gave Pepsi a can, she absolutely loved it. It looked to me like a cross between corned beef and chocolate sponge :rotfl:

Anyway, I went and wrote down all the catfood we sell . Here's a little breakdown

Smokie pouches 100g. 25p each. 4 per day.
£1 per day. 10% meat.

Smokie trays. 100g. 25p each. 3 per day. (I have no idea why you need to feed less of these than the pouches when they're the same weight?! That's just what the packet said though.)
75p per day. 5% meat.

Feline Fayre tuna tins. 4x 170g. 99p. 2 per day.
50p per day. 70% meat.

Feline Fayre pouches. 8x 85g pouches. £1.79. 3 per day.
67p per day. 60% meat.

Euro shopper pate trays. 100g. 20p each. 3 per day.
60p per day. 10% meat.

Bitscat pouches (instructions and ingredients in foreign) 6x 100g. 99p. 3 per day (I'm guessing)
50p per day. 8% meat.

This is B&M in case anyone is wondering So the Feline Fayre tuna tops the list on both price and meat content. I'm currently feeding Pepsi Whiskas pouches which are 4% meat, and at 50p per day (but this is only because I got them on Asda's special offer of £4 for 24), they seem very poor indeed in comparison! Even if I got the Whiskas Oh So... pouches from the Morissons offer (50p per day, 40% meat) it isn't as good, but I'd want a bit of variety and wouldn't want her to get bored of just having the tuna flavour all the time. I'll definately be stocking up on some more of the FF though, even though it smells awful