Looking for some cheap cat food websites?

zigmeister

We have 5 cats, and used to feed them a combination of wet and dry food, but then we were told by our vet that dry food is better for them, especially as one of our cats had problems with her teeth and gums.

Now they eat just dried food (we have recently switched to Hills - the sensitive stomach one makes such a difference to my cat's delicate stomach) and occasionally have chicken or tuna. And they are all fit and healthy!

rita-rabbit

Hills (despite being recommended by Vets) contains some rubbish too - despite the high price. I recommend Hi-life pouches, raw, BURNS or James Wellbeloved.

~Chameleon~

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Read the ingredients on the back of the pouches or tins - many supposedly premium brands are still only 4% meat!! :eek:

It always makes me smile when I see comments such as this

How much 'actual meat' content would you like to see in a tin/pouch of cat food?

What percentage of a whole animal is 'actual meat' when you take into account skin, fur/feathers, bones, cartilage, internal organs etc?

Think about it!

Fire_Fox

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

It always makes me smile when I see comments such as this

How much 'actual meat' content would you like to see in a tin/pouch of cat food?

What percentage of a whole animal is 'actual meat' when you take into account skin, fur/feathers, bones, cartilage, internal organs etc?

Think about it!

Internal organs are meat, you would declare them on the label as liver, offal, etc. Some premium brands of wet food are able to declare 50 to 60% meat on the ingredients list whereas most supermarket and commercial brands are just 4%. To answer your question I'd like to see all wet and dry cat foods at least 40% actual meat content as it's clearly possible to produce this at a reasonable price.

It's irrelevant to my indoor cat how much of a whole animal is actual meat as I won't ever be bringing one home! I will be feeding the occasional raw bone, but I don't intend to dish up a bowl of porridge or 'animal derivatives'.

~Chameleon~

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Internal organs are meat, you would declare them on the label as liver, offal, etc. Some premium brands of wet food are able to declare 50 to 60% meat on the ingredients list whereas most supermarket and commercial brands are just 4%. To answer your question I'd like to see all wet and dry cat foods at least 40% actual meat content as it's clearly possible to produce this at a reasonable price.

It's irrelevant to my indoor cat how much of a whole animal is actual meat as I won't ever be bringing one home! I will be feeding the occasional raw bone, but I don't intend to dish up a bowl of porridge or 'animal derivatives'.

I think you're missing the point slightly

Wild cats are not 'designed' for want of a better word, to actually eat a diet so rich in meat. And by that I mean the muscle content of an animal which is what we actually class as 'meat', not the offal!

When they catch their prey they eat the whole animal, not just strip off the muscle and leave the rest!

It is comparable to us eating a highly processed diet of refined sugars and carbohydrates, containing very few fresh & raw ingredients. You would eventually become obese, develop diabetes and other health problems and your teeth would rot and fall out!

This is exactly what happens to cats (and dogs!) when fed primarily on a diet with very high meat content! Believe it or not, those foods with just 4% meat content are actually a lot healthier (well as healthy as a can of processed cat/dog food can be) than those little cartons of Gourmet Gold and Caesar etc.

These are actually designed to be treats for your pets, i.e. Sunday lunch, rather than form part of their every day diet

Fire_Fox

I'd rather my cat ate a high meat content wet and dry food than 4% meat, added sugar/ salt/ high grain content/ artificial colours and flavours. I won't be feeding Noah Gourmet Gold firstly as it's a Purina (Nestle) brand, and secondly because it's just as full of rubbish as all the other commercial brands:
"Meat and animal derivatives (chicken min. 4%, liver min. 4%), celears, minerals, various sugars. Contains EC permitted colourants."

Isn't Cesar dog food?? I wouldn't feed that to my dog as it's a commercial Mars brand, containing:
"Meat and Animal Derivatives (Including min. 4% Chicken, min. 4% Turkey.), Minerals, Derivatives of vegetable origin."
I'd be very interested for you to describe the mechanism behind a high meat diet causing diabetes, obesity and dental caries in a cat.

ginvzt

I am feeding my cat Royal Canin wet (instinctive + Beauty + Light, a mix of these) and then he also gets biscuits. It is not cheap, but I stock up when I find a cheaper deal online. Last time I paid about £6 per box 12 pouches, so I think it is not too bad. Puffo loves it - he actually is requesting one now, but not gonna get one till evening, as he already had one for breakfast!!!!

~Chameleon~

Fire_Fox wrote: »

I'd rather my cat ate a high meat content wet and dry food than 4% meat, added sugar/ salt/ high grain content/ artificial colours and flavours.

That's your choice obviously! I can only offer my advice here and it's up to individuals whether they take it or not. This isn't a veterinary forum after all!

Just to correct you on your last statement though. Not all commercial cat food is full of the rubbish you quote above!!!

I'm sure I've mentioned it before but Butchers Classic is a very good quality food, and yes it only contains 4% meat but it contains no soya, cereals, bulking agents, gluten, preservatives or artificial flavouring & colourings. The rest is made up of animal derivatives, exactly how it should be!

It is the best wet cat food I know of currently on the market and one I recommend time and time again to clients, particularly to cats with very sore mouths and all those suffering with chronic feline gingivostomatitis.

RacyRed

"chronic feline gingivostomatitis"

What is that? Sounds horrible!

Fire_Fox

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

That's your choice obviously! I can only offer my advice here and it's up to individuals whether they take it or not. This isn't a veterinary forum after all!

Just to correct you on your last statement though. Not all commercial cat food is full of the rubbish you quote above!!!

I'm sure I've mentioned it before but Butchers Classic is a very good quality food, and yes it only contains 4% meat but it contains no soya, cereals, bulking agents, gluten, preservatives or artificial flavouring & colourings. The rest is made up of animal derivatives, exactly how it should be!

It is the best wet cat food I know of currently on the market and one I recommend time and time again to clients, particularly to cats with very sore mouths and all those suffering with chronic feline gingivostomatitis.

Thanks for the information, I will consider Butchers Classic. According to the Ocado website however, it does contains colourings: "With Haddock: Meat And Animal Derivatives, Fish and Fish Derivatives (Haddock min. 4%), Minerals, Contains EEC Permitted Colourants.
With Trout: Meat And Animal Derivatives, Fish and Fish Derivatives (Trout min. 4%), Minerals, Contains EEC Permitted Colourants.
With Ocean Fish: Meat And Animal Derivatives, Fish and Fish Derivatives (Ocean Fish min. 4%) , Mine rals, Contains EEC Permitted Colourants"