Fire Fox's Debt-Free in 2009 Diary

Lula-Hula

Hurray for new flatmate / catmate ,

I'm really pleased for you. I really wasnt that keen on getting ours, it was mainly for DD as I had real commitment & responsiblity issues now I love him to bits. There's nothing like having something warm & furry to cuddle that doesnt answer back or make you feel crap .

You too can discover the joys of typing with a tail in your face :rotfl:

As to counselling, I'd say give it ago, you dont have to continue if you dont like it. Part of your unsettled state is probably knowing that Mr. F F is going, but having to hang around in a kind of limbo until he does. You know that there is a big change coming but cant actually deal with it yet :rolleyes:.

Big hugs to you & remember that you are F Fabulous :A

Lula
xx

PS - I love TK Maxx, I decided that if I was only allwed to shop in one store for the rest of my life, it would be there; I love the eclectic & totally random stuff in there & all those bargainous finds too. I must go there soon ...

Fire_Fox

Thanks to all you wonderful ladies for your ongoing support, if it wasn't for you I'd have stopped posting on MSE. My head is all mixed up at the moment - I don't want Mr. Fire Fox to leave but I can't wait for Noah to move in!

Been very busy requesting free samples of premium dry cat food, so far
Purina One (Nestle! :mad:) REPLIED + £1 voucher
Chudleys Cat REPLIED
First Class Indoor REPLIED + £5 voucher
Perfect Fit In Home (Mars!)
James Wellbeloved (Mars again! :mad:) REPLIED
Royal Canin Indoor REPLIED
Vitapurr (hypoallergenic)
Burns (ethical policy) REPLIED
Trophy (ethical policy) REPLIED
Applaws (high meat) REPLIED

Also want Fish4Cats (high meat) but the samples are out of stock, and there's a £5 voucher on the Hills Science website. :T

Edited to add: now also requested
Hi-Life Complete & Crunchy (organic) REPLIED
Wafcol (hypoallergenic) REPLIED
Organipets (ethical policy) REPLIED
Franks Pro Gold Indoor REPLIED
Arden Grange (free range)

claire0788

Thats good with the free samples and stuff !

lilmissmup

My cats really do cheer me up sometimes, they are good company, only problem with mine is they were "ours", got them about halfway through our relationship although when my ex came over Friday they were both so confused he was there!

I like the name Noah too.

Pls don't leave MSE, you know they are people who have been through similar who are all here to help you hun.

lilmissmup

God just saw the pics of Noah, how did he end up like that in the first place :mad: I hate people who hurt animals, hes so beautiful!

Shoe_Gal

lilmissmup wrote: »

Pls don't leave MSE, you know they are people who have been through similar who are all here to help you hun.

So true - loads of people on here really cheer me up when I need it - like today :rolleyes:

Lula-Hula

Oooh thanks for the Hills science tip - that's what my kitty has - got fed it at cat home & has to be kept on it for a while & then weaned off it very slowly. There is no MSE for cats apparently

Fire_Fox

Noah is going to be an MSE furbaby, but to me that means getting value for money not cheap junk food! :T

I've spoken to Noah's lovely foster mum this evening; he has recently switched to James Wellbeloved dry as it's hypoallergenic along with Felix pouches. I don't think I can cope with buying Felix, it's only 4% meat with a ton of additives and is a Nestle brand. I prefer Pets at Home Purely tinned meat which contains 50% fish, no rubbish and £2.75 per kilo. :money: Apparently he also likes prawns ...

claire0788

4% meat !? What does anybody buy it then, sounds quite boggin whats the other 96% ?

Fire_Fox

It's very interesting which pet food manufacturers will list the ingredients on their websites - none of the commercial brand names do! :rolleyes: People buy this rubbish because it's easy to buy pet food when you are grocery shopping anyway, because the products are advertised as being healthy and because people don't read labels. I am ashamed to say I am guilty of this in my youth.

Felix pouches, taken from the Ocado website:
"Meat and animal derivatives (of which beef 4%, chicken 4%, duck 4%, lamb 4%, rabbit 4%, liver 4%), fish and fish derivatives, minerals, various sugars."
Note that the 4% meat is OR for each type of meat depending on the flavour. What they haven't listed with the pouches is that they contain a lot of water.

Whiskas Complete dry, also from Ocado:
"Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (min 4% Chicken in the Light Brown Kibbles, min 4% Meat in the Meaty Nuggets Filling), Vegetable Protein Extracts, Oils and Fats, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Minerals, Vegetables (min 4% Carrots in the Orange Kibbles, min 4% Peas in the Green Kibbles)."

The lowest price for a complete dry food appears to be around £1 per kilogram (supermarket own brand), but you are paying for cereals which is usually corn or wheat as they are cheap. I think it's better value to pay £4 to £6 a kilo and get a premium dry food - these start at 20% up to 80% meat: some are organic, some are free range, some contain human grade meat. :T