Ethical Indoor Cat Food & Litter

foxgloves

Thanks for that tip. Yes, I will send for some samples and see if cat likes them. We would rather give our money to an ethical company than one of these huge conglomerates.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Ah - I've done some checking and there seems to be confusion as to whether aloe vera is dangerous for cats or not. Mine was fine with gunk straight from a plant, but I think I should retract my last comment, as I don't want to be wrong.

Sorry.

Seakay

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Thanks for that info. We already have evil Nestle in the house as cereal is the only way I can get wholegrain into Mr. Fire Fox, but will not be buying Purina cat litter. I have read that wood is not safe for cats: great to read that the corn is waste tho. :T

The alternative to flushing is landfill I have two rolls of biodegradable pedal bin liners that were a bargain at Tesco so can use those for bagging up - my bin is in my combined kitchen/ living area so need to double bag for smells.

When I am walking my friend's dogs, I use biodegradable poop bags (designed for council distributed compost caddies so free), knot them and put them in a public litter bin. Because I live in a city, these bins are emptied every day or so. I was thinking that you could save yourself double bagging if you took advantage of a frequently emptied litter bin.

dogstarheaven

my two cats are also on Burns and i can vouch that they're v ethical in the way it's made up of better ingredients and has a higher meat content than commercial brands. i do know that dry food is better for their digestive system. Burns have a free nutrition helpline too, that will answer any queries you may have. i too, buy in bulk and found this is cheaper method. btw, they have been recmd by a lot of breeders out there and those with dietry conditions.

Fire_Fox

dogstarheaven wrote: »

my two cats are also on Burns and i can vouch that they're v ethical in the way it's made up of better ingredients and has a higher meat content than commercial brands. i do know that dry food is better for their digestive system. Burns have a free nutrition helpline too, that will answer any queries you may have. i too, buy in bulk and found this is cheaper method. btw, they have been recmd by a lot of breeders out there and those with dietry conditions.

Can you please expand on why dry foods are better for the cats digestive system? My experience is most brands make Noah stink the flat out! On high meat/ grain-free foods he poops less often and it barely smells. I was very impressed with the Burns website so it's a shame it didn't suit, to make up for the meat I give Noah I am largely vegetarian at home.

£2coinsaver

Old post I know, but only recently discovered this forum.
I was astonished to learn that many cat food companies conduct awful tests on animals for their cat food so have been testing a few peta approved cat foods which also have a higher meat content as i have never been happy about the 4% meat content in whiskas.
My cats are now on arden grange which is a dry food but I am struggling to find a wet food.
they have tried joe & jills pets kitchen, lilys kitchen and now forthglade.
all are pate based although lilys is more jelly like.
one cat seems ok with all of them, the other only seems to really like lilys kitchen but unfortunately this is sooo expensive!
Forthglade is half the price of the other 2 but i'm not entirely convinced the cats really like it.
My only other option it seems is co-op own cat food which is buav approved, although again only 4% meat content.