Cat Food? What's cheap and good?

MacCavity

Bozita comes in chunks either in jelly or gravy. My two hooligans are on Bozita wet and Orijen dried. I find Bozita very good value as well.

bouncydog1

Mine only eat the jelly and gravy from Whiskas so I throw the rest away. I am feeding them Iceland Coley fillets (for humans not cats) - £3 for 6 - microwave in about 4 mins and they have one of these between them once a day and Royal Canin kitten biscuits on demand the rest of the time.

They obviously prefer the fish but eat the biscuits if they are hungry.

notakid

MacCavity wrote: »

Bozita comes in chunks either in jelly or gravy. My two hooligans are on Bozita wet and Orijen dried. I find Bozita very good value as well.

Great, thats what I wanted to know, I'll try it!

Mine, believe it or not aren't keen on fish! They like ham as I've said before!

Even chicken doesn't seem a treat to them, only the whiskas.....

bethie

some of the purely range is in jelly - but i think you can only buy that range online and not in store!

we are currently rotating between bozita/ black feline fayre/hi life ocean essentials / pet mince with a dry down at all times.

currently it is a mix of acana and orijen, but shortly we will be moving to meowing heads.

rita-rabbit

If you feed them 100% dried after a while they will ANY wet food you offer them!

Rev

notakid wrote: »

I tried the purely from Pets at Home range and the cats won't eat it!

I think its because its like a pate, they like the chunks in jelly.

So, I've junk food cats! Back to the whiskas!

Have any of the other high meat brands unlike a pate? If they are please let me know and I'll try those.

I've only ever known purely to be chunks in jelly. Maybe they've changed it.

Fire_Fox

Arguably cheapest of all is raw - Tesco Value frozen chicken portions are £1.40 a kilo, as are pork kidneys and liver: heart is around £3 a kilo. Morrisons have the widest range of offal and IIRC their ox heart is cheaper than Tesco. Some raw feeders get organ meat and offcuts free from their local butcher. :money:

I don't raw feed full time but do not finding it time consuming to prepare and only a little yucky. Offal sometimes comes ready chunked but otherwise I chop and freeze on a baking tray then bag up so it is free flowing. Chicken drumsticks and thighs are defrosted, cut in two using poultry shears before feeding - no slower than opening a tin or tetrapack.

In addition to raw Noah has Bozita (90% meat) or Feline Fayre (70% fish) in the large tins, 29p at Home Bargains and B&M recently. Sometimes a raw egg mixed with cat milk. I am lucky that Noah will eat most meaty things, but he loves the raw best - caught trying to steal frozen liver earlier. :rotfl:

mozzyc

Hey Firefox!

Quick question re raw - so you buy frozen chicken drumsticks etc, defrost them, then just feed them like that? Do you have to remove bones etc? I'm absolutely clueless, didn't know you could feed a cat raw chicken. Would be great to be able to give them that as a treat sometime.

Lifesaver

My two Maine Coons won't eat anything but Tesco's own brand - Gravy or Jelly along with Iams biscuits.

rita-rabbit

Raw feeding is cheap & v good for them - ideally live catch is better as it contains all the nutrients they need! If you feel u must cook meat you will need 2 remove bones (unlike with raw feeding). Run a search on this site for raw for fuller info.