Cat Food Budgeting

theblackrose

I can't remember the last time we were all able to go on holiday or the last time we actually went on a real holiday lol our only holiday is when we visit my OH's parents once a year.

Thank you WickedKitten for that interesting info. I'd never heard of that before. It is worrying but thankfully we haven't had any problems in the 5 years they have been eating it (touch wood). The vet said it was fine as long as she is happy & eats dry food. I do wish they would eat cat food though because of the cost!

Gettingready Fred is so cute. Looks just like our Tabby cat (size & all ).

Our kittens are very active this morning. They have a trug full of various toys (more balls & rattles than anything) & they seem to dive in there & make a selection as to what the toy of the day will be!

cinderellacomplex

average of £8/month per cat last time I worked it out - feeding Applaws bought at around £35.00/7.5kg - cereal free food with 80% chicken, mine thrive on it which is the most important part

cally6008

Never thought about that with the tins v pouches weight to price ratio. Might give that a go.

Currently got two fussy blighters here as well ... girl cat loves biscuits, eats jelly and is slowly starting to eat meat ... boy cat has dodgy tummy or hairballs at the moment, used to eat everything but no refuses any gravy food ... think he's watched girl cat too much and got too picky.

Tesco cat litter definitely best value for money, 3 trays cleaned on a night with poo picked up as required and 1 bag lasts me a month now.

Asda do a 40 pouch box for £8 in their own brand and biscuits are £4 for 4kg (£2 for 2kg etc) so not bad value

leimichellecat

My cat had kidney stones, which needed special food at £40 a month from the vet. When we got a kitten we gave her special kitten food (as expected). However neither would eat their own food, which clearly defeated the object of them having special food, so now I buy a large sack of £5 tesco dry food ever two months, and occasionally buy them a fancy tin of meat at 50p each!

As for litter, at the moment they don't need it, however have always used tesco value with no problems. A friend of ours gave us some of that environmentally friendly posh stuff, but would the cat use it? NO!!! Instead they opted for our bed, the carpet, the sofa bed and on my leg!

arbroath_lass

If you are patient and can cope with the faff wean them off the pouches and tuna. Give them their usual food with a spoonful of the new food WELL mixed in. A few days later increase the new food and reduce the old. Keep going until they are on the new food only. I used this method to get my two off Felix and on to Bozita.

I'd also recommend swapping to better quality food - my two eat less now than they did on Felix.

missprice

gettingready wrote: »

OMG - what are you feeding that cat? what brand is it?

:rotfl::rotfl:

it is of course onlly the best for my moggy
food comes with quails eggs and caviar and salmon and oysters etc

soz should have been 1.80
xx

anon123456

Wow there are some fussy cats out there

My litle bayo (8 months now) ate whatever you put down or left on a plate on the counter for 5 seconds (little !!!!!!). Felix/Wiskas/Tesco/Sainsburys/Tuna/Ham/Chicken baked beans! cheese! rice,

Guess we are lucky he just loves food and not picky

missprice

my moggy is not really fussy except about her cabbage
its got to be sweetheart cabbage or she turns her nose up:)

rita-rabbit

Whiskas & Felix is expensive rubbish - save yourself money in terms of outlay for food & using less litter by feeding better quality food - less in = less out. Feline Fayre, Aniconda Carni, raw, Bozita, etc (wet) Burns & other quality dried.

rita-rabbit

kitten food is even more of a waste of money - catfood of good quality is better than anything the supermarket sells labelled `kitten' just read the ingredients!