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*UPDATED* I CAN Manage To Keep My Cats Now!
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Its hard to know whats best for them really, asda's tins are about 42p a tin with 4% meat, Bozita is about 82p a tin, but its 97% meat. Think I'll stick with bozita but give less with more dried food.
Sorry off the original subject, but its an interesting thread.
Ps, it still adds up to a lot though, think I'll go with half asda and half bozita, maybe alternate daily. Just buy 1 tin first though see if they like it.0 -
Just wanted to say thanks again for everybodies, suggestions, support and help.
I will be able to keep my cats now and am feeling alot happier about things.The Daleks Reign Supreme, All Hail The Daleks!0 -
In food terms, the cheapest in ££ is not necessarily the cheapest to feed long term. As with humans, protein is far more filling and satisfies satiety more than carbohydrates, so you want to be feeding the highest possible protein content and use this as a cost basis analysis.
For example, the equivalent of cat "junk food", i.e. Go-Cat, Felix, Whiskas etc might appear to be cheaper in ££ than some of the premium brands, e.g Nature's Menu (my current food of choice) but your cat will only eat half as much of the higher price food, thus the "more expensive" choice works out more economical.
This is a concept many people struggle with, understandably, because they just consider the initial outlay and not the long term benefits & savings“You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”0 -
:j:jBrilliant news Dalek!:j:j
Just an idea, but do you have an old tin / jar etc that you could maybe stick 2 or 3 £s in each week?
If you can and it builds up over a few weeks (won't take long), it would mean you could buy wet / dry food and/or litter when it's on offer.
Often the bigger bags work out soooooo much cheaper but it's finding the initial money that's the problem.
My cats dry food works out at £8.50 / kg if I buy it in 2kg bags but I've just bought a 10kg bag on offer for £40 (delivered) - so less than 1/2 the price and it will last them for 5 months:) which works out at £4 / month for each cat:T
Best of luck & pop back & say hi and let us know how it's going:DGrocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
2016 Sell: £125/£250
£1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
Debt free & determined to stay that way!0 -
Also, not that I would ever condone anyone getting into debt.. but have you considered a credit card to allow you to make bulk purchases... as long as you clear the balance at the end of the month to avoid interest!!... you have to have good financial control for this“You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”0
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Very often the initial outlay is all one can afford at that particular time so needs to be kept to minimum.. life0
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~Chameleon~ wrote: »brands, e.g Nature's Menu (my current food of choice)0
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Thats fantastic news. I'm really pleased that you are going to be able to keep them!!!loobylou2.Proud to be dealing with my debts and aiming to sort out the mess in 2013!!!!:eek:0
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rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »:j:jBrilliant news Dalek!:j:j
Just an idea, but do you have an old tin / jar etc that you could maybe stick 2 or 3 £s in each week?
If you can and it builds up over a few weeks (won't take long), it would mean you could buy wet / dry food and/or litter when it's on offer.
Often the bigger bags work out soooooo much cheaper but it's finding the initial money that's the problem.
My cats dry food works out at £8.50 / kg if I buy it in 2kg bags but I've just bought a 10kg bag on offer for £40 (delivered) - so less than 1/2 the price and it will last them for 5 months:) which works out at £4 / month for each cat:T
Best of luck & pop back & say hi and let us know how it's going:D
^^^What 'er indoors says!^^^ (ducks)
I do that now with any spare coppers & 5p's I have.Blinking glad I do as with the problems the Ulster bank are having,my ESA may not be in by Saturday so at least I have nearly a quid for Daisy's cat food!0
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