Decent but economical dry food for 6 (!!!!) cats

gettingready

This Porta?

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/feedback/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/porta_21/porta21_feline_finest/170885

Or this Porta?

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/porta_21/porta21_feline_finest/170517

Thanks a lot,

EDIT
Recalculated (had coffee) - 10kg bag would last 12 days. So around 60 pounds per month.

So Vitalin still vins

Celli

Blimey, my brain would explode trying to work that out :rotfl:

gettingready

With 6 cats I have to work it out this way

Knowing how much a bag cost means nothing really as each food weight differently and has different feeding recommenadtion.

Only working out how many days will a bag last gives a true cost

Fosterdog

I can only give you experiences of these foods with dogs.

CSJ, I found their feeding guide to be quite far off the mark, probably because the dog food is designed for working dogs. I have 2 35kg GSDs, according to their guide they average a GSD at 20kg-30kg so I'd already have to feed them the giant breed portion which is 410g + for 30kg + of dog.
As my two are not working dogs, at the time only one had a medical problem so was on restricted exercise, the other was very active. I could almost halve the amounts recommended and both thrived on it. I had to change in the end as my girl developed a wheat allergy.
If their cat food is anything like that you would get a lot more meals out of it than you are calculating.

I haven't used Vitalin for my own dogs but my friends have a dog that has reactions to every other food he has tried, even the really expensive free from everything foods. He is one of the healthiest looking dogs I have ever seen, he is full of energy but not hyperactive, bright eyed, the shiniest coat I have ever seen on a dog, he barely sheds despite being a lab, no wind from him. He has been on it for around six years now and is doing really well and is an incredibly healthy dog especially considering his age (now around 9)

gettingready

Fosterdog - thanks for that.


perhaps I will look at Vitalin dog food too then...

gettingready

maddog - Vitalin looks cheaper but delivery over 6 pounds so comes up to [FONT=verdana, arial]Total:[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial]£34.20[/FONT]

vitalin site same 15kg bag 34.81 and free delivery so - both work out the same at the end LOL

anakat

Have you looked at http://www.ardengrange.com/Pet-Food/adult-cat-food.asp

love_lifer

Burns is great, about £27 for 7.5 kg in amazon. Good quality stuff

gettingready

Thanks but my cats did not like Burns and it works out very expensive.

PollyOnAMission

I know nothing about cats, but here are a few just from looking at Zooplus.


Applaws
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/applaws
~12g of food per kg of body weight per day
28kg of cats = 336g of food per day
Price per kg (Zooplus, cheapest bulk deal) = £4.53
Price per day: ~£1.52
Price per month: ~£45

James Well Beloved
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/wellbeloved_catfood
~15g of food per kg of body weight per day
28kg of cats = 420g of food per day
Price per kg (Zooplus, cheapest bulk deal) = £3.95
Price per day: ~£1.66
Price per month: ~£50

Almo Nature
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/almo_nature
~15g of food per kg of body weight per day
28kg of cats = 420g of food per day
Price per kg (Zooplus, cheapest bulk deal) = £2.95
Price per day: ~£1.24
Price per month: ~£38

Happy Cat
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/happy_cat
~13g of food per kg of body weight per day
28kg of cats = 364g of food per day
Price per kg (Zooplus, cheapest bulk deal) = £3.74
Price per day: ~£1.36
Price per month: ~£41

Vet's Kitchen
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/vets_kitchen
~12g of food per kg of body weight per day
28kg of cats = 336g of food per day
Price per kg (Zooplus, cheapest bulk deal) = £3.43
Price per day: ~£1.15
Price per month: ~£35

Taste of the Wild
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/esearch.htm#q=taste%20of%20the%20wild%20cat
~13g of food per kg of body weight per day (1 cup = approx 100g according to their own website)
28kg of cats = 364g of food per day
Price per kg (Zooplus, cheapest bulk deal) = £4.33
Price per day: ~£1.58
Price per month: ~£48

It may also be worth looking at this one
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/meowing_heads/338810#more
The feed guide is a little ambiguous because it specifies "soaked" and doesn't say if the weight is pre or post soaking. If that's the dry weight this food is expensive. If it's the wet weight it's hard to work out.