The cost of pet food

Nelliegrace

When mother got forgetful, the cats were on to a good thing because they realised that she could be persuaded to feed them, again, and again, and again. 
It was quite expensive. 

captainlongtoes

Found cheaper brands

Nelliegrace said:

SIL buys posh cat food from the vet which contains sugar. 
The cat now has diabetes.
SIL now pays for blood tests, in patient care, medication, and even more expensive cat food from the vets, which also contains sugar. 
Someone is on to a winner.

I'm looking up cat food brands for our kittens who will be one year old soon, as they'll need to swap from kitten to adult food. Do you know of any low to mid-priced brands which do not have added sugar?

Nelliegrace

We fed ours Arden Grange dry chicken which we bought as a regular order from Amazon. It has gone up in price recently. There was never any fuss about eating it. 

nickkohl

I would rather pay for high quality dog food than insanely high vet bills down the line for feeding him low grade cheap food. I'll do anything for my dog's health and happiness.

baser999

captainlongtoes said:

Nelliegrace said:

SIL buys posh cat food from the vet which contains sugar. 
The cat now has diabetes.
SIL now pays for blood tests, in patient care, medication, and even more expensive cat food from the vets, which also contains sugar. 
Someone is on to a winner.

I'm looking up cat food brands for our kittens who will be one year old soon, as they'll need to swap from kitten to adult food. Do you know of any low to mid-priced brands which do not have added sugar?

Checkout the on-line companies, Animed and Zooplus for example, that allow filtering of foodstuffs. They also have chat lines that would assist

Katiehound

Found cheaper brands

nickkohl said:

I would rather pay for high quality dog food than insanely high vet bills down the line for feeding him low grade cheap food. I'll do anything for my dog's health and happiness.

Plenty of good quality food around that doesn't cost a fortune.
You need to check what you are feeding

My dogs have had Skinners & Harringtons dried complete for some years. Buy online and by the sack not silly little packets in the supermarket.
my 'old girl' was 16 this week
If you buy food that is labelled 'for working dogs' then that is VAT free

MarzipanCrumble

Cut back

Haven't 'cut back'.  I feed raw which is cheaper than most branded and better for the animal.