Whilst licking their paws in aus.pets on 07 Aug 2003, RW purred:

hi - i am in melbourne for a few days and would like to do a bit of
shopping for my cat (was also given a list of items to get for my
colleague's cats because her understanding is that cat food is much
cheaper and more varied in australia than in singapore). i've only
been to coles so far and would like to know where there are wider
varieties of cat food/supplies available, i.e perhaps a large pet
supply store somewhere in the city? coles appears to carry only
whiskas, purina, farmland and snappy tom. if anyone has a pet store
to recommend that they use in melbourne (city), please do let me know,
thanks.

Supermarkets have by far and away the most variety when it comes to cat
food than any other store. Specialist pet stores and Vets will carry only
a limited supply and usually of the more expensive diets like IAMS or
Science Diet. While both of these are wonderfully nutritious cat foods
they limited in flavours and usually only used for cats that need a special
diet like for cats with kidney problems or overweight cats. You could try
another supermarket (Woolworths for example) but honestly Coles is probably
your best bet. I'm surprised there are only four varieties of cat food
there - our Coles has the ones you mentioned along with Dine, Fancy Feast,
Friskies - there are really too many to mention.

I must say that this does seem like an unusual request. Surely the cost of
transporting food, particularly on an ongoing basis, to Singapore is going
to be prohibitive? But if you and others are willing to wear the cost then
I guess it's not a problem. Of course, if there are enough of you who are
interested enough to make, then perhaps you should contact some of the
companies direct and see whether they will ship bulk orders over there.
It's certainly worth a try!

Good luck.

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See ya!

Vicki Whyte

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Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should relax and get
used to the idea.