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Cheap catfood = unhappy kitties
I am seriously broke this week so I had to buy a 3.00 bag of catfood to get by until wednesday when i can buy a bag of their usual Science Diet. All 5 of my girls are very upset with me and I have never seen leftovers in their bowls hours after a feeding. This morning I opened the closet where I keep the food and filled the first bowl which is Pebble's and she turned her nose up, looked up at me, then went to the closet and looked in the tin to see if that was all there was to offer. It was so funny but I was like I am sorry, you'll have to hold out another day or so. I can't wait until its time to scoop poop. I'll probably be gaging from it. |
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Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile and
have to deprive our furry bosses of their usual fine dining, earning their ire. If you leave the food in the bowls they will eventually eat it (but hope you don't live in hot climate like ours). Cats are stubborn but we have to support everybody and hang in there. "meow" wrote in message ... : : : I am seriously broke this week so I had to buy a 3.00 bag of catfood : to get by until wednesday when i can buy a bag of their usual Science : Diet. All 5 of my girls are very upset with me and I have never seen : leftovers in their bowls hours after a feeding. This morning I opened : the closet where I keep the food and filled the first bowl which is : Pebble's and she turned her nose up, looked up at me, then went to the : closet and looked in the tin to see if that was all there was to : offer. It was so funny but I was like I am sorry, you'll have to hold : out another day or so. I can't wait until its time to scoop poop. I'll : probably be gaging from it. |
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"Hopitus2" wrote in message ... Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile and have to deprive our furry bosses of their usual fine dining, earning their ire. If you leave the food in the bowls they will eventually eat it (but hope you don't live in hot climate like ours). Cats are stubborn but we have to support everybody and hang in there. heh - have you seen the Whiskas advert with the gorgeous tabby cat trying to tell his human he wants fed while his human is eating chinese take-away? Human finds there's no catfood, runs down to the local convenience store where they don't stock Whiskas - buys some cheaper stuff and puts the label from an old can round it, serves it up - and the cat runs out the house in disgust. Now as it happens, my two won't touch Whiskas (if "nine out of ten cats prefer it" I am owned by TWO "tenth cats") but if I buy something other than what they *will* eat, I get sulks and hunger strikes that go on for days. -- Jette Goldie Apache and Dakota http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html |
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"Jette Goldie" wrote in message ... "Hopitus2" wrote in message ... Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile and have to deprive our furry bosses of their usual fine dining, earning their ire. If you leave the food in the bowls they will eventually eat it (but hope you don't live in hot climate like ours). Cats are stubborn but we have to support everybody and hang in there. heh - have you seen the Whiskas advert with the gorgeous tabby cat trying to tell his human he wants fed while his human is eating chinese take-away? Human finds there's no catfood, runs down to the local convenience store where they don't stock Whiskas - buys some cheaper stuff and puts the label from an old can round it, serves it up - and the cat runs out the house in disgust. Now as it happens, my two won't touch Whiskas (if "nine out of ten cats prefer it" I am owned by TWO "tenth cats") but if I buy something other than what they *will* eat, I get sulks and hunger strikes that go on for days. Whiskas and Friskies are the only foods they sell in most stores here in Thailand. Vino will eat it (he's not fussy) but I don't want to feed it to him 'cause I think it's probably crappy food. So I've been having people from Canada bring me cans of Iams and Science Diet in their suitcases for 3 years. Also, I have managed to on occasion find some Iams, Nutro and SD here for outrageous prices but when I do find them I buy every can in the store. Probably not a good advertisement for Whiskas ;-) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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"badwilson" wrote in message
... "Jette Goldie" wrote in message ... "Hopitus2" wrote in message ... Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile and have to deprive our furry bosses of their usual fine dining, earning their ire. If you leave the food in the bowls they will eventually eat it (but hope you don't live in hot climate like ours). Cats are stubborn but we have to support everybody and hang in there. heh - have you seen the Whiskas advert with the gorgeous tabby cat trying to tell his human he wants fed while his human is eating chinese take-away? Human finds there's no catfood, runs down to the local convenience store where they don't stock Whiskas - buys some cheaper stuff and puts the label from an old can round it, serves it up - and the cat runs out the house in disgust. Now as it happens, my two won't touch Whiskas (if "nine out of ten cats prefer it" I am owned by TWO "tenth cats") but if I buy something other than what they *will* eat, I get sulks and hunger strikes that go on for days. Whiskas and Friskies are the only foods they sell in most stores here in Thailand. Vino will eat it (he's not fussy) but I don't want to feed it to him 'cause I think it's probably crappy food. So I've been having people from Canada bring me cans of Iams and Science Diet in their suitcases for 3 years. Also, I have managed to on occasion find some Iams, Nutro and SD here for outrageous prices but when I do find them I buy every can in the store. Probably not a good advertisement for Whiskas ;-) Where is the Whiskas made, Britta?. If its made here in Australia (or NZ) there are strict guidelines about what goes in it. While I wouldn't call it the best quality wet food around, the Australian-made stuff doesn't seem all that bad from my POV. Besides, Shmogg eats it (most of the time) and that will do for me. The only "better" wet cat food available in the supermarkets around here is Dine, and from all I can see, there is nothing but the price that distinguishes Dine from Whiskas. Ok, occasionally Shmogg starts turning his nose up at Whiskas - which is when I buy Dine, but he's also been known to turn his known up at Dine - so we go back toWhiskas. I don't consider it "cheap and nasty" (thats what generic brand cat food is!) He also has a bowl thats always got Whiskas crunchies in it, and he seems pretty darn healthy for a 14(is)yo cat. Yowie |
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Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile and
have to deprive our furry bosses of their usual fine dining, earning their ire. If you leave the food in the bowls they will eventually eat it (but hope you don't live in hot climate like ours). Cats are stubborn but we have to support everybody and hang in there. For sure. Cats have survived, and even thrived, on cheap food. They'll be fine. Maybe they'll appreciate their Science Diet more now! (on second thought, nah) Sherry |
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Yowie wrote
"badwilson" wrote in message ... Whiskas and Friskies are the only foods they sell in most stores here in Thailand. Vino will eat it (he's not fussy) but I don't want to feed it to him 'cause I think it's probably crappy food. So I've been having people from Canada bring me cans of Iams and Science Diet in their suitcases for 3 years. Also, I have managed to on occasion find some Iams, Nutro and SD here for outrageous prices but when I do find them I buy every can in the store. Probably not a good advertisement for Whiskas ;-) Where is the Whiskas made, Britta?. If its made here in Australia (or NZ) there are strict guidelines about what goes in it. While I wouldn't call it the best quality wet food around, the Australian-made stuff doesn't seem all that bad from my POV. Besides, Shmogg eats it (most of the time) and that will do for me. The only "better" wet cat food available in the supermarkets around here is Dine, and from all I can see, there is nothing but the price that distinguishes Dine from Whiskas. Ok, occasionally Shmogg starts turning his nose up at Whiskas - which is when I buy Dine, but he's also been known to turn his known up at Dine - so we go back toWhiskas. I don't consider it "cheap and nasty" (thats what generic brand cat food is!) He also has a bowl thats always got Whiskas crunchies in it, and he seems pretty darn healthy for a 14(is)yo cat. I think of Whiskas as the best wet food here. The cats would be mortified if I brought anything else home. -- David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI Bp+W B 10 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P B+ PA+ PL+ SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 1 Y++ L-- W- C+ |
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"Yowie" wrote in message ... "badwilson" wrote in message ... "Jette Goldie" wrote in message ... "Hopitus2" wrote in message ... Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile and have to deprive our furry bosses of their usual fine dining, earning their ire. If you leave the food in the bowls they will eventually eat it (but hope you don't live in hot climate like ours). Cats are stubborn but we have to support everybody and hang in there. heh - have you seen the Whiskas advert with the gorgeous tabby cat trying to tell his human he wants fed while his human is eating chinese take-away? Human finds there's no catfood, runs down to the local convenience store where they don't stock Whiskas - buys some cheaper stuff and puts the label from an old can round it, serves it up - and the cat runs out the house in disgust. Now as it happens, my two won't touch Whiskas (if "nine out of ten cats prefer it" I am owned by TWO "tenth cats") but if I buy something other than what they *will* eat, I get sulks and hunger strikes that go on for days. Whiskas and Friskies are the only foods they sell in most stores here in Thailand. Vino will eat it (he's not fussy) but I don't want to feed it to him 'cause I think it's probably crappy food. So I've been having people from Canada bring me cans of Iams and Science Diet in their suitcases for 3 years. Also, I have managed to on occasion find some Iams, Nutro and SD here for outrageous prices but when I do find them I buy every can in the store. Probably not a good advertisement for Whiskas ;-) Where is the Whiskas made, Britta?. If its made here in Australia (or NZ) there are strict guidelines about what goes in it. While I wouldn't call it the best quality wet food around, the Australian-made stuff doesn't seem all that bad from my POV. Besides, Shmogg eats it (most of the time) and that will do for me. The only "better" wet cat food available in the supermarkets around here is Dine, and from all I can see, there is nothing but the price that distinguishes Dine from Whiskas. Ok, occasionally Shmogg starts turning his nose up at Whiskas - which is when I buy Dine, but he's also been known to turn his known up at Dine - so we go back toWhiskas. I don't consider it "cheap and nasty" (thats what generic brand cat food is!) He also has a bowl thats always got Whiskas crunchies in it, and he seems pretty darn healthy for a 14(is)yo cat. Yowie Ok, I just checked and it is made in Australia. I do feed it to Vino sometimes, in between the Iams and Science Diet to stretch those out a bit more. When looking at the labels of ingredients, I would prefer to feed Iams over Whiskas. Although I just checked Science Diet and the ingredients don't seem that great, so maybe I'll phase it out. I used to be able to get Nutro, but the store has closed down :-( Nutro had the best ingredients out of the stuff available to me. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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badwilson wrote:
Iams over Whiskas. Although I just checked Science Diet and the ingredients don't seem that great, so maybe I'll phase it out. I used to be able to get Can you get the new Purina ProPlan foods? They're not as good as Nutro, but they're not too shabby. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Can you get the new Purina ProPlan foods? They're not as good as Nutro,
but they're not too shabby. -- Victor Martinez Pro Plan is the *only* food Bootsie will eat. I agree with you, it might not be the best food on the market, but it's still good quality. It's hard to find here, though. The only place I can find it is PetsMart in the city. Sherry |
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