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Cheap catfood
I give up- was in the local shop tonight and a little short of cash when I noticed they had "Kit E Cat" pouchies £2 for a box of 12. Now "Kit E Cat" is supposed to be cheap rubbish but I figured it wouldn't do my spoilt pair any harm until tomorrow morning when I'd pick up their more usual Whiskas, Felix or Sheba..
They hoovered it up like it's the best thing they ever tasted! Not a scrap left and bowl dragged around the kitchen whilst they tried to scrape every last morsel of this delicious nectar from it. I'd be delighted at how much money I could save except I know if I go out and buy a load- the next thing th'll be looking at me going "and what is this cr*p?" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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I give up- was in the local shop tonight and a little short of
cash when I noticed they had "Kit E Cat" pouchies £2 for a box of 12. Now "Kit E Cat" is supposed to be cheap rubbish [...] Apart from the jelly version of Sheba, it's the only kind of catfood we can still buy in local supermarkets that all our cats can tolerate. Chloe gets appalling diarrhoea from any food with cereals in it (she seems to be gluten-intolerant) and Butcher's Choice makes both her and Marblecake throw up. Every other brand that the Co-Op or Lidl sell has had gluten- containing grain added to it in the last few years. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:52:54 +0000, Jack Campin
wrote: I give up- was in the local shop tonight and a little short of cash when I noticed they had "Kit E Cat" pouchies £2 for a box of 12. Now "Kit E Cat" is supposed to be cheap rubbish [...] Apart from the jelly version of Sheba, it's the only kind of catfood we can still buy in local supermarkets that all our cats can tolerate. Chloe gets appalling diarrhoea from any food with cereals in it (she seems to be gluten-intolerant) and Butcher's Choice makes both her and Marblecake throw up. Every other brand that the Co-Op or Lidl sell has had gluten- containing grain added to it in the last few years. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin I guess I'm lucky so far in that none of my cats seem to get sick frome eating various fancy feasts. But they always dislike whatever I buy the most of, even if they loved it last time. |
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wrote in message ... I give up- was in the local shop tonight and a little short of cash when I noticed they had "Kit E Cat" pouchies £2 for a box of 12. Now "Kit E Cat" is supposed to be cheap rubbish but I figured it wouldn't do my spoilt pair any harm until tomorrow morning when I'd pick up their more usual Whiskas, Felix or Sheba.. They hoovered it up like it's the best thing they ever tasted! Not a scrap left and bowl dragged around the kitchen whilst they tried to scrape every last morsel of this delicious nectar from it. I'd be delighted at how much money I could save except I know if I go out and buy a load- the next thing th'll be looking at me going "and what is this cr*p?" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs -------- Kit E Kat is made by the same firm that make Whiskas and it also doesn't have sugar in. It's fine but it has bigger chunks in. Boyfie prefers the smaller chunks. FGS, he has good teeth, he can chew it fine! I'd grab it while you can. If they refuse it in a week, I would offer them the option of eating it or going without. Providing they are well, of course. I will go to the end of the earth to find food that a sick cat or dog will eat but if they are well and decide they would prefer something *nicer* and refuse a perfectly good meal, then they go without until the next day. I don't do "picky about my food* and never have. Boyfie eats every nice cat food I provide. He did try it once when KFC was ill and he got into her chicken breast and he wanted it for himself forever, but I said NO. Then he got the mardies and said "I won't eat anything except chicken breast" and then I said "you're going to be a bit hungry then.." Tweed |
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dgk wrote: I guess I'm lucky so far in that none of my cats seem to get sick frome eating various fancy feasts. But they always dislike whatever I buy the most of, even if they loved it last time. Isn't that the truth! (It's almost as if they can read the price tags telepathically when you buy it.) |
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Christina Websell wrote: If they refuse it in a week, I would offer them the option of eating it or going without. Providing they are well, of course. I will go to the end of the earth to find food that a sick cat or dog will eat but if they are well and decide they would prefer something *nicer* and refuse a perfectly good meal, then they go without until the next day. I don't do "picky about my food* and never have. Right on! (Same treatment you give kids when they decide they don't like what's being served.) I grew up during the Great Depression - we ate what was put on the table, or went without. That's just the way things were, and we survived just fine. (Also able to eat anything considered fit for human consumption.) |
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:39:22 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote: In article , wrote: I give up- was in the local shop tonight and a little short of cash when I noticed they had "Kit E Cat" pouchies £2 for a box of 12. Now "Kit E Cat" is supposed to be cheap rubbish but I figured it wouldn't do my spoilt pair any harm until tomorrow morning when I'd pick up their more usual Whiskas, Felix or Sheba.. They hoovered it up like it's the best thing they ever tasted! Not a scrap left and bowl dragged around the kitchen whilst they tried to scrape every last morsel of this delicious nectar from it. I'd be delighted at how much money I could save except I know if I go out and buy a load- the next thing th'll be looking at me going "and what is this cr*p?" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I remember when I was a child (1960s)my grandmother had a cat, Tish,(died the same day as my grandmother although my grandmother had been in hospital for a year and Tish was living with a neighbour) anyway I digress, Tish was fed on Kitekat. Boy did it smell of fish in those days. Tish lived to be 18 years old, seemed to suit her and I don't think it would have been as good quality as it is now. She was the first cat I loved. Judith Judith I don't know that there is really a measurable life difference between feeding crappy cat food like 9 lives or Friskees and something much better and more expensive like Wellness or the like. Obviously if a cat needs a special diet, that's one thing, but just in general? I know so many cats that lived long lives with crappy food, and mine it high quality food and tend to die fairly young. But it's all statistics so who can tell. |
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On Thursday, January 9, 2014 1:49:54 PM UTC-5, Christina Websell wrote:
Kit E Kat is made by the same firm that make Whiskas and it also doesn't have sugar in. It's fine but it has bigger chunks in. Boyfie prefers the smaller chunks. FGS, he has good teeth, he can chew it fine! I'd grab it while you can. If they refuse it in a week, I would offer them the option of eating it or going without. Providing they are well, of course. I will go to the end of the earth to find food that a sick cat or dog will eat but if they are well and decide they would prefer something *nicer* and refuse a perfectly good meal, then they go without until the next day. I don't do "picky about my food* and never have. Boyfie eats every nice cat food I provide. He did try it once when KFC was ill and he got into her chicken breast and he wanted it for himself forever, but I said NO. Then he got the mardies and said "I won't eat anything except chicken breast" and then I said "you're going to be a bit hungry then.." Tweed Rusty (RB) ate all the different kinds of cat food I fed him over the years, even one that got him sick. When he turned 2, he was put on prescription food for the rest of his life. We switched many different brands and kinds of prescription food because of changes in his medical condition. He ate them all without complaint. Didn't matter whether it was dry or canned. With one prescription food that he really liked, he got into the storage bin and chewed through the plastic bag to get to it. The only time he won't eat was when he was sick and lost his appetite. No amount of coaxing would get him to eat. That was when I got really worried, as it was so unusual for him. Winnie |
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , I remember when I was a child (1960s)my grandmother had a cat, Tish,(died the same day as my grandmother although my grandmother had been in hospital for a year and Tish was living with a neighbour) anyway I digress, Tish was fed on Kitekat. Boy did it smell of fish in those days. Tish lived to be 18 years old, seemed to suit her and I don't think it would have been as good quality as it is now. She was the first cat I loved. Judith And I remember finding a cat with kittens on a local allotment when I was probably 12 or 13 and used my spending money on Kit-e-Kat to feed them. I have no idea what happened to them and didn't tell my mother what happened to my money. In the 60's it would be unusual if a cat was spayed or neutered. The boys fought and got injured and the girls got pregnant and often their kittens were drowned. That's like it was. For my Pooey Pruie, the cat of my childhood, who I've never forgotten. He never got the snip, too old when he arrived, under the hedge. dying but I managd to get my mum to adopt him. he loved me and I loved him OK, he pooed in my shoes, but maybe it was not a good idea to keep him in overnight. My mother was not best pleased about that. He was more than grumpy, probably because he was injured most of the time from fighting, but he used to wait for me coming home from school and let me pick him up to take him into the house. May I meet you again at the Bridge, Pruie. Tweed -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. |
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Well they're still giving every sign of enjoying it I notice the chunks are a bit smaller so they seem to pick them up more- if they're happy to eat it then I'm happy they're happy and it's saving me a few pennies
Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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