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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2005I think the cats are gonna eat better than we will!
My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had last weekend... so I went to Walmart and spent ninety dollars on stuff for us - a small camp stove and a cooler and a lantern so that we won't be stuck without any ways to cook or to keep stuff cool... and then I went to Petco to get the two weeks specified cat supplies - it cost fifty-five dollars for two bags of science diet food and a big bag of feline pine cat litter and two bags of kitty treats and some petromalt! I'm sure it used to be less than that... the only other thing I got was a water bowl with a bottle built into it so that it will gravity feed and store a few days' water for them at a time - I always feel guilty if I see that their water bowl is running low!  Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com Online photo album - http://community.webshots.com/user/kajikit > My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're > in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had last [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > will gravity feed and store a few days' water for them at a time - I > always feel guilty if I see that their water bowl is running low! We just went to PetCo and got the same kind of litter. First time, though. I'll let you know if I like it, will you do the same? I don't think there's any savings in it, but I'm going to experiment. kili > -- > ~Karen aka Kajikit > Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life > http://www.kajikitscorner.com > Online photo album - http://community.webshots.com/user/kajikit > We just went to PetCo and got the same kind of litter. First time, though. > I'll let you know if I like it, will you do the same? I don't think there's > any savings in it, but I'm going to experiment. We love Feline Pine here! It's less expensive at PetSmart than PetCo, and even less at WalMart. We use the used sawdust as mulch (without the brown lumps...) Rhonda >> My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're >> in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had last [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >I'll let you know if I like it, will you do the same? I don't think there's >any savings in it, but I'm going to experiment. The advantage of feline pine is that it doesn't stink! And you don't need to add stinky perfumed 'deoderiser' to try and cover up the smell that isn't there... we were using Yesterday's News but it was hard to keep the box from smelling gross. Feline Pine seems to go further and last longer, even if you do end up with sawdust all over the floor when the girls start scratching! We only have to change the box once a week now instead of every five days, so that's a saving... Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com Online photo album - http://community.webshots.com/user/kajikit > >> My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're > >> in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had last [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > when the girls start scratching! We only have to change the box once a > week now instead of every five days, so that's a saving... Huh. Interesting. Okay, I haven't tried mine yet because I still have a little bit of the "regular" litter left, but I'll let you know if I like it. kili > My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're > in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had last [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > will gravity feed and store a few days' water for them at a time - I > always feel guilty if I see that their water bowl is running low! So what food stores did you get in for yourself? At the minimum you need lots of rice and lots of beans. Not particularly appetising as a daily diet but it will keep you alive for a long time. I can't believe that you spent this "hurricane money" on kitty treats and science diet. We are talking emergency here. OK, I know you are safe now, lucky. My idea of using the money if I knew me and my cats might be holed up for a while would be buying cheap cat food and biscuits, as I could get more for the money to last longer. They might turn their noses up at it at first, but they would soon eat it when they got hungry. I could eat my rice and beans for an indefinite period. Maybe some tins of other food too if I'd had enough cash left over to buy some for my hurricane store cupboard. I think you should stock it up, Karen. Tweed >> My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're >> in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Tweed I live in tornado as well as earthquake country. I have a couple of boxes of foodstuffs which I pretend are not there. Rice and dried beans for sure! Tinned corned beef; canned beans, canned vegetables and broths. Powdered milk. Instant potato flakes. Butter Buds (don't know if you have something like that in the U.K. - it's packets you can reconstitute to make a liquid butter-like thing.) Vegetable shortening. I have flashlights and batteries as well as oil lamps and oil. Jugs of bottled water. Blankets, too. I keep a supply of lump charcoal on hand and I own a lot of cast iron cookware so I can (and have, in the case of a week-long power loss) cooked any number of things on the grill and can also cook in my fireplace. I'm not rich. It took me a few years to acquire this store of things. When I am running low on supplies, I don't think about these emergency supplies because they are, you know, for emergencies. Oh, and don't forget some paper products. Paper plates, paper bowls, plastic eating utensils. Jill "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:CH3Te.581 > I live in tornado as well as earthquake country. I have a couple of boxes > of foodstuffs which I pretend are not there. Rice and dried beans for [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Jill That last lot is a bigger deal than you would think planning ahead. At least for power loss. Trying to wash dishes without lights and hot water gets old very fast. Without any water it gets impossible. I figure we could go at least a week with what is in the house. We might get bored, but shouldn't get hungry. We use propane rather than charcoal outside and there is always an extra full canister in addition to the one we're using. There is always close to a month worth of pet food. Especially if you count the stuff they don't like that we haven't given away. Jo > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:CH3Te.581 > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > batteries > > as well as oil lamps and oil. Jugs of bottled water. Blankets, too. I've got a stash of military IMPs/MREs, but barring those, you can get similar things at camping goods stores. Boil water, add to pouch, instant food--and you can get a decent amount of variety, because believe me, if you face a disgusting pineapple ham steak for the sixth morning in a row you get pretty crazy... (I found they were pretty good if I washed off the pineapple sauce...this is Canadian Military Breakfast #4....) Their pork chow mein and salmon steak are DAMN GOOD. *** Also folks, canned and vac-packed food doesn't keep FOREVER so it's good to replace it every few years. ** We have fire blankets, matches, flashlights, extra batteries, first aid kits, fire extinguisher, tools, tarps, knives and other good stuff in my stash. It came in MOST handy during the big Ontario Blackout of 2003, but we were also eating well through Hurricane Juan that fall. --Fil >>> My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're >>> in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > Jill You forgot the most important one: *TOILET PAPER* >>>> My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because >>>> we're in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff >>>> we had last weekend... (snippage) >>> So what food stores did you get in for yourself? At the minimum you >>> need lots of rice and lots of beans. >> Oh, and don't forget some paper products. Paper plates, paper bowls, >> plastic eating utensils. > > You forgot the most important one: *TOILET PAPER* Yikes! You're right, of course. You also need to be able to flush a toilet. And the water from the back of the tank is perfectly good (if not appealing) even for drinking unless you add those weird tablet things to it to turn it blue or green. There's always the old-fashioned chamber pot, if need be, although the neighbors might complain if you toss the contents by their patio! LOL http://www.lehmans.com Everything you ever wanted for primitive "survival" and then some. Brought to you by the Amish folks who don't believe in electricity (but apparently Lehman's does). I can attest to a lot of their products... it's like visiting Pennsylvania all over again. It's fun to shake popcorn over a wood fire! Some of the old wood stoves look like they came right out of my great aunt Ada's house. She could bake a mean strawberry-rhubarb pie in that wood stove, testing the temp merely by waving her hand over it. She picked the strawberries and rhubarb from her kitchen garden and set the pies to cool on the open bottom half of the dutch door. Jill >> My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're >> in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had last [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >other food too if I'd had enough cash left over to buy some for my hurricane >store cupboard. I think you should stock it up, Karen. Christina, I don't particularly like the tone of this message - you seem to implying that I'm impulse-buying. We thought very carefully about what we need to buy before we went shopping. It matters a great deal to me that the cats are looked after properly after a hurricane. I know Science Diet is expensive but whenever we've tried to get them to eat a cheaper food they won't touch it with a barge pole! Stressed cats are very unhappy cats and I want them to be as calm and relaxed as possible, which means giving them their familiar food and yes, a regular ration of kitty treats for as long as possible. I haven't spent all the money yet - I budgeted a hundred dollars for 'camping' supplies and a hundred dollars for our food/groceries, and we haven't been to the grocery store to buy OUR food yet. Yes we have a list - Katrina gave me a taste of what we need to get. I know total disaster is possible, but what I'm preparing for is a week or two in our own apartment, but without electricity... if John gets home early enough we're going to the grocery store tonight for the rest. Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com Online photo album - http://community.webshots.com/user/kajikit >>> My mother gave us some money to buy hurricane supplies because we're >>> in a financial bind just now and we used what little stuff we had last [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > our own apartment, but without electricity... if John gets home early > enough we're going to the grocery store tonight for the rest. There was no tone intended in my message. I've misunderstood. I thought you needed to prepare for the same sort of disaster that struck NO, trapped in your home with no idea how long you might have to survive on your food supplies. I don't want you to die because you spent the money on kitty treats, is all I meant. I was seeing the situation in NO, and thinking that you weren't doing what you needed to keep you all fed for a period of time.. This is not the case, obviously. Two weeks in your apartment with no electricity would be difficult, but easily managed if necessary, with plenty of canned food. It can be eaten cold <ugh> if you cannot warm it. I only thought about if it went on longer for you, and you'd used the money for kitty treats and ran out of food. That's all it was. I suppose I was kicking you up the butt to make sure you'd be okay. Tweed >> Christina, I don't particularly like the tone of this message - you >> seem to implying that I'm impulse-buying. We thought very carefully [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >for kitty treats and ran out of food. That's all it was. I suppose I was >kicking you up the butt to make sure you'd be okay. I'm sorry... I overreacted. Yes we are thinking about what we need too... we just haven't gone out and bought it yet. I honestly don't know what we'd do in a total emergency like that - but hopefully we wouldn't be there to find out because we'd have left town while we still could! The thought of a major hurricane like that gives me cold chills, and I pray to God we never have to go through it... Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com Online photo album - http://community.webshots.com/user/kajikit |
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