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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2004Cheap 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. 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. : 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 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : out another day or so. I can't wait until its time to scoop poop. I'll : probably be gaging from it. > 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.  SignatureJette Goldie jette@blueyonder.co.uk Apache and Dakota http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html > > Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile > and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > 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 > > > Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in awhile > > and [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > 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 >"badwilson" <*bad*wilson@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:c2m02o$1u8oo1$1@ID-220597.news.uni-berlin.de... >> Whiskas and Friskies are the only foods they sell in most stores here in >> Thailand. Vino will eat it (he's not fussy) but I don't want to feed it [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> store. >> Probably not a good advertisement for Whiskas ;-) >Where is the Whiskas made, Britta?. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >what generic brand cat food is!) He also has a bowl thats always got Whiskas >crunchies in it, and he seems pretty darn healthy for a 14(is)yo cat. I think of Whiskas as the best wet food here. The cats would be mortified if I brought anything else home. SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI Bp+W B 10 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P B+ PA+ PL+ SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 1 Y++ L-- W- C+ "David Stevenson" <cat2@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > I think of Whiskas as the best wet food here. The cats would be > mortified if I brought anything else home. You're probably right, unless you start feeding Denes or somesuch. the thing to remember about European pet foods, is that all pet foods by European law, have to be made of human grade consumption meat - it might only be the stuff that cheap sausages etc are made of, but the brand pet food here is far better quality than in the USA. Hence, 95% of UK owners get their wet pet food off the shelves in a supermarket. And like your owner - Tiger would kill me if he didn't get his fix of rabbit whiskas at least twice a week! Helen m -- >Tiger would kill me if he didn't get his fix of rabbit whiskas >at least twice a week! > >Helen m How's the studies going??? Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ >> How's the studies going??? > > Cheers, helen s Very well. We should have some decent wildcat genetics results by June. :) Helen M -- >Very well. We should have some decent wildcat genetics results by June. >:) Excellent! Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ That's wonderful! Continued purrs and best wishes for your success, Helen M, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Very well. We should have some decent wildcat genetics results by June. > :) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > > Cheers, helen s > "David Stevenson" <cat2@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > owner - Tiger would kill me if he didn't get his fix of rabbit whiskas > at least twice a week! Yes, those rules apply here in Oz (and I believe NZ) as well. We still need to make sure that there's not much cereal and extra's (flavouring, colouring etc etc) in the tin, but in general terms, our pet food is safe enough for humans to eat. Yowie > "David Stevenson" <cat2@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > owner - Tiger would kill me if he didn't get his fix of rabbit whiskas > at least twice a week! Whiskas makes rabbit flavour? Wow, I've never seen that before. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album "badwilson" <*bad*wilson@yahoo.com> wrote in message > Whiskas makes rabbit flavour? Wow, I've never seen that before. > -- > Britta Not just rabbit flavour, but Whiskas "WITH" rabbit - there's a difference. If a tin of petfood says "with" something, it needs a certain % of that meat in it. (Not sure how much). If it says "Rabbit flavoured" then it's just flavouring on beef or somesuch. It's the only Whiskas that all 3 cats truly "love" as opposed to "put-up-with & eat". As for the Rabbit *flavored* Felix, Tiger won't touch it with a 40ft barge pole. Helen m -- > "badwilson" <*bad*wilson@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen m I've not seen rabbit flavored or rabbit as an ingredient in any cat food here in the Eastern United States. I'll ask when I next go to the Pet Supermarket. Charleen > "badwilson" <*bad*wilson@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen m I seem to remember that, at least in Finland, a petfood saying "with" something, the percentage that had to be this ingredient was 4%. But then again it's Friday evening and there's been a long and dreary week of work so my memory on catfood issues might be compared to swiss cheese... :) SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 > > "David Stevenson" <cat2@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Whiskas makes rabbit flavour? Wow, I've never seen that before. In the UK it does. My two still won't eat it. SignatureJette Goldie jette@blueyonder.co.uk Apache and Dakota http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html >In the UK it does. > >My two still won't eat it. LOL - neither will mine. Cat food of desire right now is Royal Canin "Sensible 33" for the feline of delicate digestion ;-) As a certain black-furred and one-eyed ladycat is also known as Ms. Bulimia, who needs no excuse to artistically decorate a carpet... it's working quite well as she's not doing it as much. Of course, tomorrow could be an entirely different matter ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o**l.c**$*$om$$ > > > > Don't beat yourself up........s**t happens; we get broke once in > awhile [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > 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 > 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. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >Can you get the new Purina ProPlan foods? They're not as good as Nutro, >but they're not too shabby. 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 >>Can you get the new Purina ProPlan foods? They're not as good as Nutro, >>but they're not too shabby. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >here, though. The only place I can find it is PetsMart in the city. >Sherry Started to ask where you found it, but you answered the question before I could ask. Have you've tried the Petco down in Wichita Falls. I haven't been there, but figure it might be closer, though maybe not since you're closer to OK city. (For those who don't know, Sherry lives not to far where where I do, so we have the same problem of no readily available big stores.) SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>Pro Plan is the *only* food Bootsie will eat. I agree with you, it might not >be [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >(For those who don't know, Sherry lives not to far where where I do, >so we have the same problem of no readily available big stores.) I had to go to the city today to take DH for a procedure on his back, and have to go back tomorrow to pick up Biskit. It's 104 miles round trip. How far is Wichita from Lawton? I really rack up the miles on the car lately. While I was there, I went to Petsmart to get the usual....Four (25 lb.) bags of litter, two jugs of dry Proplan, three cases of canned cat food, two cases of dog food. An impulse purchase of a new feather wand and 2 new snails. Grand total, $110. But most of it will last a month. Plus paying for Biskit's surgery tomorrow. (I was absolutely afraid to ask what it costs) But I digress. (Yes, Joy, I'd like a little cheese with my whine, please) Pity, party of one? Sherry Sounds like about the same distance for me to head south as it is for you heading north. Like I said, I haven't been to the store in Wichata Falls, but according to the computer search I did it's 51 miles one way. Sounds like you make enough trips to the City so that it wouldn't make much sense to make a special trip south. >>Started to ask where you found it, but you answered the question >>before I could ask. Have you've tried the Petco down in Wichita [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Sherry SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > > 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. No, I definitely can't get them here. But I can get Dennis to bring some from Florida when he goes in April and then we can get some more from Canada when we go home in the summer. But then again, I'll probably be bringing Nutro. Just so upset that the store that had it here closed down :-( I've saved one can and am going to take it to other stores to see if they can order it. I just have to do it on a "high patience" day, because the communication can be quite frustrating. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >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 >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 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >out another day or so. I can't wait until its time to scoop poop. I'll >probably be gaging from it. Probably a good time for them to go on a diet. Most of my cats have spare blubber they ought to get rid of. Me, too. <G> CATherine Ahem. Let's not even go there....the Evil 3 are all "blubbery" dark-colored cats; their TED calls them "overweight" and they eat only Rx food for "overweight" older felines. Their hoomins hope this will lengthen their lifespans; who knows? As for the overweight hoomins, they still have choices, and these are not always good ones. But they mostly try. : >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 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] : : CATherine >Ahem. Let's not even go there....the Evil 3 are all "blubbery" dark-colored >cats; their TED calls them "overweight" and they eat only Rx food for >"overweight" older felines. Their hoomins hope this will lengthen their >lifespans; who knows? As for the overweight hoomins, they still have >choices, and these are not always good ones. But they mostly try. I just realized that I need to get some different food for Robin. He is still growing some at fifteen months. The dry food I have is Senior formula and He gets a teaspoon of sheba's high-protein dry food. I think he is too old for kitten food; but i could get him some Nutro pouch food in the Adult formula. That would help make up for the Senior dry food. Or am I figuring wrong? As for the hoomin diet...well...I have cut back on fats; but I am not giving up my chocolate! <G> CATherine |
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