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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004Canned food - prices
I am thinking of changing our herd of cats over to wet food. We had a diabetic cat a few years ago; that's when I first heard the argument that dry food has more carbs than a cat needs and possibly contributes to diabetes. My question -- with 8 cats of various ages, is there a good, affordable wet food? I priced the premium wet foods at somewhere around $1.58 for 13 oz. Does anyone know of a more economical price, perhaps shipped? How about somewhere that sells larger cans than 13 oz? Friskies wet is cheap at WalMart, but I don't know if cheap wet is better than a more premium dry food. Carb-wise yes, but haven't checked out the other pros and cons. I'd like to think of a way to make this work, but not go broke in the process! ;) What do you out there with herds feed your cats? Thanks, Rhonda > I am thinking of changing our herd of cats over to wet food. We had a > diabetic cat a few years ago; that's when I first heard the argument [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Rhonda check out sites like petfooddirect.com. If you have enough to feed the big cans, you can usually get much better prices. > I am thinking of changing our herd of cats over to wet food. We had a > diabetic cat a few years ago; that's when I first heard the argument [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Rhonda I'd stay away from the Friskies. This stuff makes Fancy Feast look good. The 'Salmon' flavour looks like sawdust and salmon juice. Even our garberator won't touch the stuff. Just because your cats don't like it doesn't mean it's bad. My cats like the Friskies canned food but I am switching over to Special Kitty because I want to save money and also get more bang for my buck. My cats seem to enjoy the new canned food so I guess the switching over works.  SignatureCat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com "Bill Stock" <me7@privacy.net> wrote in message news:UuWdnf5BH8JHV-_cRVn-> I'd stay away from the Friskies. This stuff makes Fancy Feast look good. The > 'Salmon' flavour looks like sawdust and salmon juice. Even our garberator > won't touch the stuff. > Just because your cats don't like it doesn't mean it's bad. My cats like > the Friskies canned food but I am switching over to Special Kitty because > I want to save money and also get more bang for my buck. My cats seem to > enjoy the new canned food so I guess the switching over works. Gross. We don't even use it at the shelter when someone donates that crap. We give it away to people who do feral TNR. Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com >Gross. We don't even use it at the shelter when someone donates that crap. >We give it away to people who do feral TNR. We give it away also. Besides the obvious reasons, the cat room stinks to high heaven. If CP would just *try* a little better food, he'd find out how much less waste there is in the litterbox. Health benefits for the cat, and litterbox-cleaning benefits for the owner. Sherry >From: sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) >>Gross. We don't even use it at the shelter when someone donates that crap. >>We give it away to people who do feral TNR. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >less waste there is in the litterbox. Health benefits for the cat, and >litterbox-cleaning benefits for the owner. Yeah you'd think as much as he cares for his cats, he would want to feed them the best. I've never heard of Special Kitty, but from what you guys are saying, it doesn't sound too good. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm I have no problems with it. It saves me money and my cats like it. SignatureCat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com >> Just because your cats don't like it doesn't mean it's bad. My cats like >> the Friskies canned food but I am switching over to Special Kitty because [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Gross. We don't even use it at the shelter when someone donates that > crap. We give it away to people who do feral TNR. >I have no problems with it. It saves me money and my cats like it. You don't have a problem with it because you can't *see* what it's doing to your cats, on the inside. Don't think of premium food as an expense, try to think of it as an investment that will help keep Isis & the others healthy. Sherry >I priced the premium wet foods at somewhere around $1.58 for >13 oz. Does anyone know of a more economical price, perhaps shipped? How [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Rhonda Can't help with large cans, but my cats adore Trader Joe's cat food in the 6 oz cans, for $0.45/can. Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience >My question -- with 8 cats of various >ages, is there a good, affordable wet >food? I priced the premium wet foods at >somewhere around $1.58 for 13 oz. $1.58 for a 13 oz can of premium food is a good price. Think about what a 3 ounce of can of Fancy Feast cost at around .39, and the premium food is actually less per ounce. I feed 24 cats only super premium foods and do it on a one person income. I have calculated down to the ounce what my cats need to maintain weight, feed exactly the same amounts at every meal, and can place orders for food knowing how many cans I need to cover a weeks worth of meals and know exactly how much I spend. The nice thing about super premium food is that the cats generally don't need as much food to get the same benefit, and when I switched to this type of food years ago I found I was feeding nearly 30% less food, so I wasn't really spending much more. I have made the choice to go without new clothes, going out nights (there are cheaper forms of entertainment such as books and renting movies) etc., rather than try to save money by feeding my cats crap. Megan Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray <zuzu22@webtv.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: >>My question -- with 8 cats of various >>ages, is there a good, affordable wet [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I feed Science Diet and pay 69? for a 5.5 oz. can at PetsMart. It frequently goes on sale for 50? or less if you watch. I think it comes larger and probably an equally good price. It's good you want to feed a higher quality diet, but be prepared to pay for it. SignatureBrandy??Alexandre? http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx Well, would you? > >My question -- with 8 cats of various > >ages, is there a good, affordable wet [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Megan I am a recent convert to Wellness food (er, ok *I* don't actually eat it. . .) I previously spent a ton of money on prescription food. Wellness isn't cheap, but considering I feed less than I did of the dry, I'm not spending that much more money than I did before. Some other benefits are: fewer #2s to scoop out of the litter box (they absorb more of the food), getting more water in their diet, and the food doesn't smell like cat food. It hardly has a smell at all. Several people here have been happy with petfooddirect.com. I called around locally for prices, and also emailed friends who lived a reasonable distance for their area prices. Also see if the store has a punch card or will give a discount for case purchases. I've found a lot of stores will, but you have to ask. Rene Thanks for the responses, everyone. Sounds like if we want to feed wet food, we have to just bite the bullet. We probably pay $25/month in dry food to feed the guys. With wet food, sounds like closer to $200/month. Although, Bob's diabetes cost $4000 in one year, and the money was not the worst of it, seeing what he went through. I want to prevent any of our cats from going through that. A steroid shot triggered it, but I have to wonder if he hadn't been already overweight and full of carbs... Thanks, again, I'll get to shopping for a good brand! Rhonda > Thanks for the responses, everyone. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Rhonda How many cats do you have? I don't believe the cost could possibly jump from $25 per month to $200 per month when feeding the same number of cats. I use Felidae canned and Wellness canned (several varieties). These are premium foods, and cats do not nearly as much quantity as they do for many other foods. I found when I switched to these brands that my bills really did not increase much becaus my cats' weight now remains stable on far less quantity. I give each cat 1/3 can (5.5 oz size) twice a day, fed 12 hours apart (Duffy weighs a little more than 8 lbs., and Holly weighs a little more than 9 lbs.). I order from www.petfooddirect.com. They provide great service and their prices are generally good (especially since they regularly offer 20 percent discounts, and I watch for that). If you go to their web site, you can easily calculate your potential costs. MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly: >'o'< http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly) http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in") Hi Mary, I've gone on petfooddirect and looks like (unless there's a sale) it's not worth buying on-line. The natural cat-food store here sells Innova and some of the others for $1.60 for the larger cans, and Wellness for $1.80. As for the math, we have 8 cats, so I calculated the $200 using 4 cans per day or 1/2 can per cat. 3 are kittens, so they will take more for a few more months but I didn't calculate that into the equation. To everyone -- thanks for all of the links and the good info. I'm in the process of "digesting" (haha) all of the food info. I've started trying the cats on a few different ones to see if they are okay with them. So much to take in! The journey continues but there's a light at the end... -Rhonda > How many cats do you have? I don't believe the cost could possibly jump > from $25 per month to $200 per month when feeding the same number of cats. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly) > http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in") > Hi Mary, I've gone on petfooddirect and looks like (unless there's a sale) > it's not worth buying on-line. The natural cat-food store here sells [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > So much to take in! The journey continues but there's a light at the > end... -Rhonda I agree. If you have a supplier nearby, it probably wouldn't save anything to order online. This woks out for me because the nearest pet supply store that carries these brands is 75 miles away from my home. I always wait for the 20 percent discount (or 13 percent, if I procrastinate!). That discount wipes out the cost of shipping. Please post some pics. MaryL >From: Rhonda san-toki@attremovethis.net >To everyone -- thanks for all of the links and the good info. I'm in the >process of "digesting" (haha) all of the food info. I've started trying >the cats on a few different ones to see if they are okay with them. Hi Rhonda, One thing I wanted to suggest in case you weren't doing this is to introduce the new foods slowly by adding a small amount of the new food to the old food. Some cats, when presented with an entirely new food, will sometimes just turn their noses up and wont' eat it. Good luck :) Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm Thanks, we are changing slowly. I'm getting them used to a wet food "dinner" every night before I pull the plug on the dry food. Rhonda > Hi Rhonda, > One thing I wanted to suggest in case you weren't doing this is to introduce [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html > Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm >From: Rhonda san-toki@attremovethis.net >Thanks, we are changing slowly. I'm getting them used to a wet food >"dinner" every night before I pull the plug on the dry food. Sounds good, Rhonda :) Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm Actually I found it is more economical to buy Walmart's brand of food called Special Kitty. A 4 pack of the smaller cans is about 88 cents compared to 3 cans of Friskies which is about 93 cents. SignatureCat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com >I am thinking of changing our herd of cats over to wet food. We had a >diabetic cat a few years ago; that's when I first heard the argument that [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Rhonda |
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