cats.. how many and how much do you spend

[asif]

i have 4 cats... i REFUSE to feed Tinned stuff to because.. it is basically Crap.. Sorry for that guys but its not really as good as it looks.i went thru a OCD phase of working out what everything was Lol.... i have fed them Raw befor and they will get chicken wings sometimes.. But i buy a 15kg Breeders bag at a tenner.. (i buy from Batleys wholesale so its cheaper) and i buy teh wood base litter i get 10/15kg for about 6quid... and the cat litter will last about 2/3 months, and the food about 2months...
i have Moggies and pedigree cornish rex, Used to have bengals and mine wernt fussy.. Phewww.. lol.

but Tbh, my cats eat the dog food and the dogs eat the cat food..:/

 

[AmyMay]

3 cats = around £56 a month.

 

[Hairy Old Cob]

2 Cats around £45 per month George eats the Bigger %.

 

[gracey]

i am trying the raw pet mince atm .. both cats are disgusted (the dog is thrilled) .. i am going to have to admit defeat and just buy them what they will eat .. i think they are on the verge of leaving home ..the service has apparently gone crap!

 

[Hollycatt]

Eeeeeekkk - mine don't cost anything like that for their usual weekly keep.

I have 2 bengals who are indoor cats. They have science plan dry food and occassional treats for example chicken - but only when I am eating it so not often. Pets at home was doing 3 for 2 science plan for ages so I stocked up with that, but now I work in a vets I can get it cheap anyway. They don't eat so much - maybe a £16 bag every 3 weeks though I need to keep a few flavours in stock. I use wood pellet litter and recycle it. I have a collander which I sieve out all of the wet litter/dried powder and it makes it much easier to separate and keep the dry unsoiled pellets. I need a £3 bag every 2 weeks roughly which is at least half of what I used pre collander! I use asda, tesco or morrisons woodchip litter depending on where I am passing.

 

[Miss L Toe]

I have two cats, one of which is a fussy eater, and I spend about £10 a week for both of them including cat litter.

That's about it, they go out a lot, so only change litter every few months.

 

[Holding]

A bag of dry food (£6) lasts mine for about three weeks. She also gets scraps of meat, and if she's still hungry there are plenty of mice around. No litter tray, as she's out mousing at night. She's healthy, shiny and happy.

One food you might want to try is the Taste of the Wild dry. It's grain-free and mine adores it - she's currently sampling the free samples I was sent. You could try calling the company and asking for some samples, or I could put one in the post for you?

 

[gracey]

A bag of dry food (£6) lasts mine for about three weeks. She also gets scraps of meat, and if she's still hungry there are plenty of mice around. No litter tray, as she's out mousing at night. She's healthy, shiny and happy.

One food you might want to try is the Taste of the Wild dry. It's grain-free and mine adores it - she's currently sampling the free samples I was sent. You could try calling the company and asking for some samples, or I could put one in the post for you?

aw that is so nice of you to offer, thankyou.. I will try and call the company and ask if they will send me some out, I am a little bit reluctant to put them on a just a dry diet though, my bengal gets his paws under the tables at all my neighbours houses, they must be sick of him! he is a fab hunter in the summer and turns his nose up at most things once hunting season is in full swing, but winter time .. he eats ALL the time .. can easily devour 6/7 pouches per day without putting an ounce of weight on .. which was fine when we only had him to feed, but now the other one is demanding the same amount .. .. I gave in yesterday and bought the stuff they like .. the box of 24 is now half empty and i have 2 very happy purry cats ..and a very empty purse .. thinking we will have to live on beans on toast just to keep the flipping cats happy!!!! lol x

 

[touchstone]

I'm just about to try Porta 21 grain free food as it is supposed to be good quality and cheap, I prefer to feed wet food, but I'm going to try offering wet less frequently.

 

[cally6008]

5 cats here, all indoor cats
varying ages of 4, 6, 6, 15, 20
4 females, 1 male

Wet food - I feed the Feline Fayre pouches, 60% meat and only 1%-2% fat.
I'm happy with these.
(bought from asda, morrisons, b+m, home bargains, the feline fayre website)

3 x 40 pouches, £9 (on offer) or £11 normal = £33 per month

Dry food is an absolute nightmare with the boy cat as he will throw up pretty much anything.
He gets the Go-cat Indoor biscuits which he is fine on, give him the go-cat neutered biscuits (less fat content) and he ends up hoicking his guts up
Such a delicate soul .. LOL

Plus I need a dry food that can be fed to 4 other cats as well so a general all rounder that won't break the bank when I need to buy it .. Doesn't help that one cat here will only eat biscuits, she just does not do wet food at all.

4 x 2kg bags from amazon, £16 approx which lasts says 2 months so £8 per month
(normally use amazon gift cards from surveys to pay for this)

Cat litter
Tescos own brand is £1-99 for 10L
Sainsburys is £1-29 for 8L so pennies cheaper

Need 30L for 5 cats for a month so using sainsburys at moment
4 x £1-29 = £5-16 per month

Total = £46.16 for wet food, dry food and cat litter

 

[pintoarabian]

I have 9 and buy Sainsbury's own brand tins of fishy cat meat, under £6 for 12 large tins. I also buy a 10kg bag of Whiskas Dental dry food from my horse feed merchant (£££s cheaper than supermarket) and mix it with supermarket own brand to make the more expensive stuff last longer. Also buy bags of wood pellets from my horse feed merchant for litter, again, much cheaper. The cats all look great (perhaps too fat), but then they do also catch their own fresh meat.

 

[Tank_08]

Only have the one cat at the moment, and she lives in that tack room with a cat flap so she doesn't need any cat litter. Food wise, she gets the whiskers biscuits and whiskers meat pouches. She's not fussy so we get whatever ones are on offer! Normally about £10 max a week. She also eats birds/mice so sometimes doesn't eat her meat if she's full.

 

[cally6008]

I also buy a 10kg bag of Whiskas Dental dry food from my horse feed merchant (£££s cheaper than supermarket) and mix it with supermarket own brand to make the more expensive stuff last longer.

Thanks for this tip.

Found a local merchant selling 15kg cat food for £16-90 plus £1 delivery costs.

Hope the cats like it, lol.

 

[Lexiemoo]

I have 3 cats, all fed on raw, and they cost about £30per month, for all of them, so.. £10 per month each for food, i spend £6 per bag on cat litter which usually lasts 2 weeks, so £42 a month in total

 

[cloverleaf1985]

Leximoo, please could you telle how you transitioned yours to raw?

I have one that will eat raw chicken chunks and a bit of liver, and one that won't touch anything!

 

[Alexart]

16 of the little dahlings!! - all reject ferals but are the pickiest little ******s ever - well they have me well trained anyway!
Mine eat around 2kg of dry a day, and I have 1 old fart on wet packet stuff, I did try them on raw, which most liked but the amount I needed to feed per day for those and the dogs and the fact we have no heating so takes 3 days to defrost anything, if we're lucky and its above freezing!, then I may as well have had a dead cow in the larder - they were getting through an entire chest freezer full of meat every 3 weeks so was far more expensive too!!, that and my mum is very sqeamish so was not going to work!!!
I just buy own brand dry food from the local feed merchant - the ingredients are the same as some of the better quality ones just no fancy packet - they do get JWB occasionally for a change as well as chicken wings, I did try whiskas dry as a change but none of them would eat it and they followed me round everywhere on the farm for 3 days screaming at me, plus it made their poop runny and orange so I hate to think what's in it!!
Litter we get from lidel as it works out cheaper seeming most of mine will actually run in from outside and go straight to the tray, heaven forbid they get dirt on their tootsies, so much for big tough farm cats - sigh!!!!

 

[Lexiemoo]

Cloverleaf, Im not entirely sure how I made the transition. I guess I started off feeding them the highest meat content food that I could get, such as Bozita, or Animonda Carny. After this, I would occasionally throw in some heart chunks.
When i started with the raw food properly, I would mix it in with the cat meat, and they would eat it. Starting with less raw and more tinned, and gradually changing it over.
They will now happily attack chicken wings, chicken and turkey necks, and sometimes even have a bit of a gnaw on lamb ribs (usually the dogs left overs)
They wont touch anything with tripe in it, and like Pheasant the best. But will eat beef/lamb/chicken.
Hope this was at least a little helpful!

 

[cloverleaf1985]

Thanks! They are on natures menu at the moment. I may try sneaking some raw in but my boy has a sensitive tummy so will have to do it gradually