I looked at a lot of threads about this topic here and what I realized is a) wet food is really expensive here b) we don't have a great variety. I want to feed Count with the best possible food but I have to keep my cat food budget under control. With a all wet diet, depending on the brand, I need to feed about 4-5 cans/pouches a day. With kibble only I need to feed 120 g a day. So if I want to feed 2 cans, I only give 60 g kibble etc.
For kibble I only use Orijen Cat & Kitten which costs 175 TL for 1.8 kg (about 11.50 TL daily if I only feed kibble)
I have been feeding 60g kibble and 1 Hills 1 Brit pouch a day (~15 TL a day), but I'm not sure if that is the best combination in my case. I will not go all wet because I sometimes sleep really long (12-18 hrs), and I want to make sure Count has something to eat.
Below I included most of the wet food options that I can find here. I excluded the lowest quality ones (whiskas, felix, jungle, royal canin, pro plan). They are not cheaper than Brit, but worse quality. Includes all of the premium options that I can find. I only included the chicken variant on the brands that have more, but I will buy the others as well for variety. I want to keep well below 20 TL daily if possible. Given these options what would you feed your cat? (If you really want to do the math 6 TL is 1 USD, so my max budget is 100 USD per month for only 1 cat, I hear some people feed 3 cats, all wet with this kind of money but not possible here)
N&D Prime Kitten Chicken @ 8.30 TL (Only option is chicken)
Ingredients: Chicken, herring, eggs, sweet potato, herring oil, pomegranate, fructooligosaccharide, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, choline chloride, zinc methionine hydroxy analogue chelate, manganese methionine hydroxy analogue chelate, ferrous glycine complex, copper methionine hydroxy analogue chelate, DL-methionine, taurine
Analysis: Crude protein(min) 13.00%; crude fat (min) 5.00%; crude fiber (max) 0.40%; moisture(max) 77.00%; ash (max) 2.90%
Brit Premium Kitten Chicken Chunks @ 4.00 TL (Only option is chicken)
Ingredients: 80% meat and animal derivatives in chunks (8% chicken), fish and fish derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals. No Colorants, No Preservatives
Analysis: crude protein 9.5%, fat content 5%, crude ash 2.5%, crude fibre 0.4%, moisture 81%
Gimcat Shinycat Chicken Kitten Jelly @ 5.80 TL (Chicken or Tuna)
Ingredients: meat and animal by-products (chicken 47,6 %), oils and fats, minerals, derivatives of vegetable origin
Analysis: Protein 13%, Fat 2%, Ash 2%, Fiber 1%, Moisture 85%
Vitakraft Chicken Kitten @ 5.40 TL (Chicken or Turkey)
Ingredients: Meat and animal by-products (55% including 10% chicken fillet, poultry and pork) Herbal by-products (tapioca starch and inulin) Minerals
Analysis: Moisture 81.0% Protein 10.5% Fat content 4.5% Crude fiber 0.3% Crude ash 2.0%
Schesir Kitten Chicken Aloe @ 7.50 TL (Chicken or Tuna)
Ingredients: Chicken fillets 61% Aloe 4.7% Sunflower oil 1.4% Rice 1% vit. A 1700 I.U. vit. E 180 mg. taurine 200mg. zinc sulphate heptahydrate 114 mg. ferrous sulphate monohydrate 31 mg. manganous sulphate monohydrate 11 mg. potassium iodide 9 mg. cupric sulphate pentahydrate 3 mg
Analysis: protein 11% crude oils and fats 1% crude fibres 0.1% crude ash 1% moisture 86%
Hill's Science Plan Kitten Healthy Development Chunks with Chicken @ 5.75 TL (Chicken, Turkey or Ocean Fish)
Ingredients: Chicken (32%), pork, pea protein, trace elements, tapioca starch, vitamins, salmon, wheat flour, dried whole egg, dried pork protein, maize starch, various sugars, fish oil, sunflower oil. Coloured with natural caramel.
Analysis: Protein 9.2% Fat 5.4% Fibre 0.65% Ash 1.7% Moisture 79% Calcium 0.27% Phosphorus 0.24% Sodium 0.1% Potassium 0.17% Magnesium 0.03%
For kibble I only use Orijen Cat & Kitten which costs 175 TL for 1.8 kg (about 11.50 TL daily if I only feed kibble)
I have been feeding 60g kibble and 1 Hills 1 Brit pouch a day (~15 TL a day), but I'm not sure if that is the best combination in my case. I will not go all wet because I sometimes sleep really long (12-18 hrs), and I want to make sure Count has something to eat.
Below I included most of the wet food options that I can find here. I excluded the lowest quality ones (whiskas, felix, jungle, royal canin, pro plan). They are not cheaper than Brit, but worse quality. Includes all of the premium options that I can find. I only included the chicken variant on the brands that have more, but I will buy the others as well for variety. I want to keep well below 20 TL daily if possible. Given these options what would you feed your cat? (If you really want to do the math 6 TL is 1 USD, so my max budget is 100 USD per month for only 1 cat, I hear some people feed 3 cats, all wet with this kind of money but not possible here)
N&D Prime Kitten Chicken @ 8.30 TL (Only option is chicken)
Ingredients: Chicken, herring, eggs, sweet potato, herring oil, pomegranate, fructooligosaccharide, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, choline chloride, zinc methionine hydroxy analogue chelate, manganese methionine hydroxy analogue chelate, ferrous glycine complex, copper methionine hydroxy analogue chelate, DL-methionine, taurine
Analysis: Crude protein(min) 13.00%; crude fat (min) 5.00%; crude fiber (max) 0.40%; moisture(max) 77.00%; ash (max) 2.90%
Brit Premium Kitten Chicken Chunks @ 4.00 TL (Only option is chicken)
Ingredients: 80% meat and animal derivatives in chunks (8% chicken), fish and fish derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals. No Colorants, No Preservatives
Analysis: crude protein 9.5%, fat content 5%, crude ash 2.5%, crude fibre 0.4%, moisture 81%
Gimcat Shinycat Chicken Kitten Jelly @ 5.80 TL (Chicken or Tuna)
Ingredients: meat and animal by-products (chicken 47,6 %), oils and fats, minerals, derivatives of vegetable origin
Analysis: Protein 13%, Fat 2%, Ash 2%, Fiber 1%, Moisture 85%
Vitakraft Chicken Kitten @ 5.40 TL (Chicken or Turkey)
Ingredients: Meat and animal by-products (55% including 10% chicken fillet, poultry and pork) Herbal by-products (tapioca starch and inulin) Minerals
Analysis: Moisture 81.0% Protein 10.5% Fat content 4.5% Crude fiber 0.3% Crude ash 2.0%
Schesir Kitten Chicken Aloe @ 7.50 TL (Chicken or Tuna)
Ingredients: Chicken fillets 61% Aloe 4.7% Sunflower oil 1.4% Rice 1% vit. A 1700 I.U. vit. E 180 mg. taurine 200mg. zinc sulphate heptahydrate 114 mg. ferrous sulphate monohydrate 31 mg. manganous sulphate monohydrate 11 mg. potassium iodide 9 mg. cupric sulphate pentahydrate 3 mg
Analysis: protein 11% crude oils and fats 1% crude fibres 0.1% crude ash 1% moisture 86%
Hill's Science Plan Kitten Healthy Development Chunks with Chicken @ 5.75 TL (Chicken, Turkey or Ocean Fish)
Ingredients: Chicken (32%), pork, pea protein, trace elements, tapioca starch, vitamins, salmon, wheat flour, dried whole egg, dried pork protein, maize starch, various sugars, fish oil, sunflower oil. Coloured with natural caramel.
Analysis: Protein 9.2% Fat 5.4% Fibre 0.65% Ash 1.7% Moisture 79% Calcium 0.27% Phosphorus 0.24% Sodium 0.1% Potassium 0.17% Magnesium 0.03%