And by this I mean Friskies, Fancy Feast, Meow Mix, 9 Lives and Purina Cat Chow etc...
I ask because my co-worker has just adopted 3 cats and says she plans on feeding the grocery store dry because "it's totally fine." Their foster parent was feeding them Royal Canin dry (which I know is actually not much better) and some wet.
Now, I don't wish to step on any toes here as I know everyone has a different budget, but this is a woman who gets 3 manicures a month. And I know what she makes. She could do better.
And actually, I have several family members who seem to feed the cheapest cat food imaginable while spending hundreds on fancy dinners out and trips.
It doesn't sit right with me and I'm trying to find a diplomatic way to say something. Is there one, or am I doomed to come across as pretentious?
I'm trying not to be nosy, but I read the ingredients and it just looks...awful. I know some cats do okay on it, but she has three male cats, and I am now worried about urine crystals if all they get is 9 Lives food coloring...
Once again, I was recently unemployed myself and survived on Amazon Gift Cards, and so I'm not trying to be judgey of people's limitations. I fed FF, even the kind with wheat gluten if it was on sale, and sometimes Friskies or the Meow Mix Cups. Now that I am working again, I choose to feed Weruva, Tiki Cat, Nutro, Wellness etc...but that's a choice I make. I make certain sacrifices to ensure I feed Aslan as best I can.
So this is not a condemnation of people who are on a tight budget.
But for people who can do better and don't, is it worth speaking up? I am assuming that they don't hate their cats, so is there a polite way to educate them that food coloring should not be the first ingredient?
I ask because my co-worker has just adopted 3 cats and says she plans on feeding the grocery store dry because "it's totally fine." Their foster parent was feeding them Royal Canin dry (which I know is actually not much better) and some wet.
Now, I don't wish to step on any toes here as I know everyone has a different budget, but this is a woman who gets 3 manicures a month. And I know what she makes. She could do better.
And actually, I have several family members who seem to feed the cheapest cat food imaginable while spending hundreds on fancy dinners out and trips.
It doesn't sit right with me and I'm trying to find a diplomatic way to say something. Is there one, or am I doomed to come across as pretentious?
I'm trying not to be nosy, but I read the ingredients and it just looks...awful. I know some cats do okay on it, but she has three male cats, and I am now worried about urine crystals if all they get is 9 Lives food coloring...
Once again, I was recently unemployed myself and survived on Amazon Gift Cards, and so I'm not trying to be judgey of people's limitations. I fed FF, even the kind with wheat gluten if it was on sale, and sometimes Friskies or the Meow Mix Cups. Now that I am working again, I choose to feed Weruva, Tiki Cat, Nutro, Wellness etc...but that's a choice I make. I make certain sacrifices to ensure I feed Aslan as best I can.
So this is not a condemnation of people who are on a tight budget.
But for people who can do better and don't, is it worth speaking up? I am assuming that they don't hate their cats, so is there a polite way to educate them that food coloring should not be the first ingredient?