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We've had cats ever since I can remember. Probably why I turned out to be so cat crazy...anyway, I don't know how my parents put up with them all these years. Because now they're very...anti-pet. They can't wait until they don't have to deal with anymore pets. One of the reasons why I'd like to move out ASAP...get away from all this pet negativity.
We have one outdoor cat from a friend who moved away, had her for quite awhile, at least 5 years, probably more. Don't know how old she was before that. My mom has ALWAYS fed the cheapest dry food there is. Meow Mix. If there's a cheaper one, don't tell her. The ingredients are pretty terrible. Corn is the first ingredient, with some other type of corn as the next. I think the only reason that cat has survived so long is because she can supplement with real raw food and breathes fresh air every day and night and gets sunshine. Like nature intended.
I've been trying to educate my mom about wet food and how that's closer to their natural diet, since I've been researching a lot about it (kinda wish I didn't know so much now). But she says that "she's been fine all these years, looks healthy to me, blah blah blah..." And sure, I can't argue with that. She seems pretty healthy, besides the worms (from the mice and birds she catches). I've been feeding her some of my own wet food that I feed my own 2 indoor cats, and mixing it with dietemaceous earth. I think the worms have settled a bit... but I simply cannot afford to feed FOUR cats--a new addition recently showed up. He has six toes, orange and white long hair. Friendly. Super sweet. ADORABLE. Now there's 2 outdoor cats. (Side note, he had some sort of bloody sores on his paws, it looked like chunks had been taken out? I wanted to take him to the vet, but mom suggested I use coconut oil on it since my sister had been using it for her baby's rash. It's healed them up very nicely and very inexpensively!!! )) I still want to know what that would be from? Maybe paws got stuck to the ice? Idk.)
My measly budget cannot handle buying for four cats, no matter how much calculating I do. I want my mom to buy the food for them. But she won't "splurge." She estimated she buys 2 bags of Meow Mix a month. Which is like...probably under $20? I don't know. Pretty cheap. I asked if she could spare an extra $35 for wet food that I would pick out. She pretty much flat out said no and that was WAY too much to spend on cats. Not that she can't afford it, but more like she doesn't see it as necessary.
So my question is, could canned cat food be cheaper? Or is Meow Mix really that cheap and there is absolutely no competition price wise?
We have one outdoor cat from a friend who moved away, had her for quite awhile, at least 5 years, probably more. Don't know how old she was before that. My mom has ALWAYS fed the cheapest dry food there is. Meow Mix. If there's a cheaper one, don't tell her. The ingredients are pretty terrible. Corn is the first ingredient, with some other type of corn as the next. I think the only reason that cat has survived so long is because she can supplement with real raw food and breathes fresh air every day and night and gets sunshine. Like nature intended.
I've been trying to educate my mom about wet food and how that's closer to their natural diet, since I've been researching a lot about it (kinda wish I didn't know so much now). But she says that "she's been fine all these years, looks healthy to me, blah blah blah..." And sure, I can't argue with that. She seems pretty healthy, besides the worms (from the mice and birds she catches). I've been feeding her some of my own wet food that I feed my own 2 indoor cats, and mixing it with dietemaceous earth. I think the worms have settled a bit... but I simply cannot afford to feed FOUR cats--a new addition recently showed up. He has six toes, orange and white long hair. Friendly. Super sweet. ADORABLE. Now there's 2 outdoor cats. (Side note, he had some sort of bloody sores on his paws, it looked like chunks had been taken out? I wanted to take him to the vet, but mom suggested I use coconut oil on it since my sister had been using it for her baby's rash. It's healed them up very nicely and very inexpensively!!! )) I still want to know what that would be from? Maybe paws got stuck to the ice? Idk.)
My measly budget cannot handle buying for four cats, no matter how much calculating I do. I want my mom to buy the food for them. But she won't "splurge." She estimated she buys 2 bags of Meow Mix a month. Which is like...probably under $20? I don't know. Pretty cheap. I asked if she could spare an extra $35 for wet food that I would pick out. She pretty much flat out said no and that was WAY too much to spend on cats. Not that she can't afford it, but more like she doesn't see it as necessary.
So my question is, could canned cat food be cheaper? Or is Meow Mix really that cheap and there is absolutely no competition price wise?