I love my sister and by no means want to back stab with this post but I am irritated to no end and just want to get it off my chest.
My sister has 2 cats, Ivy and Mousie, who are 8 years old. She has had them since they were kittens. She spoiled them rotten and left them do WHATEVER they want. From sitting on the table when she ate, to clawing furniture. She snuggled them every second she had...but there was one area that needed work. Their diet. Ivy is very overweight and can't even clean herself. The cats are free fed from a bag of Whiskas and get 2 meals of wet food (which they don't eat much of since they fill up on dry food). I politely suggested she maybe switch to even a slightly better brand, or just drop the dry for the most part and get a good quality wet food. She went off on a long rant about how she can't afford anything more than Friskies wet food. Anything more than 50 cents a can is too expensive, etc.
Fast forward 2 months. Her and BIL spontaneously get a puppy. She goes out and gets, of course, Wellness, the most expensive brand the store has to offer. Dry AND wet. The small bag of dry costs over 40 dollars and the cans at least 4dollars each. Mind you, I think it's wonderful she wants to feed her a good food but isn't it unfair that she couldn't afford even slightly better food for the cats but can get the most pricey for the puppy? As a full grown dog, the Wellness is going to cost a fortune.
And of course, since puppy requires the most attention, the cats get NO attention for her anymore. In fact, she never even mentions them. When I go over there, they are usually tucked away, all sad looking. I feel bad for them. They were her babies.
I fear Ivy is going to end up with major health problems from her weight and my sister actually thinks its funny. She LOVES that Ivy is so huge and refuses to try and get her weight under control.
Just frustrated by the situation. So yeah. endrant.
My sister has 2 cats, Ivy and Mousie, who are 8 years old. She has had them since they were kittens. She spoiled them rotten and left them do WHATEVER they want. From sitting on the table when she ate, to clawing furniture. She snuggled them every second she had...but there was one area that needed work. Their diet. Ivy is very overweight and can't even clean herself. The cats are free fed from a bag of Whiskas and get 2 meals of wet food (which they don't eat much of since they fill up on dry food). I politely suggested she maybe switch to even a slightly better brand, or just drop the dry for the most part and get a good quality wet food. She went off on a long rant about how she can't afford anything more than Friskies wet food. Anything more than 50 cents a can is too expensive, etc.
Fast forward 2 months. Her and BIL spontaneously get a puppy. She goes out and gets, of course, Wellness, the most expensive brand the store has to offer. Dry AND wet. The small bag of dry costs over 40 dollars and the cans at least 4dollars each. Mind you, I think it's wonderful she wants to feed her a good food but isn't it unfair that she couldn't afford even slightly better food for the cats but can get the most pricey for the puppy? As a full grown dog, the Wellness is going to cost a fortune.
And of course, since puppy requires the most attention, the cats get NO attention for her anymore. In fact, she never even mentions them. When I go over there, they are usually tucked away, all sad looking. I feel bad for them. They were her babies.
I fear Ivy is going to end up with major health problems from her weight and my sister actually thinks its funny. She LOVES that Ivy is so huge and refuses to try and get her weight under control.
Just frustrated by the situation. So yeah. endrant.