Cat food Sachets are a ripoff

[johnnygriff]

Why are people buying sachets when they are about 4 or 5 times the price of tins? Smaller supermarkets are stopping selling tins. Why are people falling for this non recyclable con? Makes no sense to me.

[thecatneuterer]

Kittens don't have to have specific kitten food. I've given lots of kittens Butchers. Apparently the main difference between kitten and adult food is the size of the chunks, so if they're very little just mash it up a bit.

[Boatsonthewater]

i wonder if Butchers is suitable for kittens? They sell it in my local shop. Haven't seen it anywhere else though. My local shop has quite high mark ups.

[Bitchfromhell]

Funnily enough I've just swapped from Sheba pouches (£4 for 12 x 85g) to Butchers tins (£2.50 for 6 x 400g) because of the price difference. Also because I'm trying to be a bit eco conscious.
Both cats seem to be eating it, one seems to actively enjoy it.

[hotelduvin]

We tried moving to tins so that we can recycle them. Cats said NO. They ONLY like Sheba or Gourmet Perle. Even Felix pouches can "do one" according to our cats.

[Badcat666]

UK pet food can be different from US. If they want to import their brands to the EU they have to comply with the EU regs which are pretty specific in what they can use so some US manufacturers are approved to import and some won't be, even in the case of the big companies.

Mine hate tinned stuff and only eat pouches, fussy sods. Only like whiskas or felix as good as it gets but have harringtons dry as has a decent protein content for the price. (Plus chicken and fish if I'm having it cos they look at me with their big cat eyes)

[GingerKitCat]

Interesting thread!

Any opinions on Porta 21 dry food (adult cat - yellow bag):

here

And Harringtons dry food (chicken with rice):

here

I thought I was doing the right thing quality-wise and it suits my budget
Cat is pretty happy (he can be a fusspot) - good coat, energy, digestion and disposition
He gets occasional meat tidbits and wet food samples but I enjoy not having to deal with wet food if I'm honest.

[stickytoffeevodka]

Ours are on a mix of Applaws, Wainwrights grain-free or Lily's kitchen, depending on what's on offer!

Our Maine Coon is intolerant to grain and gets really bad diarrhoea when he eats it. We switched his food about nine months ago and he's been absolutely fine since then - poos don't smell at all and he seems much happier and energetic.

It doesn't cost a lot if you buy in bulk.

[MikeUniformMike]

Been to the shops to get cat food. Looked in all catfood outlets in high street. No tinned 'in gravy' catfood other than pouches.
I didn't fancy going to the supermarket.

[Boatsonthewater]

Our cat was fed on IAMS all his life. I thought it was good quality, but it seems not ! He died at 14. The neighbour's cats were fed half a tin of Sainsbury's cat food , the most basic type, each, per day. They outlived him hugely .

[EachandEveryone]

Is the Lidl one ok quality?

[MikeUniformMike]

The Aldi ones are called Vitacat. The gourmet ones are about £2, the not gourmet ones about £1.75.
They also do the little foil trays, treats, dry food and a budget range.
Lidl catfood is called Coshida and cost the same as Aldi. I'm off to Lidl later to get some more.

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

Let’s be honest here, as much as we want to feed them the best food, they are cats. They will not eat it if they don’t like it!

When I was at home all our cats were fed on Whiskas, Felix or something like that and lived to a ripe old age. They never had senior food just bog standard tins in those days.

[EachandEveryone]

I was looking at the Morrissons extra special pouches today for the strays and on the box it says they are sugar and grain free. Anyone tried them? Also Whiskas incredients says 40% meat which I never knew.

[Greensleeves]

Looked at the Applaws pouches today. We can't afford them. So our kittens will have to put up with crappy old Iams for now.

[Boatsonthewater]

What are the Aldi ones called, and are they good quality?

[Boatsonthewater]

What about Burns dry food? It was invented by a vet and they are a brilliant company. I give mine the dry food wit wet Science Plan or AVA. It's a minefield isn't it? Mine is really fussy and I am being driven crazy. I hate putting all these sachets in the recycling, I don't like tinned food and the smell. I wish she would just eat dry food like my last cat did, but she will only eat it in small amounts alongside wet, in a different bowl!!

[TuftedLadyGrotto]

Sadly we can't recycle tetra paks, so we can't recycle pouches.

[purplepigs]

I would agree that the Aldi cat ones are reasonable in price and our car seems to really like them.
Cans are sometimes a pain to be honest as my cat will never eat an entire can LOL

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

He's been on them since not long after we got him and believe me, it would cause me more problems to try and change it than it would to leave him on it!

[DeleteOrDecay]

He has James Wellbeloved biscuits and the contents of his litter have always been fine!

It's not just about the litter tray it's about long term effects on their digestive system. Cats aren't made to digest grains so their system has to work harder to process it. It can cause problems further down the line, not always obviously but it's a risk especially as cats age.

[TuftedLadyGrotto]

The Carny didn't cause runny poo, just really, really stinky ones. Two of ours are virtually house cats (by their own choice) so it was unbearable. My Dh bought a shed load of the stuff so we tolerated it for weeks. I found it hard to stomach the actual bits of animal you could see in there.

I might try applaws then. Although we are skint at the moment due to old big cats vet bills at the moment. Until recently we were spending over £100 a week on medical for her.

[dementedpixie]

Are any of these good high meat foods not in pate style as mine don't like it. They had bozita and feringa when kittens but stopped eating them. Tried several others from pets at home and zooplus and made lots of donations to the sspca! I now stick to the wet food they will eat and give high meat dry food alongside

[dementedpixie]

Applaws dry isn't 90% meat either! I've ordered thrive dry which is 90% meat

[HatontheCat]

Regarding the sachets being recyclable, I've always rinsed and put in recycling, they recycle tetra packs so I assumed cat food pouches would be similar.

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

I tried my cat on raw but thankfully he wouldn’t eat it as the thought of it made me feel sick. There’s no way I’d try it again with him or any other cat. A pouch is more convenient as I’d never remember to defrost the raw food!

Regarding grains, while I appreciate some cats can’t tolerate them they don’t affect all. He has James Wellbeloved biscuits and the contents of his litter have always been fine!