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elvislives2012 · 31/08/2019 08:17

Hi all. I have two 10 month old kittens. When I first got them we fed them applaws kitten food then moved them onto felix a few months later. Ive noticed the black kitten isn't as big as the other and hasn't been eating the felix and I think he's lost weight. Bought more applaws recently and he loves it and is eating better. It's more expensive and would cost £70 a month for them to eat.
I'm just wondering if this seems a bit much- a month of felix is about £15?
Or is there a happy medium? £70 is our weekly food shopping budget (family of four- two young children).

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mistermagpie · 31/08/2019 10:30

Would they eat dry? We have one on wet and one on dry (they're not kittens though). The one on wet has whiskas and he's about £40 a month to feed. The one on dry has Samabelle which I get from Zooplys online, two bags is about £20 and lasts about two months! I can't get my wet food cat to eat it though...

Check out zooplus either way, you can often get deals.

Alarae · 31/08/2019 10:33

I buy massive 20kg (?) bags of Applaws dry from Zooplus, which is about £35 a time. Lasts for months and our cat loves it.

You might also find other wet alternatives on there. Animonda Carny and Bozita are good high meat content foods.

dementedpixie · 31/08/2019 10:39

Encore is a cheaper version of applaws (same manufacturer).

elvislives2012 · 31/08/2019 13:11

Thank you for the info. Do u hunk just dry is ok for kittens?

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dementedpixie · 31/08/2019 13:30

I give wet food too a couple of times a day

mistermagpie · 31/08/2019 15:11

I don't know about dry for kittens, my dry food eater only eats that, no wet at all. But I didn't get her as a kitten (she was 3) so I'm not sure if she ate wet in the past...

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