When we got our FIV boy a couple of months ago the rescue place had been feeding him on Whiskas pouches and Iams dry food, so we did the same initially while he settled in and figured I'd see what the vet recommended.
Our vet said combination wet and dry feeding was fine, that the Iams biscuits weren't too bad, so to keep those, but she recommended moving him to a higher meat content, better quality wet food, she mentioned a few, like Applaws and Lilys kitchen etc. (she said Whiskas is equivalent to eating Mcdonalds every day, not great nutritionally).
I decided to transition him onto a better wet food as suggested but was a bit surprised at the prices. He's not a small cat, at 5.3kg now he's put a bit of weight on, and the cost of some of these options for a cat his size would have been quite pricey.
After a lot of research I bought him Bozita chunks form Zooplus. It works out a similar price to Whiskas pouches at 58p a day. These:
www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/canned_cat_food_pouches/bozita/1006252
We feed him quarter of a pack at breakfast, and a quarter at tea time, with 15-20g biscuits in a puzzle feeder in between and the same just before we go to bed. He seems to enjoy the Bozita, but doesn't always gobble it all down like he did the Whiskas. He seems to graze on it a bit more. We put that down to it being a bigger portion and it being more filling.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when a friend gave me some Untamed brand cat food which his fussy cat would not eat.
Our cat freaking loved it. He woolfed it down. Now he keeps running if he hears us opening a tin. The food really looks lovely, I'm not surprised he loves it!
However, it costs 69p for one portion. So £1.38 a day. I just don't think I'm prepared to spend £41.40 a month instead of the £17.40 a month the Bozita costs. But I do feel like I might be being a terrible cat mum.
I'm wondering if there is an option somewhere in the middle?!
What do you feed your kitties wise cat ladies of Mumsnet?