You can also get a horse bedding from Tractor Supply for about the same price. It is corn based and also biodegradeable and cmpostable.
. ---- Katy Doyle <[email protected]> wrote: > My animals love all of the Blue Buffalo flavors (cats and dog), I'm lucky > because mine are not picky eaters. However, they tend to throw up when they > eat other brands... I can't figure out why. So I've started by mixing Purina > Hairball with the Blue Buffalo to make it stretch longer. > > I'm also going to start to cook up some meat for them as a supplement. :-) > Buddy LOVES roast beef! Weird right? > > Cat litter, I go to Sam's (or Costco, depends on where you live) and get the > 50 lb bag of clay cat litter for $7 and mix it with the "nicer" clumping > litter. It still works great and it stretches the good stuff further. > I don't know anything about reverse mortgages, I just bought my first house > (I'm 23) about a hear ago. Having special needs cats is difficult when money > is tight and I'm just starting out on my own. > > --Katy > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My pride is on Blue Buffalo "DUCK". For some reason, they do not like > > chicken no matter what brand of food. Occassionaly, I get them some > > Mackeral canned for humans and they love it, broth only. Why they don't eat > > the meat I don't know. It seems that the stronge the smell, the better they > > like it. Salmon also turns them off. Turkey is so so. Beef is also so so. > > Saw a food the other day that is buffalo meat, thought I might try it. Do > > know one thing, these healthy foods are breaking the bank. 7 cats go thru 2 > > bags a month (x $33.00 per bag. > > I have found a cheaper source of litter. They like World's Best which is > > made from corn. I can cut cost more by buying horse bedding made from > > coursely ground corn and corn cobs. Doesn't work too good with the > > scoopers, but does the job of stopping odor and clumps well enough. Things > > are getting tight, money wise and am going back to work at 70 as soon as I > > get a job of some kind. SS does not cut it when heating bills go up and > > insurance costs are added in. Has anyone had experience with reverse > > mortgagees? Been thinking about that. At least it would keep the cats and > > I in our home. > > ---- Christiane Biagi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > They aren't thrilled w. Turkey but LOVE that Sardines, Shrimp & Crab. We > > > rotate through the different "flavors" cause we wouldn't want the little > > > buggers to get bored with their food-LOL. They finally agreed to all eat > > > some Blue Buffalo Lite dry but it took a bit of doing. They're not > > spoiled > > > or anything! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bonnie Hogue > > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:25 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > > > > > My cats eat canned "Wellness" but only the salmon and turkey flavor. Go > > > figure. > > > They *Love* "Prarie" chicken dryed catfood. It's pretty good > > > nutrition-wise. And no, it's not made out of 'prarie chickens'... > > > ~Bonnie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Christiane Biagi" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:55 AM > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > > > > > > > > > They can be fussy, can't they! LOL My brood eats wellness canned but > > > > when I tried wellness dry as supplement, they turned up their noses. > > > > Have a friend who had a cat that lived to her early 20's--wouldn't eat > > > > anything xcept 9-Lives (which is not the worst food in the world). > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jannes > > > > Taylor > > > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:41 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > > > > > > > I have found that my cats, even Amber my felv cat does not care for > > > > the more "expensive/healthy" food. I fed her that at first and after > > > > she got past her starvation mode,(a time when she was grateful for > > > > anything to eat), she would not eat it as well. I switched to the Meow > > > > Mix shredded with gravy and they all love that. I tried feeding my > > > > other cats the "healthy stuff" as well and they tried to cover it up > > > > like it was a bowel movement..LOL. > > > > > > > > Amber will eat cooked chicken but my other cats won't eat anything but > > > > cat food. > > > > > > > > I aree with supplementing their junk food cat food with real meat if > > > > you can get them to eat it. I am feeding Amber the Fancy Feast brand > > > > as well, but it not really a "healthy" brand... It is not cheap in > > > > price though. > > > > > > > > Jannes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 8:47:40 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > > > > > > > You may want to supplement what ever food you chose with chicken, > > > > ground beef or tuna. I've been able to get whole chicken at 69 or 79 > > > > cents a pound near the end of sell by date and recently picked up a > > > > couple of hundred cans of tuna at > > > > 39 cents each. When you figure out the per pound price you are paying > > > > a lot less than cat food and using all of the product. Before anyone > > > > jumps on me, the tuna is for putting meds in and is usually divided by > > > > 6 cats or by 2 cats and a dog. I would never feed it entirely. > > > > > > > > I can feed 7 cats and a dog for 3-4 days with a whole chicken. Same > > > > with hamburger. > > > > On Mar 28, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Katy Doyle wrote: > > > > > > > >> And that subject is supposed to be "cat food"... Typos! > > > >> > > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > > >> > > > >> On Mar 28, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Katy Doyle <[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> What kind of food do you feed your cats? > > > >>> > > > >>> I was feeding the Blue Buffalo and I really liked it, but it is > > > >>>getting too expensive because of my furlough days at work. > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm looking for something affordable but still good for cats that > > > >>> are > > > > FeLV+. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks, > > > >>> Katy > > > >>> > > > >>> Sent from my iPhone > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Felvtalk mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.or > > > >> g > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
