Best Canned Food when on a budget?

[Meezer_lover]

This isn't really about figuring out cost, but since some of you mentioned the Cat Food Glossary, I use Petsumer Report on an almost daily basis. It's what I used when deciding on a food to feed. There is a subscription cost ($17.95/yr), but it's WELL worth it.

Things I like about it:

-Complete breakdown of food ingredients (over 2200 pet foods/treats reviewed)
-Description of the company/manufacturer, with as much detail as they provided when contacted...including information about plants where food is produced
-Descriptions of ingredients
-Red flag ingredients are easily visible and marked
-Ratings

The only thing it's missing is pricing information. But you could find a handful of foods that you would feed based on safety, etc, then research pricing.

[littlesushi]

Btw, ditto what doodlebug said. Worry about it when kitty is with you so you can see what it will eat, and what it won't. In the end kitty gets the final say about what's on the menu lol

[Rebbie]

Originally Posted by littlesushi

lol- i feel like i can relate to obsessing, rebbie. once i get into something, i obsess! i have had the kittens for nearly 2 months now and just finally stopped being obsessive about researching kitty foods for them

now i'm starting to obsess on how to brush their teeth lol. if it's not one thing it's another

good luck!

Originally Posted by littlesushi

Btw, ditto what doodlebug said. Worry about it when kitty is with you so you can see what it will eat, and what it won't. In the end kitty gets the final say about what's on the menu lol

Thanks! And yeah, I tend to obsess a lot. On the plus side, it lets me learn mass amounts of information in short amounts of time. On the minus, it drives me crazy!

Originally Posted by doodlebug

Exactly what I was going to suggest...You will spend a ton of money in the first couple months figuring out what (s)he likes...it just comes with the territory.

Thanks, that is what I think I am going to do. Part of this was to figure out basic types of food, but sometimes I get so wound up I start creating lists and flow-charts... if only I was this active in my college classes, I would have made honor role easy!

Originally Posted by dweamgoil

I was going to also suggest the 13 oz cans of EVO.

I will definitely keep my eye out for that when I get my kitty. A lot of this was just to figure out what brands actually were worth anything, as even with basic ingredient recognition I get overwhelmed!

Originally Posted by Meezer_lover

This isn't really about figuring out cost, but since some of you mentioned the Cat Food Glossary, I use Petsumer Report...

I will bookmark that site for now. Right now I lent a family member some money, so I will be tight for a bit (however, I am getting it with interest back, so it's a good deal ), but I will snap that up ASAP.