I'm not quite sure how you arrived at the $9/day, at least not based on what I said. It seems too low.
Yes, transition to raw is sometimes a slow one, at least for some cats. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It would be nice if I could do that but I'm feeding around 35 cats right > now. Feeding raw would cost me around $9 a day with turns into around $250 > a month. On top of which, I would be a little nervous to feed raw chicken > to the cats. Some of them probably wouldn't even understand what it was > while others might throw it up at first. Cooked chicken would add about 3 > hours work to my day. My freezer would be full of frozen chicken, not > defrosted in time for their dinner and I would go insane. > > The dry food costs me about $100 - $150 a month. With the price of > Kirkland going up it would cost me about equal to that because they eat > less of the Kirkland due to fat content. Seems to fill them up better. I > used to buy Friskies regular type, and Purina Cat Chow (no one wanted to > eat that). Then I bought HEB brand Hill Country Fair and all the cats > began throwing up in unison. Stopped buying that also. They seem to be > able to digest Paws and Claws, the Tractor Supply brand that cost $20 for > 36 pounds but the older ones lose weight when they eat it. One of my cats, > Isadora lost most of her fur (long hair) and had scabs and sores on her > skin. I began feeding Kirkland about 3 months ago and the other day I > realized that Isadora had no more scabs and had grown back her fur. The > fat content did her a whole lot of good. She looks like she has gained a > pound or two and is much more active. Mr. Buttons (Big Butt-tons) also > gained weight on Kirkland. I need to widen the doorway for him. > I will probably have to keep buying the Kirkland and just work harder. > > > Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty > neighbors too! > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kathryn Hargreaves <khargrea...@gmail.com> > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Sent:* Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:28 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] The Price of Cat Food > > I'm curious as to how much you are spending per day per cat feeding dry. > I am able to feed raw for 70 cents/day per cat. If you didn't buy the > chicken from Whole Foods, which charges about twice as much as do, say > local ethnic butchers, then you could roll in for around half that. > > I've heard they have to eat more dry than raw, as it isn't as high-octane > of food. Also, cats don't drink enough water to compensate for dry food, > grain/starch-free or not, and stand a very good chance of ending up with > CRF. > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > Oh, @#$%!!!. The price of Kirkland Adult Maintenance cat food used to be > $16.99. Then it went up a year later to $17.59. Well, I bought two 20 lb. > bags a week and a half ago. This Tuesday, I went back to Costco because my > cats ate most of the Kirkland and the price had gone up to $18.99!!! It > went up $1.49 in about a week. This is robbery. I'm so depressed. The > crap I buy at the feed store doesn't have a high fat content and doesn't > have actual chicken like Kirkland and is $20 for a 36 pound bag. Well, > kitties, you're going to be back on a diet of crap and corn meal unless > Mommy can get another job online. Sigh. > > > Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty > neighbors too! > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/ Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902 Local feral cat crisis? See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond: http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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