I had everyone (a kelpie, a dachshund, and a cat) on dry kibble. It's easy, and cheap. But I realized my cat (have only had him a month) wasn't drinking much water. I know this can be a problem and such cats should be fed wet food only. I decided to feed him raw instead of canned, because raw is actually cheaper.
I was originally just gonna switch the cat. I'm lazy
. When I did the math though, raw came out cheaper than kibble. I figure I can spend 40 for a bag of Canidae (I don't, I buy a higher end grocery store brand because it's easier to get than anything good - I live in hicksville), and it will last me 2 months. Throw in $10 a month for cheaper cat food, 15-20 for high end (my cat is part pig). I figured that I could feed all three raw meat for about $30.
So I went shopping. I was originally gonna buy the 10 lb bag of hindquarters from walmart, and then maybe a whole chicken or 2 to start. But it went up 20 cents a lb since last time I looked at it. It was $.63 per lb. And it's never fresh, and I don't have a meat grinder yet (it's in the mail). For $.69, I could get whole (fresh) chickens.
Then I decided to try other smaller stores, and came across a 10 lb bag of chicken wings for $.79/lb. Perfect! Not much more money than the nasty hingquarters, and manageable for my old dachshund and cat. I divided it up into what I thought they would each eat in a day, and got 12 meals out of it!
I gave them all some today. I gave the dogs each a wing, and chopped up part of one for the cat. The dogs have had raw before, it's nothing new to them. My dachshund smelled it and started dancing around, and ran off with it as soon as I gave it to her. My kelpie tried her classic "but aren't you gonna cut it up for me?" look that she gives me when I give her whole slices of bread. As soon as she heard the little dog crunching, she ate hers in record time. The cat was less than amused. He sniffed it then looked at me like I was nuts. I mixed it with his wet food (that already had ground turkey mixed in). He did eat a few good chunks of meat. Nothing with bone in it yet, but this is only day one. He'll be gnawing on bones in no time.
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I was originally just gonna switch the cat. I'm lazy
. When I did the math though, raw came out cheaper than kibble. I figure I can spend 40 for a bag of Canidae (I don't, I buy a higher end grocery store brand because it's easier to get than anything good - I live in hicksville), and it will last me 2 months. Throw in $10 a month for cheaper cat food, 15-20 for high end (my cat is part pig). I figured that I could feed all three raw meat for about $30.So I went shopping. I was originally gonna buy the 10 lb bag of hindquarters from walmart, and then maybe a whole chicken or 2 to start. But it went up 20 cents a lb since last time I looked at it. It was $.63 per lb. And it's never fresh, and I don't have a meat grinder yet (it's in the mail). For $.69, I could get whole (fresh) chickens.
Then I decided to try other smaller stores, and came across a 10 lb bag of chicken wings for $.79/lb. Perfect! Not much more money than the nasty hingquarters, and manageable for my old dachshund and cat. I divided it up into what I thought they would each eat in a day, and got 12 meals out of it!
I gave them all some today. I gave the dogs each a wing, and chopped up part of one for the cat. The dogs have had raw before, it's nothing new to them. My dachshund smelled it and started dancing around, and ran off with it as soon as I gave it to her. My kelpie tried her classic "but aren't you gonna cut it up for me?" look that she gives me when I give her whole slices of bread. As soon as she heard the little dog crunching, she ate hers in record time. The cat was less than amused. He sniffed it then looked at me like I was nuts. I mixed it with his wet food (that already had ground turkey mixed in). He did eat a few good chunks of meat. Nothing with bone in it yet, but this is only day one. He'll be gnawing on bones in no time.
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