I’ve noticed recently that when I go shopping I end up spending more time trying to choose flavours of food for my cat than I do for myself. The choice is overwhelming. When I didn’t own a cat I assumed all cat food was stinky stuff with sardines in jelly, or miscellaneous cubes of meat in a gravy-like goo. Now the stuff doesn’t smell too bad at all (as far as cat food goes) and comes in flavours like ‘Seafood and Chicken Mornay’, ‘Fine Salmon Mousse’, ‘Tuna Fillets and Whole Prawns in Seafood Sauce’, ‘Tender Lamb Morsels’, ‘Turkey Morsels in Mousse’, and so on. The other day I even spotted one that had ‘Foigras’ in the title!
At first I thought they were all probably the same kind of thing but just in different forms and textures. But there does seem to be differences in flavour between them all. Some Fritz loves, some he won’t touch.
When we first got Fritz we researched what was the best thing to feed him and everyone recommended food brands that are stocked at pet stores (Hills Science Diet, Advance, Royal Canin, etc.). Although these are supposed to be healthier than supermarket varieties, the price is just ridiculous. And as much as I love my cat, I refuse to spend more on his food than I would on my own.
Ironically, too, I’ve tried feeding him the more expensive food and he doesn’t touch it. His favourite food is the Dine wet food range, especially the mornays. For dry food he loves the Optimum range, but he also surprisingly chows down ‘You’ll Love Coles’ dry cat food (in the orange packet). When he was a kitten we gave him wet & dry food from the Whiskers Kitten range, but he’s gone off Whiskers since. We also occasionally cook him up some fresh meat so he has something warm to eat - we just put it in a bowl and microwave it. Which was a bit of a mistake actually, because now when we microwave anything containing meat he catches a whiff of the aromas and runs over, sits patiently, eyeing you off, waiting to be fed.
Ah, it’s a cats life!
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