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sleepy_bird Oct. 27th, 2009 01:28 am)
sleepy_bird Oct. 27th, 2009 01:28 am)Some of you may know that I have recently acquired a cat. One of the things I was most dreading about having a pet was having to feed it. Not the act of feeding per se--I may be lazy, but I am not quite that lazy--but the act of feeding a cat wet food. Wet food looks and smells like it just came out of a human orifice. The cat likes it, but I hate it.
Today I went to Petco and bought the almost-yuppiest cat food I could buy, Wellness cat food. (There were more expensive brands but they probably contained meat from gazelles or rare breeds of buffalo.) I opened it up tonight and... oooh. It smelled so good, I was almost tempted to eat it myself. The food also was thoroughly mashed so that it did not appear pre-digested.
I have no idea whether the stuff actually prolongs a cat's life. My family's cats have lived a good 16 years on a diet of cheap canned food, cheap kibble, turkey breast, canned tuna, and table scraps. For all I know, my cat may actually prefer Fancy Feast and I am torturing her taste buds. However, I like the expensive brand and am perfectly willing to pay the price if it means that I do not have to have Fancy Feast stinking up my kitchen.
Today I went to Petco and bought the almost-yuppiest cat food I could buy, Wellness cat food. (There were more expensive brands but they probably contained meat from gazelles or rare breeds of buffalo.) I opened it up tonight and... oooh. It smelled so good, I was almost tempted to eat it myself. The food also was thoroughly mashed so that it did not appear pre-digested.
I have no idea whether the stuff actually prolongs a cat's life. My family's cats have lived a good 16 years on a diet of cheap canned food, cheap kibble, turkey breast, canned tuna, and table scraps. For all I know, my cat may actually prefer Fancy Feast and I am torturing her taste buds. However, I like the expensive brand and am perfectly willing to pay the price if it means that I do not have to have Fancy Feast stinking up my kitchen.