Hey Lemmy! Pick your brains?
Have got three cats that need feeding - from LR, Madeline, Stephanie and Tuxie. I’ve always tried to buy cat food which isn’t owned by companies who are complete bastards, which is tricky since Nestle own so many of them. They’ve been on the Royal Canin for many years, but I see that’s owned by Mars and I’m trying to cut back on “buying American” at the moment. Was wondering if any of you have reasonable suggestions for alternatives?
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available in the UK
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not manufactured in companies descending into fascism
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certainly not manufactured by bloody Nestle, cut all of their shit out of my life a long time ago
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ideally, low carbon and ethically made? I realise that’s a really tough ask for cat food.
They’re adult cats with no special needs, and also extremely unfussy eaters.
I see there’s a zooplus.co.uk, and they sell Wild Freedom which I buy regularly. I believe that food is from Germany. It’s got a high meat content and no grains which is ideal for cats. I believe Animonda Carny and Feringa are also good ones, all German. There are some nice deals at times, and if you buy the biggest cans they’re just as cheap as those Whiskas sachets that everybody around me seem to buy out of convenience. Just healthier.
Cat owner in the UK here, I can confirm that Zooplus is how I keep my resident shoelace murderer fed
+1 on Animonda Carny. Kept both of my cats fed for years until they decided they don’t like it anymore one day. Grain-free and no sugar.
The cats I used to live with were very happy with Almo Nature. It’s an italian company I believe.
Edit: link https://www.almonature.com/en/
Perhaps something like could work for you?: https://www.aniforte.co.uk/products/barf-complete-cat-raw-food-supplement-100g (I dont know anything about this company or its quality, but I get something similar with an Australian company)
You dont need to feed them raw meat, you can cook it, and just add that supplement to make up for missing nutrients?
Why is it called barf hahaha
Yeah, doesn’t look good as a food name, is it some kind of weird German translation?
BARF is an acronym for biologically appropriate raw food, which is a kind of pet diet in which owners feed their pets raw food (some pet owners swear by it, I personally think it’s nonsense). This product looks like a pure supplement that is only meant to be added to raw food for extra nutrients.
Yup, it is a raw food supplement, which I knew wheni suggested it. It means that OP can provide their own source of meat, which side steps the nestle issue.
I use something similar for my cat, and it seemed to solve her hypercalcemia. No more drugs required, her appetite rebounded and her energy levels recovered, and her weight is back to normal.
We used to use it with raw chicken, which had the interesting side effect of reducing her poops to once every two days, and significantly smaller and less smelly, and she got all her water intake from the chicken. With bird flu being a risk, we are now boiling the chicken first, and its mostly the same, but need more water for her.
They have a bunch of recipes: https://www.vngpets.com/recipes-healthy-cat
