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[Angela Woodford]

Caroline - I just wrote a pm to you but wretched thing wouldn't send. Thanks for the advice on cat food! I'm aghast to hear about what may really be in it!

There are new designer cat foods here now which come in pouches - they are supposed to be of gourmet standard, advertised by appealing pedigree cat. Sheba ad shows beautiful British Blue. They are terribly expensive, but seem to sell well. Whiskas now does Cat Milk in attractive little bottle - same price almost as litre ordinary milk. I never give milk to the cats anyway!

Kangaroo meat!

love Munch

[icomefromalanddownunder]

There are new designer cat foods here now which come in pouches - they are supposed to be of gourmet standard, advertised by appealing pedigree cat. Sheba ad shows beautiful British Blue. They are terribly expensive, but seem to sell well. Whiskas now does Cat Milk in attractive little bottle - same price almost as litre ordinary milk. I never give milk to the cats anyway!

Kangaroo meat!

love Munch

Hi Munch

To me, they are, at best, the equivalent of Maccas/KFC. I do confess to buying the odd tin of fish for emergency feeding of the cats, but only the varieties that contain identifible bits of fish encased in some kind of gelatinous material.

Humans (some humans) eat kangaroo, and claim that it is low in fat and very tasty. Some cats become addicted to it. At a supermarket on Saturday, noted that the kangaroo for human consumption was cheaper per kilo than the pet grade.

Tonight Maggie (greyhound) and Milly (newly adopted kelpie) are being fed by daughter (who is supposed to be their primary care giver) and will be dining on chicken wings. Bernietheboxer (resident chez moi, and not yet introduced to Milly because we suspect that she is about to come into season) will be offered whatever is in my fridge. Think that there are some lamb offcuts. Jess' and my cats will all be dining on a mix of kangaroo and offal. The reason I know what Jess' animals will be fed is because she high-tailed off to NSW for the weekend, leaving me with no food for her animals, and a sheep to have euthanased and buried.

Love

Caroline

[Angela Woodford]

I just tried to send a pm expressing concern over Willy the Sheep. I'm glad that his last moments were peaceful!

However do you arrange for a sheep to be buried?

Thinking of cooking pet food reminds me of staying (for reasons of economy) with my inlaws when I was expecting my no 1 baby. My mother-in-law would cook a compound of dried dog food and any current carcase. The dreadful smell would result in all day sickness. How I longed for her to do a temporary switch to Pedigree Chum! Not a very kind woman, my mother-in-law!

A cat I had years ago had a thing for pilchards in tomato sauce. This resulted in a pink nose, which she would then wash and appear with fetching pink paws.

Love Munch

[icomefromalanddownunder]

I just tried to send a pm expressing concern over Willy the Sheep. I'm glad that his last moments were peaceful!

Thank you for your kind thoughts. I am afraid that all dignity was lost when we attempted to move his corpse. He was such a big boy

However do you arrange for a sheep to be buried?

You ring the local Earthmover and Stock Burier, who happens to be married to the person who bred the younger of our horses, and is a very nice person.

Thinking of cooking pet food reminds me of staying (for reasons of economy) with my inlaws when I was expecting my no 1 baby. My mother-in-law would cook a compound of dried dog food and any current carcase. The dreadful smell would result in all day sickness. How I longed for her to do a temporary switch to Pedigree Chum! Not a very kind woman, my mother-in-law!


Oh yuk! I once smelt kangaroo being cooked and wondered how anyone could bring themselves to eat it. As for mutton - I retch at the mere memory of that smell.


A cat I had years ago had a thing for pilchards in tomato sauce. This resulted in a pink nose, which she would then wash and appear with fetching pink paws.



Lizzie The Kid would climb our apricot tree and gorge herself. We would return home to find her with a wide-eyed, innocent look upon her little face, but a tell-tale orange chin

Love Munch

[J.R.]

Cat Food - Hmmmmm. very interesting subject.

There must be some dodgy tinned food on the market, but I take exception at a slur on Whiskas. This is part of the Pedigree group. During my breeding and showing days, I got to know many people in the pet food organisation and spent a very informative day at their production plant. I can assure you all that what goes into Whiska is wholesome food, with some additives that cats need to survive. I have witnessed Pedigree staff eat a spoonful of Whiskas to prove it is absolutely pure.

Pedigree veterinary staff will tell you that their tinned food for cats is PROBABLY safer and more hygenic than any meat you buy in the butchers for your own consumption.

Pedigree have their own cattery for valuation purposes. Their in-house cats are probably better cared for than the average estate cat.

As far as show cats are concerned, it really is a case of letting the cat establish its own diet, ensuring it has adequate balance.

With Chinchilla's, their staple diet was Whiskas with occasional raw beef mince, (about once a week), steamed/roasted/boiled chicken, sometimes served with rice for bulk. Snacks of cheese with lightly boiled egg. Pilchards in tomato sauce or oil. Steamed white fish, the most nutricious part being the remaining liquid soup. Marmite once a week, served on a spoon for Thiamin, which they all absolutely adored.

I could go on and on and on..........

[kerrensimmonds]

My mother once employed as a cleaning lady someone called Jill, whose favourite meal for herself and her husband was lamb curry - made with Whiskas..........................
She claimed not only that it was delicious but also nutritional and above all cheap. With extras like rice, one (large) tin did both of them.
Fortunately my mum declined to follow Jill's example......but I was never aware that she (Jill) suffered any ill effects. She wasn't a very good cleaning lady, however.

[Euterpe13]

I was once informed by someone who worked for one of the larger French firms that all their animal foods were both tested/ tasted by humans, and guaranteed for human consumption - because they were aware that many people, in particular the aged, do in fact buy cat food when they cannot afford meat.

[Angela Woodford]

Well, I'm very grateful to know that Whiskas is wholesome and healthy!

However, perhaps the company should consider a Kangaroo flavour!

Every cat I've ever had has gone tail-quiveringly potty for a taste of Marmite, so it's good to know it's part of a show cat's diet. Pilchards too!

Munch

[kerrensimmonds]

I must try mine on Marmite. Never thought of it (though I should have, once I discovered that the dog would do almost anything to eat a piece of apple....). Their favourite food of all time (dog and cats) is fresh prawns. I only have to mention the word and they come flying from all points of the compass. Tesco's cheapy tuna (for humans....) is also much appreciated.

[midget]

My old cat was anybody's for a bit of smoked fish.

[kerrensimmonds]

So how did you smoke the fish, Midget? In a roll-up, or......?
And did your cat only like such smoked fish in old age, or was it a lifetime preference?
Ho Ho!

[midget]

So how did you smoke the fish, Midget? In a roll-up, or......?
And did your cat only like such smoked fish in old age, or was it a lifetime preference?
Ho Ho!

I have a mental picture of my old fat cat lying back in a chair with a huge roll-up in his paw, and putting on that self-satisfied smirk that only cats can do.

[englishangel]

Caroline - I just wrote a pm to you but wretched thing wouldn't send. Thanks for the advice on cat food! I'm aghast to hear about what may really be in it!

There are new designer cat foods here now which come in pouches - they are supposed to be of gourmet standard, advertised by appealing pedigree cat. Sheba ad shows beautiful British Blue. They are terribly expensive, but seem to sell well. Whiskas now does Cat Milk in attractive little bottle - same price almost as litre ordinary milk. I never give milk to the cats anyway!

Kangaroo meat!

love Munch

Just found this at the head of the page and realised no-one had told you why it happened. You probably didn't give it a title.

[DavebytheSea]

Thinking of cooking pet food reminds me of staying (for reasons of economy) with my inlaws when I was expecting my no 1 baby. My mother-in-law would cook a compound of dried dog food and any current carcase. The dreadful smell would result in all day sickness. How I longed for her to do a temporary switch to Pedigree Chum! Not a very kind woman, my mother-in-law!

I believe Pedigree Chum makes a good curry but, I must confess, I have never tried cooking dried dog food. I suppose you would have to re-hydrate it first and marinate it. It might work in a casserole.

Fortunately, we were not reduced to such penury when Judith was expecting.

[englishangel]

While at Uni the 'Lads' would make their curries with meaty chunks.