Please tell me you're joking

PROTIP - all cats are lactose intolerant but all are different. Some might have a bowlful and be fine and some might only sniff milk and have symptoms like loose stools. Cat milk is quite expensive, maybe £5 or so a litre. Alternative human lactose free milk is the same thing but is a fraction of the price and about £1.50 a litre. Plus you can use it too of course!

Dry food is terrible for cats! Do your home work

If you need some straight away or don't want as much, B&M do 44 packs for £8.99.

Dry food only isn't good for them; they get most of their water from food rather than drinking. Also milk should only be given as a treat - a bowl of water should always be available

Felix As Good As It Looks Adult Mixed Selection in Jelly (Pack of 80) is also available, for £17.62 delivered using subscribe and save: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01A6KBFNE?redirect=true&ref_=s9_al_bw_g199_i2

Our 6 month kitten went straight to his bowl and ate everything. All flavours...
This is great value in the 88 packet box , at less than 30p a meal, the fancy marketed other brands need to look at their pricing.
Our cat is thriving on it.

dry food it better for you cat - feed them wet food from the start and they won't eat anything else - we have 3 cats one only eats dry , another eats tined and the last one will only eat this (the most expensive choice) as he is a rescue cat we except this but we starve him (only one pouch a day)to teach him for being expensive

Please tell me you're joking

I know! Dry food is better? and only feeding your cat 1 pouch (recommended 3-4 a day)!?

btw, Cheers OP ordered! As good as it looks seems to be out of stock

Recommended 3-4 pouches/day if they ONLY eat wet food.

The idea of reducing their intake of wet food is to train them to eat dry food.

I've had my kitten since he was 4 months old. Started with 2-3 pouches/day, then reduced to 2/day. Now he's 9 months old and he eats equal amounts of wet food (2 pouches/day) and dry food.

I will keep reducing the amount to zero pouches/day so that he only eats dry food. He drinks water and milk too.

If you need some straight away or don't want as much, B&M do 44 packs for £8.99.

Dry food only isn't good for them; they get most of their water from food rather than drinking. Also milk should only be given as a treat - a bowl of water should always be available

Cheers OP grabbed the 120 pack same cost per kilo and will keep them going for a month.

The 80 pack of Tuna and Cod, Shrimp and Plaice, Chicken and Kidney, Duck and Lamb there is still stock, as per the link in the OP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01A6KBFUW/?tag=ho01f-21

Given how common urinary tract infections are in cats, you'd think the manufacturers of the food would have far more offerings with gravy/sauce rather than jelly to ensure they got sufficient water intake.

​I strongly disagree with everything you just said. It's not good for cats to regularly drink milk.

Can anyone see one that is just the meat and jelly pouches? My cat loves Felix but doesn't eat fish. Had a quick search but couldn't see one.

My cats won't eat the same brands all the time - you have to rotate between Felix, Whiskas, and Tiger. They're all "Nah, fed up of that now - fetch me something different, fool!"

Not really as in the wild a cat gets most of its moisture from its food rather than drinking lots of info here
http://www.cathealth.com/nutrition/wet-food-vs-dry-food-for-cats

in my opinion a cat is best off having both, ours have dry in the morning and wet in the evening

I know many cats that eat dry food only, with plenty of water and yet the cats are very healthy. Cats eventually understand that wet food isn't the only choice. You have to balance it. Feeding them to much wet food means they will have sticky dirty mouth, then they lick their bodies, making their bodies smell bad. With dry food, the crunchiness of the biscuits scrape their teeth, hence keeping their mouth clean. Plus they then drink a lot water. Dry food eating cats don't smell bad at all. I am saying all this because I have around 6 cats. I am not an expert, so please understand that I am speaking my opinion.

Dry food is actually better for cats, and occasionally some real meat. They are carnivores, just look at the meat content in wet food and dry food, and make an educated decision. Why do you think all the expensive science branded food your vet sells is always dry? Wet food is basically aspic, water and filler with a hint of meat.

Dry is good for keeping teeth clean and wet food provides additional water intake. Milk is not bad for a cat unless they are lactose intolerant or have health problems due to the protein levels. Most cats will want a change, humans are the same....we would get fedup with the same food each day.
It is down to individual owners what they feed their cat but teaching a cat to learn food is expensive is.....well I am a bit speechless!!
My cat was going to be euthanised by a locum vet as there was nothing more he could do and was getting old. I went against the advice, took him to a specialist vetinary hospital where age is not a barrier. He has a liver mass, stage 2 renal failure and a heart murmur. He eats a special diet and costs do not come into it, he also has normal food too to keep his appetite up and has a little milk on occasions. He will be 21 in 3 months time, still going well, plays, mad dashes through the house, lots of TLC and has a great quality of life.

We feed wet and dry so they get their moisture content and also dry in an attempt to keep the tartar down on their teeth.I would never feed dry on it's own as cats don't have a sense of thirst.You may see your cat drinking water,but it's not nearly enough intake to be healthy for them.You can't make them drink,so make sure that they get it in their food.

Excellent deal. Thank you

The following link has Felix As Good As it Looks Cat food 88 for £19.49. I think if you spend over £29 you get free delivery.

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/canned_cat_food_pouches/felix

brilliant price, thanks for the post :innocent:

I was referring to the link pasted in reply #1 about Felix as good as it looks(AGAIL) from Amazon. The 80 pack is out of stock. - UPDATE now says back In stock..

You can't just say 'dry food is better'. It really depends on the quality of it! A lot of commercial brands bulk them up with wheat, some in huge amounts... which can have a devastating effects on cats. You'll end up paying more in medical bills as they get older and develop organ problems.

From my experience, my cat who ate A LOT of biscuits had a massive heart attack at around 8-9 years old. The other cat who's always been fussy about biscuits (eats probably a 9:1 ratio of it vs. wet) is 18 in a couple of months. Sure, she recently developed CRF, but that's the usual downfall for a cat around that age...

The skeptic in me makes me want to take a pet food company study suggesting that wet food, which is more expensive, is better with a pinch of salt.

Also it was a study of only 6 cats which makes the whole thing pretty much junk anyway.

PROTIP - all cats are lactose intolerant but all are different. Some might have a bowlful and be fine and some might only sniff milk and have symptoms like loose stools. Cat milk is quite expensive, maybe £5 or so a litre. Alternative human lactose free milk is the same thing but is a fraction of the price and about £1.50 a litre. Plus you can use it too of course!

I'd do the same. These cats will mouth "I own you" once you give them everything they want.

Is that why, when my vet examined my cat and found tartar, she said dry food only?

Only if it's lactose free goats milk but I've never seen that.

Warned by vet to cut out wet food completely, as contains a lot of sugar. Advised to use dry food to help with tartar problem, and sometimes fresh meat/fish. There is always plenty of water available. As a treat will give Felix wet food once a month.

On the advice of my vet I feed my 3 cats as follows - they share 1 pouch between them for breakfast and another for tea. There is a bowl of high quality dry food (Chudleys) available at all times along with a bowl of fresh water. (Never milk - the lactose gives them the squits) The reason for this regime is to reduce tartar on their teeth but also to encourage weight control.The vet said they were all fat! I don't give them 'treats' as in Dreamies etc as they are too blooming expensive - I cheat by buying Whiskas or similar dry food, put it in the treat tub and dish them out as 'sweeties' - they are none the wiser, they don't get the rubbish and I save quids! :-) None of them will eat Felix... :-(

Matt hat, Why are you starving the cat, get some cheap food aswell as expensive,

no the rescue place was not nice place to be and would not want to send him back - don't want to be cruel to him so I dropped a brick on him to put him out of his misery.
we had 3 cats each eating what they want (dry food available all day) just because he only likes pouches does not mean he can have unlimited - yesterday starvation forced him to kill a pigeon rather than reducing himself to tinned or dry and soon it will be rabbit season

Talk to your butcher and/or vet about raw feeding.

I get frozen chunks of raw meat from my vet and it works out about the same price as this. Some butchers give offcuts free, it's not that unusual these days so just ask next time you're passing a local butcher. Worst they can do is convince you to buy a pack of proper bacon to enjoy in an awesome bacon butty mmmmmmmmm :laughing:

I just have to remember to defrost a chunk of the raw food every evening. I pop it in a mug, leave it in the fridge, and dish it out a couple of times a day.

I also put dry food down, but that's because she adores it and it's good for her teeth.

My cat has her own water bowl down 24/7 but rarely drinks from it, she much prefers the dogs' water bowl!

Tip: Felix food is usually around 4% meat. If you're not wanting to do raw feeding, look at Wainwrights, it's 40% meat and 24 sachets costs £10 at pets at home (probably cheaper online). Worth the extra 6p/sachet in my opinion.

So what? This one is always trotted out whenever threads about cat food come up, as if your domestic moggie is some sort of tiger that needs to feast on fresh kill to survive.

That's not true. It's their human owners introducing variety which makes them desire a variety. Cats feed on the same food for years can be very content, it's usually the owners who are not. The same applies with dogs too.

And if your cat doesn't drink from the many water bowls that you have placed around your home? Then what? I've tried all sorts, running water things, rain water, different dishes, a bowl of water in every room and multiple ones outside. If it doesn't want to drink it won't drink.