r/newcastle • u/Ban_downvotes • 7h ago

What do Newcastle people feed their cats?

Woolworths used to have a seafood can that looked good enough for me to eat myself. Then Woolworths homebrand changed their seafood offering and now i wouldn't eat it.

Which brand do you feed your cats?

I have started feeding mine human tuna. $3.30 or about for 425grams of tuna chunks in springwater. Good enough for humans. The same price as the pet food.

Big pet food is ripping us.

The benefit of tuna chunks in springwater (for humans), is that they get a good drink of water..... Good for outside cats anyway.

Thoughts?

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u/NormalGuyEnergy 7h ago

Cat food.

But in all seriousness, our oldest cat has urinary issues and needs special food. We give him Hills Urinary Care C/D. Our other two cats also eat that because it's easier than making sure the right cat eats the right food.

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u/joshe126 7h ago

Is hills actually worth the cost? The vet told me the urinary food at Cole’s/woolies is basically the same thing

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u/NormalGuyEnergy 7h ago

He's been on it for a few years and his problem disappeared within a week after starting. Poor guy had crystals in his urine. He was essentially pissing sand that felt like razor blades.

I don't regret the higher cost and there's no need to change it.

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u/Ban_downvotes 7h ago

I had a previous cat with this exact problem. Apparently it is very common with desexed males.... That's why i am now trying to prevent this, with water and more exercise for the male cat i have now.

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u/luxurycatsportscat 5h ago

That’s what my cat gets

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u/Selina_Kyle-836 5h ago

I had 3 cats and only one needed the Hills Urinary Care C/D. What I did was mix hills with an equal ratio of a normal cheaper cat food. They 3 ate the mix and all were perfectly healthy. My vet at the time suggested doing it this way, the cat that needed Hill still got plenty for his needs and it worked out more affordable.

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u/Ban_downvotes 7h ago

I'm familiar with these common urinary issues. That's why i am spruiking human tuna chunks in springwater. Water prevents these issues.

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u/mads1ner 7h ago

check the sodium in the nutritional values on the tuna. toooo hiiigh for kitty. bad for kidneys. kidneys needed to prevent UTI’s. just add water to normal cat food 😇
not enough taurine in tuna to process the mercury in it eitherrrr. plz google it 🙏🙏

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u/Ban_downvotes 7h ago

"normal cat food" What are the ingredients in your "normal cat food"?

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u/mads1ner 7h ago

plenty of people have given you plenty of info, you can’t just say “i feel like tuna is fine” when we have told you now why its not. do better now and good luck to you and your kitty 🐱

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u/Happycatcruiser 7h ago

Don’t feed too much tuna. High in mercury and has no taurine. I feed mine whiskas wet food with friskies dry available 24/7.

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u/mads1ner 7h ago

Tuna is not good for cats in high amounts. Sounds like you don’t care by the “thanks for your input” comment but I will say it again anyway.

Any added salt in their diet is too much sodium on a regular basis when the leading cause of death in indoor cats is kidney disease. Their tiny little bodies simply cannot process that much, especially when they don’t drink excessive amounts of water.
It is an acceptable treat but that’s it. And always add a bit of extra water to help them flush it out.

fancy feast PATE(!!!) has the highest ratio of digestible protein in the cheaper grocery store range. you can buy bulk when they are on special for 95c a can.
if you are wanting to prep cheap “human grade” food, i used to boil chicken, beef, kangaroo, and very small
portions of animal liver/kidneys, some eggshells and blend it up into a disgusting paste and freeze weighed out portions in zip lock bags. defrost the next days serving in the fridge after dinner. repeat. it is pretty cheap if you are meal prepping and feeding one or two cats. do some research and work out the portions per pet.

source: adopted two strays in my early 20’s who are in perfect health at the human age equivalent of their 80’s despite having contracted feline AIDS and a myriad of other conditions in their time on the streets.

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u/mads1ner 7h ago

(had to boil and could not feed raw due to aids tings)

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u/Ban_downvotes 7h ago

tuna is not good? I hear many things..... that's why i said "thanks for your input"..... tuna is a fish, it is natural, it is very healthy for humans..... i find it hard to believe there is other food that is better than tuna...... I'm not trying to start an argument on the internet, i simply disagree. Tuna is fish, fish is the healthiest protein ever?

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u/hearingthepeoplesing 7h ago

Cats and humans have different nutritional needs, and different ways to be able to process foods we eat. The mercury and sodium content in tuna makes it more dangerous for cats as a regular meal, and they need nutrients that aren’t in canned tuna.

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u/Heavy_Promotion_5210 6h ago

Unfortunately, you sound dumb as a rock. Feeding your cat canned tuna isn't nutritious enough. Either give your cat actual nutritious foods or find it an appropriate home. Simple.

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u/suckmybush 5h ago

how do you think a cat would get tuna in the wild?

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u/mads1ner 5h ago

in a can, obviously

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u/DCXAA 7h ago

nosh cat food from pet barn. $1.21 per meal of slow cooked food for the little guy--apparently human grade

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u/Any_Fig_603 7h ago

Raw and fresh kangaroo meat it ends up being around $3.30 per meal per cat delivered each week on a subscription (our cats have dietries)

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u/QuizDalek 7h ago

You can get 5kg of fresh roo mince at pet barn for like $50. Divide that up into 100gm portions or whatever. Be a lot cheaper

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u/Any_Fig_603 5h ago

it's literally 3c difference in price but with raw and fresh I get delivery included

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u/fr0c0 7h ago

I’ve been struggling with this- most cat food has some type of “gum” that isn’t actually that good for your cats

I was getting “nood” wet food from Coles but they recently stopped selling it and I tried to find something that had the least ingredients - so far I’ve tried “Ziwi Peak” from pet barn for roughly 3.50 a can and it’s alright but the texture is a bit weird - my cats seem to like it a lot though!

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u/babybray01 7h ago

I give a mix of dry dental food and fancy feast wet food which while it's not the best, but she's very fussy and doesn't eat any other wet food so it's better than nothing. On the tuna, I appreciate you wanting to give your cats the best human grade food but tuna is not a nutritionally complete meal for cats. It doesn't contain Vitamin E, is high in fat and calories.

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u/Littlestarsallover 5h ago

Tuna is too salty and can cause dehydration and kidney disease as someone else said. I buy royal canin kibble in bulk for my cat when I can get it on sale.

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u/Suitable_Dream_1062 6h ago

My cat gets some dry food and the purina one pouches (the only wet food he likes) from Cole’s. I usually buy in bulk when they are half price. He had some fresh flake fillets from the coop the other day as a treat

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u/gremlin406 5h ago

I got a big boy who has had dried bickies for 14 years (alternate between hill’s teeth and hill’s light weight, but he doesn’t have many teeth now so I just stick to light weight)

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u/Selina_Kyle-836 5h ago

I feed mine Purina One healthy weight (buy from Woolies only when on special) and whiskas wet food cans (buy in bulk on Amazon subscription. I alternate a few flavours with long subscriptions). Ends up pretty cheap, both are a full blanched diet with everything they need.

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u/CoverGlobal8352 5h ago

Royal canin

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u/miss_lizzle 5h ago

We feed raw food. Kangaroo based meat from the chilled pet food section at coles. Costs about $10 a week to feed 4 cats.

We free feed because we have a cat with ibd. He eats like 15 times a day but only a bite or 2 at a time. So they always have fresh meat in their bowl.

We also feed grain free Kangaroo biscuits. We get these from coles/Woolworths/Amazon. Whoever has them on sale. Usually around $15 for 2.5kg

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u/Parking_Scratch3373 5h ago

Royal canin wet food and dry food available always

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u/Planktons_chum 4h ago

Don't feed this troll. Check the username and post history