Don't buy cheap pet food.

[ScrimpAndSave]

I know we are talking about budgeting...but really, invest in a high quality petfood like Innova, Eagle Pack, Solid Gold, California Natural, Organix, Newman's Own or Nature's Variety.

Anything that you get at the supermarket (even Iams), is really pretty terrible when you find out what they actually put in it.

Cows, sheep and pigs that are diseased and die in the trucks on the way to he slaughterhouse are used for grocery store pet foods.

Really - feed your pets the best that you can afford.

[project15]

We switched to Iams or something comparable from Science Diet and one of our cats started having diarrhea. We took him to the vet, spent money just to be told to switch back to Science Diet. That worked and now I can't complain about having to buy the slightly more expensive stuff. I don't think I would pay anymore than the cost of Science Diet though.

[ScrimpAndSave]

Science Diet is certainly better than so many grocery brands out there.

So many people love their pets and understand that they are truly family members - but they have no idea that they are feeding them literally garbage.

[zakity]

Our cats won't eat the good stuff. I have to mix the cheap with the good stuff. I am slowly trying to lessen the cheap stuff in the mix. I am hoping they won't notice.

I love the dirty looks I used to get when I would give them the straight good stuff.