Julie Bove wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I try to use coupons but those are getting fewer and fewer. Plus I find
>>> I can mostly buy other brands for less money than what a coupon would get
>>> me. We also don't eat much in the way of prepared food which is what many
>>> of those coupons are for. I see a lot for cookies, candy, breakfast bars
>>> and things we don't eat. Most of the coupons are not for food at all but
>>> for medicines or health and beauty stuff. Once in a while I will use
>>> those. Daughter is particular about her razors and I do often find
>>> coupons for the ones she uses.
>>>
>>> My cats are picky. They will only eat a very few kinds of canned food
>>> and only the tuna flavor. So anything else I buy is a waste of money. I
>>> try to stock up when I find a good sale on their food. Often I can get
>>> it delivered for free. They eat the Now! dry food which is very
>>> expensive for a dry food but they like it and are doing quite well on it
>>> so I won't switch them. They actually don't seem to eat a lot of food.
>>> They also will only eat the crunchy treats and prefer the tuna or other
>>> fish flavors. The soft treats or other flavors will go to waste.
>>>
>>> I could personally subsist on mainly beans and rice, perhaps a little
>>> pasta, some canned vegetables and lots of fresh produce. I do seem to
>>> need red meat twice a week or I'll go anemic. But for many years I lived
>>> with no meat at all. However, the others who live in this house like
>>> more variety than that. If I serve them the same meals night after night
>>> they start to complain.
>> I used to love tinkering when recipes before I had my daughter. That
>> involved a lot of repetition, usually trying things back to back. Yeah,
>> you can't inflict that on other people. Now that my daughter is 21, I
>> have more latitude, but my tinkering should be low-carb and healthful
>> (should I say "healthful from a low-carb perspective?).
>>
>> BTW, my cat only eats poultry-based products. He had a blockage many
>> years ago, so I feed him canned food (and some dried). Exactly what he
>> will eat is a bit of a moving target. He likes Natural Balance, Core, and
>> Now! but will suddenly decide he doesn't like something after all. As far
>> as dried food goes, I try to get samples. If he seems to like it, I buy a
>> bag... then he frequently will decide not to eat it. Arrgh. He did
>> really like one food, so, of course, it was discontinued.
>
> My cats eat the Now! dry food which I think has duck in it and some
> vegetables and other things. It's grain free. But for their canned food
> they will only eat tuna and only certain kinds. They will only eat the tuna
> or other fish/seafood treats and they must be crunchy. Last night I gave
> them some treats in a darkened kitchen. I realized that they looked like a
> funny color. Only after they gave me strange looks, and protested, not
> touching the food did I realize my mistake. I looked at the package in the
> trash and I had given them chicken flavor. One of them eventually did go
> back and ate a few pieces.
>
>
Cats are so funny... and strong-willed. I wonder about those
veggies, fruits, etc. in cat food. Those things are not part of a
cat's natural diet, so I think they are there just because they
are good for humans and we are supposed to think they are also
good for cats.

Ming won't eat treats and has no interest in people food. He has
tried the Now! kibbles and seemed to like it. I need to get him
some more food within the next day or two and will see what is
there that he will (probably) eat.