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The Truth About Special Kitty Cat Food

These days money is tighter than ever. Even those of us that had no need to tighten our belts a few years ago, may now have to look for ways to save money. This is especially true for cat owners. Cat food is something that you constantly need to buy and it can become quite expensive, this holds even more true for those of us with multiple cats. Recently, I tried to save some money on my monthly grocery bill by cutting back on cat food costs. I did this by purchasing a cheaper brand of cat food, special kitty cat food.

The reason that special kitty cat food caught my eye, was the fact that their brand of pet food was far cheaper than any other that my supermarket offered. I purchased an eighteen pound bag for just over eight dollars. This was almost half as much as I was spending on my cat’s food. I figured that there wouldn’t be much of a difference and that this would be a great way to save myself some money.

Special kitty cat food offers a fairly wide variety of food. There were a few different flavors and formulas. They offered cat food for older cats and kittens alike. There was also a claim on the package that if I wasn’t satisfied that they offered a 100% money back guaranty. My first assumption was that if this company was willing to offer me my money back if I was unsatisfied with their product, how bad could it be.

After only a few weeks of feeding special kitty cat food to my cats, I began to notice some changes in my pets. I noticed that their coat looked thinner and that the hair looked more dry and brittle. Now, if this would have only happened to one of the older cats I would have thought that it was due to old age but it was happening to all four of my cats and all at the same time.

Another side effect that my cats developed from eating special kitty cat food was an abnormal amount of gas and terrible smelling feces. I know that cat feces does not smell good under any circumstance but after a few days of eating this substandard cat food my cat litter box began to stink up the entire house. I own four cats so their litter box needs to be cleaned out on a daily basis. Before I purchased special kitty cat food when I cleaned the litter box each morning I would only notice the foul smell only after I knelt down in front of their box. After only a few days of trying out this cheaper cat food I would be able to smell the litter box throughout my home a few hours after cleaning it out.

When I decided to look at the ingredients, I noticed that in this particular type of special kitty cat food there were 36 different ingredients, I only recognized about ten of them. I am no veterinarian but I do know that that it is not  a coincidence that all four of my cats were effected in this way only a few days after the switch to special kitty cat food. I am not making any claims about this pet food, nor am I trying to sway any of you in any direction. I am simply sharing my own personal experience and I hope that every one who is reading this post has found it helpful.

If you can not afford any other type of cat food besides special kitty cat food, then there isn’t much of a choice. Personally, I have chosen to go back to my cats’ original food as I do not want to take any type of risk regarding their health and well-being.