The whole worth for the 13 days for my two cats was 39.48€, which is equal to 1.52€ a day and 45.55€ a month for one cat.
For a similar weight-reduction plan however with out the dietary supplements, the associated fee for a month and for one cat is 43.73€, so a distinction of solely 2€ monthly: this worth distinction shouldn’t deter you from including dietary supplements to the weight-reduction plan of your cat.
To place the value in perspective, my cats weigh between 3 and 4 kg and eat round 220 kcal, so they’re fairly “average” cats.
Placing it in perspective
This worth isn’t completely reflective of what I might pay at house to feed my cats. I typically purchase meat in huge portions when there are reductions at my native grocery store. Within the earlier instance, I simply purchased what was out there. I additionally purchase meat in bulk on a specialised web site for uncooked feeders. Examples of costs I can normally discover are 2.37€/kg for guinea fowl neck, 3.40€/kg for sprats, or 3.90€/kg for hen hearts.
My native grocery store sells “meat for animals” at a decreased worth, which is the offcuts from the butchery. This requires a bit extra work on my facet to examine, choose, and lower the meat nevertheless it’s one other option to scale back the prices.
To have a time period of comparability, I calculated how a lot it might price to feed a cat like mine, consuming 220 kcal with some moist meals manufacturers.
For the model Ziggy, a high-end French model, when contemplating their cheaper canned meals and with a subscription, the value for a month is 79.78€, or 2.66€ a day.
For the model Extremely Premium Direct, which is a mid-range model, the value of their canned meals is 50.25€ a month or 1.67€ a day. The worth of their pouches for a month is 64.13€ or 2.14€ a day.
A uncooked weight-reduction plan is comparable in worth with moist cat meals and may really be cheaper.
A last factor to have in mind once you examine the value of the meals that you simply give your cat is high quality. While you feed a selfmade weight-reduction plan to your pet, you employ high-quality recent elements and you’ll adapt it to their particular wants. Industrial pet meals reminiscent of kibbles or canned meals, whereas having the advantage to be full and handy for the proprietor, doesn’t include elements of the identical high quality as a selfmade weight-reduction plan.
That’s why I don’t suppose it’s value evaluating the value of dry cat meals with the value of a selfmade weight-reduction plan.
To conclude, worth is certainly one thing to contemplate when feeding a uncooked weight-reduction plan, particularly when you’ve got a small funds. Nevertheless, it will not be as costly as you suppose it’s, and usually, it is going to be cheaper than high-quality moist meals.
In case you can’t afford to feed a selfmade uncooked weight-reduction plan, this shouldn’t deter you from bettering the weight-reduction plan of your cats. You possibly can swap 10% of the energy of the weight-reduction plan of your cats like kibbles or moist meals with recent meat. That’s a straightforward and simple option to deliver recent meals to the weight-reduction plan with out having to fret about balancing it.
On this video, you may see me making ready this weight-reduction plan:
