I came to change the cat litter today and I had a 5 minute panic. I couldn't find the bag of cat litter At first I thought I must have run out of the stuff and all I could think about was what I was going to use as a substitute

Then, suddenly I realised that I had what I call my 'emergency' bag in an upstairs cupboard. Goodness knows how long it has been there - wonder if cat litter has such a thing as a date on it, or does it last forever?

How much stock of things do you have and have you ever run out of anything vital and perhaps couldn't get to the supermarket that day?

I don't tend to stock thing's, usually will buy a new bag when there is only half a bag left.

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i thought i was running low on litter, but the shop had run out of the crystal stuff i like so bought horrid cheapo ....

then discovered i had 3 bags of nice one......

oh, only found the 2 ( 2??) emergency ones after i changed the bathroom one to cheapo smelly litter...and guess which they prefer???

gali looooves it which means newton beanbag now loooves it too

it smells!!! grrrr! mad2:

( sorry...needed to vent!!)

I don't tend to 'stock' stuff as I buy a 40l bag of litter! This has lasted a couple of months so far and will do another full change in a few weeks too but will order some more next month.

Food on the other hand.....

I currently have a cupboard full of 24 tins of Smilla, 24 tins of AC and 24 Bozita tetrapacks. All tins are 400g. Minus a few now as got it on Monday. My cupboard is kinda choca! Along with their treats and Benny's treats it's nearly spilling out the door!

I have a pair of gannets on my hands though - they've had a 360g Bozita tetrapack and 400g tin of AC today, bearing in mind I was out between half 8 and 5 and have just left them with half a tin of Smilla between them for supper.

I have a large stock of litter trays though all open ones as I use hooded ones now. I also have a bag of catsan litter that I was given but have never used if I did ever have a real litter emergency!

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I dont really stock up on things like cat litter (though always have a small bag as backup) & food, i tend to just buy with the weekly shop but this still means 6 tins, a box of kitten food pouches, a box of adult pouches, a few extra pouches, a box of kitten dry & a box of adult dry not to mention treats. The main thing I have more of than needed is cat beds, I have 5 & honestly none get used as they prefer to either curl up on the settee, the bed or the windowledge

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The more people I meet, the more I like animals...

i've only had my fury friend 2 1/2 wks so we bought a bag of iams and 24 pouches and a bag of litter,i need to see how this lasts so i can judge properly what to get when i do my monthly shop,the people we got him off were giving him 1 pouch a day and iams after that so just gonna have to play it by ear till we get to know him properly

Well I have at least a months worth of wet food (although she has decided today she doesnt like Smilla!) 2 bags of dry food, 3 opened, and 3 unopened boxes of treats, and about 50L of litter, oh and 4 cartons of kitten milk - just your average household I would say

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I buy food and litter online, so for practical reasons I keep about 3 months' supply of food and about 1 month's supply of litter.

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Bonnie and the gang xxx

As i get paid 4 weekly I do a big monthly shop for everyone in the house, so I stock up then. I get 2 big bags of litter and all my cat food . And they always get a couple of new toys as well

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You don't have to be mad to live here, but it helps!!

A human food cupboard is now a dedicated cat food cupboard (wet only, there's not enough room for the dry ) and there's enough to last a month but still I keep topping it up, just in case.

Ian

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RIP Black Tom and Beckett, not just cats, they were my cats and the best ever.