Hobbs, do you think that the 800g tins would be wise with just 2 kittens to feed? We'd definitely get through it within 2 days - is that too long do you think?

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Thanks, I have tried so many brands form zooplus and he only really likesm Hill´s science and some complimentary food. However through trial and error I have seen he seems to like food with chunks. So now I ordered Weruva and Blue Buffalo that seem to have really good reviews. I´m not rich but I dont mind spending what I have to see that Merlin gets the best (cat´s are very stubborn though).

[QUOTE=Celador;1061232077]What's the conversion rate that you guys are getting from Euro's to Pounds? I'm trying to work out how much more expensive it is to buy from Germany than from say Zooplus.

A very simplified example:

1 Year of buying nothing but Grau from Zooplus: £380
1 Year of buying nothing but MAC's from Germany: £455
1 Year of buying nothing but Petnatur from Germany: £604

So, it's at least £70 a year more expensive ... up to a max of around £220 a year more expensive - does that sound about right?

I'm not sure about your maths.
I simply decided it was important for me to feed William the best food I could and chose a range of brands from MAC's at 0.89E; Catz and GranataPet at 1.39E and Petnatur at 1.85E (all 200g sizes - 400g size works out cheaper).

I bought the maximum number of tins I could (81) to spread the shipping cost (10.50E) - which added 12p to the cost of each tin. The Paypal exchange rate was 1.081E = 1 GBP. Based on my order it costs me 1.25 pounds per day to feed William who eats 1 x 200g tin per day. Hope this helps.

Mac's do some pouches that are chunks

Dr. Lisa Pierson helped me a lot when I consulted her about cat nutrition, she was very clear on her advice and then I met you guys that also helped me a lot. Unfortunately most people here make comments about wasting money on a cat, or just give him supermarket food etc. I´ll look up Mac then, although I have a feeling that shipping to Spain will be just as expensive.

Oh yes I've had several comments of, "Um... it's a cat."

Drives me mad.

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just tried to order from Floyds and failed miserably. Items kept on disappearing from my cart. Tried on mine and OH computer and have now given up

Do they? Looks (and smells) like pate to me

Did you see my pm about Nature's Variety? Not sure whether that is a US brand that you wish to feed but that is available from a European store who charge 10.5 euro shipping within Europe I believe, so should cover Spain.

Which shop did you approach re shipping to Spain?

I've got things horribly mixed up I'm afraid ... what I've done isn't strictly wrong it's perhaps not the most realistic scenario though!

Where our math's differs is that you have to add on 10.5 Euro's for each delivery made.

I was basing my calculations on buying only 24 cans of MAC's at a time. Which would result in you needing around 15 deliveries of food each year which adds an extra 160 euros onto the total cost.

This is obviously not the best way to do it and I wasn't really thinking it through.

If instead, you bought shed loads of Mac's (lets say .. 140 Cans) then you'd only need 2.5 deliveries a year, which only adds on 26 euros to the total cost.

Under those circumstances (assuming that Ffloyds will let you order that much of one product), the comparison would be:

Grau (Zooplus) £379 a year
MAC's (Germany) £317 a year

This is assuming i've actually done my Maths properly this time round

So, the conclusion is. If you buy around 2-3 BIG orders a year from Germany, you will save money.

The break even point (on MAC's vs Grau) is around 8-9 deliveries per year. More than that and it's costing you more money.

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