my pets at home sell a variety of frozen blocks and minces made by prize. Are they any good for cats? Mine are only supplemented with it as they eat grau etc also.

Thanks

Well how funny. I have been to Pets at Home today and also saw the frozen minces. I was going to ask the same question.

This subject has come up a few times before.here is the link to hobbs guide to Prize frozen foods. Prize Choice freeflow and normal minces

Hope this helps.

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Prize Choice minces are pretty much just minced meat, nothing else. They claim there may be up to 4% bone per 100g, but that appears to just be by default and not on purpose so I wouldn't guarantee that.

I would suggest only feeding on the odd occasion.

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Would it be ok to feed it if you were to add heart/liver/veg chunks & the odd chicken wing? My local store sells Prime and I got really excited when I found it

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Can you not order some of the complete minces that are available? I used to give them a bit of prize choice but theyre not complete so I switched to Natural Instinct

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Can I ask how much this costs per day per cat? We have three and I'm a bit worried about how much I'm going to quote to my husband! We may have to stick to quality wet food...

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Minnie & Henry (Caramel Tabby Oriental types, 2nd April '11)
RIP Hendrix (Black Oriental type, died on 10th May '11 at 11 months old)

Are they over a year? I think the guideline on NI is 4% of the cats weight and I think thats ROUGHLY (very roughly) half a pack per cat a day which is 200g. So you'd be looking at roughly £1 a day per cat. Mine are still kittens and eat half a pack a day plus wet commercial food. I think that Hobbs doesnt recommend feeding the minces in isolation, so I feed HQ wet too

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One is 14 months but dainty and the other two are nearly 16 weeks so at the moment it may be the equivalent of 2 small/medium adult cats! Do you feed less than 20% raw? I keep changing my mind about what to do. One day I'm thinking Prime with extra chunks of heart/liver/veg plus chicken wings/necks as the guy in the pet shop advised this, the next a HQ wet food like Orijen or Grau and some minces/wings. It's hard to decide but I want the best for them whilst considering cost as we're in a tight spot for a while and will need a few thousand for an independent midwife in a few months!

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Bonnie, slave to...
Lulabel (Blue Point Siamese type, 23rd May '10)
Minnie & Henry (Caramel Tabby Oriental types, 2nd April '11)
RIP Hendrix (Black Oriental type, died on 10th May '11 at 11 months old)

I think I feed roughly 50% raw. Perhaps a bit more, but the minces are 'complete' according to the manufacturors, whereas Prime Choice isnt. I dont think you could feed more than 20% of the diet on just prime choice.

The little ones should be able to eat as much as they can so the feeding requirements dont apply to them. Do orijen do a wet food? I didnt think they did...

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