'We simply cannot afford that': Cat owner challenges 'elitist' pet advice after being told she needs to spend $400 a month on wet food for their felines

Our cats will eat anything and everything we offer to them. In fact, we're not entirely sure that they aren't vacuum cleaners in disguise because there seems to be no end to their hunger. They might be the least picky cats on planet Earth. This makes mealtimes purrticularly easy as they will literally eat anything we put in their food bowls. Of course, we feed them a healthy mix of wet and dry food (and the occasional piece of meat as a treat), but we're also very furtunate to be able to not have to worry about where the money for their food comes from.

If you didn't know, owning a pet is expensive. And we're not just talking about all the food they eat, there are the vet bills, enrichment, litter, and sitters for when you regrettably have to leave them. The budget for a normal month can quickly double if your cats decide to start eating plastic or accidentally swallow something they're not supposed to.

There are lots of people on the internet who will tell you there is only one right way to be a cat pawrent. What most people don't realize is that these "influencers" are paid by certain brands to push their products, so of course they're going to tell you that you have to feed your cats only wet food all the time, and it's 100% affordable (because they're probably getting it for free).

Our advice? Don't listen to them. You do the best you can for your cats, and we pawmise you it's going to be good enough. As long as they're fed, loved, and have a safe place to sleep, you're doing great.

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Sometimes they get fancier food, and sometimes not! This is life. When we get a bigger paycheck, of course we will spend more money on them (they are our kids, duh). But some months are tighter, and we can't buy them a new toy. Honestly, we probably don't need to buy them any new toys. They have plenty of fun with the water bottle cap we accidentally dropped on the floor.
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Anything you're doing for them is better than if they lived on the streets. If we only got pets when we were purrfectly financially prepurred for it, we wouldn't have had half the pets we actually did. Helping an animal in need is more important than giving them 100% organic-free range-wholesomely harvested Fancy Feast that costs $8 a can. They'll be fine with normal cat food.
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