hi happycat
it's good that you have found a brand that suits your cats' tastes and your budget as well.
there may be some misconception on this particular thread.
hope all of us can see beyond the RM and $$$ sign. the important point is to ensure proper, balanced, correct and adequate food nutrition for our furkids.
whether stray or store-bought or expensive pedigree cats, what is important is that we feed them the correct food that is suited and demand by their physiology.
it would seem as if we're all 'advocating' expensive food but look again - we're all relying on commercially prepared food (instead of catching rats and mice and what nots "fresh" for our furkids). we all know that most business are in business for profits. therefore it behove us to ensure that although we opt for the convenience of commercially prepared and store-bought brand we are not forgetting and forgoing a good health as foundation to good quality life via adequate and correct food for our furkids.
we don't mean to advocate certain or any brands here - it's just that there only limited selection of brands cat available in malaysia and the monopoly is by those that process and manufacture in bulk and able to derive economy in scale from their mass production and these are those who invest heavily in packaging and advertisements and promotions. this in turn help them to provide the products at "cheaper" and more attractive "costs" to retailer who in turn pass them on to us consummers - very good arrangement - but think again...are they responsible as a company to ensure that the ingredient they put into the product are what they themselves would unreservedly feed their own pets or even eat themselves?
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as for locally manufactured brands, with due respect to their effort and entrepreneurship, my bone of contention is that there is lack of legislation, whether authority or self, and lack of enforcement may results in pet food that may not be on par with internationally accepted standards.
also it may surprise you that all our furkids were indeed "STRAY" cats/kittens (or better known as "DSH"/"DLH"/"DMD") whom we accepted into home and hearts as beloved family companions
hope this help clarifies.
the aim of petfinder.my and the articles produced here by the forumers (who are true-blue animal lovers) are meant to educate and raise awareness about the love and respect for animals, and their rights to a life with quality healthcare, food and emotion fulfilment whether they are our pets or not, and also about being responsible pet ownership, and also to encourage people to think and disagree civilly.