I'm sure this has probably been done before but I can't find the thread.
Without going into long and boring details I am really struggling financially at the moment due to a combination of factors, none of which I could have foreseen.
I have nine cats and eight (sadly) bunnies and need to try and find a way to reduce my outgoings on them without compromising their care (if that is possible).
At the moment they have Science Selective pellets (which I have bought in bulk from The Range at £3.49 a bag), spring greens daily and carrot, apple, pear etc a couple of times a week. Sue also has wholemeal bread, oats and more or less anything high calorie, low calcium, to try and keep her weight up.
I have six outdoor buns who have litter trays but only Sue uses hers properly. Their hutch is lined with newspaper (Sue has carpet) and then I put shredded paper on top of that and then hay on top of that. Their litter trays have newspaper in and lots and lots of hay.
The indoor buns have wooden cat litter (which I also use for the cats' trays) and lots of hay.
Unless I could find a way of storing hay outside (with no shed) I have to buy it in bags which is expensive. I am also finding the cat litter very epensive as I get through so much of it.
I wondered what megazorb is and if that would be cheaper for the buns? Because five of the outdoor buns mess in their hutch as well as in their trays I have to clean them out a lot and some of the hay doesn't seem to be dirty at all.
There probably isn't any way I can reduce their outgoings, but I thought I would check.
Without going into long and boring details I am really struggling financially at the moment due to a combination of factors, none of which I could have foreseen.
I have nine cats and eight (sadly) bunnies and need to try and find a way to reduce my outgoings on them without compromising their care (if that is possible).
At the moment they have Science Selective pellets (which I have bought in bulk from The Range at £3.49 a bag), spring greens daily and carrot, apple, pear etc a couple of times a week. Sue also has wholemeal bread, oats and more or less anything high calorie, low calcium, to try and keep her weight up.
I have six outdoor buns who have litter trays but only Sue uses hers properly. Their hutch is lined with newspaper (Sue has carpet) and then I put shredded paper on top of that and then hay on top of that. Their litter trays have newspaper in and lots and lots of hay.
The indoor buns have wooden cat litter (which I also use for the cats' trays) and lots of hay.
Unless I could find a way of storing hay outside (with no shed) I have to buy it in bags which is expensive. I am also finding the cat litter very epensive as I get through so much of it.
I wondered what megazorb is and if that would be cheaper for the buns? Because five of the outdoor buns mess in their hutch as well as in their trays I have to clean them out a lot and some of the hay doesn't seem to be dirty at all.
There probably isn't any way I can reduce their outgoings, but I thought I would check.