Love That Pepperoni!

As I sometimes do when having a store bought pizza I pulled most of the pepperoni off and cut it up into kitty sized pieces. Blackie was so happy he did a little dance the minute he saw what I had for them.

The other day I was at the grocery store and picked up a so-called trial size 2-pak of 9 Lives Select and the flavor was strips of shredded beef with a lot of gravy. This is probably their best favorite so far.

In my experience most cats seem to want to go for the gravy first and this product seems to be a good recipe for that reason. In fact Brownie will sometimes refuse to eat a cake form of canned food even if you break it up well. Still, at $.45 a can as a so-called trial promo I don't know if I would pay much more than that. It's a matter of economics. If 3 cans a day are $.33 each that's roughly $30 a month. At $.45 that comes to just over $40, so the cost difference is about the cost of 2 bags of Good Life dry food which is their dry preference so far. Now I've seen some of the better name brand can food selling for $.90 a can and have wondered who has that kind of money? Then again those owners probably have just one cat and may only offer can food sparingly.

It rained off and on last night. Blackie remained camped out by my front door most of the night and is there now. Meanwhile Brownie and Hairy are usually content sleeping in their litter boxes filled with Yesterday's News brand litter, which of course they never use for that other thing. I have yet to get them to actually use a litter box for their bodily relief and it's becoming a problem.

Frankly, for all my efforts to landscape the front yard it smells like cat poop and it's not always so easy to find and remove, which of course is a bit disappointing. And they're not being consistent about where they go. Previously they would go at a spot by the side of the house, which worked out fine since nobody goes by that spot much. Now they go just about anywhere there is dirt. But upon further reflection maybe it is because I am doing a lot of digging lately and they feel the fresh dirt smell is an open invitation, especially since I'm using a lot of composted manure. Still, that doesn't explain why they also use the back yard now too but that could just be because they are hanging out there more often with the change in the weather.