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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Christine (Blip) on September 22, 2007, 11:57:02 AM

Title: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Christine (Blip) on September 22, 2007, 11:57:02 AM
When Blip had her Old Friends check-up this week, the practice gave me samples of Royal Canin Mature Weight & Kidney, dried and wet.  Somewhat to my surprise, Blip has taken to them both eagerly (she doesnt eat much dried food, but I leave it down during the day and she will chomp one or two kibbles).  So I might look at getting some supplies in.

Is Zooplus one of the sites that you can click through from rescues?  I havent used it before.
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Christine (Blip) on September 22, 2007, 17:51:41 PM
I put this in the middle of another thread, which was a bit daft really  :doh:

Anyway, any rescues out there that would benefit from my purchases?

 :thanks:
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on September 22, 2007, 18:36:19 PM
I don't think rescues can benefit from zooplus purchases, Christine, but vet uk sell royal canin and they do so check them out.
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Christine (Blip) on September 23, 2007, 16:25:07 PM
 :thanks: Susanne.

I checked out Vet UK and it has the dried food at about 25% cheaper than our vet.  It doesnt have the pouches of wet though - I will check out the Royal Canin website for stockists.

Edited to add that the website proved a little difficult to navigate and I couldnt even find Mature Weight & Kidney listed  :tired:  Does anyone happen to know of any online stockists for the pouches of wet food?
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Corporal Smokey on September 23, 2007, 18:07:57 PM
Hiya, this probably isn't madly helpful but there's a chemist chain called "Manor Pharmacy" in the Derbyshire area. They stock Royal Canin vet food. I bought Renal from them at £24 for 48 pouches. That's probably a good guide as to cost. They have a website under construction from where they'll be doing mail order soon. They also said I can buy direct from a website in the mean time but handily I can't remember the name. It's similar to vetuk.com but I'm sure it's not them. I'll find out next time I go in. Sorry I'm useless!
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Team Svartalfheims on September 23, 2007, 18:13:59 PM
Is it this one Christine?

http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=62_216_219 Royal Canin Neutered Cat. Mature Weight and Kidney
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Corporal Smokey on September 23, 2007, 18:25:08 PM
You could try

 http://www.bestpet.co.uk/search_results.asp?sec=117&category=Royal_Canin_Veterinary_Diet_&_Vet_Early_Care

there's wet and dry on there. That's not the site I meant before but I have used them and they've been fine. Long while back now though.
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Christine (Blip) on September 23, 2007, 18:34:33 PM
Is it this one Christine?

http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=62_216_219 Royal Canin Neutered Cat. Mature Weight and Kidney

Thats the dried version, Lottie  :thanks: and it is 25% cheaper than my vet, but I am after the wet.

Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Christine (Blip) on September 23, 2007, 18:39:22 PM
You could try

 http://www.bestpet.co.uk/search_results.asp?sec=117&category=Royal_Canin_Veterinary_Diet_&_Vet_Early_Care

there's wet and dry on there. That's not the site I meant before but I have used them and they've been fine. Long while back now though.

Ah, just over £20 for 48 pouches.  I shall check what our vet charges but I bet it is more :thanks:
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on September 26, 2007, 07:57:41 AM
The problem with getting dry food through Vet UK is that while it is cheaper than the vets, you have to pay P & P on it, last time I looked into it, it pretty much wiped out the discount, and their was the hassle of having to be in to accept the delivery.
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Millys Mum on September 26, 2007, 17:43:00 PM
£4.95 upto 28kg so if you bought alot it wouldnt add too much onto the price per bag
Title: Re: Royal Canin purchase: can I help rescues?
Post by: Christine (Blip) on September 26, 2007, 18:27:27 PM
Ah, just over £20 for 48 pouches.  I shall check what our vet charges but I bet it is more :thanks:

Yes, our vet does charge more, but only a couple of pounds and, as delivery from Bestpet is £4.95, I am actually better off buying the wet pouches at the vet.  Pity my purchases wont help rescues though.