pet shop survey

We have bought a lot of stuff for Misty already in Taiwan -- 2 Cat trees, 1 carrier, toys, grooming tools, water fountain, collars, tags, harness, leash, food bowls, etc etc..

All these stuff are probably floating somewhere passing Malaysia right now. Since we didn't need to use them right away, we bought the shipping postage that's the cheapest and slowest available. (水陸運) It cost only about AUD$35 for our 17kg package. The deal was pretty good, but it's going to take about 2 months to get here. Hopefully, we can receive it before end of February.

Still there are more needed, like cat litter, dry food, monthly flea/worm medicine etc.

So, I conducted a survey on all Australian online pet shops and pet shops near Brisbane city, to check stock availability and compare their prices.

[period of obsession] about 6 hours
[comparison points] (1)Breeder's Choice Cat Litter 35lb bag (2)Advance Kitten Food (3)Advocate for cat up to 4kg 6pack.

The result is satisfactory. I located the cheapest of them all:

For item(3), it's only 48$ at www.pricelesspets.com.au (regular ~$70)
For item(1) and item(2), no one can beat this 20% off store-wide sale held by Petwise! http://www.petwise.com.au/

I also compared the Petwise price for the top 6 premium cat food:
ROYAL CANIN BABY CAT 2KG $26.82 , 13.41 $/kg
HILLS FELINE KITTEN 1.8kg $23.10 , 12.8333 $/kg
PROPLAN CAT KITTEN 1.81KG $21.95 , 12.194 $/kg
EUKANUBA KITTEN 2.95KG $35.95 , 12.186 $/kg
ADVANCE KITTEN PLUS CHICKEN 1.5KG $17.95 , 11.9666 $/kg
IAMS KITTEN 3.6KG $36.50 , 10.138 $/kg

Since we will make Homemade raw food mix for Misty which will be very nutritious already, we think it's ok to use the less expensive dry food. So, we will use a mix of 2 premium food and 2 supermarket food: Advance + Eukanuba + Optium($7/kg) + SuperCoat($6/kg)