{"id":5180,"date":"2021-08-26T03:02:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2021-08-26T03:02:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:02:56","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-the-great-cat-food-shortage-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5180","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 The Great Cat Food Shortage of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OMG, what else can go haywire in this century? Now there\u2019s a cat food shortage. Have you noticed it? Are you having trouble getting your cats\u2019 favorite food? We are. We can\u2019t get enough of it at the grocery store or our local pet store, so we\u2019ve ordered it online. They say, \u201cIt\u2019ll be delivered August 4,\u201d then there\u2019s a delay, \u201cnew delivery date, August 12,\u201d then, \u201csorry, we can\u2019t deliver\"\" until August 19.\u201d It\u2019s still not here and we\u2019ve given up expecting it. And have you checked online prices for cat food? Through the roof!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the problem? They<\/em> say, it\u2019s a shortage of workers, a shortage of ingredients, and a shortage of supplies. Couple that with the fact that there are more cats to feed\u2014yes, we have adopted more cats during 2020 and now we must feed them. One report says that over 11 million households adopted one or more pets in 2020.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the solution? One person (obviously a non-pet owner) said that our cats will just have to have a stiff upper lip and learn to adapt to the situation. Say what?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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