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My 1 year old Siberian cat, Mimic, loves this stuff. He would prefer to eat only the dry Taste of the Wild for ever and ever. But I do worry about his urinary health, so I supplement with some wet food every day. He used to be on Merrick wet, but when my local store started carrying the Taste of the Wild wet, I gave it a try, and now it's the only wet food he'll eat.
I don't know what kind of addictive substance they put in the food (my guess is it's the sweet potato, which is kind of an unusual cat food ingredient), but he loves it. I also know that his breeder uses it now, as do a few of my friends. And all of the cats seem to love the stuff.
If you can find the canned, try it. It smells similar, so I'd bet that any cat who likes the dry would like the wet. It is a kind of chunky food in gravy, where the chunks are like tiny pieces of meatloaf.
Ultimately, I have not found a better balance of price, quality of ingredients, and palatability for Mimic.
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I switched to this from Innova EVO food, because honestly, the high meat content of the EVO stuff was making the litter box odor kind of a problem. Phew!Everybody loved this stuff from the beginning and ate it with a healthy appetite. They've eaten this exclusively for almost a year now with good results glossy, soft coats and good health exams.
Don't try the new flavor in the gold bag, though, the one with Trout and Salmon? It is disgusting and my cats wouldn't touch it. I couldn't blame them stuff stunk and make their breath stink once they finally broke down and ate it for a few days. Stick with the venison and salmon flavor in the green bag.Overall, I think this is a good food and an absolutely amazing value as far as grain-free foods go. My cat certainly enjoyed it, I saw an improvement in her fur, and she became leaner and more active. On her prior diet of Science Diet Light (high carb, filler food shame on me!) she was becoming fat and lethargic. The difference in feeding a grain-free, high protein food was almost immediate.
My only problem with Taste of the Wild is that the amount of vegetables after the first ingredient (chicken meal) seems excessive. Too many pea proteins and potato proteins. The next meat ingredients, venison and salmon, don't appear until the sixth and seventh ingredient. Recently I decided to switch my cat to Orijen, which I believe is the very best dry cat food out there the first 6 ingredients are all meats! Orijen, however, is also significantly more expensive. For those who are on a budget, I think Taste of the Wild is far better than the vast majority of commercial dry kibbles out there. Taste of the Wild is certainly better than the by-product and corn filler loaded (not to mention expensive) Science Diet that I fed my cat for the first 3 years of her life.Time and time again I've heard it said to "get the green bag" of Taste of the Wild. What's the "green bag", you ask?
Well, recently TotW came out with an "other" formula, called "Canyon River". And, while it's not bad by any means, it IS different. Some cats like it, some cats don't. My cat isn't picky. My problem was that it smelled so sordid that I couldn't stand to feed my cat (read my review on it here). Since my cat liked the "other" formula so well, I decided to try the original formula in the "green bag". I found a good price locally and the pet shop owner told me about how the "green bag" was far superior to the "other one".
And she was right. The Rocky Mountain Feline formula has everything I'm looking for in a dry food, doesn't smell like a hatchery, and is priced fair.
My cat loves it, and I don't have any complaints.
I'm sticking with this from now on.My 2-year old cat Ezekiel, adopted from a shelter 3 months ago, will eat NOTHING but Taste of the Wild dry food. My first choice would be a raw-food diet, but I'm too lazy to keep that up except for supplementing. However, Ezekiel won't eat fresh salmon, chicken, chicken liver, beef, or anything fresh. He won't eat any other high-quality cat food dry or wet. He won't eat any cheap store brand.
It's Taste of the Wild or starve. I am comfortable with this formula because of what I have read, and because he is thriving, healthy, and has an especially shiny coat and is in altogether top-notch shape.
Yet, since I believe wet or raw food is best for cats (I had a cat who required a PU after repeated bladder infections and who re-blocked whenever he had any dry food), no matter how high quality the dry food, I was eager to buy the canned food.
At first, Ezekiel turned up his nose at it as he does at all food except Taste of the Wild Dry. Then, we got a new 12-week old girl kitten, Ariel. She is teaching him all sorts of adventurous things. Is she does it, he does it (and vice-versa). She LOVES it, ergo HE loves it.
Now they both lap it up quickly, and I'm thrilled that they are eating good food.
So, I give both products several thumbs up.
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