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This review is for the 24 pack of 3 Oz. cans of the Wellness Brand Cat Food.
Objectively speaking...
The cans are easy to ope and they have consistently arrived in excellent condition. There are 24 cans at 3 oz. each. That's all I can really say objectively about cat food.
Subjectively speaking...
I could not believe the difference in my cats after switching to a canned cat food from dry food. My cats are 15 and 16 years old. They are healthy indoor cats who are still active and playful with no real health problems aside from my 16 year old cat having minor diabetes. I had been feeding a high priced prescription (vet recommended) dry food for the last 2 years only to have my 15 year old cat begin getting sick and regurgitating his food on a weekly basis. I took my cat to the vet repeatedly asking why this might be a problem. The vet simply told me that the cat may be a little under the weather or it was hairball related...which before had not been an issue. After a conversation with a friend in Dec 2010 they emphatically recommended canned cat food. I decided to do some research and was I glad that I did. My cats have been eating canned food for 2 months now and here are the changes I've noticed. My cat who was throwing up 2-4 times a week has only done so 4 times in 2 months (and I think that was because he was biting at some straw that I didn't know about), their fur is ridiculously softer...like I just spent an hour brushing them, now it feels that way all the time. And although my cats are not prone to hairballs, my medium haired cat would get them on occasion and he has had only 1 very small one in 2 months as opposed to the weekly ones I'd find in the house. They have more energy and they just seem happier in how they interact and the littler box has less to be cleaned up and quite frankly it smells less offensive than it did before. Don't get me wrong...cat boxes smell but I've been told (and now I feel I can attest to this) that dry food would dehydrate a cat and it would enter a system and absorb odors from the body and carry them out into the cat box to amplify the foul odors. Actual cat food like the Wellness brand (not many brands are grain or rice free) gets more fully digested by the cat and does not contain grains and rices and other fillers that are expelled with the body. I must say that I felt the fool not having taken more time to learn about the diet possibilities of my cats.
I will note that I also use the Wellness dry food (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup out each night) for my 2 cats to eat between their canned meals. This is also to keep them used to eating a little dry food in case I am in a situation where I cannot provide their can in the morning and night. For your reference I feed my cats each 1/2 a can in the morning and 1/2 in the evening (so 2 cans total daily). I am going to switch to the 12 oz cans though because they are much cheaper, you nearly double your canned food for the same price, I'm just going to buy a resealable lid and scoop out what is needed.
And as a side note, my cats eat most of the food when I leave it out but they do not finish it all. I do leave the food out for them to finish up which they usually do within 1-3 hours. Some people say you should never do this, some say they will leave it out all day...in my experience over the 2 months I have noticed no mold, illness or rejection of this food being left out for a few hours for my cats. The longest I've seen food remain in the is at the 7 hour mark and still, it was finished with no negative behaviors or effects noticed in either of my animals.
I hope this review helps you and please be aware specifically of what goes into certain brands. There are cheaper canned foods but they are not as good as this brand. I've checked and tried a few. This one is really different. There are a few websites which explain the health benefits more precisely and if you won't take my word for it on this brand see for yourself. Also, the cost is well worth the response you will get from your cat and when measured against prescription dry food it really hasn't been much different and the 12 oz sizes will make it even more affordable. Be good to yourself and your pets!
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I have been feeding this food to my cats for over a year and they have loved it. Unfortunately, when I opened my latest shipment of food I realized something was wrong with it. I could pour it out of the can. I thought it might be a problem with one can so I opened another, it was soupy as well. I emailed the Wellness company just in case there was a recall or something I needed to know about this lot of food. Their response was that the food was made at two different facilities and they were going to change their process and only use one facility due to inconsistencies in quality. I asked if I could get a refund because I was not comfortable feeding it to my cats. They never addressed my question. I still subscribe to the Wellness Turkey recipe through Amazon but will never buy this flavor again. I would have liked a little more support and understanding from the company. I have not tried to return the shipment through Amazon yet so I cannot comment about their service. So far, I love Amazon's subscribe and save options.Buy Wellness Complete Health Canned Cat Turkey & Salmon Now
We love Wellness for our cats. Even though it's expensive, it's grain-free and very good quality. However, we do have one complaint with the orders we've been getting from Amazon lately. In our previous shipment, one of the cases had 4 or 5 cans which were dented but we assumed there was some rough handling during shipment or something. The last order we received contained a case of Turkey and Salmon in which almost all the cans had been dented some to the extent that the can opener had difficulty getting them open. These were all through the case, not just on the outside. They had obviously been gathered, cased and plastic wrapped deliberately this way. If this continues, I'm not sure it is worth the dollar or two in savings we get by ordering them through Amazon.Read Best Reviews of Wellness Complete Health Canned Cat Turkey & Salmon Here
There is a feline diabetes epidemic out there. My cat was self-feeding dry food (Purina Urinary Tract Health) which has a huge proportion of cereal carbs. When she developed diabetes the vet advised adding Science Prescription Diet DM wet canned foot to augment the dry. She needed less and less insulin and finally we were told she didn't need it at all. Still letting her self-feed the Purina dry foot while feeding her the wet canned, she had a relapse. I decided to toss the Purina and just feed her the wet food and she's been fine for almost a year now. I'm hoping she'll remain diabetes-free for the rest of her life.The Wellness food, labeled "Core," is very low carb and both my cats love it! It contains a lot of water ("no more than 78%" is what the label says -kinda expensive way to keep your cats in water ;)
I justify the expense by accepting that my cat would be needing $100 vials of insulin, plus frequent vet checks of her blood. Instead I'm spending the money on food.
As a side note, our other cat without diabetes loves this food, too. She had urologic problems, was always licking herself, and used to smell really, really bad. She's doing super now and I attribute it to the wet, cereal-free food.
I highly recommend working with your vet to wean your cat off dry cereal foods, especially if they're diabetic. The Wellness canned food is fantastic and might save your kitty's life!
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Our cat, Isabel, has struggled with UTI and weight issues for years. After our vet recommended a wet food only diet, we experimented with a variety of brands (included Rx), but could never find a wet food that made Isabel feel full, and not spend the rest of the day begging us for more food.Then we tried Wellness canned food.
Isabel loves it (but she loves anything that resembles food, so that's not a huge hurdle), but what is great about Wellness is it fills her up! And not only has she stopped constantly begging for food, she started to lose weight! Her dandruff is going away, she is no longer lethargic and has started to play again, and she generally seems like a happier cat.
Now that her chronic UTI has finally cleared up, we give her mostly Wellness canned food with a little bit of dry food mixed in. This is still her primary source of food, and she is just as happy now as when we first made the switch.
