Merrick Purrfect Bistro Grain Free Premium Soft Canned Pate Adult Wet Cat Food, High Protein Chicken Recipe - (Pack of 24) 3 oz. Cans

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My 4 cats sure do love this food. I give 4 stars because the Turkey cans are always watery and not very full. I think the quality control is off on the Turkey cans. The duck and chicken is always a solid chunk of meat. I quit buying this variety pack because the Turkey is not up to par.

My vet said I should get this food for both my cats, so she didn't try to go and eat his, since she was more familiar with it. Well, we didn't need to worry about that, she finished all of her Merrick Rabbit pate, and it was her brother who wanted hers!She's done really well with this food. Her fur is growing back nicely (she had lost most of her fur in the back) and she's gaining weight. Her appetite is good. When we first started with the vet food, it was an subscription Urgent Care food, that she stayed on for two months. It was also a 5.5 oz can, and I mixed it with equal amount of pumpkin, per the vet. He wanted her to eat that can with the pumpkin in one day. I had never given her that much food, and thought she would throw up. But she chomped it down, even more so with this food. She can't wait to eat now. I am going to switch my other cat over to this food, its easier, and turned out to be cheaper than the Pro plan!I had never heard about so many different things until my little girl got so sick. Rabbit or Kangaroo food? That's my vet wanted me to find for her. No Kangaroo 🦘food to be had. So I did my research, found about 3 brands to try, and this is the winner.Winner, Winner, rabbit dinner? 🐇🐇😻

My ragdoll cat has a very sensitive stomach and I have to be very careful what I feed him. I have ordered this cat food several times and he loves it. Have no issues. Thank you.

Going by the ingredient list, this canned cat food is close to as good as it gets in less pricey canned cat diets if you are opposed to feeding carbohydrate fillers (I am) or meat meals and by-products (I'm not). It does contain the inexplicable ingredients 'alfalfa' and 'cranberries' - neither of which a cat has any need for. Adding cranberries to cat food has become trendy, supposedly to combat urinary tract issues, but I doubt there is real science behind it. Cats fed dry food are prone to such problems, don't feed dry food and chances are excellent your cat will never have urinary troubles. It also contains the thickeners carrageenan and guar gum, which I haven't seen convincing evidence to have major concern about at this point, though I'd rather see agar agar used as a thickener if there must be one.The meat protein is chicken, chicken liver, and 'dried egg product'. It contains no appreciable amount of plant protein, which is a major plus. Many pet foods are labeling themselves "grain free" and merely replacing grains with equally low quality plant protein like peas and potatoes. The minimum protein is 10% and fat is 5%- but those are minimums, meaning the actual percentages can be higher. Many no meat meal or by-product canned foods are very high fat, since high fat meat trimmings are cheaper and more available. For most cats extra fat isn't an issue, but it isn't ideal. This food would appear to be more moderate in fat than canned foods where the protein and fat percentages are closer, some are nearly equal.I feed my dogs and cats a variety of canned cat foods. Currently this one from Merrick, Wellness chicken, Wellness turkey, ZuPreem feline, Wysong canned duck, Tiki chicken, and Friskies poultry pates. Friskies is a mainly by-product based food, so although the protein and fat percentage is identical (10 & 5) it is probably leaner. I think by-products have an important place in feline and canine diets. Internal organs, eyes, cartilage, teeth, skin, feet with claws, blood, marrow, and likely even a few beaks and feathers are all consumed by wild felines/canines, so I want some in my animal's diet. I feed the cats mainly frozen mice, day old chicks, and quail with some canned or freeze dried raw a few times a week. Chewing raw meat is beneficial for cat's teeth, neither canned nor dry foods are. Cats don't chew dry kibble, they either swallow it whole or bite it in two and swallow it which does nothing for their teeth.The reason I use cat food for dogs is because canned dog food is just as expensive and usually contains much less animal protein. Unlike cats, dogs can utilize lower quality plant proteins to some extent so manufacturers can literally create dog foods out of mainly carbohydrate fillers while still charging for what is mistakenly assumed to be a meat based diet. The higher level of animal protein is likely why most dogs much prefer cat foods over dog food. As long as you pay attention to fat (my dogs get more of the lower fat by-product based cat foods) canned cat foods are IMO better for dogs. Other than the added taurine in cat food the remaining supplementation is essentially the same. If you do need to "cut" the food for overweight or fat sensitive dogs you can easily add some white meat chicken or even a little rice yourself.This is a chicken meat (not meal) based food and for some cats accustomed to mostly dry food, fish based, or meat meal based foods, this may smell bland to them. Feeding fish sometimes leads to cats that will eat nothing without it, I generally avoid fish based foods. Well accustomed to variety my cats eat most anything.*3/16 Some of the more recent reviews are reporting quality control issues with this food. I no longer use it so I cannot comment. Evidently the company was purchased by Purina last year (2015).

I brought this case into my home and found some of the cans to be dirty upon removal. As I got to the bottom of the case I realized that what I was touching and what was all over the case was a combination of dried food from at least one damaged can, dried dead maggots, and a huge amount of living, squirming maggots at the bottom of the case. I’m lucky I didn’t let this sit unopened for a couple of days or I might’ve had a massive infestation on my hands.The reason I didn’t leave the case unopened is because I noticed that part of it had been taped up, which I found unusual, so I did want to make sure nothing was amiss with the product condition. I had not expected to find what I did, however. Looking at the bottom of the cardboard tray in which the cans were packaged it was clear that some kind of damage had occurred, as it was stained with meat and gravy all the way through from the inside of the case. Although the cans on the bottom level of the case were badly dented on their bottoms I couldn’t tell if any of those were actually punctured or not. I didn’t look too closely at them as some of them were covered with squirming maggots and I just wanted to get rid of them.I discarded the case and had to clean up my kitchen well to make sure I didn’t miss anything. What an incredibly bad buying experience.