Nutrience Natural Healthy Adult Cat Food, 18-Pounds, Ocean Fish And Duck

Arrived on time. Left it on the coffee table and when I returned home, found claw marks on the package. Guess that means my cat likes it :)

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The description of this pricey dry food is really over the top:"Providing your pet with a healthy lifestyle begins with what you put in the bowl. Nutrience Natural Ocean Fish & Duck is a complete and balanced meal of coldwater fish, deboned duck, low-glycemic carbohydrates, healthy fats, whole fruits, vegetables and botanicals – a combination that will nourish your pet to play, be fit and stay active. Free of turkey, chicken and egg, it's also an excellent choice for pets with certain food sensitivities."Sheesh, I don't even feed my family this well! This is some fancy stuff. I don't really understand why it is free of turkey, chicken and egg--is there new research on problems with these? Instead, this is farm sourced salmon and free range French duck (no joke). Blueberries and veggies are on the list of ingredients, and no grains. It sounds better than anything I have in the fridge for sure.So it appears to be a well-studied and researched product, much swankier than the regular stuff I used to buy at Vons or the Feed Store. But would my picky cats eat it? Let me introduce them:Tom-14 year old playboy ginger tuxedo-not a fan of dry food and has perfected a disdainful look of snobbery when offered it. Cookie-a 9 year old tuxedo lover cat who likes nothing we feed her but will spend a day chasing lizards and trying to eat them. Finally, Dingo, a 5 year old cashmere tabby who spends his time tormenting Cookie.The taste test was simple: I had a bag of Meow Mix, a tiny bit of something from the Feed Store, and this. Three bowls, three cats. All three looked me over like I was nuts, as they don't like dry and certainly not dry food times three! They sniffed, sulked, looked at each other, I think some eye rolling went on, and then headed straight for this one. They ate it. Not head over heels in love with it, but tolerably well. They completely ignored the others. Tom tried to hustle me for some canned, but no go. This is the scientific method of cat food reviewing, no pulling the "elderly cat" card.I removed the unwanted bowls and watched. Everybody ate, nothing was left over. The bag is very clear that you don't need to feed as large a portions as mainstream brands of cat food.Then there was the litter box test. Without actually seeing "who" went "when" ('cause that would be creepy!), I can say that litter box stool odor was much less powerful, almost immediately. Was it the free range Duck shipped from France that was the key to less stink? Not sure.I'd like to say that they were forever changed, becoming less snarky and more charming, but Tom still sheds like crazy (will update review if that changes), Cookie is still a princess brat, and Dingo is still a troublemaker. Will I buy it? Pretty sure I will, simply because less goes farther, it actually gets eaten instead of wasted, and there's less poop in the pan. Worth the price!

I feed numerous cats, and I go through all sorts of different brands of cat food, sometimes because of price, sometimes because of availability, and sometimes because of health concerns. I'm aware of the drawbacks of some foods and thus prefer to give my cats healthier food. So I was excited to be able to offer them this, which I think probably is quite healthy. Unfortunately, none of the five cats I fed it to would eat it, at least not much.In fairness, I live in a warm climate, and the food was in shipment during a time when temperatures were over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, so it is possible that the food suffered in transit. There's no visible evidence of such, but it's possible. I have no way of knowing whether that's the case. All I can say is that I left this food out for five cats, and only one would eat it at all. To make the point clearer, I have a small automatic feeder that holds about a quart or two of cat food in a little silo-like reservoir. When cats eat from the dish, the food trickles down. I filled that with this cat food, and it's still more than half full after three weeks. Normally, I have to refill that about twice a week.I finally gave up trying to feed my five indoor cats this and used this out behind my house, where stray cats and other critters come by. There, it's been eaten. I think the raccoon really liked it.

De-boned cod and flounder are the first two ingredients so I know it contains fish. My aging cat (around 18 - 19) loves this stuff! She's always had a problem with regurgitation, and I would frequently find cat barf that needed cleaning up especially after eating. However, I haven't noticed her barfing a single time after eating this food. I think it's a little on the expensive side, and I doubt I will be buying it as her only food, but if I can afford a bag for her every now and then I'll get one. She's always been easy to please in the food department, and I love her very much and want her to thoroughly enjoy her remaining years.

... but, I could not tell by my cat's reactions. When faced with a bow of this nutritious, low grain dry food, one of my 3 cats jumped back away from his healthy dinner.All three cats love ocean fish. One is not able to handle too much grain in his food. So, I thought this healthy choice could be good, even with the dried fruit fillers -- cats do not digest fruits. But the hated ingredient was the duck. Why duck, anyway? That is hardly a natural cat food?Anyway, the Nutrience got 3 stars and the rest of the 18# bag went to the Feral Cat feeding program in our area. I will look even more closely at the ingredients lists in future.

I ordered this because it was a very healthy option for my cats. Unfortunately, they hated it and refused to eat it. I am not sure that it is the fault of the food or not as my cats may just be picky eaters. I gave the bag to my neighbor and her cat is happily eating his way through the supply. It appears to be a very healthy option and I am glad that it didn't go to waste. I can't recommend it based on my cats not liking it, but if you cat is not picky perhaps you will not have the same experience.

We've got several cats, some old, some younger, and can always use cat food. Unfortunately, none of them have liked this, short of the strays that come around sometimes looking for food. Straight up, the house cats we have absolutely refuse to eat it. We decided to mix it with the Purina we normally feed them. Surprisingly, they literally picked out the Purina to eat, and still refused to eat this.We gave it a try, but, unfortunately, this isn't working for us.