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I know this has come up before, but has anyone given this food a try?
A couple years ago, my brother switched his geriatric IBD cat from grain-free canned to a raw diet (NV bites). The cat was doing better, but still needed her prednisone and still threw up every so often. Now he has a new baby and didn't want to leave raw food around (his cat is a grazer), so he gave Honest Kitchen a try. To everyone's surprise, the cat actually did BETTER on Honest Kitchen! She completely stopped throwing up. And, her stools are still like the raw-fed ones (no odor, small, dry) - in contrast to the stink bombs she had while on canned food.
That mystified me because I thought that that stinky poop and nagging health issues should naturally ensue from a diet that is 30% potato and veggies on a dry matter basis. Given that a little convenience and less worry about bacterial issues would be nice for me too, I bought a box of Prowl. Like my brother's cat, both of mine took to it right away - they like it better than their raw chicken and turkey food, and will only bypass it to eat their favorite foods (rabbit, mutton, pork). And yes, no change in stool, no problems whatsoever, no litter box odor, even when I tried feeding them only the Honest Kitchen for a couple days.
This challenges some of my assumptions about cat diets, for sure. If it's not the carbohydrates, what the heck is in canned food that causes the stinky poop and other health issues??? I'm still concerned about the high carb content so my cats will still be mostly raw fed, but definitely I will be adding in regular HK meals.
A couple years ago, my brother switched his geriatric IBD cat from grain-free canned to a raw diet (NV bites). The cat was doing better, but still needed her prednisone and still threw up every so often. Now he has a new baby and didn't want to leave raw food around (his cat is a grazer), so he gave Honest Kitchen a try. To everyone's surprise, the cat actually did BETTER on Honest Kitchen! She completely stopped throwing up. And, her stools are still like the raw-fed ones (no odor, small, dry) - in contrast to the stink bombs she had while on canned food.
That mystified me because I thought that that stinky poop and nagging health issues should naturally ensue from a diet that is 30% potato and veggies on a dry matter basis. Given that a little convenience and less worry about bacterial issues would be nice for me too, I bought a box of Prowl. Like my brother's cat, both of mine took to it right away - they like it better than their raw chicken and turkey food, and will only bypass it to eat their favorite foods (rabbit, mutton, pork). And yes, no change in stool, no problems whatsoever, no litter box odor, even when I tried feeding them only the Honest Kitchen for a couple days.
This challenges some of my assumptions about cat diets, for sure. If it's not the carbohydrates, what the heck is in canned food that causes the stinky poop and other health issues??? I'm still concerned about the high carb content so my cats will still be mostly raw fed, but definitely I will be adding in regular HK meals.