Science diet Hill dry cat food

[kittykstina]

Hi all!
I typically feed my cat science diet Hill dry cat food. However, when I opened the new bag I noticed it smelled kind of different than it usually does. I am pregnant so I wasn’t sure if my senses were just super sensitive. However when I gave out some in my cats bowl my cat came down and sat down like he was about to eat it but smelled it for a minute and left without touching it. Could I have gotten a bad batch possibly? Or do you think I’m just over reacting lol, thanks in advance!

 

[Mr. Meow]

You can try calling customer service at Hills and see if they could possibly send you a new bag. Cats are much better with scents than humans are, so if kitty thinks something is off, it could potentially be.

 

[Tobermory]

Could I have gotten a bad batch possibly?

Yes, it’s certainly possible. Did you check the date on the bag? And even if it’s before the “best before “ date, it’s still possible. If you think it smells off and your kitty walked away from it, I’d get a new bag (and call customer service as Mr. Meow suggested). It could be a bad batch, it could have been exposed to heat and gotten rancid, or it could have food storage mites which some cats are more sensitive to than others.