Wellness Complete Health Kitten Pate Chicken Entree Natural Grain-Free Wet Cat Food, 3-oz can, case of 24

After losing our sweet 16 yr old cat last year to kidney disease and hyperthyroidism, who ate "quality" dry cat food, I was concerned her diet might have been a contributing factor. So I wanted to get educated on cat food before deciding what to feed our new kitty. After numerous hrs of online research, I decided to feed our 3 month old kitten a combination of wet and dry food, and decided on Wellness Complete Health Kitten Formula Grain-Free Canned Cat Food as the best choice for the wet food. It's more expensive than other options, but the recipe has the best, recommended ingredients. When I placed the order, I was hopeful she'd like it since it'd be good for her and it'd be costly for the 24 3oz can case minimum if she didn't. But she doesn't just like it... She loves it! She gets so excited every time I get out a can and she starts purring when I set it in front of her. She currently eats 1/2 can 3 times a day. We leave out dry food for her to nibble when she wants and, per research, she has 2 water bowls (opposite ends of the house) separate from her food. To save some money, I opted for auto ship (5% savings) and we'll be getting the 5.5oz cans (6¢/oz savings over 3oz cans).

Our kittens were introduced to this around 4-5 weeks of age. They had a ferral mother and due to unfortunate circumstances ended up in our life too early to be without her. The man who was taking care of them before us had them on some garbage $0.20 adult cat food from a grocery store - they were NOT looking good... We switched to this as they showed interest in consuming wet foods (especially our 12 y.o boy's food lol), and let me tell you. Just after one week of this food they were rapidly gaining weight and filling out, their eyes were bright, they were having regular bowel movements and they loved it. So many good veggies and you can even see them in the paté. I mix in a little water just to make it even more moist and to keep them hydrated. At 9 weeks old now they still love it! Showed it to my vet they said it was a good choice and if they loved it to keep with it - no use in switching again to cause bowel stress.

So, I feed my cats what I consider to be the best. Most of that time, this means paying the hefty price attached to Royal Canin food. In preparation for bringing my new 4-month-old kitten "Marney" home, I stocked up on both dry and canned RC kitten food. To my amazement, she took one sniff and refused to eat. I tried multiple times with the same result. Coincidentally, I purchased (2) cases of this Wellness Health Grain Free Kitten food to use in my recovery room (TNR recovery), so I opened a can of this and she went nuts for it, licked the bowl clean, which she had never done before (I helped foster her before I adopted.). So glad I picked this food up blindly because it was on sale last month. Looks like the recovery room kittens will end up with the expensive RC kitten crack! :)

We just adopted an 8-week old kitten and I tried several different brands of canned, grain-free food on him over several days to see what he would prefer. He ate all of them, but the Wellness grain free is his favorite. He eats it heartily (not as enthusiastic about other brands, except for Merrick Purrfect Bistro grain free, which he also likes better than some others). We feed our dogs wellness core grain free dry kibble, so I wanted to try the brand for the kitten. Since he loves it so much, I will be feeding him this and offering him the dry cat kibble version until he's ready to go over to dry as his main food. He nibbles at the kibble, but still prefers the wet food at this point. It certainly keeps him filled with energy and he seems to digest it well.