Wellness Complete Pate Health Turkey & Salmon Natural Grain-Free Wet Cat Food, 12.5-oz can, case of 12

This is generally a good option, healthy and my cats like it. However something recently changed in the formula. The texture used to be a soft pate that had almost a melting quality to it, but with my most recent shipment the texture has changed. It now has an artificially firm gelatin like texture that doesn't change whether it's room temperature or cold. It's weird. My cats don't approve, nor do I. It's like they decided to throw a packet of gelatin in with the regular food to make it more firm for whatever reason. It just makes it seem more artificial and it's harder to break it down so that the cats can lap it up. They still tolerate it but it's not as good. There was another brand that did the same thing and eventually I had to discontinue buying it. It seems to be an unfortunate trend with cat food...

I have 4 cats, so I buy the 12 oz cans and split it 4 ways. I buy the grain free chicken, turkey and turkey and salmon. I was buying the Wellness Core grain free kibbles, but one on my cats got UTI and dermatitis between her legs and on the underneath of her tail - twice - back to back. No sooner she got over one with antibiotics, a few days later, it came back. This is because of the high carbohydrate content in the kibbles and the fact that my cat is on the heavy side and is unable to reach down there to clean herself. My other three cats are of normal weight. You would think that the vet would tell me about all this - but nooooooooooooooooooo. They need to make their money!!! I strongly encourage anyone with animals to do research on the internet to find out what is best for your loved one. Having lost my first cat to chronic kidney failure and feeding her special food for her condition (just finding out that the special food doesn't have the proper nutrients in it) - I did not want to do a repeat with my current cat. So I did about 6 hrs of research on the internet to find out that feeding dry kibbles, not drinking enough water, being over weight, not enough exercise, are all causes for UTI. I now feed my cats all canned food and add an extra tablespoon of filtered water and nuking their food at each feeding - twice a day. I use clumping litter and always clean it at least twice a day, sometimes more. Feeding all canned food with some extra filtered water flushes their system out, thus, going to the kittie litter more often. Overall, I love that Wellness brands are all natural, and make every effort to put no meat-by-products in it. (the 4 Ds - dead, dying, diseased, disabled). I also like that their foods are grain free.