Weruva Wx Phos Focused, Pate & Gravy Formulas Variety Pack, 3oz Can (Pack of 12)

I have a soon to be 19yr old cat, who was going down hill rapidly 2 1/2 months ago. He has been on the famous brands prescription renal diets (canned and dry) for the past 5 years although he was in very very early stages of renal failure...maybe stage 1. He was on the food because I had 4 of his siblings and all had varying degrees if renal failure. The other 3 have passed in the last 2 years....from cancers, not renal failure, so I'm left with one. Although renal food may cause a loss of muscle mass which is sad to see, it did control or stall the renal failure. My boy has several medical problems so when he started failing, getting him to eat became impossible causing him to lose even more weight ...to skin and bones. He was only in Stage II of renal failure due to the strict diet. It really upset me seeing him lose weight almost daily. I would pet him and only feel bones. On my last vet visit, in addition to adding another medicine, the vet said give him anything he wanted to eat in order to keep the liver working and get him to gain weight. He was really on the edge of giving up and he was so weak. I decided to try Weruva Phosphate controlled food. OMG....the cat hasn't stopped eating this after the 1st taste!! He devours this food. It seems to be a very clean protein quality food. It's not cheap, but neither are the ingredients, but neither was the prescription food which had less quality ingredients in my opinion. In the past 2 months, he has filled-out and now I do not feel a boney old cat, but an elderly cat with nice coat and appropriate weight. He was 10.2 lbs earlier in the year, then a few months ago went down to 7.9lbs. He is now 9.2lbs. That's a lot. This food says it is only a supplemental feeding, not for all the time, because it is very low phosphate and doesn't meet the FDA cat food requirements. So I have ordered the regular Weruva also, the lowest protein I can find, and add a phosphate binding powder to the food (important for renal failure treatment). Hopefully his next blood test and renal values in 3 months, will look okay after giving him this food for several months. By then he will be 19 yrs old. All I know is that this food saved him at the time, and gave him something delicious to eat again. He demands this food now....and for now, I'm happy to give him the calories he loves, although I may have an impossible time if I have to go back to a straight prescription renal diet.

wonderful food foe my older kitty who has a painful little mouth that hurts when trying other types of food.

My cat usually eats both wet & dry food for urinary tract health. He seemed kind of off his normal brands, so I bought the pate variety of this brand & feed it to him part of the time. He loves it and can hardly wait til I open the can and put it in his dish. He is about 6-7 years old, so not a kitten or a senior. Will double check this formula with the vet when we go for next check up to be sure it's good for his health.

I'm surprised I could give this a 5 star. My cat is sooo picky, but she loves this low phosphorous cat food! I purchased the variety pack, and she likes every flavor, especially the chicken/tilapia in gravy. I like that I finally found a cat food that she will eat which is better for her failing kidneys and hydrating for her overall health.

I'm sure the product is great but my cats won't touch it. Cats are picky eaters and rather eat what they like rather than what's best.

My outside cats love it

This formula used to be 5-star, but I wonder if I got a bad batch or if something has changed. My older, picky cat has eaten this for the last couple of years and used to love it. We struggled to find a canned food that she liked, especially one that was kidney-friendly until we found this. However, with the most recent case I bought, she won't touch it at all. She turns her nose up at it. I thought she might have gotten tired of it. I honestly would think that it was her and not the food because she is super picky, but my young cat, who will eat anything and would *ALWAYS* sneak in to steal some of this, won't touch it now either. I opened an older can of another flavor that my older cat didn't like and my young cat devoured that, so I really think something is wrong with this most recent case.Because of the cost, I'm leery to buy another case to see if it was just a bad batch. And it makes me worry about quality control. I cancelled my subscription and we will start the quest again to see if I can find a healthy wet food for my older cat (who just wants to eat her prescription dry food and sometimes some of my younger cat's weight management canned food which she doesn't need).

Unfortunately my kitty who has stage 3 kidney disease did not show any interest in eating this food. I ended up mixing it with his regular food and that seems to be working but I have to blend it up really well and feed it to him with my fingers for him to get it. I purchased a phosphate binder so that his regular food would not be as harmful to his kidneys. That I would recommend to anyone to try if they're experiencing a kitty suffering with kidney disease.