Instinct Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Wet Cat Food

Adelaide: Because of my cat’s allergies, my vet recommended that I feed my cat to food from a single meat source that was not poultry, fish, beef, or pork. My choices were very limited, and alligator and venison tended to be more expensive than rabbit. While this food hasn’t resolved all of my cat’s skin allergies, it appears to help significantly with her discomfort. She likes the taste of it as well. The major down side is that the food is fairly expensive and only comes in a pack of 24 cans.

United States on Dec 16, 2023

eg: I have to rotate the kind of food I feed my cats. I suppose it's no different for people. We all like variety.

United States on Oct 22, 2023

McGroarty: Talk to your vet, but this is a decent alternative to some of the prescription-only single-protein cat foods used for cats that develop protein sensitivities. The ingredient list for the rabbit variety stands up well in a side-by-side comparison with the Royal Canin rabbit-based cat food.

It's not quite as pricey as the prescription foods, but still more than double the price of some of the more traidtional cat foods. But you'll rest with comfort knowing it has high-quality and, more importantly, consistent ingredients. There's no generic "animal by-products." That's the catch-all for basically random animal proteins in other cat foods, which can lead to a cat being healthy with one batch, and unhealthy with the next.

United States on Jul 08, 2023

Theresa: Very good quality food and my picky shih tzu's love it, I had to find another brand because the one I was using was out of stock, I figured it looked like better food and I'm glad I got it, my female has a sensitive stomach, so I feed them limited ingredients... this seems to be a great food, I had to change them off of chicken and turkey, they were licking there paws, my vet wanted to give my female allergy shots instead of changing the food but I decided to change the diet, and no more licking, allergy can be taken care of through diet no need to give them drugs. This food is pricey but if it keeps my dogs off meds it's worth it.

United States on Nov 03, 2022

L. Suzy: My cat has been eating Instinct LID turkey 5.5oz cans for more than half a year. It helped her get recover from itchy skin. When we presented her these smaller 3oz cans, she refused to take it. Not a single lick. We noticed that the cans had some dents (as like the big cans), but there was no leak, so we presume the contents are not compromised.
The contents smelled a little different from the bigger cans; smelled more like pork ?!
Other than that, the consistency of the pate was fine.

Very disappointed that my cat wouldn’t eat these smaller cans at all. It’s such a waste of food to throw it away night after night.

Singapore on Dec 11, 2021

Reviews I'd Want My Kids To Read Before Buying: WARNING: Contains VOLCANIC ASH, recognized carcinogen, heavy-metal-laced toxic material given GRAS status in 1977 for use in FOOD CONTAINERS ONLY, not allowed for human consumption.

This is the same review I have posted for the other verified purchases of this brand's products, applying to both the dog and cat food containing Volcanic Ash, also commonly called Montmorillonite and Bentonite Clay.

I found this food brand on Dog Food Advisor, a site I love and trust, even today, and began using the Instinct Rabbit, Duck and Lamb for dogs and cats, the canned varieties, with my cat and dogs. We first used the food over a year ago, with health consequences we are still attempting to figure out. However, after a few months of dedicated, exclusive dietary use for our cat, she went into liver failure. The dogs became ill and are recovering after withdrawing the food. The cat's condition is difficult and, unfortunately, we don't know how that is going to play out but our vet is hopeful. Years ago, we had an incident with a different cat and a different food, garlic causing Heinz Anemia. We thought that was irresponsible, using garlic with dogs and cats when...

United States on Sep 16, 2017