Dr. Elsey's cleanprotein Chicken Formula Grain-Free Dry Cat Food

I had researched for days on a better food than taste of the wild. I just wasn’t liking the ingredients. Then instinct nature’s variety and still wasn’t satisfied completely. Sure my F2 Savannah was consuming it many times a day. He likes the crunch. Because he started consuming a lot I decided on Elsey’s kibble with a lot more protein. I also switched to Elsey’s wet. He eats the chicken with me mixing cooked chicken gizzards and heart for the extra taurine early generation Savannah cats need. The beef was a no go totally I knew that because he doesn’t even like fresh beef but it was on sale and I couldn’t pass. I haven’t tried the salmon yet. People you have to slowly mix any new foods you get I had researched for days on a better food than taste of the wild. I just wasn’t liking the ingredients. Then instinct nature’s variety and still wasn’t satisfied completely. Sure my F2 Savannah was consuming it many times a day. He likes the crunch. Because he started consuming a lot I decided on Elsey’s kibble with a lot more protein. I also switched to Elsey’s wet. He eats the chicken with me mixing cooked chicken gizzards and heart for the extra taurine early generation Savannah cats need. The beef was a no go totally I knew that because he doesn’t even like fresh beef but it was on sale and I couldn’t pass. I haven’t tried the salmon yet. People you have to slowly mix any new foods you get with the current food you are feeding. This is definitely a very healthy food and I will slowly transition from instinct to Elsey’s. I also feed wet with mixed fresh meats and Tiki air dried. You can’t just throw down a new food that has totally different ingredients and smell expecting your cat to gobble it up. Most wont. I find it bizarre people give this high quality food one star because they don’t transition and their cat won’t eat it. My cats also consume lots of bottle spring water. … more

I had a very traumatic experience with a specific brand which contributed to premature deaths of my cats. I became extremely cautious about pet food in general since then. When I finally was ready to adopt new kitties, I spent not hours, but days looking for a safe food for my new fur babies. I mostly feed them with wet food as it is healthier for their kidneys, yet I don't take away from them the joy of crunching dry food which I give them in small amounts. Dr. Elsey's Clean Protein Chicken formula is one of the best and safest formula on the market. I use chicken formula as feeding cats with fish food only for a prolonged period of time on regular basis isn't that good for them. All three of I had a very traumatic experience with a specific brand which contributed to premature deaths of my cats. I became extremely cautious about pet food in general since then. When I finally was ready to adopt new kitties, I spent not hours, but days looking for a safe food for my new fur babies. I mostly feed them with wet food as it is healthier for their kidneys, yet I don't take away from them the joy of crunching dry food which I give them in small amounts. Dr. Elsey's Clean Protein Chicken formula is one of the best and safest formula on the market. I use chicken formula as feeding cats with fish food only for a prolonged period of time on regular basis isn't that good for them. All three of my cats seem to like this food. … more

I was scared to take a chance on this food in case my kittens wouldn’t eat it, since it’s a little pricey. However, when the bag came in and I mixed it with their previous food they actually ate around the old food!!! I was shocked and laughing that they only ate Dr. Elseys and avoided the rest. It was a deal from that point. They’ve been on this food for a little over two weeks and their coats are noticeably softer. My 3 month old kittens coat is much fuller now too and they don’t seem to eat as much. I guess because their full and satisfied? Anyway I’m sticking with this and I hope the recipe doesn’t change in the future!

Let me start off by saying I stopped feeding dry food a long time ago after doing research on the healthiest foods for my cats, so for a long time now I've fed solely a variety of wet foods. Dry food, obviously has no moisture, and for cats to be healthy, they need a lot of water content, and it's best acquired through their food-which is why wet or raw is perfect. BUT, I have an issue with one of my cats waking me up early in the morning for food, and I invested in an automatic feeder which requires the use of dry food. So, I did research to find the best dry food, if you really need to feed it. I saw this recommended because of the quality ingredients, NO corn/gluten meal, fillers, all the Let me start off by saying I stopped feeding dry food a long time ago after doing research on the healthiest foods for my cats, so for a long time now I've fed solely a variety of wet foods. Dry food, obviously has no moisture, and for cats to be healthy, they need a lot of water content, and it's best acquired through their food-which is why wet or raw is perfect. BUT, I have an issue with one of my cats waking me up early in the morning for food, and I invested in an automatic feeder which requires the use of dry food. So, I did research to find the best dry food, if you really need to feed it. I saw this recommended because of the quality ingredients, NO corn/gluten meal, fillers, all the other junk that is put into all the other cheap dry foods. The first ingredient is chicken, it's high protein, pretty clean ingredient list. You can't really ask for much more in a dry food, and of course, all 3 of my cats love this food, and they know where it's stashed in the cabinet, so they beg for it and 1 of them is trying to not eat anything else but this dry food. She just loves it. I only give them a little bit a day. They eat mostly wet food. But, you do need to make sure water is out because I've noticed even with a little bit of dry supplementation, they are more thirsty. This food is also very expensive, but you pay for quality in pet food and it's also why I feed with their normal diet of wet foods. Variety is definitely best. You do also need less of this food compared others, being that it's very high protein. I definitely recommend this cat food, in supplementation with a wet food diet. … more

The cats love it. It's grain free, potato and pea free, no tapioca! The cats love the flavor. I do not care for how much pork is present and I don't like the tiny tiny kibble spheres. The cats swallow them whole with minimal chewing. Overall this is a 3.5 star item, due to the high pork content.

Replaced Orijen’s Regional Red when the quality went down, and Callie Ann seems to love this. I combine it with Go! Which she seems to like too. The small pellets of both don’t keep her from chewing these, but she has relatively small teeth. I can’t tell yet if it helps with her stinky poop since I don’t use it on its own. Expensive, but I’m so glad Chewy has both these foods—so convenient!

Since I don't have the time to make my kittens' food, I feel good about giving them Dr. Elsey's clean protein. I did my research and this is the best dry cat food available. I feed them both wet and dry food. My kittens are finicky about the wet food, and I've had to change brands/ flavors/ consistency several times. But they have consistently enjoyed Dr. Elsey's dry cat food.

My cat likes this line and I feel good about the ingredients. I am not sure if I will reorder, however. The kibble is shaped like a nugget and my Ninja has a hard time eating it. I am hoping the company might make a change to a flatter or softer kibble he can more easily eat.

My cat is very picking. She won't eat Tuna,Salmon,or shrimp.(She's a cat!) I wanted to give her something healthy, so I bought Dr. Elsey's. I put it in her dish, she smelled it and walked away. Would not even try it. I tried mixing it with her other dry food. She ate all the regular dry food and left the Dr. Elsey's in the dish. I couldn't believe it! Wish I had taken a picture to prove it. I feed it to my son's two cats, they loved it! The one thought I was giving him treats! They devoured it! How do I rate this? One or five? :-/

I bought this cat food for my second cat and then emailed the company to find out the carbohydrate count. GOOD NEWS...Found out that the kibble is 4.69% carbohydrates and it's safe for my diabetic cat too. best news I've gotten in a long time as they both love it