Instinct Original Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken Freeze-Dried Raw Coated Dry Cat Food

If I had written this review the first time I ordered, I would've given it at least four stars. (1) My cats loved it. (2) I loved the ingredients. But then I bought a second bag, and it had "the fatal flaw" which has led me away from several dry foods that I otherwise was a fan of in the past. I'm not sure what causes this to happen, but my hunch is that it's because the production line is designed to squeeze every last bit of kibble out of the "bottom of the barrel" and put it into a bag before they bring on a new batch. If your misfortune is to buy one of those "bottom of the barrel" bags, it means most, if not all, of the kibble inside the bag is coated in these gritty, crumbly, tiny little If I had written this review the first time I ordered, I would've given it at least four stars. (1) My cats loved it. (2) I loved the ingredients. But then I bought a second bag, and it had "the fatal flaw" which has led me away from several dry foods that I otherwise was a fan of in the past. I'm not sure what causes this to happen, but my hunch is that it's because the production line is designed to squeeze every last bit of kibble out of the "bottom of the barrel" and put it into a bag before they bring on a new batch. If your misfortune is to buy one of those "bottom of the barrel" bags, it means most, if not all, of the kibble inside the bag is coated in these gritty, crumbly, tiny little pieces that have been created by all the jostling around that happens when the bags get filled. I don't know if that's how it happens, but that's my best guess. Not nice. Not nice to handle, and apparently not a nice "mouth feel" for the cats, either, because they won't eat it. I'm reluctant to take my chances again. … more

I changed her cat food . She loves Chicken freeze -dryed . She likes me to make gravy With freeze-dryed Instincts .And she loves to chrunch threw out the day. She is more active. Her coat looks better. I’am very pleased.

Maizie loved their kitten chow, but the step up took a few days. I thought they'd taste the same to her, but she was a little stand-offish at first. Now she loves it. And when she's happy (and healthy), I'm happy.

So I had been feeding my kitten the kitten version of this formula and she loved it. However my first bag of the adult formula that I started giving her after she turned a year old in May, she has refused to eat. I noticed that her feeder was still pretty full and that she was starting to try to eat the dog's kibble all of sudden again. She would meow and complain and I didn't figure it out until I went back to check her bowl and her bowl is basically full after a week. (She gets wet food in the morning so she wasn't going hungry hungry). I think there may be something different about the adult formula that she doesn't like so we'll have to find something else as it's too expensive to keep trying So I had been feeding my kitten the kitten version of this formula and she loved it. However my first bag of the adult formula that I started giving her after she turned a year old in May, she has refused to eat. I noticed that her feeder was still pretty full and that she was starting to try to eat the dog's kibble all of sudden again. She would meow and complain and I didn't figure it out until I went back to check her bowl and her bowl is basically full after a week. (She gets wet food in the morning so she wasn't going hungry hungry). I think there may be something different about the adult formula that she doesn't like so we'll have to find something else as it's too expensive to keep trying to feed it to her if she won't eat it. … more

Our cat LOVES this food, even more than his wet food! When our cat got diabetes, we could no longer feed him the Hills Science Diet dry food because its carb count was far too high. This specific variety of Instinct Original dry food thankfully meets the low carb and high protein requirements. It's certainly not as cost-effective as the previous food we were using, but because we use it just as a supplement to our cat's wet food, one bag can last several months for us.

This food smells like fish. I would not have purchased knowing it has fish as an ingredient. My Cats won’t eat it unless I mix it with other food. I will not be repurchasing.

My cats love this dry food. And their poop is also ok, not yellow but dark. Although their poop is not as healthy as when they eat wet or freeze dried food, it is a good dry food.

My 13 year old cat whenever he eats this dry cat food he throws up the whole pieces not even chewed up before swallowing. This cat dry food is too hard for older cats to chew up to digest. I would not recommend for senior cats

The product is advertised as chicken cat food but third ingredient is fish which my cat is allergic to. I wish I would’ve paid more attention to the ingredient list before I purchased it. I’ll be donating the unopened bag to the local animal shelter.

We have three cats and they all eat this cat food but the issue is that when you walk by the bowl it has an old fishy smell. I really wish it was fish free cat food as it’s clearly labeled as chicken.