Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Recipe with Real Chicken & Freeze-Dried Raw Coated Pieces Dry Cat Food

I wish my cat didn’t puke all the time on this food. The ingredients are great, the price is right and we have been using this for years on and off (we have a super picky cat who get bored - don’t blame him!). I don’t know if they switched the formula or maybe my cat was going through something b/c he was fine before. He became better when we switched him to something else. The thing that alarmed me was when my dog started puking on the dog brand of this same food. Idk, they are both better now on something different.

My cats are 8.5 years old and brothers. They have been on Prescription food for many years and I worry about how overweight they are. So I have been doing a lot of research and found out I can take them off the prescription food and watch them carefully of course, and give them food that is freeze dried and with probiotics. So I have slowly been introducing 3 different Instinct products including this kibble. They are doing great and moving better, they are more active, they don't cry hungry at night anymore and are eating less altogether. Their digestion also seems to be better. I'm very happy so far!

Since I have two finicky senior cats, my journey of finding the right cat food for them has been quite tough. I had many trials and errors and ended up many cans and bags of cat food that used only once. However, they went for this food like a magnet. The only thing I might add is the row coated pieces. My male cat seems not mind it, but the female one does not care for it. You may want to try it without them first. If you have cats like mine, I have to wish you luck with this.

I switched my cat to this food about three weeks ago. She’s almost a year old. I wanted to try to change her diet to help her weight. After she got spayed she gained a lot. I decided to try this because I was told it didn’t have any fillers and that could be what was causing her to gain weight. She’s actually losing weight, slowly but surely. I can tell it in her flanks and when I pick her up she feels lighter. I feed her the recommended amount on the bag and she LOVES it. She picks out the chicken pieces first. BUT, not only has she lost weight, the amount of times I have to clean out the litter box has drastically decreased! With her old food I was cleaning it out every day because it smelled I switched my cat to this food about three weeks ago. She’s almost a year old. I wanted to try to change her diet to help her weight. After she got spayed she gained a lot. I decided to try this because I was told it didn’t have any fillers and that could be what was causing her to gain weight. She’s actually losing weight, slowly but surely. I can tell it in her flanks and when I pick her up she feels lighter. I feed her the recommended amount on the bag and she LOVES it. She picks out the chicken pieces first. BUT, not only has she lost weight, the amount of times I have to clean out the litter box has drastically decreased! With her old food I was cleaning it out every day because it smelled sooo much and she seemed to go to the bathroom a lot. Since I’ve changed to this brand of food, I keep forgetting to scoop the litter daily because...I CANT SMELL ANYTHING. Of course you’re going to smell it when she goes if you’re near by, but it doesn’t smell up the room anymore. I also noticed that the amount of waste she’s leaving behind has decreased as well. So much so that I was surprised by the lack of compared to what it had been being, when I cleaned it out today. Aside from that, her fur seems to look and feel healthier. All around, I’m completely satisfied with the decision to change her over to this. She likes it. I like it for her. I may look into changing my dogs over as well. … more

I love the kibble bits and the freeze dried bits. They are so good for my tummy and it makes me so happy when mom opens up the container to feed me more. I am the luckiest kitty. Meow, Estrella

This bag looks exactly like the DOG food and I mistakenly ordered it from a dog food search (and fed it to my Dog). Instinct should get the feedback that for online sales the cat and dog packaging should be clearly different.

Cats love the RAW BOOST from the same company but when they add it to the kibble in this product it was ignored. The RAW bits have a darker stained look with same texture as the pure white RAW BOOST but somehow it must not taste the same. Eventually it is consumed but doesn’t seem to the first thing they go for.

I'm changing my two kitties diet to one that is nutritionally sound. It is a brilliant idea to have little freeze-dried raw tidbits running through their main kibble diet. My guys prefer dry. To my surprise, they have taken a few bites out of this brand new kibble. I have to be patient, because you need to segue into a new food with about 7 full days of gradual change! This takes patience! So I also bought additional "toppers" of the freeze-dried raw pieces which I add to the kibble as well! I have high hopes that my finicky guys will eventually end up loving this new food. I will continue to pray I have the patience to continually work with the changeover without giving up! Health is I'm changing my two kitties diet to one that is nutritionally sound. It is a brilliant idea to have little freeze-dried raw tidbits running through their main kibble diet. My guys prefer dry. To my surprise, they have taken a few bites out of this brand new kibble. I have to be patient, because you need to segue into a new food with about 7 full days of gradual change! This takes patience! So I also bought additional "toppers" of the freeze-dried raw pieces which I add to the kibble as well! I have high hopes that my finicky guys will eventually end up loving this new food. I will continue to pray I have the patience to continually work with the changeover without giving up! Health is worth it!!!! … more

My cat Annabelle loves this food!!! The little freeze dried nuggets are her favorite part!!! She highly recommends this food!!!

My boy likes A LOT of variety so I decided to try this. He instantly loved it, which isn't uncommon. Whatever is new he loves a few days. I'm glad to have it in his rotation. My only complaint is there were very few of the raw pieces. I'd have given it 5 stars if it had a decent amount. The raw pieces are the consistency of all the other dehydrated raw.