Primal Chicken & Salmon Formula Nuggets Grain-Free Raw Freeze-Dried Cat Food

According to my research on the best food for cats was a prey diet, that being how cats eat in the wild. The majority of the raw freeze-dried foods contained raw meats but fell short in my opinion when they started adding fruits and vegetables which cats are incapable of processing. When the raw animal meat is ground whole, bones and all, plus the organ meats, such as heart and liver, there is not even the need to add any vitamins or minerals. Everything the cat needs in found within the donor body just as found in the wild prey. The only food on this website that I found that does this is Vital Essentials. There may be others but I give this one 5 stars.

Since our 18 year old cat has begun a raw diet, he has started eating better and is more active. He is slowly gaining the weight he had lost while eating kibble and is very impatient waiting for me to break up the nuggets for his meals. He has gotten a new lease on life.

My cats are not picky, at all. They will pretty much eat everything. I never have introduced food slowly to them, if I switch their food I just switch it up completely (I know, probably not the best idea). I bought this food because I saw it got rated as THE BEST cat food in crude protein and nutrients. I bought it and immediately switched it, not introducing it slowly. One of my cats was skeptical but dug right in, but the other one wouldn't eat it. I decided that I needed to introduce this food slowly over the course of a week. I did that and both my cats love it now, no hesitation. I feed half the recommended amount because I mix it with a dry food. Be careful though, this food is high in My cats are not picky, at all. They will pretty much eat everything. I never have introduced food slowly to them, if I switch their food I just switch it up completely (I know, probably not the best idea). I bought this food because I saw it got rated as THE BEST cat food in crude protein and nutrients. I bought it and immediately switched it, not introducing it slowly. One of my cats was skeptical but dug right in, but the other one wouldn't eat it. I decided that I needed to introduce this food slowly over the course of a week. I did that and both my cats love it now, no hesitation. I feed half the recommended amount because I mix it with a dry food. Be careful though, this food is high in fat, just monitor your cat's weight and adjust accordingly. It doesn't smell super strong to me (I read a comment that said that) but it is a bit hard to break up into a mushy food so I just use my hands to crush it. If you let it soak for a minute and then try to crush it up it would probably be easier but my cats are way too impatient so I just break it apart with my hands until the water absorbs. Overall, I'm very happy with this product! … more

My cat did not eat in one sitting using dry kibble. I switched him to this stuff and he devours it in one sitting. He wasn't eating enough and now I have to scale back on his intake!! We've tried the Turkey Formula, Chicken & Salmon Formula, and now we're on the Pork Formula. The Turkey and Chick/Salmon nuggets were very easy to break apart and add water. He enjoyed the Turkey but he LOVED the Chicken & Salmon. The Pork formula was so dry it took extra effort to break apart and re-hydrate. My cat was not happy with the extra minutes of waiting. Neither was I!! So this is our new go-to bag. It lasted a week. Most of these do.

Our DMH has suffered from allergies since we adopted her at 9 months of age. So much so that she would lick 50% of herself bare and started getting open wounds. We completed 3 very expensive allergy tests on her - 2 food and 1 environmental. For the past 3 years I have tried every single available food from local pet stores and online that were grain free as well as not containing any of the things she was allergic to. We have a collection of 14 hot spot and anti-itch sprays and lotions that made nearly 0 difference as well as powdered New Zealand Green Lipped Mussels. We stopped giving her tap water since fluoride is bad for animals. We also were having to take her to the vet on a bimonthly Our DMH has suffered from allergies since we adopted her at 9 months of age. So much so that she would lick 50% of herself bare and started getting open wounds. We completed 3 very expensive allergy tests on her - 2 food and 1 environmental. For the past 3 years I have tried every single available food from local pet stores and online that were grain free as well as not containing any of the things she was allergic to. We have a collection of 14 hot spot and anti-itch sprays and lotions that made nearly 0 difference as well as powdered New Zealand Green Lipped Mussels. We stopped giving her tap water since fluoride is bad for animals. We also were having to take her to the vet on a bimonthly basis to get a steroid injection to help the licking but it would only help for a week or two. A couple of months ago I stumbled upon a video that made a light click in my head. Most foods are overcooked which causes the depletion of all vitamins so the food companies spray on synthetic vitamins that a cat can't fully absorb. Additionally, the organ meat is where cats should be getting their vitamins from with minimal added fruits and veggies. Makes total sense! I set out to look for a food where it had only a few ingredients, wasn't cooked, and I could pronounce all of the ingredients meaning it wasn't a synthetic artificial source. This met all of the requirements! She has been on this food for a bit over 2 months and ALL of her fur is coming back beautifully, she has more energy, she doesn't beat up on my other larger cat which I assume is because she feels better for the first time in years and is therefor less grouchy, and is back to cuddling and being around us all the time. THIS FOOD IS AWESOME AND HAS FINALLY CURED OUR CAT! I CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS STUFF ENOUGH! 3 years of trying everything under the sun and we finally found the solution! :) SO HAPPY! I hope this review/food helps someone who may be going through the same issues that we went through. She weighs about 9 lbs and I feed her 5 bricks a day. 2 in the morning, 1 after work, and then 2 more for dinner time. I crush each brick in my hand, add some water and she chows it down like crazy! … more

We gradually changed our kitten's canned food over to Primal Chicken and Salmon Nuggets with great success. He is thriving and enjoying mealtime and we feel better about not feeding him canned food!

I started feeding this to my cats a few months ago. They love it. They are all healthier, have shinier coats, and are more active. The delivery from Chewy's arrived promptly and on time.

I have an overweight 7 year old cat who has had weight troubles his whole life. I learned recently that cats aren’t supposed to have grains or carbohydrates in their food at that grains and carbohydrates can be one of the main causes for weight gain when it comes to cats. I switched my cat to a raw food diet because of all the health benefits and in hopes of a raw food diet giving my cat more energy and hopeful weight loss. My cat has had hard cat food his whole life, so the switch to dehydrated raw food was a bit of a struggle. But I have to say he absolutely loves this food compared to other raw foods. However, I don’t think he was ever exposed to wet food as a kitten (I adopted him when he I have an overweight 7 year old cat who has had weight troubles his whole life. I learned recently that cats aren’t supposed to have grains or carbohydrates in their food at that grains and carbohydrates can be one of the main causes for weight gain when it comes to cats. I switched my cat to a raw food diet because of all the health benefits and in hopes of a raw food diet giving my cat more energy and hopeful weight loss. My cat has had hard cat food his whole life, so the switch to dehydrated raw food was a bit of a struggle. But I have to say he absolutely loves this food compared to other raw foods. However, I don’t think he was ever exposed to wet food as a kitten (I adopted him when he was 2), so he won’t even touch the raw food when I rehydrate it. So for now he eats it crumbled up and dry, which he prefers. I’m hoping to gradually transition him to the rehydrated food slowly. I’d recommend this food because my cat has only been eating this food for a few weeks now and he already has so much more energy! This food keeps him full a lot longer than hard dry cat food. I will continue to buy this food, but I wish it wasn’t so expensive. He’s a pretty big boy and can only eat about 1 1/2 bricks (or whatever they are called) of the raw food before he is full and walks away. … more

My brother and sister cats (age 15) have grown pickier in their "old age" and ignore the wet food in their dishes, so I crumble up some of these nuggets over the top of their food, and they gobble it right up.

My "mommy" bought this for me. It was the first time I've ever had freeze dried cat food before. I love it and keep asking for more, but she said I can't eat every time she gets out of her LazBoy!