Primal Turkey Formula Nuggets Grain-Free Raw Freeze-Dried Cat Food

My oldest cat Beemer has been eating the Primal Freeze-Dried Turkey since I can remember. I recently bought 4 14-oz. packs of this (not from Chewy, but from Western Farm Supply in Santa Rosa), and he refused to touch it. I opened another bag, with the same lot number, and no dice. When I returned it, the cashier said they'd had several returns of this product recently. I waited a few weeks, and bought another bag with a different expiration date and lot number, and the same thing happened. Beemer not only won't eat it, but as it used to be his favorite dry food, he is begging and complaining to me all day long. I left a message with the company, and the rep called back to tell me that he My oldest cat Beemer has been eating the Primal Freeze-Dried Turkey since I can remember. I recently bought 4 14-oz. packs of this (not from Chewy, but from Western Farm Supply in Santa Rosa), and he refused to touch it. I opened another bag, with the same lot number, and no dice. When I returned it, the cashier said they'd had several returns of this product recently. I waited a few weeks, and bought another bag with a different expiration date and lot number, and the same thing happened. Beemer not only won't eat it, but as it used to be his favorite dry food, he is begging and complaining to me all day long. I left a message with the company, and the rep called back to tell me that he doesn't know of any changes to the product recently. However, I see in recent reviews of it that many others are saying the same thing. So for now, I guess we're done with Primal foods. … more

My cats LOVED this product up until recently and now they sniff and walk away. It also seems to me that the nuggets are harder and it even smells different to me. I have found small white pieces of something in them. Primal responded to me that it was "normal". I had never seen the pieces of what looks like bone fragments prior to that. I am purchasing another bag as I haven't purchased in awhile so we will see how my cats react. My original purchases I give 5 stars, but to my latter purchase I can't do that. I hope that whatever they changed they will reconsider changing back.

I’ve ordered the turkey flavor before and he ate it. Now, he’s not touching it. He actually loved the lamb for dogs I bought by mistake. I wonder why no lamb for cats? Anyway the outside strays don’t like it either and it smells like play dough. New formula? Expensive to be doing a trial and error experiment.

Our 1 cat used to LOVE the Turkey Formula until the last couple of months. I keep offering it to him, but he will not touch it now. He barely sniffs at it and then walks away. I’ve purchased bags at different places, even different sized bags, and he still won’t eat it! Hopefully Primal reads all of the negative reviews re their Turkey Formula and figures out what the problem is. Our cat does at least like 2 other formulas.....the Pork and the Chicken/Salmon.

When I first opened the package, several cats immediately appeared out from nowhere! The was the beginning of their good eating - this product is a treat for our cats.

Most of my 7 cats are pretty picky. They're junk food cats and rarely will eat high quality foods. When I received Primal Nuggets, I left the bag on the counter to try it in the morning. My cats had a different idea! In the morning, I found the bag on the floor, completely ripped and chewed open, and lots of the dry nuggets gone. They love Primal---even dry. (Should be eaten moist) I placed the remaining food in a ziplock bag and put it in a high cabinet. Next morning, the Ziplock was on the counter, ripped and chewed. Glasses knocked down in the cabinet. Now, we've put the Nuggets in a new Ziplock and placed that inside a container. The cats are still trying to open the container to Most of my 7 cats are pretty picky. They're junk food cats and rarely will eat high quality foods. When I received Primal Nuggets, I left the bag on the counter to try it in the morning. My cats had a different idea! In the morning, I found the bag on the floor, completely ripped and chewed open, and lots of the dry nuggets gone. They love Primal---even dry. (Should be eaten moist) I placed the remaining food in a ziplock bag and put it in a high cabinet. Next morning, the Ziplock was on the counter, ripped and chewed. Glasses knocked down in the cabinet. Now, we've put the Nuggets in a new Ziplock and placed that inside a container. The cats are still trying to open the container to get at the food. Sooooo...bottom line....even picky cats will do anything to get at this food! We're currently adding the Nuggets with water to other canned foods. Even canned food that they don't normally like, is a big hit with the cats. … more

My cats loved Primal Freeze Dried Turkey, until recently. They won't touch the last two bags...and my cats are not picky; they eat anything. I noticed it smells different.. it smells like play-dough. Something is not right with it and they know it. What's going on, Primal?

My cats either love or hate this food. The first 3 bags they went crazy for. The next bag they wouldn't touch. I opened another bag and it was so so. Then another bag they went crazy again. I then noticed the ones they loved all had the same batch number, the other bags each had different batch numbers. I can't afford to gamble if they will like that batch or not. I don't want to throw it out so I am mixing some canned food I know they love with it and they sometimes won't even eat it that way. My cats aren't particularly picky either. I would give 5 stars to some batches and 0 to the others. No matter how good the food is for them, if they don't eat it, it doesn't matter.

I was seeking a substitute for a similar but discontinued product, which my cat loved and which agreed with her problematic GI tract. The Primal Nuggets have more ingredients than the discontinued product, however my cat loves them at least as much. Her stools are very healthy on this food. I would try the chicken & salmon, however in the FAQ section, there is an acknowledgement that sometimes farmed salmon is used. Unlike the other ingredients in this brand, farmed salmon is not healthy for either the one eating it or the environment, and I will not feed it to my cat. I am going to try the duck, though.

I bought this because one of my five cats is a diabetic and insulin isn’t doing much. Researched raw diets and the freeze-dried appears to be the most convenient with the same benefits as any raw diet. 4/5 cats are loving it (I have 1 borderline neurotic cat who doesn’t deal well with change). I won’t know how it’s working for his diabetes and we haven’t completely switched to all-raw yet. I’ll update when we do.