Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Ultamino Dry Cat Food, 5.5-lb bag

Merlin, my 15 year old Siamese boy, dislikes dry food. He walks up to a plate and buries the food with a digging gesture. Then he asks for wet food only. But Merlin has bad IBD and began to lose big patches of fur and develop sores in the bald spots on his chest. He is highly allergic to anything w/feathers - chicken, turkey, duck. He dislikes beef catfood. Would cook foods for him, but he needs feline nutrients. So I tried a little trick that works. I break up a very small amt. of over the counter treats that he loves but should not eat. I add it to a handful of dry Ultamino and run warm water over it. Then I hand feed it to Merlin who gobbles it up. If I try leaving on a plate in Merlin, my 15 year old Siamese boy, dislikes dry food. He walks up to a plate and buries the food with a digging gesture. Then he asks for wet food only. But Merlin has bad IBD and began to lose big patches of fur and develop sores in the bald spots on his chest. He is highly allergic to anything w/feathers - chicken, turkey, duck. He dislikes beef catfood. Would cook foods for him, but he needs feline nutrients. So I tried a little trick that works. I break up a very small amt. of over the counter treats that he loves but should not eat. I add it to a handful of dry Ultamino and run warm water over it. Then I hand feed it to Merlin who gobbles it up. If I try leaving on a plate in front of him, he ignores it entirely. Talk about a spoiled kid!! So far, so good. His neck/chest have not turned red again, and no sores. He also gets daily budesonide which helps his IBD … more

My vet recommended this food for digestive issues. Both of my 11 year old cats love the food. They had opposite issues. The food has cleared up my boy's IBD w/diarrhea AND my bobtail girl's constipation. Thank you Royal Canin!

My vet recommended and prescribed this so I feed it to my cat but personally I don’t see much nutritional value in it. I will continue feeding it to him if it will help his issues.

Loki is my 15 year old sweet boy with a very sensitive stomach. Since I switched him to this, his digestive upset has disappeared and I am so happy my kitty feels better. Highly recommend giving this a try if your kitty has digestive problems.

so far my Frankie is reacting to this new food nicely, i'm only introducing small amounts to him gradually, his stool is good, and he likes the taste ! he hasn't thrown this up like the others, so i'm hoping it will work, my vet says i'll know in about a month's time, so far so good ! i like the Royal Canin foods because they are healthy foods and i trust the name...but he does throw up the urinary one, so that's out....he also throws up on the purina c/d im assuming its the ingredient in both those foods he is allergic to, so ill continue to hope that is will be the one

Our seal point developed red, itchy, weepy sores above his eyes. Vet could find nothing wrong after treating with antibiotic drops. She suggested we try ultimino. I nearly had heart failure from sticker shock. But after using it for a few weeks, the sores cleared up. He happily eats it now but it took some time. Best thing is that his stools are small and don't stink. Cleaning his box isn't as disgusting as it used to be.

When we looked to adopt a cat, we fell in love with this sweet calico at the shelter. She had a few small sores their vet couldn't figure out, and I'm sure that turned people off from adopting her. That didn't scare us away though. After a few trial and errors with medicine, shots, diet changes, etc., the vet put her on this Royal Canin Ultamino and it worked! Her skin is now totally and completely free from sores and itches, and she loooooves the taste of this food. All in all a wonderful product that was a nothing less than a miracle in a bag for our cat.

This stinks to high heaven, but my cat loves it; good thing since it's all he can eat. He's allergic to everything and this stopped his GI distress. Pricey, but he's worth every penny.

My cat has been scratching and biting his fur off. Vet ran blood and skin scraping test to rule out fleas, mites. Steroid shot didn’t really last. Next item was to see if he has a food allergy, so she prescribed Ultamino. He liked it okay at first, but has since not really gone for it. He mostly ate Ultamino for about two weeks with no improvement in his skin, scratching and fur loss. So am currently feeding Royal Canin sensitive digestion which he likes better than Ultamino, and a little bit of Friskies turkey canned. I am still offering the Ultamino too. He is on a new med as of two days ago. So hoping that helps.

Our cat, Boris, was losing weight because he couldn’t keep food down. Our vet put him on this and it has made a huge difference. He eats it up, likes it more than wet foods, has gained back his weight and is his old frisky self again. The only bad thing is that it’s god awful expensive!