Tiki Cat Born Carnivore Chicken & Herring Grain-Free Dry Cat Food

While I know that my cat does not need dry food (I feed Tiki Cat wet food twice a day), I still like to keep a little kibble out for her to nosh on, and if I'm going to feed dry food, I want it to be GOOD dry food. Tiki Cat provides the best. And I put a scoopful out for my neighborhood kitties. My porch has become a definite daily stop for several kitties who live around me.

I can't recommend this. My cats liked it, but one cat in particular become unwell after a few months of this. Huge weight gain, even though I was feeding her an amount of this that should have helped her lose weight. Pooping became a problem for her, causing her visible stress and pooping outside the box. As soon as I switched to another food she was better. Don't go by anecdotal evidence; this might be fine for most cats. But take this review as a data point.

I have an older diabetic cat who came in from the streets a few years ago. He loves kibble, but he must eat a high protein diet one. I recently switched to this one. He loves it, and I like the quality of it.

my cats don't seem to think this is food and eat around it. I had a sniff and agree it smells quite stale. i think they may nibble it out of desperation only so i'm guessing i'll have to give this away.

tl;dr my cat loves fish! And her poop looks better too! I adopted my cat just over 3 months ago from a local foster-based charity. Since our meet & greet spot was a pet supply store, we were able to buy the same dry food she had been eating (Purina Pro plan, salmon & rice) which she wolfed down at alarming speeds. When that started to run low, we bought a more meat-forward food to transition to (Blue Buffalo hairball, chicken & rice), and she ate the combo of the 2 foods just fine, though she seemed to prefer the fish-based kibble and bat around the dark “life bits” in BB. Until about 2 weeks ago. She wasn’t finishing her meals most days, and when we only had BB left she would barely touch her tl;dr my cat loves fish! And her poop looks better too! I adopted my cat just over 3 months ago from a local foster-based charity. Since our meet & greet spot was a pet supply store, we were able to buy the same dry food she had been eating (Purina Pro plan, salmon & rice) which she wolfed down at alarming speeds. When that started to run low, we bought a more meat-forward food to transition to (Blue Buffalo hairball, chicken & rice), and she ate the combo of the 2 foods just fine, though she seemed to prefer the fish-based kibble and bat around the dark “life bits” in BB. Until about 2 weeks ago. She wasn’t finishing her meals most days, and when we only had BB left she would barely touch her food at all. I “weigh” (i.e. hold & subtract) her about once per week, and when I noticed she’d lost 1/2lb in one week (5% of her body weight), I was concerned and knew we needed a food she would actually eat. I did a lot of research and wanted to make sure anything we got was high quality and meat-first. Tiki Cat was consistently rated well, and this flavor (chicken/herring/salmon) especially was on the top 10 of several lists! As soon as we gave her a scoop, she has been into it. The food is very “fragrant” (borderline stinky) but it smells like the fish it is made of. And because the kibbles can require some chewing, she has slowed down when eating. And I’m glad to say she has been leaving her bowl empty! And it may sound weird, but her poop has been looking so much better since we switched to Tiki. On the previous kibbles, her poop was consistently light brown and rather hard, but that seemed like her “normal.” Until this food. Now her poop is a much deeper brown and more pliable, and less smelly too! Good things all around. This food may be a bit pricier but for these results it is worth every penny! … more

Wanted to like this as it seemed to have good ingredients and nutrition profile. But healthy food is worthless if the cats won’t eat it. One cat would literally rather starve than eat this. The other two would nibble at it reluctantly. Tried to stick with it for about a week but even with lots of coaxing they wouldn’t go for it.

One of my cats was puking all the time and had gotten quite chubby on his old well known brand food. I took the plunge and tried Tiki cat and I'm really glad I did. No more puking! Along with that he's got alot more energy now. Him and his two brothers all have even softer and shinier fur since making the switch. My other cat with a sensitive stomach is even doing well on it. As far as dry food goes, this one has worked well for our 3 boys. We use it more as a treat now that they get wet food but I'm still happy to let them have it, knowing it's high quality.

I have a Sphynx cat and he loves this food! It is high in protein and low in carbs which is great for weight mgmt. since he eats more to regulate his body temperature. I have 3 furry cats as well and they love it too!

Got my cat super sick, I even tried mixing it with her old food to wean her on to it! Glad I wasted 50 dollars! Wow. Very disappointed.

They didn’t like it. They didn’t even go near it, usually when I put down a new food, they get excited about it, but this one they didn’t.