Wellness CORE Grain-Free Original Formula Dry Cat Food

My cats are getting older and I wanted to get a more quality food for them. I have always heard good things about Wellness (I work at a veterinary clinic). I tried the senior diet, but they weren't big fans of it. I then tried this Wellness Core kind and it is a hit. They like the food, and I love the confidence I feel in feeding them a quality product! Overall would definitely recommend.

I bought a big bag of this cat food for my two furballs. My dog Charlie likes his food made by this company so I was sure the cats would like theirs too. This is not the case. I know there are other dry food by this company. Maybe I will try one of those. I have a big bag so i will continue to try and feed it to them. We shall see.

I love the ingredients but both my cats (even the one always hungry and eats everything) rejected this food. I realized over time that they both hate food (both dry and wet) with turkey as first ingredient (like me, lol). I wish they had a original version with chicken or duck as first ingredient. Both my cats love the dry food with those meat.

I’ve researched a lot on dry cat food ant this has a decent high court for crude protein which is what you should be aiming for in a dry food. I only supplement a small amount of this to a wet food diet for my cat.

My cats wouldn't touch this food. I tried for five days. I surmised that they would prefer to starve than to eat this food. Wow! Why? This has never happened before. Big waste of money, right?

I switched over to Wellness core as one of my cats was vomiting and my vet suggested Wellness as one of the brands to try. They were already on the Wellness wet food and transitioned them over to Wellness core dry food from Royal Canin. 1 cat in particular tends to be very fussy but he loves this food. One of things I noticed about my Burmese cat was how much more shiny his coat was looking and no vomiting since the switch over!. I highly recommend wellness core. My puppy is on the dog version and seems to be a hit in our household! I had read many reviews recommending this food and glad I switched over for the health of my cats! The wet food is also fantastic the cats eat every last bit!

I've been mixing this food with another brand for a few months now for my 4 cats - 1 male and 3 females. I chose this because it is a good brand and this particular formula supposedly has a lower amount of carbs compared to other dry foods. A very recent vet visit discovered my male cat has crystals in his urine (struvite). I started googling the foods I give them and found quite a few hits that mention this food and crystals. The other brand did not produce any results. I also have a friend who has had her cat on that brand (not wellness) for a few years with no issues. Disclaimer...The wellness brand does have 3x as many reviews as the alternate food so it is more likely the topic could come I've been mixing this food with another brand for a few months now for my 4 cats - 1 male and 3 females. I chose this because it is a good brand and this particular formula supposedly has a lower amount of carbs compared to other dry foods. A very recent vet visit discovered my male cat has crystals in his urine (struvite). I started googling the foods I give them and found quite a few hits that mention this food and crystals. The other brand did not produce any results. I also have a friend who has had her cat on that brand (not wellness) for a few years with no issues. Disclaimer...The wellness brand does have 3x as many reviews as the alternate food so it is more likely the topic could come up. But if you add in forum posts and google hits and I'm at least concerned about a possible link. If there is a link I would assume it is more complicated than than "the food causes crystals" and is dependent on a cat's biology so I doubt this is a factor for everyone. I also know "bad" reviews stand out more but I wanted to post this info just in case. All that being said, the only issue I had with this food previously was the smell. The food has a very fishy smell to it. My mom doesn't really notice it but I have a more sensitive nose so it bothers me. I put up with it because of the lower carb factor. I think it was supposed to be around 11%? Even if it was higher it was definitely under 30%. I do like the design of the packaging for the large bags since they reseal easily. The other brand I buy is a pain to close the bag. 3 of my 4 cats really like this food and the one who doesn't is just picky. … more

I rescued a 2 yr old cat with ribs showing and teeth worse than my 15 year old cats. Just horrible nutrition or lack of I guess. I did a lot of research on every type of grain free kibble. Wellness has everything I wanted. But she really does NOT like the taste! I added less and less of her old chow into the Wellness over three whole months. Now we start bag two without the fatty old chow and she acts like she will starve before eating it. I supplement with wet food but want her to be content with this for the price. Her fur, weight, everything has improved quickly but I may stop buying. I wish there was a way to get samples of some of these items.

I'll be honest, anything from Wellness, I will purchase. My cat loves this dry food. I have it so that she's free feeding from it and let me tell you, it's depleting quickly. I feed her this as well as the 1/4 of Wellness core canned foods twice a day. Her coat is nice and shiny. She was about 6 lbs at 2 years old when I picked her up. Will visit the vet in 2 weeks, but she's gained a healthy amount of weight.

We're integrating Wellness CORE ever so slowly with the dry food we've used for years. The ingredients of the old food can't come close to those in Wellness and independent reviewers rate it very highly, hence the switch. All I can say at this point is that the cats are eating as usual and not objecting to the new food. I'll be glad when they're done with the old food and only on Wellness.