Vital EssentialsFreeze Dried Raw Cat Food, Rabbit Mini Patties Entree, 8 oz

both of my cats love this! this is the only cat food they beg for all day long! so happy it's not full of filler ingredients and filler mega vitamins, very hard to find pet food without all of the fillers

I've been feeding my two cats a variety of the Vitals freeze dried foods. It isn't their primary diet and I serve them each 1/2 a patty with their dry food (all rehydrated with water or bone broth/goats milk). They both love the rabbit and duck as they have sensitivities to beef/salmon/pork. It definitely is pricey, but if used in addition to your cats' diet it isn't so bad. The 3.75 oz bag will last my two cats about a month since I rotate their proteins so they don't get the one flavor every day. We also really love the toppers/treats from this brand and its all cheaper on Amazon compared to your local pet store.

I make my own raw cat food, but have a good kibble always available. I add this to my raw and sprinkle on the kibble. My one cat will not eat the kibble unless she has Turkey Entre added. Great product which promotes cat health.

My cat LOVES these, and he is gorgeous and healthy and FULL of energy eating them, but I HIGHLY advise reconstituting these with liquid for two reasons:- Breaking them apart often leads to me finding sizable bones. Usually it's just one or two per patty, but some batches there have been eight or more per patty! However, he has never had any issues from eating these long before I realized they often have bones in them, for whatever that's worth.- I have a male cat who will NOT drink water to make up for how dry these are, even though he has two nice fountains. This resulted in some serious vet bills because he started passing blood clots in his urethra and getting clogged up. Male cats can be prone to this problem and it can literally kill them.What I do is make a package of chicken thighs (or legs or wings) in the Instant Pot with the minimal amount of water (about a cup) for about 45 minutes. The broth from that should gel completely when cooled in the fridge. For dinner my cat gets some cooked chicken, plus I take five big spoonfuls of the broth and mix it with a crumbled up patty. If you don't want to give your cat ANY cooked meat, then just eat the chicken yourself and use the broth for your cat.On this diet my cat is very energetic, playful, intelligent, and has no anxiety. His coat is SUPER shiny, everyone comments on it.

I ordered this recently and there were small BONES in it. Amazon refused to refund, but I want to share with everyone NOT TO BUY if you don’t want to put your pets at risk of choking or cutting their throats.

For the last 4 or 5 years our cats have lost interest in several varieties of canned cat food they’d eaten for years (change in formulas?). When one got really sick we tried lots of new things to get him eating again. The turkey patties were a hit, but we had a hoard of other cat food, thanks to Covid, so this got put aside when he recovered. Recently one of our other kitty boys, who wasn’t crazy about his canned food at breakfast or dinner, crept into the pantry and found the turkey patties, then pretty much destroyed the bag to get at them. They must’ve smelled great cuz he’d never gotten to try them before. I crumble the patties, removing any suspect pieces that might be bone shards, and mix with water since our boys have been used to wet food and so don’t usually drink much water. They obviously love the taste and gobble this stuff, trying to get at it before I add water. They’d prefer to eat it dry but they don’t get that option since I worry they won’t drink enough. Ordered more today to add in the rotation and will consider using much more often for the quality ingredients and lack of nonsense filler, and it obviously makes the boys happy. It’s not cheap, but what is these days?

I was half expecting my girl to not like this entrée given that the rabbit treats she refuses to touch. I will say that she's currently seven months old so she may not have her adult teeth in. Treat which is nibs has a small bone in it. I only found that out rehydrating it.Now the patty is fine for my girl. It has ground, powdered bone in it so it's not bothersome for my girl. She immediately took to eating this and ate most of the serving in one shot. She normally grazes her food and takes entirely too long to eat a 3oz serving of any food. It didn't take long to rehydrate however I sort of cooked it a bit having used boiled water from my kettle. Patty turned into what looked like shreds to me.Originally I presented the patty broken up dry but my girl absolutely refused it that way. It's not a big deal for me as she eats Primal Instinct brand of dehydrated rabbit dry which is given as a kibble topper.Between Vital and Primal, for rehydrating Vital wins. Vital looks like real rabbit to me in that it maintains a pink like color. Rabbit when cooked shouldn't be any shade of deep brown or caramel. Primal adds coloring to their option which isn't he best for any cat. Both options is easy to break apart into smaller pieces. Scent wise, I personally feel that Primal is more fragrant dry. Vital's option was very fragrant when rehydrated. Price point wise, both brands is expensive. It's not the most cost effective. Despite the price my cat seems to be thriving on both options with a shiny, soft coat and extra energy.Also because this a raw product there isn't any gums included in the option. Her bowel movements have been normal log shaped and mild smelling. Wet foods with gums will always cause poor bowels and more smelly one. My girl just so happened to be sensitive to gums so I have noted the differences in her bowels when off gums vs given foods with them.Overall I definitely recommend Vital's freeze dried food. It doesn't have to be served raw as using boiling water or microwaving it cooks it. Either way, this is the closest to a real hunt my girl will ever have in her diet.