Primal Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food Nuggets Beef & Salmon, Complete & Balanced Meal or Topper, Premium, Healthy, Grain Free, High Protein Raw Cat Food with Probiotics (14 oz)

Possibly literally. A little back story. In Feb of 2020 I adopted a feral "barn cat" from a local humane society. He was a large, orange, 6 year old Maine Coon mix that I was told the shelter had had since he was a kitten. They hadn't advertised him until before I went in for him b/c he didn't take to his foster as a kitten. I was told he hated people & wouldn't tolerate life as an indoor cat. Well, he's too pretty to go outside & hate is a strong word... more like not fond of. He's had no issue being indoors, but he still isn't big on people. About a month after I got him my boyfriend was cooking up some ground venison for our dogs. Abraham, Abe, the cat, was sitting in the middle of the kitchen watching him. My boyfriend thought he'd offer Abe some venison as a peace offering. Abe smelled it a bit & then instead of taking it out of my boyfriend's hand, he grabbed his hand & tried to run off w/ it. He let go of my boyfriend's hand, devoured the venison & more after that & a venison addict was born. This car went from eating the cheapest of cheap food at the shelter to not eating anything if he didn't have venison in a month. Luckily we have a lot of friends that hunt, so we can keep him pretty well stocked, but he does run out. He would not eat any other cat food, even venison food. If you mixed it w/ people venison he would, but don't try to feed him anything w/o venison. Last year wasn't a great year for my hunting friends & we didn't get as much as usual. Since I already tried what I'm pretty sure is every other venison cat food on the market, I was actually contemplating spending $32.00/lb to have a local grocery store special order it. Before doing that I gave 1 last ditch effort search on Google & was shown these for the 1st time. I bought a bag figuring he wouldn't like them. My boyfriend asked what they F were they as I was cutting them into bite size pieces, they look like little bread loaves. I gave Abe a few pieces & held my breath. He actually devoured them! 4 bags later & he hasn't tired of them. We now chop up the little loaves & soak them in water overnight. He'll eat them & other food either way, as long as there's some venison loaf, but my boyfriend likes to use the left over water on the dogs' food. Side note, 1 of my dogs is the pickiest pitbull ever & she also loves these. We have recommended this brand to quote a few people that have super finiky cats. They've all tried different flavors, we've only tried the venison, but they've all had the same result we have. It might be a more expensive food & I might only really be buying it for 1 cat (we have 4), but I would gladly pay more b/c my Abradude eats it & happily! I'm not sure how he was going to survive if I couldn't find something he would eat. It's worth every penny & then some!

Our cat likes crunchy dry food and those are not very healthy, even the super high priced ones, so we do not feed him those. and although he likes the frozen primal nuggets which are moist he has taken well to this dried product in its dry state. Our cat likes chewing on everything so we do not crumple these dry ones into alot of pieces as he enjoys chewing small chunks of these. These can also definitely be moistened if your cat prefers that.

I have never written a negative review on an item before primarily because it's a waste of my time to focus on something negative. But in this case, it was BECAUSE the product reviews were overwhelmingly positive that I went ahead and bought not just one bag, but 2 bags of this product in 2 different flavors. I spent over 50 dollars on just under 20 oz. of food--that's $2.5 per ounce of CAT FOOD! Now I will start with a couple of positives: The product is made in the USA, containing meat processed from animals free from antibiotics and hormones and no meat by products. I also liked that because it's freeze dried, it has a longer shelf life. I was excited when the box appeared on my doorstep and rushed to feed my cats. My 2 cats were hungry and anticipating their evening meal. The ziploc pouch contains little meat "biscuits" about the size of your thumb. It takes a few minutes to hydrate them, but they turn into a brown mush. Eager to eat, both cats approached their bowls, sniffed and walked away. That was the chicken flavor. The beef/salmon flavor was more expensive, so I opened that bag and did the same thinking that maybe that flavor would be more enticing. Their response was the same. Now these cats are not super finicky. They eat wet food from Pro Plan, Iams, Sheba, Aldi in pate, shreds and ground. They also eat dry food from Iams. They prefer wet food as most cats do, but this evening they returned to eat their dry food. I'm so disappointed because I had high hopes that I was giving my cats a superior product and was willing to spend the extra money. As I mentioned, the reviews were so positive; had I read a bad review I would have though twice about getting the larger bag and then another bag. Unfortunately, this item is not eligible for return and I'll be donating this to my local animal shelter.

It works best for our three cats as a topper for their wet food. The blocks are very hard so I chop them up with kitchen shears onto the wet food. With this topping they typically eat everything more consistently..