Wx Phos Focused Chicken Formula in Gravy 5.5oz Can, Pack of 8

As our CKD kitty neared the end, she stopped eating the foods she always ate, she had never been finicky before. We were trying everything. I would find a food that she would eat for a while (each time realizing it had less phospherous than its predecessor) until it bothered her too and I would have to find something else. Prescription K/D mixed with water was the last food she gave up on before we stumbled across Weruva WX. Once we found it, she ate the WX with gusto, and actually put a good amount of weight on. WX kept her going for another few months, before she got sick enough to let me know it was time, refusing everything. WX is very expensive, but I wonder if I had found it earlier, the ultra-low phosphate would have bought her even more time. Chicken in hydrating puree was her favorite choice overall. When she got tired of that, the Tilapia and chicken flavors worked for a day or two, then I'd have to cycle her back to the puree. She would also eat the chicken in gravy for a longer period, but the long strands of chicken in it were hard for her to eat, so I'd have to pull them out, chop them up fine, and mix them back in. I had to use the same chopping process on the tilapia flavor. I had to offer small portions of the tilapia, I guess it smelled bad to her fast, she wouldn't eat leftovers later, even if fresh was mixed in with it. She would come back and it the leftovers of either of the chicken-only varieties. Oddly, she flat refused the Tilapia and Tuna flavor every time. I miss her so much

My 8-year-old cat likes a lot of Weruva foods, but he especially loves this Weruva Wx Phos Focused, Chicken Formula in Gravy. He will eat more of this can at a time than he will most other foods, which is great, because it has a very high moisture content and is good for his kidneys and urinary tract. The "gravy" is more like a broth; it's not sticky or thick like gravy, it's thinner without any thickening ingredients. He loves the flavor so much that I can even add a little extra water to eat and he'll still eat it. The chicken is a pulled consistency. It's like little thin strips. These strips are pretty easy for him to eat, although he does sort of lick them a lot until he gets the chicken closer to the edge of the plate and finally bites the pieces rather than lick them. It can get a little messy when he licks the chicken and it goes off the plate, but he's a messy eater in general, so I don't really think this is the food's fault. I tried the other Wx Phos focused flavors, and he didn't like those as much. I'm sure it depends on your cat's specific tastes. I'll continue to buy this one. I've already fed him almost 24 cans over the course of a month or two, and he continues to love it. This food is great for preventing kidney damage because of its high moisture content (like most canned foods) and its low phosphorus content. High phosphorus diets are associated with kidney damage. This is not a prescription food, but it still contains phosphorus in amounts under AAFCO standards. Consult your veterinarian if you are going to feed this food as a major part of your cat's diet. Otherwise, it is perfectly healthy to feed your cats when fed with other foods, because most cat foods have high amounts of phosphorus.

My senior cat must have a renal diet. She can be a picky eater. Though loves this wet cat food.

nothing wrong with the food and it helps with the kidney issue. just hard to get a cat to like it

I've had a very challenging 6 months with my little 12 year old furball. After a number of health problems reared their ugly heads, we've settled down to her having stage 2 CKD. Her lack of appetite was a huge problem for many of those months. Many days I resorted to syringe feeding her to ensure she got calories, and I went through dozens of foods to find something she'd palate - then along came Weruva. I'm incredibly thankful that almost their entire line of food is relatively low in phosphorous, which helped me to find several flavors that my cat actually started to devour. Imagine my surprise when I tried this one - the lowest phos of them all, and she absolutely gobbles it up! While the jury is still out about protein content do's and don'ts, I tend to think that feeding an obligate carnivore the food they should be getting instead of the carbs found in renal foods makes sense. In this case, she happily laps up all of the liquid from this food (along with an ounce or so that I add), and I'm happy to know that it has the egg whites in it for protein and other beneficial supplements in the broth alone. Sometimes she eats all of the shredded chicken and sometimes she doesn't, and that is ok as she's eating enough, getting great hydration, and I'm elated that she's gained nearly a full pound in about a month. I've only got a couple of minor complaints - I'd love for this formula to come in a bigger can. She goes through 4 or 5 a day. Would love a big can like the paw lickin' chicken comes in. And secondly, I'd love it if the chicken shreds were chopped up just a bit more. Sometimes, I will snip the strands with scissors when I serve it, but that is just fussy.

I had really high hopes for this cat food, as my girl only has 1 functioning kidney and is having issues with that right now. After about a week of eating this food, she threw everything up and had a little diarrhea. I went back to the old food for a few days and reintroduced this wet food more slowly. When I got up to a 1/2 can serving (after about 5 days) she again threw up all her food and this time much worse diarrhea. She'd never had this problem while switching foods before. Never had diarrhea in the 10 years I've had her.

My cats love this

My cat loves this food. She is a very picky eater.