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« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2007, 05:11:10 PM » |
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I recently purchased a bag of the Instinct Rabbit formula. I have not had much success in getting my kids to eat more than just a couple of kibbles at a time. Disappointed that they do not like it. Will not purchase again. They do seem to enjoy the canned Instinct, although one cannot eat it because it contains eggs.
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« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2007, 08:50:41 AM » |
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Instinct canned has become a big hit with my cats. Even the ones who usually won't eat wet food enjoy the Instinct rabbit. Instinct duck was refused by all; it is a lot more watery and my cats don't like watery food. This morning we tried the first can of beef. When I opened it, I was dubious because the beef was a really, really "stiff" food--hard to mash up with a fork. But all five ate the beef, including the fussy dry-food addicts, in record time! None of the Instinct canned foods seem to have caused any belching, vomiting or diarrhea, even with the cat who has a sensitive stomach. Five paws up!
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« Reply #17 on: December 24, 2007, 09:50:02 AM » |
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After this food got rave reviews, I decided to try it. My fancy feast fiend wouldn't
touch it, (no surprise, really) and my other two cats liked it at first, but seem to be
tired of it after half a case. It's Instinct chicken. Also tried the dry. My picky cat
tried it once and never again, and the other two were unenthusiastic but ate some.
It's the Prairie Chicken Meal and Brown Rice Medley. I have a bag of grain-free
Instinct Chicken Meal Formula that I have not opened yet. Was thinking I might use
it as treats to get them to try it. I hope it's different enough from the Prairie that they
won't think it's the same thing.
Won't order the canned again, they just don't seem to like it enough to bother. Will
continue the search for canned they really love.
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« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2007, 08:33:15 PM » |
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After this food got rave reviews, I decided to try it. My fancy feast fiend wouldn't
touch it, (no surprise, really) and my other two cats liked it at first, but seem to be
tired of it after half a case. It's Instinct chicken. Also tried the dry. My picky cat
tried it once and never again, and the other two were unenthusiastic but ate some.
It's the Prairie Chicken Meal and Brown Rice Medley. I have a bag of grain-free
Instinct Chicken Meal Formula that I have not opened yet. Was thinking I might use
it as treats to get them to try it. I hope it's different enough from the Prairie that they
won't think it's the same thing.
Won't order the canned again, they just don't seem to like it enough to bother. Will
continue the search for canned they really love.
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« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2008, 08:49:59 PM » |
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Mine for some reason will not try even a bite of NV wet or dry .. I am in the northwest ... Zoey was given the opportunity to try the raw insticts dry and several wets
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« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2008, 05:53:24 PM » |
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I bought a bag on dry Instinct chicken formula about a month ago to try as one of my rotation dry foods. Two of five cats became somewhat constipated, even though one only snacks on dry food, eats mostly wet.
They were only getting it every 4th meal, but the change in stools was very noticeable. The cats ate it, but were not enthusiastic. I don't plan to buy it again.
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« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2008, 10:06:16 PM » |
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My two cats have been eating NV Canned Chicken exclusively for a few months. No problems so far. No indication of boredom with the food. I have given the duck flavor to one of them, the other one is not as interested.
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« Reply #22 on: April 09, 2008, 04:33:31 PM » |
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I've been feeding Instinct canned for many months now with no problems. Cats love it. Today, we had our first refusal. 7 cats ate it, 3 walked away, 2 of the 7 picked at it, then ate it. They usually split 2 cans between 10 cats for a meal, so for the second can I gave them a different brand grain-free canned, which all 10 ate. I'm going to start listing my lot numbers here, like I do on another thread. This was just 15 minutes ago.  Duck 13.2 ounce cans 012610 23DKM2 1038 |
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« Reply #23 on: April 09, 2008, 05:17:28 PM » |
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Thank you JustMe for this thread. I too have been feeding NV Instinct for quite some time with no problems. This evening was another story. My gang gets only Beef and Lamb. Tonight I opened 3 cans of the Beef....they were ravenous as I was late getting home from work.......
Absolute refusal of the food by all 6....we are in NY
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« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2008, 09:37:45 PM » |
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i bought one can of all the instinct flavors and so far ive tried the rabbit, beef and chicken. a little chicken was eaten and they also ate some rabbit. no beef as of yet.
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« Reply #25 on: May 01, 2008, 03:27:23 AM » |
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This food gets rave reviews on our IBD forum, in particular the rabbit. I decided to try the food on my non-IBD cat Wilson....he vomited within minutes of eating the NV Instinct Duck, and it was the first time I've ever seen him vomit on food (although there are other foods that he didn't feel well on, he didn't vomit from them). He ate the chicken a couple times as part of a treat and wouldn't touch it after. I had him eating EVO 95% venison for a couple weeks and mixed in some NV Instinct venison and within a couple days wouldn't eat any canned foods with venison in them....Could be it wasn't the Instinct Venison, but after three attempts, he is never getting NV Instinct canned again.
I do still want to try the rabbit for one of my IBD cats.
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« Reply #26 on: May 01, 2008, 05:25:37 PM » |
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breakfast today: NV Instinct 13.2 oz canned Beef
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dinner today: NV Instinct 13.2 0z canned Lamb
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All kitties ate with gusto.......no problems
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« Reply #27 on: May 01, 2008, 07:46:31 PM » |
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My cats are kibble and seafood addicts. all the things bad for them : ( im going to order a case of the few ive tried because i did see they picked at the beef. maybe they just need a proper introduction. i like the ingredients and everything about the instinct i just wish they would have liked it from the get go more.
the more i introduced this to them the more they eat. i have one cat who likes the lamb. the other 2 dont like it. 2 of them like the beef also. we finished that can. we also finished a rabbit can. the only flavor that didnt get touched was the chicken. : / ill try it again another time. I just ordered a case of lamb, beef, and rabbit. It seems like its only one of my girls who doesnt seem to be impressed by instincts.
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« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2008, 04:10:26 PM » |
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I've been feeding Instinct canned for many months now with no problems. Cats love it. Today, we had our first refusal. 7 cats ate it, 3 walked away, 2 of the 7 picked at it, then ate it. They usually split 2 cans between 10 cats for a meal, so for the second can I gave them a different brand grain-free canned, which all 10 ate. I'm going to start listing my lot numbers here, like I do on another thread. This was just 15 minutes ago. Duck 13.2 ounce cans 012610 23DKM2 1038 Update: today, 05/06/2008 Refusal by one cat. 2 cats started to eat it. Took it away and fed rabbit instinct instead. This is the second incidence of refusal from this date for duck. Different time. Cans from different retailers. Duck Instinct canned, 13.2 oz 012610 23DKM2 1024 |
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« Reply #29 on: May 08, 2008, 05:22:29 PM » |
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Just picked up a huge bag of chicken instinct dry at the store. will evaluate how they like this compared to others. (chicken prarie, merrick before grain chicken)
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