Hi calico and Welcome!

I have been feeding Wellness canned to my gang (5) since March when one of my boys was diagnosed with diabetes. He was also very overweight at 28lbs 
Wellness has brought his blood glucose levels back to normal and he has lost some weight. I only feed the grain-free varieties.

I can surely understand your devotion to your animals, I feel the same way, preferring animals over people, LOL. This is a wonderful website. It's great to get so much information from others that share the same concerns.

Glad you joined. Hope to see more of your posts. 

LOL Calico, I almost threw the cans at the vet too, I would not have any part in that food.  My female Shadow had struvite crystals and I put her on the Wellness, and she is now healthy.

Snowshoes,that is great to hear about your Diabetic cat, I thought that the potato in the Wellness would raise the blood sugar level???
So maybe there isnt that much in it?  I dont know.

All three cats ate Wellness Chicken and Herring with today.They licked their plates clean, and so far there are no problems.

5.5 oz cans
Best by 30 Jan. 11
7WCHS4 14:03

No garlic listed on this can's label.

Offy,

Mine do not like the plain chicken or turkey either,  they both will eat the chicken and herring, Topaz is the only one that will be bothered with the turkey and salmon Geisha will not touch it.

Tonight I tried the Weruva have you tried any  of it yet?

Bottle of Merlot..............no goblet necessary

I noted that one a while back.  It is a considerably better lot in consistency than prior (I equated it to they trying to revamp the food for entry into Petco stores).  Seems they found the turkey (or actually, supplemented it with Chicken).  My cats like it better than the plain chicken.  (The Chicken contains more chicken than turkey, and vice versa).  Both use Chicken Liver.

Cats have been eating this on rotational basis for about a month, and no problems whatsoever on the Wellness (I like that rotational thing, easy to pinpoint when a specific food causes a problem, and can eliminate - or in the instance of home/mixtures - adjust, to fit the needs of the kitty).

I add water to the refrigerated food all the time (and they used to demand it in the out of the canned version also).  It was never really chunky (at least since I used it).  However, the refrigerated version actually shows the real food and how its cooked - the food actually comes out chunkier once the juices have cooled.  So need to chop up and add water for heating.

Edited to add:  I add water to a lot of pate style foods (whether refriged or not), because the kitties equate that to gravy, and its better for getting extra water in 

I've been feeding the latest bright label lots of 12.5 oz Turkey & Chicken here for a few days & no problems so far (I always knock on wood when I say that).  Chicken is more pate-like but not as gloppy as the last lot of Turkey.  Turkey is less gloppy than last lot, but still pate-like.  Both are now about the same consistancey & have less of the gloppy gel on top.

No problems:
Chicken 12.5 oz -  MW10  26Feb11 
Turkey 12.5 oz -  MW9  24Apr11

One interesting latest twist - the cans on both of these look almost full when opened, unlike the last few lots.  But, when I dump it in the mixing bowl, the BOTTOM of the can has a good sized air space in it.  Not sure if this intentional, but almost looks like they turn the cans upside down to cool so they look full when opened??