Two recovering ARF cats eating Wellness grain-free canned and occasional Friskies canned and Fancy Feast--without any setbacks.  They need variety to keep interest in eating.

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I fed Wellness canned before the recalls then stopped because of that.  I just reintroduced because of need for grainless & variety for the cats.  There didn't seem to be any complaints of problems during the time I didn't feed it, so I decided to go back to it.  It's a gamble any way you do it.

I'm feeding Turkey & Chicken formulas now, also fed those formulas with fish previously but leaving those out this time.  One of the fish formulas had huge black chunks in it in every can, so I quit feeding it.  I think it was the Herring.  No one here is complaining about it now, & I also see the change in texture, so maybe they reformulated it.  The salmon/trout formula (or at least it was 2 fish) smells absolutely rotten, every can of it. 

I want to try the Beef/Salmon formula for my CRF cat (the Turkey & this one have the lowest phosphorous levels), but the petstore isn't ordering it yet.  If it's also stinky, I don't want it either.

4 cats, live in Wisconsin.  Started using Wellness 3-oz. cans January or February 06.  Still using it and it's our main canned food now since recalls of other brand we were using.  2 cats eat it, 2 refuse.  Of those that will eat it, the only flavors they accept are Beef & Chicken, Turkey & Salmon, and the new Beef & Salmon.  Won't eat any of the other flavors.  I've had no problems with this food.  One cat with past dental issues (that required some teeth to be removed) seems to like the texture better than almost any other food.

We switched to Wellness also.  When we orginally brought out Maine Coon kittens home they were eating Fancy Feast.  I did not like the idea of by products.  We switched to Max Cat Gourmet for about 6-7 months until the Menu problems started.  Wellness (although I know is made by menu) is the only canned food that we could get the boys to eat.  We tried every "healthy option" out there with no success.  They only like the Turkey Wellness....but at least they do eat it.

Wellness Beef and Chicken - I have a hard core hold out for kibble.  The only wet food he would eat was the Nutro pouches which are now out of the question.  He only licked off the sauce and left the pieces.  He likes sauce.  The Wellness Beef and chicken has more jelled sauce on it and he loves it.  Of course he just licks the jelled part of it and eats a little of the meaty part.  I am still hoping that he will develop a taste for it and prefer canned.

NW Arkansas

4 cats. 2 are 14 years old  2 are one year old.

I'd fed Wellness canned for over a year as part of the cats' food rotation until the Menu Foods recall.  I've only just started adding Wellness grain free (beef and beef/chicken) back to my food rotation, since I have yet to read of any serious problems associated with it, and my cats demand variety with their canned food. Since I won't feed fish formulas and due to having one cat who has had some UTI issues, I also have to be careful of magnesium and ash %'s, I am rather limited as far as variety goes.

Another note on Wellness canned. My cats are all dry addicts, and would never touch canned food before, but three of our five all dive right in to all the Wellness flavors we've tried.

Missouri