Vital Essentials Freeze Dried Cat Food, Raw Chicken Mini Patties | Complete Meal or Topper | Easy to Portion and Rehydrate | High Protein, Grain Free Dry Cat Food | 8 oz Bag

Offering a wide variety of foods is a big part of the cats diet here at camp kitty, but having as many cats as we do each with their own likes and dislikes, it’s nice to find a product they will all eat regularly. These turkey entree patties are the first ones we’ve tried and it’s been great. We’re curious about trying the others like the chicken ones. The smell wasn’t off putting at all, even after rehydrating. I would describe it like an earthy smell. The size of the patties is a perfect portion for our heard of cats and the texture is the perfect in between. Hard enough that they mostly kept their shape but soft enough to easily break down with your hands before rehydrating. We can definitely tell some of our kitties love the taste more than others, but everyone’s definitely given it a try. I think the quality is pretty decent, although I did find some hard bits at times when breaking down the patty. But none of the bits have been sharp or concerning, they seem normal considering what the product is. Overall we’re happy with these freeze dried patties and excited to try the chicken ones. We greatly appreciate the brands transparency on everything like manufacturing and sourcing, and that the information wasn't hard to find. That’s really something we appreciate a lot with the Vital Essentials brand. Definitely give this product a try especially if you’ve got some poultry loving kitties like we do! If you’ve only got 1-2 cats give the smaller size bag a try first, but for our 7+ kitty crew we needed the biggest bag and it lasted us about 3 weeks. This product is not the only thing we feed them but we’ve been feeding it daily. I would say 1-2 patties a day between all of them plus several other foods. We’ve not seen any negative effects from incorporating it into their diet this regularly. This will likely become a good staple product we purchase often for them.

My cats loved it. A little too much lol they chewed through the bag and one of them got sick. I had it up high but they found a way to it.

I was half expecting my girl to not like this entrée given that the rabbit treats she refuses to touch. I will say that she's currently seven months old so she may not have her adult teeth in. Treat which is nibs has a small bone in it. I only found that out rehydrating it. Now the patty is fine for my girl. It has ground, powdered bone in it so it's not bothersome for my girl. She immediately took to eating this and ate most of the serving in one shot. She normally grazes her food and takes entirely too long to eat a 3oz serving of any food. It didn't take long to rehydrate however I sort of cooked it a bit having used boiled water from my kettle. Patty turned into what looked like shreds to me. Originally I presented the patty broken up dry but my girl absolutely refused it that way. It's not a big deal for me as she eats Primal Instinct brand of dehydrated rabbit dry which is given as a kibble topper. Between Vital and Primal, for rehydrating Vital wins. Vital looks like real rabbit to me in that it maintains a pink like color. Rabbit when cooked shouldn't be any shade of deep brown or caramel. Primal adds coloring to their option which isn't he best for any cat. Both options is easy to break apart into smaller pieces. Scent wise, I personally feel that Primal is more fragrant dry. Vital's option was very fragrant when rehydrated. Price point wise, both brands is expensive. It's not the most cost effective. Despite the price my cat seems to be thriving on both options with a shiny, soft coat and extra energy. Also because this a raw product there isn't any gums included in the option. Her bowel movements have been normal log shaped and mild smelling. Wet foods with gums will always cause poor bowels and more smelly one. My girl just so happened to be sensitive to gums so I have noted the differences in her bowels when off gums vs given foods with them. Overall I definitely recommend Vital's freeze dried food. It doesn't have to be served raw as using boiling water or microwaving it cooks it. Either way, this is the closest to a real hunt my girl will ever have in her diet.

Smelled terrible! Also, the food was supposed to be shaped patties but it looked like pure saw dust when I opened the bag. My cat wouldn’t go anywhere near it! Such a shame, since I was excited to try this brand.

These are generally of good quality. We have had some issues with bones, but we just check it carefully. Compared to other products, these are one of our top choices.

Floki loved the taste of these patties, though he preferred them dry rather than wet, so I'll likely switch to the small nibs version. They break apart easily, no hassle there. They have a strong aroma that Floki loves, he always comes runnin' when I open the bag. They're expensive, naturally, so I feed them more as a topper/snack alongside his wet food.

We went through 20 or more different cat foods before our little boy settled on these biscuits as what he likes to eat. He also loves the rabbit. His vet feels he gets very healthy and extravagant food. We feel he is worth it. He had to live in a cage for six months before being adopted. He deserves the best!

My cat loves this so much!