Customer Reviews

EVO Turkey and Chicken Formula Dry Cat Food

5 star:		(35)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I have had my three cats on Innova dry food almost from day one, the only exception being our 12-year old tabby who started his life on premium brands such as Nutro, Iams, Science Diet, and Eukanuba. Even before the great pet food scare of 2007, I learned that those brands, sad to say, do have by-products and fillers, and thrive primarily on their marketing and distribution momentum, and the recommendations of vets who are unfamiliar with many of the newer all-natural brands. Since discovering Innova in 2002, I've been a vocal advocate of this brand among all our friends with pet families, as the company's focus on healthful nutrition without deleterious additives and preservatives is key to their philosophy. Last winter, I tried samples of Innova EVO on both the kitties and our miniature schnauzer (whom we have since switched to Timberwolf Organics, another superb brand, just because of lower fat content), and found them even more excited about mealtime when they saw me approaching their food bowls. With regular Innova, they've all had robust growth, excellent muscle tone, supple skin, clear eyes and shiny full coats. After a few months on EVO, they're even more energetic and look better than I thought possible. The product is sold at natural pet product stores - listed on Natura's website (not the big chains) - at a better price and without the shipping costs associated with Amazon's partner. How do you put a price on your family's wellbeing? This is well worth the investment, and your kitties will be satisfied with less, as they're consuming no empty calories. Besides the health benefits to them, there's the added benefit to you of easier litterbox maintenance, with smaller, more compact stools. (On that score, we've found The World's Best Cat Litter to be the best alternative to clay litter.)

I switched to this food about 2 months ago because of the quality ingredients, but my cats have benifitted by by their new and healthy bodies! My fat cat has almost completely lost his giggly belly and my scrawny little boy has bulked up! I'm pretty sure it's the food, unless maybe they've started working out while I'm at work.

I ordered the Ennova Evo Cat Food at the recommendation of our vetrinarian. We have 2 cats, both grand old ladies, and one had developed diabetes in the last 6 months. She was on insulin 2x/day.
After starting both cats on the Innova Evo, our diabetic cat has been able to stop the insulin injections altogether. Nothing short of amazing as far as we are concerned. We'll never feed our animals anything else.

Winnie has been ill, at 14 years of age and having lived outdoors for 10, she was really causing me concern when she refused to eat. After she started to feel better I followed the Vets advice and tried this. She eats all of her food( she gets this dry and the Evo canned) and asks for more. I can really see that her skinny little body is doing much better. As close to a raw diet for the meat eater as you can get without the real prep of raw!

Having nine felines..this is a great alternative to the more junk filled brands such as IAMS and Science Diet.
If you are interested in a meat/grain/veggie mix dry food instead of the commerical brands with high quantities of artificial/unhealthy fillers that are routinely added to the everyday brands ..try this as great healthy alternative.

Imagine this....two cats living the life of noblesse oblige. Six different bowls of dry food surround these felines on a daily basis. Thus, the cats are never close to being near the realm of famine.

Then, I realize that Creampuff the Nasty is urinating more and generally being lazy. Elfie the Toothless vomits all the dry food after she eats, not unusual given her lack of teeth. Thus, I resolved to free my kitties of the tyranny of commercial, supermarket, dry food. It was an experiment that would have scared Dr. Frankenstein. Would my beloved brethren of puttygatos take their revenge in ways I had not yet considered after I took away their much loved food?

Bowl by bowl, I stealthily switched to expensive, specially formulated cat kibbles. You name it. Every brand ever created. I was proud, I was broke.

Alas, the Spoiled Ones disdained the new food ever so loudly. Nay Nay, they meowed, we shall not eat this expensive food! We are above it all, we are Felines.

Then, EVO Dry Cat Food appeared in my vision. It was like stumbling out of Death valley and looking at the Pacific for the first time. I tried the standard version. The cats went wild. They sang and purred with joy, they slept next to the food. IT'S ALIVE!!!!

Then, EVO's Herring Dry Cat Food was released. Yes, Yes, now there would be TWO versions. The cats sang and purred with joy again.

Now Creampuff the Nasty is Creampuff the Contented and Elfie the Toothless is...well, still toothless, but she has gained 6 much needed pounds and her day now revolves around the dry food rather than her canned food.

So, EVO is the greatest dried cat food ever created. Period. Check the ingredients, these cats eat better than we do.

Wow my cat just loves this food. I love that it doesn't have grains. I used to feed my cat Iams and then the other innova's and she just wasn't satisfied. I have to feed my cat three times a day, small amounts because she throws up when she gets too much. This food she is satisfied with and she has only thrown up 2x since I started her on this 3 months ago. This is worth the money if you love your cats!

The shelter from which I adopted my two kittens recommended Wellness Kitten Health Dry Cat Food, but I didn't want to have those cats who refuse to eat any but one brand of food (have you seen the opening scene of "The Long Goodbye," starring Elliott Gould? if not, look for it on YouTube), so I got this as an alternate, and I switch them every few days. I also feed them a small amount of wet food--some Innova EVO Cat and Kitten Canned Cat Food, some Merrick--every two or three days, to help them stay hydrated and because they delight in it. I'm considering getting them a fountain.

They're energetic kittens and willing eaters, and I've never noticed their showing any preference for either of the dry foods I serve them. What I have noticed, however, is that whenever I've given them this Evo dry food, their poop for the next day or so smells horrible. HORRIBLE. Like something very wild, very nutritious, and perhaps a bit garlicky got overheated and died in the litterbox. The covered litterbox, with the charcoal filter in the top.

Maybe the awful stench occurs because they don't eat this noble kibble all the time, and it takes some adjusting to? I don't know; I'm still experimenting. But it sure does make me reluctant to continue feeding this to the boys. I'd hate to sacrifice their health to my convenience, but I do have to live here, too.

I bought this food for my first kitten after learning about how horrible the better-known brands of dry cat food are. I switched from initially feeding my seven month-old kitten Purina One. It was amazing how quickly the change in her diet was evinced in an increased shininess and softness in her coat and activity-level. She seems much happier. However, there are a few things that prevent me from giving five stars:

1. It doesn't seem as palatable as the other food I was giving her, Purina One. Maybe that's just because of all the additives in Purina, but I've read this elsewhere as well. When I was transitioning, I noticed that she always ate up the Purina first.

2. Digestive problems and recurrent diarrhea. I'm not sure, but I read that the extremely high protein content by weight of Innova Evo may cause digestive and/or kidney problems in some cats. (I think the percentage is close to 50% when most other dry cat foods are closer to 30%.) My cat seems to fall in this category. I'm not sure, but I'm going to switch to Wellness (also grain-free) or Natural Balance for a while to see if this helps her.

So in conclusion, great food if your cat's digestive system can get used to it.

I recently obtained a young stray in shabby condition. Being my first cat, I asked the vet for a recommendation on cat food and her first pick was Innova EVO. There are three other cats in the house I live in and I put them all on Innova. The stray now looks like a brand new cat with shiny coat, LOTS of energy, and good muscle tone. He won't TOUCH other "junk food" brands now and even passes up wet food for his Innova. The other cats had no problems switching either. Their coats improved as well and they lost their dandruff problems. One of the three is 14 years old, very obese, and barfed daily; she lost the weight and no longer throws up.

The vet warned that the food should be supplimented with an appropriate wet food if the cats do not drink enough water (the stray drinks plenty but the others do not) because the extra protein can further dehydrate a cat. Contrary to most recommendations that cats be put soley on wet food, I was told dry food helps keep their teeth in shape. So I guess at the very least, as far as dry food goes, this is the best I have heard of and the results show it for me. :)