Customer Reviews

Wellness 24-Pack Healthy Indulgence Salmon and Tuna Recipe Cat Food, 3-Ounce Pouches

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These pouches have a tendency to be quite expensive if you go to places like Petco or small boutiques. Our cats personally like all of the flavors that these Wellness pouches come in but we try to order the grain free ones. We don't give them the whole pouch at once and even when they stay in the pouch they don't get as crusted over and stale as when they are in the can. Feeding your cats on the pouches alone however can become rather expensive and we normally supplement the pouches with dry food.

Definitely healthy & tasty food. Both my cats really like it. Grain-free, a plus for cats who get "tummy trouble" on cheap food or are just super-picky. No byproducts. BUT, it's REALLY expensive, even when compared to other Wellness produts. The pouch has a lot of "juice," so even at the same # of ounces, Wellness grain-free canned products have more "food," and are a much better value.

When Princess came to me, she was on mostly dry food. She didn't seem to interested in her food, and used to dump it into her water before eating it. Her previous foster mum suggested I get her moist food. Then started the search. I purchased cans and pouches. And she didn't seem to interested in most of them. I did find pouches she liked, but they were discontinued. So I found these, and Princess just love them!

The thing that Princess likes is the texture. The pouch consists of a square of grain-free food and sauce. The square is about 1cm by 1 cm. The recommendation is to give one pouch per 4 pounds per day, which should be 2 pouches for my 9 pound cat. Well, I tried that, but she put on weight. So I give her 1 pouch per day, plus as much grain free dry food as she likes. She's lean and active, and loves her pouches. I pay an arm and a leg for it, but as long as my Princess is happy, I cannot complain. I've tried cans in the same brand, and she just looks at me like I am crazy. She definitely love this brand, and get different taste every day. And a happy cat makes a happy mum :)

If it were up to my cat this would get 10 stars. He is 15 years old and has decided he doesn't want kibble anymore and this is the only soft food he likes (Wellness Healthy Indulgence Grain Free pouches). When I have tried other soft food he loses weight because he refuses to finish it or to eat it at all. I guess he knows what food is the healthiest!

I gave this only 4 stars because of the price.

All three of my cats love this food, this is the only food that they'll finish off in one sitting!

My cats were mostly on Pate Style but I was frustrated because I was throwing a lot of it away because they wouldn't finish it all, so I decided to try this out. I purchased a few different flavors but they prefer Tuna the best. They'll eat the Salmon & Tuna but not with as much gusto as the regular Tuna flavor.

My female cat who has strange ways of eating her food did not appreciate the size of the chunks so before I opened up the pouch, I squished the food so it was not in large pieces. This also helps the the gravy absorb in the food so it's not a soup. I now squeeze the pouches for all my cats, they like it better this way.

Also, if it stays at the $28.56 price on Amazon, it's the exact same price in the stores.

Update August 10, 2011:
I knocked this down from five stars to four because of the value. We recently discovered the new Natural Balance pouches, which are nearly identical to these pouches at about a 30% savings, when they are on sale. While they don't offer them from Amazon.com direct right now, there is a major pet store chain in the US which has them, and combined with their preferred-member rewards certificates, you can get them about 40% off what you would be spending on these pouches. Wait for their nearly-weekly 15-20% off. Our cats actually prefer the Natural Balance brand. The only difference I can tell is that the Natural Balance has whole peas and pieces of carrots, while the Wellness is more uniform in color and consistency. These Wellness pouches are not Organic, thus I cannot justify spending so much more for the same product. They look like they may even be made in the same facility. It at least appears they both get the same packaging from the same folks.

Original review from January:
We made the mistake of giving our cat fresh home-cooked meat when she was a kitten. Unfortunately, she developed the pickiest of palates. Even more so than my last cat. Over the past year, it was such a struggle to get her to eat the only food available to us (regrettably Whiskas). We did not have access to anything but Whiskas and Science Diet dry. We were out of reach from Amazon and anything quality. Everyday was a struggle to get her to eat. She became addicted to dry food and everyday we feared that we were doing damage to her kidneys. So, we cut out the dry and started cooking foods and buying canned chicken and a little tuna. She got to the point where she wouldn't eat Whiskas even if it was the last food on earth.

Finally, we are able to order Amazon again and I gave this a try the moment I could. I was so afraid that she was going to turn her nose up to it. (She would rather starve and go without than eat something she doesn't like - for days...) We couldn't believe it! She loves this one and the Salmon and Chicken Recipe. Even though they are expensive, it's fine with us as long as she is happy. We are happy knowing she is getting all the vitamins, water and protein she needs without us having to cook it ourselves! The 3 oz. pouches are a waste, but I think that some cities may be able to recycle them. One positive to the pouches is that they are so easy to open and easy to store. Rather than having to find a can top for the old cans, we just fold over the top of the pouch and use a binder clip to close it (before storing in the refrigerator.) The pouches stand up fine in the fridge by themselves.

I cannot tell you how much she loves this food. She begs for this food and licks the bowl dry. She has never, ever done that before. After a year of struggling with her diet, I think we finally found a solution we both can live with! BTW, the package recommends 2 pouches daily per 5 lbs., but we have found that to be too much for our indoor kitty. She gets 2 to 2.5 pouches a day and she looks great. She has been eating this for more than the past month. We also think it has made her coat even more beautiful!

An interesting note, the last shipment was missing one pouch and they were packed in the case sideways, rather than vertically. No big deal...I wrote to Amazon and received credit for the missing pouch, but just a warning to make sure your cases are complete.

This is the only wet food that my kitties like (and boy do they like it!). Wellness is expensive in comparison to grocery store brands, but the quality is superior and I believe the price is worth it. Amazon has the best prices I've found.

Definitely healthy & tasty food. Both my cats really like it. Grain-free, a plus for cats who get "tummy trouble" on cheap food or are just super-picky. No byproducts. BUT, it's REALLY expensive, even when compared to other Wellness produts. The pouch has a lot of "juice," so even at the same # of ounces, Wellness grain-free canned products have more "food," and are a much better value.

Definitely healthy & tasty food. Both my cats really like it. Grain-free, a plus for cats who get "tummy trouble" on cheap food or are just super-picky. No byproducts. BUT, it's REALLY expensive, even when compared to other Wellness produts. The pouch has a lot of "juice," so even at the same # of ounces, Wellness grain-free canned products have more "food," and are a much better value.

My 2 cats eat Wellness grain free in cans in the turkey and chicken flavors. I thought I would try the pouches in this turkey & chicken grain free recipe to see if they would eat chunky food. They loved it from the first taste. They eat the chunks first and then lick the gravy. 80 calories a pouch. So now they eat both Wellness canned and pouches. I feel like they are eating very healthy and getting the needed water in their food. Amazon always has it packaged well and I get it fast.