Weruva Wx Phos Focused, Pate Formulas Variety Pack, 3oz Can (Pack of 12)

I’ve been feeding this to my cat for the past few months since she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, and she really likes it - it’s a good way to ensure she’s getting a food with lower phos since she doesn’t like the canned k/d cat foods at all, and wet food is best. She thankfully will eat dry k/d food, but this wet food is a good way to sneak in more hydration, and I like to mix supplements in. Her labs have been good lately too despite this food not being a special kidney diet for cats.

I have a soon to be 19yr old cat, who was going down hill rapidly 2 1/2 months ago. He has been on the famous brands prescription renal diets (canned and dry) for the past 5 years although he was in very very early stages of renal failure...maybe stage 1. He was on the food because I had 4 of his siblings and all had varying degrees if renal failure. The other 3 have passed in the last 2 years....from cancers, not renal failure, so I'm left with one. Although renal food may cause a loss of muscle mass which is sad to see, it did control or stall the renal failure. My boy has several medical problems so when he started failing, getting him to eat became impossible causing him to lose even more weight ...to skin and bones. He was only in Stage II of renal failure due to the strict diet. It really upset me seeing him lose weight almost daily. I would pet him and only feel bones. On my last vet visit, in addition to adding another medicine, the vet said give him anything he wanted to eat in order to keep the liver working and get him to gain weight. He was really on the edge of giving up and he was so weak. I decided to try Weruva Phosphate controlled food. OMG....the cat hasn't stopped eating this after the 1st taste!! He devours this food. It seems to be a very clean protein quality food. It's not cheap, but neither are the ingredients, but neither was the prescription food which had less quality ingredients in my opinion. In the past 2 months, he has filled-out and now I do not feel a boney old cat, but an elderly cat with nice coat and appropriate weight. He was 10.2 lbs earlier in the year, then a few months ago went down to 7.9lbs. He is now 9.2lbs. That's a lot. This food says it is only a supplemental feeding, not for all the time, because it is very low phosphate and doesn't meet the FDA cat food requirements. So I have ordered the regular Weruva also, the lowest protein I can find, and add a phosphate binding powder to the food (important for renal failure treatment). Hopefully his next blood test and renal values in 3 months, will look okay after giving him this food for several months. By then he will be 19 yrs old. All I know is that this food saved him at the time, and gave him something delicious to eat again. He demands this food now....and for now, I'm happy to give him the calories he loves, although I may have an impossible time if I have to go back to a straight prescription renal diet.

Made my cat sick more than once with more than one flavor. Not returnable so wasted my money. I just have to throw it away. It isn’t just because it is new to him. Other new things have never caused this.

One of our kitties was diagnosed with Stage 2 CKD, while unfortunate this food was a life saver in her food rotation. A tip for everyone that is having their cat struggle with this food is to slowly transition them into it. This food will definitely be a staple in our food rotation for our little one.

We switched over from the yucky Forza10 ActiWet Lamb Lung and Pork formula (ew). My cat hated that stuff and I needed a new low phosphorus food for her. I got her to finish 32 packs of that goop before we started weruva. That food was beneficial but disgusting. The first day trying this new food, things went great. I was surprised how wet this pate is. I don't have to add gravies or water to her food or mix it with fancy feast to get her to eat, great. It doesn't smell fierce when I open the cans. It is totally pureed chicken/tilapia/fish rather than a yucky jelly looking blob. Unfortunately, on the third day of trying this food, my cat still vomited. Could be acid build up, nausea, stress etc. We have tried the Rx renal food and that was a failure also. For my 8 lb girl, I give her half a can for breakfast and half a can for lunch and half a can for dinner. Sometimes, she can only eat a half can worth the whole day. Other times, she asks for seconds after she has finished a can. I oblige happily. It's been hard to get her to gain weight and keep her appetite up. The wetness and tenderness of this pate makes a big difference. Her litter box activities have improved. She sometimes has constipation but the high moisture food wil help. She is more hydrated and not peeing out all the water in her body all day long. She has access to a water fountain that she loves. To my ckd parents, stay persistent and you will see improvement. When we found out she had ckd, we switched away from Orijen kibble and went completely to wet food. She vomits more with kibble, cant explain why. Change the portions, feed heated meals, add friskies Lil gravies, use the kidney support gold supplement, add probiotics, and have fresh water around daily. Nausea is a big reason our cattos don't like the food. My pickiest eater loves lapping up the weruva variety pack, on her good days.