HILL'S PRESCRIPTION DIETy/d Thyroid Care Dry Cat Food, Veterinary Diet, 8.5 lb. Bag

So my 5 stars is not for the quality of this cat food. Necessarily. Let me explain. If you read the ingredients the food is basically hard nuggets of corn with synthetic vitamins. Would not have touched my precious fur monster's lips before she got sick with hyperthyroidism. We always tried to feed her with the highest quality cat food we could find, all natural, high protein, etc. She got sick anyway. Initially, we were able to get her hyperthyroidism under control with methimazole. And then only a month or so after victorious vet visit where her T levels were normal, she started getting sores on her face and in her ears from the methimazole. Due to the separation period involved with radioactive iodine treatment, we decided to try the food. I was very reticent but after reading through reviews on Amazon (thank you reviewers) I began to think it could work. And it has so far. Our 13yo old cat is back to her normal spoiled self! Her fur is even shiny and she seems to enjoy her hard little corn pellets. We also feed her the canned Y/D but she seems to prefer the kibble overall.

Same as vet sells, half the cost

My dearest 18 year old Siamese seems to be doing better with this food. I will do anything to keep him around, cause super smart and cool cats are hard to come by! yep, I even feed him lobsta meat on occasion. I love the looks I get at the fish market when Walter asks me if I want some tail meat for my cats, lol. hey, he has had to live with me all his life, so he deserves the best.I am glad to see him improving, and pray it continues. it is expensive, but how do you put a price on your best friend and loyal companion? I bought him a Siamese twin brother, but I got the type of Siamese that is unstable with that one.UPDATE: He is now 19 :) I just wonder if I can get this to him with 2 new kittens? He does give me the "WTF" stare when those 2 come prancing around, even after 4 months of us all in one house. Can kittens eat this stuff? Now that I have 4 cats, very hard to control who gets what since I free feed with dry food. And yes, litter duty is quite busy. The kittens love to watch me clean the boxes, why can't they learn to help? All that energy needs to be directed to a positive purpose! Other than basically tearing house apart!! 2 kittens together are amazing best freinds, but they play very hard, drop, and wake up to play harder later. Once the bedroom door closes, I swear I hear them say "party time"!

My cat needed to switch over to this and initially was worried she wouldn’t like it but she took to it right away.

We have an extremely picky eater and our cat loves this dry food.

I ordered this as a recommendation by my vet due to borderline hyperparathyroidism but didn’t know if it would affect his irritable bowel syndrome or if he would eat it. He is also a VERY picky eater. I opened the bag as soon as it arrived and he came running into the room I was in. I gave him some and he gobbled it down. He LOVES it,and has been eating it without any issues for about 1 1/2 weeks. I won’t know if it has helped his thyroid levels until he has bloodwork again. If it does 5en it would get 5 stars.

My cat has been eating this medicated food for over a year, and it really helped him. Several weeks ago, he stopped eating it, and was losing weight fast. I thought because he was 17, it was because he was declining. We got a new bag -subscribe and save- and I noticed the packaging was different. So I opened it and it was a completely different product and he started eating it like a lion! SO - be aware that there has been a change in product and in our case, it was a life-saver.

Honestly, it's hard to say enough good things about this food. After noticing weight loss, we took our cat to the vet. The vet thought the issue likely thyroid, but understandably drew blood to run a variety of tests. Between the stress of the blood draw and some proposed medications, our cat declined rapidly and we thought she would not make it. We stopped giving her the medications because they seemed to do more harm than good (despite the vet's best intentions!). But, we kept her on the food because she seemed to like it. After weeks of her just holing up in the most remote places, of very strained breathing, and of difficult movement she started perking up. She has continually improved to the point that yesterday she was again playing with our much younger cat and roaming outside. It's amazing! I don't know if it is the food, but it sure seems to be! We are so grateful!