Choosing a decent cat food can sometimes be really difficult. On the one hand, you want the animal to eat properly, and therefore not get sick and live a long, happy and extremely active life.
And here the hand reaches out to super natural and extra healthy food such as holistic. But on the other hand, really good food for animals will also be the most expensive, and, firstly, it is not every day that you can find funds for this, and secondly, not every family can allocate the same amount of money from their budget for feeding a cat, as well as for feeding their own children, even if this family does not experience financial constraints. In general, in different ways, but many people still come to them - known thanks to advertising, not very expensive food.
For some, an acquaintance with Whiskas or Felix will develop into a long-term “friendship” due to the fact that the animal eats such food very gratefully and without pickiness, but for others, having studied reviews from veterinarians or felinologists, carefully read the list of ingredients on the pack canned cat food, will put the jar back on the supermarket shelf so that he will never reach for it again.
Let’s also make our critical contribution to the process of choosing inexpensive food for “tails” and consider Hills cat food (reviews, from criticism to outright boasting).
Description and composition of Hills food
The class of this food is defined as both premium and super premium. It's simple: the “diversity” of the class is explained by the large line of cat food. Yes, Hills includes two types of food for healthy cats (dry and wet), and medicinal formulas for sick animals. That is, you can come to it both “from a good life” and “from a bad life,” when your pet’s health is compromised by poor quality nutrition and it urgently needs to be corrected.
Hill's products are distinguished by the use of only high-quality protein, as well as precisely calculated amounts of taurine, phosphorus, calcium and antioxidants necessary to maintain the normal functioning of a pet. In addition, this brand of food contains vitamins C and E, which slow down the aging of the body. The company's specialists take into account the different needs of cats depending on age and other characteristics. Agree, it would be wrong to use the same food composition for a kitten and an adult animal. In order for cat owners to choose the most suitable food for their pet, Hills has developed several lines of food.
Hills cat food- Hill's cat food
Hills' main line of products for kittens and cats is called Science Plan. This is a perfectly balanced food containing all the necessary nutrients for an adult animal. Foods called “Natural's Best” consist exclusively of natural ingredients. The main purpose of these products is to maintain immunity and improve health. For long-haired cats that often need to remove hair from their stomach, it is recommended to regularly feed the Adult Hairball Control line of food. Separate series also exist for kittens (“Healthy Development Kitten”) and spayed/neutered animals. In addition, there is a medicinal series of food to improve the quality of wool and a line for kittens and cats with sensitive digestion.
Owner reviews of Hills food
All reviews on the Internet about Hills food can be divided into two groups: opinions of pet store customers and thoughts on cat lovers’ forums. Of course, the first group of reviews may not be very objective, because the store that sells the food is, from the very beginning, not interested in the excessively straightforward opinions posted on its pages, as well as in too strict criticism. But forum visitors, especially their regulars, are not constrained in their judgment, so they can be trusted more.
What do forum users write?
To begin with, before you start judging this or that product for animals, experienced owners of mustachioed and tailed animals make a small note that each pet is unique, and if a certain food is suitable for one of them, then it may not be completely suitable for another, so The point here is not only in the excellent composition of canned food, but also in individual intolerance. In the end, there are animals that even an elite holistic specialist by their standards refuses to eat. What can we say about the premium class?
In general, Hills has a reputation among forum users as a very good food for kittens, but of questionable nutrition for adult cats. There are many stories from women who fed their kitten Hills for a long time, and when he grew up, were forced to switch to another brand due to sudden problems with fur color, blood in the stool, bad breath and shedding... However, this criticism does not apply to Hills medicinal products. That is, Hills is good for sick cats, but not all healthy ones tolerate it well.
What to feed a kitten?
Verdict: this food can be tolerated, since it is, after all, not economy class. However, not everyone does this with their regular diet.
Hills is great for cases when your own regular food has suddenly disappeared from sale, and you haven’t had time to find a new one yet (shouldn’t you be buying Whiskas all this time, or other products recognized as poisons from?).
Well, or even in traditional Slavic cases called “the week before payday,” when the whole family is forced to subsist on pasture, say, pasta, and the cat is forced to subsist on food a grade lower. Still, it’s better than eating Whiskas or Kitiket laden with “chemicals.”
Hill's dry cat food - reviews
Anna Luylenkova
Good afternoon. For more than 5 years I have been feeding my pet your Hills dry food for sterilized animals. This week I bought wet food in a bag for sterilized animals with tuna. The next day, the animal began to scratch itself until it hurt. When contacting the veterinary clinic, he was diagnosed with an allergy. Now we have been prescribed treatment. Please take action, my attitude towards your products has deteriorated. I used to recommend your products to everyone, but now I won’t recommend them to anyone else, and I will switch to another product myself. It is not clear what kind of poison was in this bag at such a high price.
Larisa N.
https://otzyvkorm.ru/hills-dlya-koshek/
A huge number of my friends feed their cats Hill's Science Plan food, for which I can give the highest rating to the advertising department of this manufacturer. The food is sold and advertised literally everywhere, I think 90% of cat owners have tried it at least once. But the main advertising move is the sale of food in bulk, firstly, it is more expensive than Kitekat and this makes it seem better to customers and not a single store writes the composition of the food on these transparent containers, the maximum flavor is indicated - “fish”, “chicken” etc. Although in fact it should be written - “corn, rice, poultry flour.” After all, this is exactly what Hill's Sign Plan food consists of and in this order, and cats need meat and fish, not grains.
And the most annoying thing is that the food is not cheap and it’s a pity that the manufacturer spends this money on aggressive advertising, and not on purchasing quality ingredients and developing a formula for normal nutritious food for cats.
Wanda
https://forum.mau.ru/viewtopic.php?p=5982988&sid=1a88378e90de0f6546f7dc5dbcf31420#5982988
My experience of feeding Hill's is sad, although now I have to feed the cat Sensitive Skin, because this infection refuses from others, and he cannot go hungry.
At Hill's Mature, the silvery British dog's fur on her face and collar suddenly turned brown, and acne began, which turned into deep pyodermitis. Everything went away after switching to another food, although the doctors unanimously, unanimously argued that nothing like Hills could be like this and only Hills could be better than Hills.
Whether it’s related to Hills or not, I won’t say, but after six months of feeding Hills, the youngest Persian developed cancer. Last year, as prescribed by a doctor, she had to be put on medicinal dandruff for a month - dandruff appeared and her tail began to get greasy. Again, everything went away after returning to regular food.
What Hills likes is its balanced content of phosphorus, calcium and magnesium. It's important for me. At Hills everyone has good, odorless stool.
What I don’t like - I don’t like the composition, I don’t like that it’s stuffed with a huge amount of carbohydrates that are not healthy for cats, a huge amount of grains, corn gluten and most importantly - I don’t know how it is now, but at one time Hills “became famous” for using the carcinogenic ethoxyquin in as a preservative.
True, I heard from Zhavnis that there was a huge amount of “left” Hills in Moscow, the company carried out a thorough check of the stores and what is being sold now is the best in quality among medicinal foods, and among everyday diets it is also in one of the first places.
Fold
https://forum.mau.ru/viewtopic.php?p=5984230#5984230
we sat on Hills for 3 years.. the result is that blood began to appear periodically in the stool of 2 cats. At first they did not associate it with food. Then they changed the food.. Everything went away. Now I’ve been on natural for a long time + a little dry (not Hills).
A friend recently bought Hills for a neutered cat. Before that, I ate other foods... and only ate a kilogram, but the same symptoms—blood in the stool. We shot Hills and everything went away...
Narodried
https://otzyv.expert/srazu-kazalsya-idealnim-variantom-no-125114
Advantages:
At first it seems that they exist, but then you realize that these are complete disadvantages
Flaws:
the very concept of dry food is one endless minus
Details
I had a Persian cat named Max. At first, due to inexperience, I tried to feed her with natural human food, but we got sick and went for treatment. According to the doctor, the cause of the disease was precisely human food. The vet recommended Hills, my joy knew no bounds. The cat was recovering before our eyes: the fur became thick and shiny, there was no need to comb it often, the cat’s mood became different, and we also ate with pleasure. We lived like this for about 2 years. Then the real problems began: the cat couldn’t go to the toilet properly. We went for treatment. They treated us with antibiotics, put catheters on the cat, and gave us very strong pills that affected the cardiovascular and digestive systems, since without them high-quality treatment would not have been possible. I agreed to everything, just to make my cat feel better. In general, you can’t look at this without tears. It became easier, and again, on the doctor’s recommendation, to feed only Hills, but this time medicinal. Six months later, the same problems again. In general, my cat suffered for 7 years. He didn’t live, but rather suffered. And he died so terribly, painfully and painfully in my arms. I thought I was going crazy. I was probably in more pain than he was 200 times. And the worst thing is that you want to help, but you can’t do anything... The cat died a year ago, and I still remember him and cry. Now I have another cat, but also a Persian, and I feed him everything that I eat myself. The cat looks no worse and, it seems, is even better somewhere. I really regret that I fed the cat Hills, if it were possible to return everything back, then I would change my cat’s life and I’m sure that he would still be alive. My friends had the same story, and what’s most offensive is that none of them had it. But right away no one listens, they say, everything is different with me. But the result is still the same—the death of a beloved pet, and in terrible agony. They understand their mistake, but it’s too late, nothing can be corrected, but they want to...
So, no matter how good dry food is, they are all nonsense and lead to untimely death. For humans, dry food is very convenient; pour it in and forget it. And for an animal? Is dry food a substitute for boiled chicken and its aroma for a cat? Never! A person himself would never eat crackers his whole life, right? So why abuse your favorite animal? And if you love your cats very much, do not feed them dry food, even Hills, crackers are just that: crackers. Don't deprive your cat of the pleasure of living!
Olechka
https://kotobormot.ru/korm-dlya-koshek-hills-obzor-otzyvy-i-rekomendacii/#comment-9775
The cat stopped eating this food. He categorically refuses, and even the dog, who used to constantly steal it from the cat, won’t eat it. And before the cat stopped eating this food, he vomited, after which the cat lay flat for a week and did not eat anything at all and could not go to the toilet in a big way, he had to do an enema.
Olga Krutik
https://irecommend.ru/content/somnitelnoi-poleznosti-korm
Advantages:
didn't find it
Flaws:
caused a terrible allergy, strong smell in the litter box
Our cat is my little, funny joy. She is a lady, British breed. I’ll say right away that she is my first experience as a pet, and also a purebred experience. And from the moment she appeared in the house at the age of 2 months, the Internet became my daily consultant on how to care for this little furball. All groups on all sites unanimously trumpet the importance of choosing good food, since not only the overall health of the animal depends on proper nutrition, but also the main advantage of this breed is their plush fur. After reading the recommendations, I first gave preference not to this food, but to another of the premium foods. We were absolutely happy with it and we fed it for up to 8 months. At 8 months, we spayed our cat. The veterinary clinic doctors talked about the need to switch to food for sterilized cats and gave us a Hills bag as a gift. In general, we didn’t even think about switching to it, until someone too smart (guess who) decided to read the whole truth about premium food. According to the information I read and based on the laudatory reviews (no matter how bad they are), I decided that my treasure would eat Hills and she would be happy. We made the transition to this food according to all the rules, gradually mixing it into the previous one. There were no side effects (such as tummy upset). This made us happy, the cat was happy, we are happy for the cat. For now.....
I will say about the composition that it doesn’t stand out much from all premium food, it’s the same as everyone else’s. But!!!!! There was trust in Hills because of the manufacturer and production not in Russia. And this is already a big plus.
A month went by, a second went by... And for some reason my beauty began to change its blue color to yellow-blue. The Internet said that these were breed deviations, etc., but we ourselves figured it out - the cat was dirty. The cat was happy at the same time. Then the smell of cat stool became so pungent that one could be poisoned. And the cat became not restrained in terms of farting, but at the same time she was happy. Again, we attributed all these symptoms more to age-related changes in the pet, they say it’s growing up, becoming shittier….
But when our favorite began to give us her plush fur in scraps all over the apartment, everything came together into one puzzle!!! THE REASON IS IN THE FEED!!!
In our case, the cat devoured Hills with great pleasure, and then, as it turned out, she was sterilized. Eating cats is the only joy and goal in life, so there was no point in focusing on her taste preferences!!! We abandoned Hills instantly, without any smooth transitions, returned to our food, and now everyone is happy. The fur has almost returned to its blue color and does not fall out, the smell of cat litter does not bother me. CONCLUSION!!!! YOU SHOULD NOT TRUST THIS FOOD AND ITS MANUFACTURER!!!! ZERO BENEFITS!!!! ONE HARM!!!
Valeriia1992
https://irecommend.ru/content/ne-podoshel-373
Advantages:
convenient packaging
Flaws:
contains corn
Hello. I also want to share my sad experience of feeding my ponytails with this food. Previously, I always fed Hills and had no special complaints, but as soon as I switched to this food (both the male and female cats are neutered), after some time I began to notice that the cat had gained a lot of weight, and the Maine Coon often vomited. I usually bought a package weighing 3 kg and it didn’t last long, but then I realized why. The composition contains one solid corn, it even comes first. It's clear that you won't be satisfied with corn alone. It was decided not to buy Hills for sterilized people anymore, and in general to leave it for something else. It may be suitable for someone, but unfortunately not for us.
LANA53
https://otzovik.com/review_3004362.html
Advantages:
Did not find.
Flaws:
I almost killed my cat with this food.
I bought Hills for a 14 year old neutered Persian cat. He really liked it! He pounced with an unreal appetite, which was very surprising. It feels like there are a lot of flavor enhancers. I gave him much less than the amount indicated on the package so that he would get used to it. But literally two days later the cat began vomiting liquid with blood, and diarrhea began, also with some kind of red liquid. Since he didn’t eat anything colored, it means it’s also blood. Before this he had good bowel movements and did not spit up. They stopped giving food. A day later everything returned to normal, we switched to the old proven Perfect and wet Sheba. How to understand the recommendations of veterinarians? After all, Hills' price is high, but where is the quality? And where should this food go? Throw away 1000 rubles? If this is “left” food, then where can I check it?
KISA MURYSA
https://www.bolshoyvopros.ru/questions/485902-na-kakoj-suhoj-korm-dlja-koshek-zamenit-hills.html#answer1439279
Hills really is very bad now. I haven’t had a very good attitude towards this food for a long time, for a number of reasons:
Firstly, some Hilss lines have multi-colored croquettes, which is not acceptable for super premium food - this indicates that the composition contains dyes.
Secondly, due to the great demand for feed, it began to be produced in many countries. Now it’s even difficult to establish where exactly it is produced, where it is packaged and where it is transported from.
Thirdly, the food began to be advertised very heavily, and as they say, “A good product does not require advertising!” ". Hills sponsors exhibitions, holds promotions, and hangs posters in veterinary clinics.
There are really a lot of feeds and they all differ from each other. But knowing what class the food belongs to is of course not enough! You need to be able to analyze the compositions, know what is useful and what is not so useful.
