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I had been thinking over the last year or so of transitioning our cats to a raw food diet and the choice was finalized when our 9 year old cat passed away suddenly recently. It was totally unexpected and a devastating experience for us. He had been overweight his whole life and I believe this was the leading factor.
The experience made me completely rethink the diet of our other 2 cats and I found this product to be a good first foot into the raw food world.
But for the product itself, It's exactly as described small chunky "bits" or freeze dried (not frozen) chunks of chicken. It's easy to handle, not gooey or messy as I thought it might be after re-hydrating. One cat was iffy but soon found she liked it, not as much as her dry food but it's a start. The other is being more stubborn. But if you based reviews on cat reactions then all cat related items would be hit and miss.
The only complaint I have, and it's a small one, is that it only instructs to "rehydrate with warm water or serve as is". Well, rehydrate how much? Should it be moist and mushy? Or just enough to be more chewy? (I'd never serve as is, they are hard chunks). I guess it's left up to me to find out how my cats like it... But I went through over half the bag essentially wasted before I realized my cats like it when I break up the chunks and re-hydrate them enough to where it's stringy and mushy. Pretty much what you would expect fresh dead prey flesh would be like to a wild cat.
All in all if you're wanting to take the plunge into raw food, this is a great choice before jumping into buying a food grinder and other equipment.
I'll definitely look at their other selections of food for cats.
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Stella & Chewy's is brilliant! I've been trying out raw foods with my cats on-and-off for maybe a year, and I've definitely had the most luck with this product. Obviously I can't attest to the taste myself, but my cats seem to really love the taste.Like the first reviewer, I was initially confused about the rehydration process, but after some experimenting I've concluded that 1) it is best served really wet and mushy, and 2) like with any new food, it is best to start your cat out gradually.
My 12-week-old kitten has eaten Stella and Chewy's his whole life, and he likes it quite mushy--I'll even pour some extra water over the dish after mashing it up, just to get some extra liquid into him.
One of my adult cats initially rejected the rehydrated food, but after tasting some of the product dry (I crushed the chunks for her and served as a treat) she developed a serious taste for it. Unfortunately, this led to a short bout of projectile vomiting--I'm not sure if it was because she was overeating (I free-feed and she doesn't normally do this, but again, she REALLY liked the taste), or if it was simply because it was a new food/her system was adjusting to the raw, or a little of both.
If this happens to you, take heart! I solved the problem by first treating her upset tummy by cutting off food for 6-8 hours and giving her some Pedialyte for any dehydration.
When I started feeding her again, I cut back on the amount of S&C I was giving her, then over the course of a week or two, I built it back up to a normal serving size. She hasn't had any problems with it since. I now also make sure the food is really, really well hydrated and mushy--Sometimes cats will accidentally overeat and vomit on dry foods because they underestimate the amount they're consuming, only to have the dry food expand in their stomachs after coming into contact with liquid.
My third cat pretty much won't eat anything but dry kibble, but I guess you can't please everyone. :)
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I was pleasantly surprised to see my cat likes this food. I rehydrate with about 1/3 cup very warm water and mash up with a fork. My cat drinks all the juice first then comes back throughout the day and by night finishes it all up. He prefers this to kibble, which I still provide in a grain-free premium form. I am thrilled not to have to worry about buying cans anymore OR cutting up raw chicken every night to supplement canned & kibble. This is much easier. I am very pleased.Honest reviews on Stella & Chewy's Chick Chick Chicken Dinner Freeze Dried Cat Food
My poor cat has had digestive issues for a long time and we've finally discovered that he probably has Inflammatory Bowel Disorder. Despite all of the very good quality wet and dry foods he's had for several years, he lost 5 pounds over the past year. He won't touch any raw diets. The only thing that he seemed to like was freeze dried chicken breast treats. So I went looking for a simple freeze dried nutritionally complete food and found this. The other complete freeze dried foods I found include fruits and other odd unnecessary ingredients and are a very fine powder. This is just chicken, a little pumpkin seed, and the supplements needed to bring it up to feeding guidelines in nice chunks. He will happily eat it 5 times a day crumbled up with a little extra chicken breast or parmesan cheese. Like the treats, I feed it to him dry because he won't eat it wet but I do give him a small bowl of diluted plain chicken broth at the same time. After less than two weeks he is already more energetic and has stopped vomiting. His breath no longer smells like he is rotting from the inside, and his poop doesn't smell either. I am so relieved to have found this. Thank you, Stella and Chewy's for making this food.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Stella & Chewy's Chick Chick Chicken Dinner Freeze Dried Cat Food
What can I say. I was highly skeptical that I could get any of them to eat raw. I wasn't even sure raw was the way to go, but last week I just got fed-up and disgusted with all the additives I found in ALL the canned food.I probably spend over $400.00 per month feeding four cats. Yes, it is expensive to feed animals properly. I was using what I consider the "best" canned grain/gluten free food available. Pick your choice, they are all basically the same. But when I looked at the ingredients again, for the umpteenth time, and after getting an education from catinfo and catnutrition, I realized that all these fillers and additives, especially the various "gum based" additives are not good for them. So, I went on a personal hunt for something else to feed them. My favorite pet food guys over at Healthy Tails in Las Vegas gave me some generous samplings of both frozen and freeze-dried raw and to my surprise they all like Stellas. I introduced it very slowly, just two to four nuggets a feeding. Its now been a week and Kevin will not wait for it to rehydrate before he goes in the sink, lifts off the pot lid and steals a piece before I can put it in the bowls. Even Steve, the finicky one who will ABSOLUTELY not try anything new (even treats) will now eat it. I still mix it with Tiki Puka Puka canned and will probably continue to do so.
The downside...its expensive to feed cats a healthy diet. They probably eat better than I do.
