Features:

  • Cat food that supports the entire urinary system with optimal levels of magnesium
  • A good source of natural fiber to help comfortably reduce hairballs in cats
  • Supports healthy skin and coat with Omega-6s and vitamin E
  • High-quality protein to help your cat maintain muscle
  • Made with natural ingredients.Caloric Content: 3681 kcal/kg (324 kcal/Cup)
  • Made in the USA with global ingredients you can trust
  • #1 Veterinarian recommended
WONDERFUL CAT FOOD!!!

This cat food is amazing. I previously had my cats on the Science Diet Hairball food, which was quite good. My cats went from puking every other day to about once a week. I suspected that one has some urinary problems along with his megacolon issue, so I decided it couldn't hurt to try this food. Since fully switching them over, my cats haven't been sick once. I would second some of the other reviewers who have commented that the hairball formula makes the cat's coat very, very soft. I expect the same result from this food, since they appear to be similar. And my cats love it, so that is always a plus. These foods are so much better than the Sensitive Stomach and Skin formula, which is what I was using previously. I had no idea that was making them so sick. Try this! You might see some great results!

Life saver!

My 4 year old cat has been enjoying this food for about 2 months now. Before I started her on this food she had been not peeing normally. She would pee in very small amounts and usually not in the litter box. It was so frustrating and I could tell she didn't feel well. There was also a small amount of blood in her urine (and she didn't have a UTI) I spent about $500 on multiple vet visits with absolutely no luck before trying to research it on my own. Turns out she had a fiber shortage and it was creating a blockage. Some beautiful soul on the internet recommended this food and within 2 weeks of her eating it she hasn't had a single problem. This food has the highest amount of fiber that I could find as well, measuring about 9.5% while others have around 3%. Fiber is so important!! I can't recommend this food enough, without it I would be one stressed out cat owner.

Keeps urinary tract problems at bay without adding too many calories

Once a cat has developed urinary crystals the safest thing to do is to feed a diet specially formulated to reduce magnesium. Your options are pretty much limited to the biggest companies who offer these specialized formulas either as exorbitantly expensive "presecription" diets or "over the counter" versions like this one that are more more less the same thing. Of course the more wet food you can get into any cat the better and that's especially true if the urinary tract, bladder or kidneys are at all compromised. But many cats are addicted to dry food and let's face it, it's cheaper and more convenient than feeding exclusively canned. A lot of people look down on products from big companies like Hill's, Purina and Royal Canin because they believe the ingredients are inferior. Be that as it may, one thing the big companies watch very closely are sensible mineral profiles. Some of the brands that purport to include the most meat also provide an excess of certain minerals that will do more harm than good for a cat that has chronic issues. So as long as you can overcome your biases about gluten and grain, a food like this is the safest choice. Now I happen to be a fan of Purina but I feed this to my two cats who have had episodes of urinary crystals. Why? Because for some reason the Purina OTC urinary formulas (dry) are *very* high in calories, over 450 a cup. My indoor cats would gain way too much weight eating them regularly. This SD formula comes in at only 320 calories/cup so I can feed them more without them getting fat. So this is the only dry food they get and for many months now they've been healthy with no recurrence of the urinary problems. I have noticed that they usually drink water immediately after eating it. I suppose SD is deliberately making them thirsty so they get the extra water they need to flush out their system. Frankly, I wish I could go back to feeding a less expensive product but this is a lot cheaper than a visit to the vet and the cats really like it. I have also fed the canned version of this but there is only one flavor available and the cats seem to prefer the Pro Plan urinary cans more. The canned formulas for both brands have about the same amount of calories.

Excellent cat food

Excellent cat food. Our Lilac Tabby Point had a UTI and the Vet prescribed Hill's Prescription Diet for Urinary Health but we went with this instead. It's been great for both of our cats! They eat less (by volume) than previously because of this food's nutrient dense formula. AND~ our Maine Coon x Tuxedo hasn't had a hairball since the switch! I was concerned about switching them: certain they would meowl for food between feedings, but that has not been the case. We are very happy with the switch and would recommend Hill's Science Diet to anyone with cats.

get in my furry belly meow!

[I'm writing this for my cat, who's old and never learned to type. You can't teach an old cat new tricks.] Every morning and evening, my servant shakes the bag of Hill's Science Diet Adult Urinary Hairball Control Cat Food (*that's* a mouthful!) and I come running. I know it's stereotypical to be an old person (er, cat) who talks about his health problems and medications, but look: I get UTIs. Sometimes I forget to hydrate and my owner shuts all the toilet lids so I can't drink out of the bowl. Sometimes I get stressed and my bladder seizes up. Sometimes I think I have to pee, I go into the litter box and nothing comes out ... at least not until I step outside the box. Oooops! My people get mad at me and grumble about cleaning up after me. My doctor recommended this brand to help with my tendency to get UTIs. I have to admit, I was prepared to hate it (I've always considered myself brand loyal to Trader Joe's cat food), but the minute the scent of savory chicken hit my olfactory centers, I tapped out. If I knew how to open the velcro bag on my own, I'd gorge myself while everyone was at work. You won't find anything better in a five-star cat restaurant.

Can't ask for more.

I've reviewed this before, but I'll do it again. This has kept my baby away from the vet! He was developing crystals, and we changed his food to this urinary health food almost a year ago. He's not had one more problem since. Brilliant!

Was my last resort in getting a very sick cat to eat and it worked!

One of my four cats was near death because he had a significant liver issue with much jaundice and almost non-functioning kidneys. I have another cat in the household that had urinary surgery seven years ago and must eat a urinary diet; they had prescribed CD but kidney cat was vomiting every time he ate and refused to eat kidney diet. I was at my wits end with trying to keep the two cats healthy and had bought just about every brand at the store but kidney cat refused to eat or drink. I did two things....I found some green treats online that he would eat and gave them to him like food as if he didn't start eating he would need a feeding tube. He would not drink water from a bowl but only from bathtub running water so I bought a fountain and low and behold he drank from it. He still was so weak that he couldn't jump and had problems walking; after three vets had suggested he might need to call it quits I was pretty discouraged and considering the possibility that it was time for him to be out of misery but I just wasn't ready to give up on him until I had exhausted all the options. Then I came upon this food (which is not recommended for "kidney" cats) and he ate a few bites! I was thrilled and vet determined that urinary cat could eat this so I started feeding all of my cats this food and so far so good. Kidney cat is still not up to his perfect weight but he has lost his jaundice and he plays and jumps like he did before he was sick. Not sure about quantity of life with his problem but quality is definitely back and we're hoping that this keeps him around and feeling good for as long as possible. I am not saying that any food will cure a problem like his but I am encouraging anyone who is in a dire situation with an animal to consider some possibilities that are beyond the usual if the usual is not working.

Reduced Hairball and eliminated bladder infections

Definitely have noticed a reduction in hairballs. Switched our cats to this formula because one was on C/D and another had developed a urinary tract infection. The list of ingredients is very similar to C/D but this is much less expensive. No repeat of the urinary infections since they've been on this (6+ months). Also have noticed that the weekly hacking up of fur balls has pretty much ended. Had been giving them the malt hairball formula in the tubes, but there were still frequent fur balls. After switching to this, the number of occurrences has ben greatly reduced (maybe once every other month)

Both Cats Will Eat it, Noticable Hairball Reduction for Sith Whispicus

I purchased this a few weeks ago because I've got kitty problems. Problem number one is the jewel of my daughter's heart, and he's got a history of diabetes and feline urinary syndrome (which is entirely separate- though tied - to his various acts of feline despotism), which they totally call something different now, and his latest medical flair up required us to switch his diet again. And now he's decided he's a food critic, because he doesn't like what the vet sent home with him. The reason? He escaped down stairs from his medically required confinement and discovered Sith Whispicus still getting to eat the old stuff, which he then considered to be the good stuff, which he could no longer eat safely. So I purchased this, and we primarily use it for Sith Whispicus so that she can eat something that would both seem less desirable to him and won't make his problems much worse when he gets out, because for a kitty who gets crystals that block their urine, generally I am given to understand a wet food formulated for that is best because it has a higher water content to flush out the kidneys. Both cats will actually eat this, we have discovered. Whispie has been eating it for a few weeks now and not rejecting it. Now, why I'm rating this so highly is that she is a puker, meaning, we tend to have a lot of hairball related vomiting incidents with her. This food has almost entirely eliminated it. It has seriously been that dramatic of an improvement with her hairball pukes. And, since Catzilla has decided he's now a feline foodie, and is still willing to eat this, I have to give it high marks for meeting his standards and not making his problems worse if occasionally consumed.

Good stuff

We have a boy cat with struvite crystal problems. He won't eat wet food and he has been on c/d dry food for several years. It works and I don't mind spending the money. The problem is we have another cat with a sensitive stomach. She was on a different dry food. It stopped working for her so we tried Science Diet Sensitive Stomach. It worked well for her, but crystal boy stopped liking his c/d and we can't keep him away from puke girls's new food. So we tried this food for the boy. He loves it. Checked his ph every day for a couple weeks and its good at 6.25. His #2's are nicer and more regular too. Life is good, right? Not so fast. Puke girl now prefers this urinary food to her sensitive stomach variety, ugh. So I decide to let her try this with hopes that both cats might eat the same food. It works for her too. Still no pukes and her #2's are quite nice as well. So I'm liking this food. Way less hairball puking on both cats. No more unexplained puking with the girl and so far no relapses of crystals for the boy.

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