Hill's Prescription Diet y/d Thyroid Care with Chicken Wet Cat Food, Veterinary Diet, 5.5 oz. Cans, 24-Pack

My cat was suffering from hyperthyroidism, which I've since learned is extremely common in older cats because most cat foods are too high in iodine - they all include seafood or kelp or both. He was vomiting daily, yowling all the time, and he lost weight even though he ate voraciously. He was also drinking amazing amounts of water and urinating a great deal. When he was diagnosed I refused the dreadful treatment options the vet offered (such as surgery to remove his thyroid gland), and instead started feeding him a low-iodine diet, because his thyroid gland was taking every trace of iodine and turning it into thyroid hormone. So, no fish or seafood, no cat food with kelp. I started him on this Hill's y/d cat food formulated for hyperthyroid cats. I get the canned food, because dry cat food is sorely lacking in nutrition. (To make food into kibbles, it gets heated at such high temperatures as to destroy most of the nutrition. That goes for all dry pet foods.) I also go to a special farm store and get him fresh ground turkey and chicken, which I freeze in ice cube trays, and every day I defrost 3 cubes of the raw meat for him. In addition, I buy unsalted bone broth and give him 3 - 4 ounces of that to drink every day. Cat food is mostly made up of organ meats, while the ground poulty is muscle meat, but cats need bones for phosphorous, since they evolved eating whole animals. I buy unsalted broth because labels don't tell you if the added salt was iodized or non-iodized salt. I do add a dash non-iodized salt as well as No-Salt potassium to his bone broth, because the vet said his blood test showed a deficiency of both salt and potassium. (Not a lot - I taste it to determine that his broth is just a little salty tasting). So his diet is made up of approximately half Hill's cannedy/d food, half raw poultry, and a supplement of bone broth. Results: My cat stopped vomiting after just a few days on the low iodine diet, and within a month he'd gained back his weight. After 3 months he was no longer drinking and urinating escessively. He is 14 now, appears healthy, and I'm keeping him on this diet for the duration. I hope he lives a long life yet.

Stinks so bad kitty won't eat itWaste of #Donated to vet office for others u. Need

Good. It worked until I was able to get it from the company that makes it at a discount.

this food did help with bringing my cats thyroid numbers down significantly and I'm rather short time. Just in two months her numbers went down to normal (and they were very high before). My vet though repeatedly said that if my cat is on that diet she's should not be getting any other food at all not even any kind of treats.I can see how many cats would refuse to eat this food. My kitty didn't have that problem she'lol eat anything but I do mix it with water to make it more wet and easier for her to eat.

My cat did not like this food he refused to eat it. With that being said it is meant to help a cat with their Health issues and probably isn’t meant to taste good. The value for money is a bit too pricey but the ingredients all seem to be natural.

Recently purchased after finding my 16 year old Chloe Cat has hyperthyroidism. Have been feeding to her for just a few days now. Yes, it is smelly, but I’m not going to complain about that if it helps her. She is extremely picky, so I was worried she wouldn’t like it, but lo-and-behold, she loves it. I have already noticed that her excessive meowing and crying has reduced A LOT! She is less wobbly. I haven’t stopped her anti-nausea meds yet, because I want to give her a chance to absorb some calories first. I will update in a couple of weeks as to nausea and weight. I’m very hopeful. I’ve had Chloe since she was knee-high to a grasshopper (literally lol). She’s very special to us!

This food has changed my cats life!!! It really works!! She went from a mangey looking cat to a healthy cat in a short period of time! Truely a lifesaver for my cat! Yes it is expensive, but worth every penny.

Disappointed that this isn’t available in smaller can sizes and smaller quantities because so much is wasted. I tried it on my senior cat with hyperthyroid but he wouldn’t touch it. Tried different ways like adding in no salt chicken broth, slightly warming it in microwave (bad idea, it stinks as it is!). Now will donate it to animal shelter. Too expensive!