Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Green Pea & Chicken Formula Dry Cat Food, 10-Pound

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1. 99 of 101 people found the following review helpful

   
   My cats stomach jumped out her mouth and said hello, October 2, 2012

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   Salome Ray (Portland, OR) –

   This review is from: Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Green Pea & Salmon Formula Dry Cat Food, 10-Pound (Misc.)

   I picked up a sample of this stuff at a health fair and figured that I would just use it as treats and keep my cat on her Iams. I came home and gave my cat her normal “welcome home” snack which she normally eats with a standard amount of cat excitement. I actually thought that she would be disappointed– it’s just cat food, after all, akin to giving a 5-year-old a carrot when he’s expecting an Oreo (right?)

   Not the case. When I gave her a piece of this food she went bonkers. She even jumped on the shelf and knocked over the container to try to get more out and continued with this behavior for an hour until I hid it in my sock drawer. the next morning when I opened the sock drawer she ran right up and demanded more NOW. I have never seen her love a food so much! It’s crazy, I feel like I am living in the middle of a cat food commercial for this stuff.

   I notice that most people seem to be buying this food for health reasons, but I am buying it because I am afraid that my cat is going to murder me in my sleep if I don’t.

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2. 51 of 51 people found the following review helpful

   
   Made a Significant Difference, November 5, 2012

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   Space Salamander (NY, United States) –
   
     
   
     

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   This review is from: Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Green Pea & Duck Formula Dry Cat Food, 5-Pound (Misc.)

   I’ve always half-joked that I have a bulimic cat… she throws up just about every day, often right after eating. I took her to two different vets about it and both of them ran a bunch of tests and told me that some cats are just like that… but that she was fine and healthy. I tried many things over the years to try to remedy the situation– smaller portions of food at a time, more oil in the diet, hairball remedy food, a water fountain, multiple switches of food brands, etc. No one ever told me that my cat might have food allergies, nor that MANY cats are allergic to an ingredient that’s in more than 90% of store brands.

   FINALLY, a friend suggested that I try a hypoallergenic cat food. I’d never heard of such a thing, but came here to investigate and went with the positive reviews. So glad I did. We’re now down to one vomit per week rather than every day. And I think that’s mostly because she gets into ridiculous things, like eating my daughter’s plastic grass skirt.

   Honestly, I’ve had this cat since her birth 14 years ago and I can’t believe I never heard about this sooner. All that trauma for her and me could have been avoided! Without a doubt, if you have a cat who throws up a lot, give this a try. It’s a bargain considering what it could do for you and your cat.

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3. 117 of 124 people found the following review helpful

   
   It used to be good but not anymore!, March 27, 2012

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   Erica (Orange County, CA USA) –

   This review is from: Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Green Pea & Chicken Formula Dry Cat Food, 10-Pound (Misc.)

   UPDATE!
   My guess is Natural Balance has recently changed their Chicken & Pea L.I.D (Limited Ingredient Diet) formula, or their factory has been using different replacement or substandard ingredients! I have been feeding the Chicken & Pea L.I.D to my cats for months now & they have been doing great off of it as you can see from my previous review on this product. Then, in mid February 2012, I opened a new bag for my cats and the coloring of the crunchies were a much darker color than they used to be & my cats wouldn’t even eat it! So I went and purchased a new bag from a different store to see if the 1st bag was just a bad batch & this time the crunchies looked normal, however within a week, one of my cats got blood covered stool (which took 3 months to go away!), and my cat with the sensitive stomach started acting mopey & sick. After 2 weeks he would barely walk around. Several tests later the vet found that his intestines were swollen along with his stomach lymph nodes & he had developed pancreatitis. He’s off the food now but still recouping. Apparently my cat isn’t the only one with problems recently with the Limited Ingredient dry crunchies according to reviews on consumeraffairs.com! Customers on there have the same complaints with the cat & dog dry L.I.D food over the past few months of it doing the same thing to their animals too! Natural Balance doesn’t have my business any more, that is until they no longer have Diamond Pet Foods package their products. After doing some background research on Natural Balance, Diamond Pet Foods (who packages for them) has constant recalls & complaints. They have one going on right now actually & were one of the biggest culprits during the 2007 major pet food recall. Just keep an eye on your pets if you purchase this, and also watch for a runny nose or sneezing, my cat no longer does either since taking him off of this food.

   ORIGINAL REVIEW:
   Five Stars!!!! One of my cats has a very sensitive stomach but does VERY well on these crunchies! And my other cat had bad dandruff but after a couple of months on this food its completely gone! Her coat looks beautiful and she doesn’t frantically lick her back anymore! Both of my cats seemed to prefer this flavor over the salmon L.I.D but all cats are different. So glad Natural Balance makes this!

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