Hill's Prescription Diet y/d Thyroid Care Wet Cat Food | #1 Veterinarian Recommended, Chicken Recipe, 5.5 oz. Cans, 24-Pack

This is a high quality specialty cat food that saved our cats life. Our cat was diagnosed with Hyperthyrodism two years ago and there were the options to do radioiodine therapy in a special clinic, or medication or changing his diet and only feed him the Hill's Thyroid Care food. So we did just that, because everything else would have been too stressful for our beloved tomcat. He adjusted nicely to the dry and wet food and really likes to eat it. We always add some water to make the wet food a little bit more liquidy, because otherwise it is a bit dry. Only 6 month after his diagnosis our cat had normal thyroid levels again!!! Our vet was amazed at how good the food worked. Also after eating the specialty food our cat had stopped losing weight and was way more relaxed again. However, I must express disappointment with Amazon’s delivery service. On two separate occasions during the late summer months, we received boxes of wet food with expiration dates just a few months away—December 25. The texture was noticeably dry, and our cat, who relies exclusively on this food, would only eat it if the can was freshly opened. After the second delivery of an outdated batch, we chose to order directly from our veterinarian. The difference was striking. The vet-supplied cans had expiration dates extending into 2027, and the food’s consistency was fresh and smooth compared to the dry old batch. While I understand Amazon may be trying to clear older inventory, this approach is problematic when dealing with prescription diets for pets with strict dietary needs. Thankfully, Amazon did refund us for the outdated food, which we appreciated. Despite the delivery issues, I really recommend Hill’s y/d Thyroid Care food for cats with hyperthyroidism. It has been life-changing for our beloved cat.

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.

I have been working on getting my cat to like this. Unfortunately I’m out $80 because it’s past the window to return and 2 cans out of package. My cat just won’t eat this, and she’s not a picky type.

Like most other reviewers our cat has been cleared of Hyperthyroidism with this strict diet. We have been vigilant with his food restrictions to ensure he doesn’t relapse. He likes the dietary food just fine. I do notice some variation in the texture and do not check the dates on the can. The main issue is the periodic disruption in the subscription delivery schedule. Several times in the past two plus years the delivery has been delayed by a month or more. We have to seek alternative sources. Since it requires a Vet’s prescription it is a challenge. Fortunately our cat likes the dry version, which is usually available on Amazon and at Petco. If Petco carried the cans I’d just get it there. No retailers or Veterinarians carry it so it must be ordered.

I was worried my picky cat would not eat. He has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and cannot eat anything with iodine in it. The Vet said no more kitty snacks or any other foods. Happily he is eating this thyroid prescription food. He does still ask for his bedtime liver or temptation snack. I just give him a teaspoon of his prescription food and add a small amount of hot water and make a gravy, he seems to be satisfied.

While it’s not my cats favorite, it has actually maintained her thyroid disease while getting her off of other medications. Our current workaround for the thick texture is to mash it up for her with about 1-2 teaspoons of water, jut enough so she can lick it. One of my big complaints is it really doesn’t have amazing quality ingredients, and science diet has a monopoly on this type of food, so we are stuck with low quality and high price. I’ve emailed all the other pet food companies I can and no one else has an alternative. And if you want to have the dry kibble to go along with it- keep in mind that that has ZERO meat…and it’s made for tiny carnivores. And it’s also expensive. She will eat it, but they use liver flavoring and not real meat so that’s wild. I’m currently attempting to give her little freeze dried raw chicken breast treats to make up for the less than mediocre ingredients, but her next lab work will decide if we get to keep that up.

My cat had no problems eating it; she gobbled it up. However, due to not catching her overactive thyroid early enough, she had to be put down due to its advancement.

Ive been buying this for several years for my cat with hyperthyroidism. She actually likes it, and it doesn’t have the odor most food do. The cat is thriving!