Halo Holistic Dry Cat Food for Sensitive Stomachs, Seafood Medley, 6 LB of Sensitive Stomach Cat Food

I wrote this email to Halo customer service: have been buying halo dry food for years for my cats and just this month switched to wet food. I mix water in with the food, so I get a glimpse of what is in there. Today, I found what appears to be an abdomen of some sort of insect in their food. It may be harmless, but I am still pretty disgusted by this--it is definitely not listed in the ingredients! I have attached pictures of the bug in the food, and I also pulled the can out of the trash can just in case that may be helpful. Is this a routine thing that happens at Halo? As you know, your food is not cheap--it's 1.99 a can at petco. I feel that this is not at all appropriate to be appearing in your canned food considering your reputation of providing superior sourced foods for cats. I feel your processing facilities should be inspected further if there are issues with bugs getting into the food. My cats are very important to me, and I want them to have the best, which is why I buy halo--I feel as though Halo is just not top quality after this incident. I would like this issue addressed.And guess what there response was? "I'm sorry, but basically we don't care!" This stuff is pure garbage. They have no quality control, and they allow foreign debris and creatures in their food, and they don't care when you call them out on it! It is really disrespectful to pet owners who pay A LOT of money for this food in comparison to other brands.I would avoid this stuff, or switch to Stella and Chewy's or even make your own cat food.

My cat just had another grand mal seizure after eating Halo Holistic Seafood Medley, the 3rd one I have witnessed. I highly suspect this bag of food has at least played a role in said seizures. Each time I have seen her seize, it has been within an hour of consuming from this bag of food.By chance I had taken this food away due to my other cat not eating it, which happened to be right after the last seizure, a span of about 3 months. Today I gave it to the cat who eats it, and shortly after she had another seizure, which is very unpleasant for her and me.I'm going to report this to the FDA and see if there is a reasonably affordable way of having it tested. I will not be buying any more Halo Pets brand food.

This is the closest dry cat food brand (Halo) I could find after research and trial and error wos ingredients reflect actual goodness and ethics!I have one healthy kitty and two kitties with health problems that have been on sensitive prescribed diets - one has GI issues and the other has a form of grass related asthma (believe it or not). I know the veterinarians mean well but the pet food health trend has been to go for food with less by product, filler and grains. Most or all Prescribed foods do not meet this standard. The cats love this and the kibble is small (see photo). Halo also pays attention to the details and includes a zip lock for freshness. Packaging is exceptional. The food even smells fresh!Halo is a keeper and on my small list of excellent pet food companies now.*As a cat food consumer I've been looking more for human grade made in USA as opposed to grain and feed grade. I have only found one such item but it's freeze dried powdered meat with nutrients and you mix with warm water. All of my cats prefer dry over wet so I'm sticking with Halo for dry food.

I’ve used Halo for over 10 years and loved it! Recently they added a filler of SOY PROTEIN which is not good for your cats. My cat has now developed feline acne and an allergy. It’s very unfortunate I have to find a new food. What happened to HOLISTIC WHOLE HUMANE!?

My 15 y/o cat has been experiencing increasing GI problems over the last few years. He developed a poultry allergy 3 years ago which causes severe diarrhea within 30 minutes of ingesting food with any type of poultry (eggs don't seem to bother him). It was difficult at that time to find a dry cat food (he will not touch any food that is wet - even canned fish) that was fish only. More companies are now making fish only foods as apparently poultry allergies in cats have have become more common. He started vomiting up most of his food right after eating over the last year which increased to the point that he had lost 2 lbs over the last 6 months. He was vomiting up every food that I tried. He was begging for food, but could not keep it down. At that point, a vet visit was required. All of his lab tests were normal. The vet assumes that he has some type of inflammatory bowel disease that has slowly been progressing over time. He may even have some low grade pancreatitis. He was started on B-12 injections weekly x 6wks then monthly. He was also started on 5mg prednisolone (cats cannot take prednisone) daily with excellent results. The vomiting totally stopped as long as I gave him the medication daily & kept him on the same food. He gained back a pound in the first month on the medication. He will remain on the medication for another 3 months & then the vet will re-assess if he can be weaned off the medication. I stopped attempting to decrease the medication dosage because the vomiting would resume within 12 hours of reducing the dosage. Unfortunately, the only fish only dry food that he would eat & could tolerate was Wellness Ocean Core dog food. (Dry fish only dog food is easily available compared to cat foods. There are about only 6-8 varieties of fish only dry cat foods & he either will not eat or cannot tolerate at least half of those.) He has been eating dog food for 6 months now because every time I attempted to switch him to a cat food he would either not eat it or begin vomiting again even though he was still on the medication. This particular dog food does have taurine in it which is essential for cats. I had given up on finding a cat food that he would eat & could tolerate. I tried this food hoping maybe he could tolerate it. It does have some chicken liver in it, but I was hoping that it would not be enough to bother him. I mixed the food with his old food in 50% ratios. He picked out this cat food over the dog food he had been eating. He ate the food over 6 hours ago & so far, no problems at all. It is very small pieces which is good because it is easier for him to eat & digest. I am hoping that he will continue to eat this food & tolerate it without any GI issues. The food smells terrible, but most fish only foods smell pretty bad. I can deal with the smell as long as he eats it & can tolerate it without vomiting. It does not smell as bad as the EVO herring formula which caused half the house to smell really bad when I fed him. That food gave him diarrhea & he vomited it up also. The last cat food that I tried (Taste of the Wild) he ate very well, but promptly vomited every bit of it up within 10 minutes. He won't touch Wellness Salmon formula or Natural balance Salmon & Pea formula. He ate the Natural Balance Rabbit & Salmon formula (hard to find), but vomited it up also. The last time I checked the formula had changed & there was poultry added to it. He likes & tolerates fairly well the Nature Instinct Variety Salmon formula, but he would vomit that up at least half of the time. He was eating that food when he lost the 2 lbs over 6 months. I really hope this food works out as I have literally tried every dry fish only cat food available. So far it looks promising!