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.

My cat does not like this product! It’s very dense. Have added a little water to thin. He will then lick at it but will not finish. This is a prescription and so far have not found a substitute.

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.

Trying to smooth our cat into this food has been difficult. She doesn't really like it. But if it's your only option, you're stuck. Please make it better.

Our cat was losing weight very very fast and the vet wanted to charge us a lot of money to find out what was wrong with him. My wife went online and found out it may be a overactive thyroid and this special food will work. We couldn't get a doctors note to buy from Chewys at a cheaper price. So we purchased from Amazon and paid a little more. After 3 weeks of him using it, he's gaining weight and acting like a cat again. It saved our cats' life.

Katy has hyperthyroid so it is important that she have this food for her health

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.

Fast delivery, your product allows me to feed my stray cat that has a Thyroid disorder since I am unable to trap him and take him to a vet. He looks so much more healthy since starting it. Thank you.