Hill's cat food: Description - Reviews from customers and veterinarians + Video

Choosing a decent cat food can sometimes be really difficult. On the one hand, you want the animal to eat properly, and therefore not get sick and live a long, happy and extremely active life.

And here the hand reaches out to super natural and extra healthy food such as holistic. But on the other hand, really good food for animals will also be the most expensive, and, firstly, it is not every day that you can find funds for this, and secondly, not every family can allocate the same amount of money from their budget for feeding a cat, as well as for feeding their own children, even if this family does not experience financial constraints. In general, in different ways, but many people still come to them - known thanks to advertising, not very expensive food.

For some, an acquaintance with Whiskas or Felix will develop into a long-term “friendship” due to the fact that the animal eats such food very gratefully and without pickiness, but for others, having studied reviews from veterinarians or felinologists, carefully read the list of ingredients on the pack canned cat food, will put the jar back on the supermarket shelf so that he will never reach for it again.

Let’s also make our critical contribution to the process of choosing inexpensive food for “tails” and consider Hills cat food (reviews, from criticism to outright boasting).

Compound

In the process of producing ready-made food for cats, the manufacturer uses a large number of ingredients, namely:

• turkey or chicken fillet;
• vegetable protein like corn gluten;
• rice and corn;
• fats of animal origin;
• fish oil;
• vegetable fats;
• cultivated soybeans;
• tuna flour;
• products of the dairy industry.

Also among the ingredients are dried beet pulp, β-carotene, a small amount of cellulose, amino acids, vitamins and minerals.

Note! Ready-made food for four-legged friends contains natural preservatives, in particular rosemary.

Pros and cons of Hill's brand food

Hills has many advantages.

• For the production of this brand of feed, exclusively high quality raw materials are used.
• The food contains sources of animal and vegetable protein, useful minerals, vitamins and exclusively natural preservatives.
• Composition information can be read on the packaging.
• Thanks to the widest range of Hills products, every cat owner will be able to choose food specifically for their cat.
• The PrescriptionDiet line has proven its therapeutic effect in reality.
• Products of the above brand are sold in many pet stores and veterinary pharmacies.

But there are also a few downsides to Hills.

1. Systematic consumption of this dry food can cause allergic reactions in some pets.
2. Hill's products contain a lot of carbohydrates that are difficult for the cat's body to digest.
3. The packaging does not contain data on the percentage of ingredients.

Medicinal feed

The Hill's prescription diet line of medicinal food for cats includes more than 10 varieties.
Such a diet should only be prescribed by a veterinarian, who takes into account the identified pathologies of the pet. It is also important to coordinate the frequency and continuation of feeding with a specialist. Medicinal food is used for feeding only during therapy and during the recovery period after illness. These products contain some elements in large quantities, which can harm the body of a healthy animal.

The manufacturer produces the following line of balanced diets for four-legged friends who suffer from kidney dysfunction and urological pathologies:

1. SD is Hill's brand food, which is advisable to use in courses for the prevention or treatment of urinary tract pathologies.
2. CD is recommended for use during the treatment of cystitis and urolithiasis.
3. KD is a diet that veterinarians prescribe to their patients during the treatment of kidney diseases.
4. GD is advisable to use in cases where chronic renal failure is combined with diseases of the heart muscle.
5. LD is recommended for feeding four-legged friends suffering from liver failure.
6. ID – food for cats diagnosed with pathologies of the digestive system.
7. WD are ready-made diets that have a wide range of effects on the body of an animal suffering from constipation, colitis, and intestinal inflammation.

If your four-legged friend is overweight, various pathologies can develop. This is why it is so important to adjust your pet’s weight in a timely manner. The manufacturer produces products that are intended for feeding overweight cats.

1. MD is an option ideal for furry purrs who suffer from obesity, and cats who have been diagnosed with an excess of glucose in the plasma.
2. RD is a ready-made food for cats that are forced to adhere to a diet.
3. Metabolic – helps speed up metabolism and weight loss.
4. Metabolic + Urinary helps animals not only lose weight, but also cope with urolithiasis.

Line of other feeds:

1. YD – used during the treatment of thyroid pathologies.
2. JD is a ready-made diet that helps cope with joint diseases.
3. TD is a ready-made food from a well-known brand, which veterinarians prescribe during the treatment of oral diseases.
4. ZD is an ideal diet for four-legged friends with allergies.

Types, range and composition of feed

The Hills company produces dry food for purrs, canned food and spiders.

There are several lines of these products.

SciencePlan – food for healthy pets of all ages . The composition of each individual food is carefully selected, taking into account age characteristics, as well as the specifics of individual breeds.

• Kitten – for kittens with tuna, chicken, as well as chicken and vegetables.
• Senior 7+ – for animals over 7 years old.
• YoungAdultSterilised – products for sterilized cats.

The AdultFeline series with lamb, tuna, rabbit or chicken will be useful for purebred purrs.

• HairballControl – makes it easier for furry breeds to swallow hair.
• LightChiken and IndoorCat are low-calorie foods for animal weight control.
• SensitiveStomach – helps pets with sensitive stomachs digest food.
• OralCare - takes care of the purr's oral cavity.
• SensitiveSkin – helps reduce irritation on sensitive cat skin.

The composition of each individual food is specially selected, taking into account age characteristics, as well as the specifics of individual breeds.

The composition of the food depends on the formula and may contain the following ingredients.

• Chicken liver;
• Animal fat;
• Protein extracted from chicken bones, feathers and beaks;
• Soy protein;
• Corn gluten;
• Shredded corn.

Not long ago, Hill's began releasing two more new lines of food: IdealBalance and Nature'sBest. These products do not contain preservatives, dyes, soy, wheat flour, or dairy products.

But they include:

1. Brown rice
2. Flax-seed
3. Peas.
4. Potato.
5. Tomatoes.
6. Broccoli.
7. Beetroot.
8. Carrot.
9. Natural antioxidant and preservative.

They also produce various medicinal foods, otherwise called “prescribed diets” from the PrescriptionDiet line.

• Metabolic and R/D are prescribed in the treatment of obesity in a pet to correct its weight.
• LowFat/Diabet W/D will be useful for diabetes in pussies.
• K/D is prescribed for existing problems with the kidneys and heart.
• J/D will be a good helper in the treatment of joints. Here it will be possible to restore cat cartilage tissue with the help of omega-3 fatty acids contained in the food.
• L/D will help with existing liver diseases.
• Z/D is attributed to pets with allergies. This food contains vitamins, hypoallergenic hydrolyzed protein, various beneficial minerals and antioxidants.
• Y/D aibolit is prescribed for hyperthyroidism.
• T/D has a preventive effect against diseases of the cat's oral cavity.
• S/D and C/D are prescribed for urolithiasis.
• A/D helps your pet's body recover after injury or surgery.
• I/D will help in solving intestinal problems.

Some cat owners consider it acceptable to give medicinal food to completely healthy pets. Never do this! Please consult your veterinarian on all nutritional issues.

Food for daily nutrition

The manufacturer of the Hills brand also took care of producing the basic diet for cats. Below you can find a description of this line.

1. Hill's Science Plan is a ready-made cat food that can be used to feed healthy furry cats.
2. Nature's Best is a diet containing a large number of useful elements. There are no ingredients that can cause an allergic reaction.
3. Ideal Balance is a balanced ready-made food that contains a small amount of brown rice.

Grain-free food is poorly absorbed by the animal's body and can cause constipation. If the basis of your pet's menu is dry food, it is important to systematically pamper your furry purr with wet canned food.

For sterilized cats and cats that have undergone castration

After the cat has undergone sterilization or castration, it is worth transferring it to a special diet, since the pet after surgery needs a small amount of fats and proteins. The manufacturer of a well-known brand produces food for this category of four-legged friends. Hill's Young Adult Neutered cat food is available in the form of dry kibble, mousse or meat kibble. Veterinarians often prescribe this ready-made diet for pets.

Hypoallergenic food

In the event of a serious allergic reaction, it is important to transfer your pet to a special diet. Often, for this purpose, veterinarians prescribe a ready-made diet called Nature's Best, which does not contain products such as corn, chicken and rice that provoke allergies.

Hill's for sedentary cats

Hill's Science Plan Indoor Cat Adult is the ideal food for four-legged friends who spend most of their time lying down. Such couch potatoes are prone to obesity. Low-calorie food will help avoid weight problems. The animal's coat will remain silky.

Owner reviews of Hills food

All reviews on the Internet about Hills food can be divided into two groups: opinions of pet store customers and thoughts on cat lovers’ forums. Of course, the first group of reviews may not be very objective, because the store that sells the food is, from the very beginning, not interested in the excessively straightforward opinions posted on its pages, as well as in too strict criticism. But forum visitors, especially their regulars, are not constrained in their judgment, so they can be trusted more.

What do forum users write?

To begin with, before you start judging this or that product for animals, experienced owners of mustachioed and tailed animals make a small note that each pet is unique, and if a certain food is suitable for one of them, then it may not be completely suitable for another, so The point here is not only in the excellent composition of canned food, but also in individual intolerance. In the end, there are animals that even an elite holistic specialist by their standards refuses to eat. What can we say about the premium class?

In general, Hills has a reputation among forum users as a very good food for kittens, but of questionable nutrition for adult cats. There are many stories from women who fed their kitten Hills for a long time, and when he grew up, were forced to switch to another brand due to sudden problems with fur color, blood in the stool, bad breath and shedding... However, this criticism does not apply to Hills medicinal products. That is, Hills is good for sick cats, but not all healthy ones tolerate it well.

What to feed a kitten?

Verdict: this food can be tolerated, since it is, after all, not economy class. However, not everyone does this with their regular diet.

Hills is great for cases when your own regular food has suddenly disappeared from sale, and you haven’t had time to find a new one yet (shouldn’t you be buying Whiskas all this time, or other products recognized as poisons from?).

Well, or even in traditional Slavic cases called “the week before payday,” when the whole family is forced to subsist on pasture, say, pasta, and the cat is forced to subsist on food a grade lower. Still, it’s better than eating Whiskas or Kitiket laden with “chemicals.”

Conclusions about Science Plan food

Reviews about Science Plan cat food are mostly positive, although there are also negative ones. The composition is not as good as the manufacturer advertises. Considering the last fact, the PetObzor website recommends, if possible, choosing something of higher quality from the super premium class (for example, Brit Care or Monge at almost the same price).

If this is not possible, then dry food from Hills is generally no worse than other premium products, and certainly better than economy class food.

• Hills feed
• Premium food for cats

Price and where to buy

You can buy Hills food from this line in:

1. "Yandex Market" ():
   Science Plan packaging 0.3 kg - from 251 rubles;
2. Science Plan packaging 1.5 kg - from 1089 rubles;
3. Science Plan bag 10 kg - from RUB 4,793.
4. "ZooPassage" ():
   Science Plan packaging 1.5 kg - from 986 rubles;
5. Science Plan packaging 10 kg - from RUB 5,505;
6. Canned food Science Plan 85 g - from 75 rub.

The above prices are indicative, they are current as of August 2022 and may change over time. For exact prices, check the pet stores using the links above.

List of premium cat foods

Premium cat food brands include the following: Purina Pro Plan, Royal Canin, Iams, Hills, Feline Perfection, Fitmin. It is worth noting that very often Royal Canin food and Hills food are often classified as super-premium. This is due to the fact that their medicinal food lines are of very high quality. However, regular food of these brands is not as good as super-premium food, and therefore it is a mistake to attribute them to it.