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Oh So Fishy

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5 Jul 1st, 2009 

20 Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful

Advantages:
My cats love it

Disadvantages:
It stinks !

Recommendable Yes:

Detailed rating:

Food according to Life Stage

Variety of flavours

Tooth kind?

Nutritional Value

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I have 3 cats - 1 is 14, 1 is 6, and 1 is just over a year old. All of them are fussy little things and I have to change their food on a regular basis to keep them happy because they quickly get bored of the same ones, and also the 14 year old has a tendancy to throw up with some brands of food but not others, so I have to be careful what I give him. The only food I've found so far that they all like all of the time is Whiskas Oh So Fishy pouches. They come in a pack of 12 85g pouches for around £4.

Each pouch contains one meal for one cat, so I can't afford to give them these all the time, but I like to always have some in and give them as an occasional treat or when they decide they don't like their current food. This Fishy selection has 3 tuna, 3 sardine, 3 salmon and 3 cod flavour pouches. They are all made with whole pieces of real fish.

The pouches are made of foil and have a little nick in the side which you use to tear the top off. It's a good idea to gently squeeze all the contents down in the pouch away from the opening before you open it, otherwise you can end up with the food getting everywhere. They open really easily and you can then just squeeze the food out into the cat's bowl.

When you open the pouches the first thing you'll notice is how strong they smell. They are much worse than most cat foods, but you would expect this with them having real pieces of fish in them. So you may want to feed the cats somewhere where you're not going to be able to smell it all day as it does linger. You can see the pieces of fish in the food, and they are quite nice big pieces. The gravy that they're in is much lighter in colour than on most cat foods, and the texture is a bit thicker, but my cats seem to prefer it to others.

Looking at the ingredients you will see that each pouch has a minimum of 14% whole pieces of fish, but the ones that I've had seem to all have a lot more fish in than that. The other ingredients are meat and meat derivatives, fish derivatives, and minerals. So there's not a load of junk chucked in for no reason, they're actually quite a natural food.

As an example of the nutrition these will give your cat, the tuna pouch is made up of 12% protein, 4% oil, 2% ash, 0.3% fibre, 81% moisture, and there is 8mg Vitamin E per kg.

But of course the most important thing is, my cats love it. All 3 of them wolf this down as though they haven't eaten in weeks every time I give it to them, and they never get tired of it. Often with other variety packs I find there'll be one or 2 flavours that they don't like, but they like all of these. And the other major plus point for me is that they don't cause my 14 year old cat to throw up. So, I'd really recommend these, not as an everyday food as they're far too expensive unless you're rich, but as an occasional treat that your cat will love.

 

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Comments about this review »

TheHairyGodmother 03.10.2009 17:51

Fab review, well written and informative :)

obscuredbykep 06.07.2009 02:23

Well reviewed!

paulpry118 03.07.2009 20:24

These are a christmas treat for my three cats far too expensive otherwise.

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