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4.5
I've been meaning to write this review for some time. It's been about five or so months now that my cat has been getting Royal Canin instead of his previous food.If you're situation is anything like mine, and you are tearing your hair out trying to figure out what to feed a cat who is throwing up everything he eats, you have come to the right place.Let me just say that before I got this food, my Maine Coon cat was throwing up everywhere, and had constipation so bad that I had to take him to the vet, who kindly informed me that cats with this problem develop life-threatening blockages of the intestinal tract as a result of undigested hair not being able to pass through their systems. Needless to say (and $500 later!), I was desperate.Someone had told me about raw food being good for their tummies, but my cat only eats dry food, so I sat down to do some research on the internet, and that is how I found this food on Amazon -- truly a Godsend; I am not exaggerating --, PLUS the Maine Coon Food (same brand). I mix them together.Well, the miracle didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. The vomiting began to taper off. After several weeks it died down to almost nothing. He occasionally vomits like once a month instead of several times a day. Also, as we say around my house he began "doing his business" regularly, i.e., on a daily basis. Once in awhile he skips, but the vet told me 1-2 days was ok.Thankfully, when I switched his food, he liked the Royal Canin. I heard that if they don't take to it immediately, start mixing it into their food little by little. The night we had to take him to the vet, he was so uncomfortable that he was crying and hissing like a feral cat, and his abdomen felt hard! It was heartbreaking!Well, he has not been uncomfortable or sick or needed to go back to the vet since I started feeding him Royal Canin. He is his old self: sweet and adorable. As you also know if you have a maine coon, they are a wonderful breed. Very playful and loving, beautiful and extremely intelligent - yes, beauty and brains.The hairball formula seems to do what it says it will -- help your cat to digest large quantities of hair (and, if you have a maine coon, you know about large quantities).The vet actually told me that he was doing "too good of a job" of cleaning himself and that's why he was having problems digesting his food, and that I should try to get him to lick himself less. (Can you believe that?)Anyway, the hairball formula takes care of the hairballs, but giving your maine coon the Maine Coon Formula (I think 31) is also important for them. The way their jaw and mouth is designed, they can pop the food in without chewing and down it goes, to wreak havoc on their digestive system. Now I give him a mixture of the two foods and it covers bother bases. We actually hear the delightful sound of chewing when he eats and not just gulping! (Again, if you have a maine coon, you'll know what I'm talking about.)P.S., I bought some raw food over the internet that was supposed to be the next best thing to Santa Claus, and my maine coon refused to eat it! So much for that! But we don't need it now that we've found Royal Canin.
