Applaws Adult Chicken & Salmon

Used to be my cats favourite but there has been changes and now he won’t eat it. Same with the Applaws wet food actually.

My cats have been eating this for over a year and no issues, they have now changed the size of the biscuit to more of a kitten kibble size and I think the actual food composition must have changed as well because even my pig of a cat won’t even eat it!

Our cat used to love the dried cat food. We used to bulk buy her the Chicken with Lamb, Chicken with Salmon and Chicken with Duck in 7.5kg bags. She won't eat anything that arrives in the new packaging. When I checked the ingredients on the new packaging, and compared it with the ingredients on an old bag, there has been a change to the formula, which has put our cat off. Unfortunately this means that we will now have to find a new brand of dried food for her.

After a few weeks of eating this food, my cat lost hair in places. I had to spend a lot of money on a veterinarian and treatment.

I have two cats who eat a variety of different brands of dry food and have never complained. Until I tried this! Neither of them would go anywhere near it.

My cat used to thoroughly enjoyed this food, even the kitten version. Something must've changed in this recipe as after a few feedings of this latest bought bag he threw the whole lot up and refused to eat. This was the only change and the vets found no other issues.

She won't eat it at all and have to say, from a human standpoint, it doesn't smell particularly appetising. Not sure chicken and salmon combo is suitable.

Used to buy it for my cat 2 years in a row and he loved it, the litter tray never had bad smell, until the last order when I received my usal 6kg pack with completely different color and size cat food pieces. My cat didn't like to eat it but I thought I will give a few weeks to see if he gets used to it. Unfortunately, his litter tray started smelling umbarably every time he went for nr2 on top of that he developed urinary tract infection. Vets explained it to be due to changes in diet.

my two cats love the other applaws dry food chicken and chicken and duck but they dont touch the salmon one at all.

He enjoyed it but after a couple of weeks he developed a rash all over his body with excessive scratching and grooming. I've removed the food and he is slowly improving.

I rarely write reviews but as my cat has developed a skin complaint and has been losing hair after eating applaws, I wanted to make sure other people were aware of this before purchasing. Since buying it I have since read several reviews saying similar which I wish I had read first. I'd recommend a different brand or you may be putting your cat's health at risk.

I was going to buy some of this, then read the reviews of numerous cats being sick and pulling their fur out. I read up about citrus extract, which one reviewer mentioned because it's an ingredient, and found that it is toxic to cats, so I won't be buying it.

I have three neutered lads and all have wet and dry food. Their usual hairball control kibbles don't seem to be available any more, so I thought they could try this. They have all eaten some and one has been fine. The other two - who have good appetites - have eaten theirs and then projectile vomited, bringing up their wet food as well as the kibble biscuits. They are not ill as such - they are hungry and crying for food after vomiting ......

Just planning to bulk buy but read reviews first. Penny just dropped and I realize the 'vomiting' episode coincided with trying applaws dry food a few months ago. I bought two types and didn't register which ones were given to them. Safer to steer clear for us.

Last year I bought Applaws dry cat food in chicken and duck flavour which my cat absolutely loved. I then ordered a bag of this food in chicken flavour, and another in chicken and salmon flavour. Since feeding my cat these 2 new flavours he's gone from being a healthy and happy indoor cat to pulling his fur out in large clumps. I took him to the vet and they suggested a change in diet might be causing the problem. It suddenly clicked with me that this Applaws food was causing his skin problems. After doing some research and reading reviews on here, I saw other people were experiencing the same thing. I can only assume the food is faulty or contaminated somehow. Applaws have asked me to return the food for testing and I've received a full refund from Zooplus. Please avoid buying this flavour to avoid distress and illness in your cat too.

After reading the reviews here I now know why my cats have stopped eating this food , it's the recipe change , they have been happily eating this for years and it helped a lot to control their weight but now they are always hungry and not touching the food :-( please if this is your regular food get a small bag with the new recipe first just so you don't get lumped with a massive bag. Also it does pong a wee bit more!

i bought this food for my cats and they refuse to eat it. I than tried it on the cat of my son she also does not go near it

I have been buying this in bulk for years for my 3 big, greedy, not at all fussy boy cats and they have loved it. However, this bag they have all point blank refused to eat. I thought maybe it was a slight change and they would get used to it but over a week later they won't touch it and I have had to buy supermarket food (which they have eaten happily) until I can figure out a high quality solution. Very disappointing and a waste of £35.

I have been buying this variety for a few years now and our two cats absolutely loved it, unfortunately it seems that Applaws have changed the formula... Now the kibbles are much smaller and so break very easily which means a part of the food ends up in the bin as it practically turns into powder, but yet more importantly we have spotted some blood in our cats' poop. Will not buy it again, and really do not understand why the change, what a shame!

title says it all really, this variety has made my cat very ill and the whole house stink, the chicken variety he can eat without issue though

After years, my cat is throwing up its food.

My bad experience has been identical to that of many other people. I had been buying this product for years and my cats were doing very well with it, but for some time now one of them started vomiting and the other began to lose weight because he would rather go hungry than eat it. I think it's really bad that the manufacturer hasn't taken any action about this.

I’d been giving this food to my cats for about 4 years. A few months ago, when I bought a new bag, I noticed the kibble looked different and the smell had changed too. One of my cats got diarrhoea and it hasn’t stopped since. The formula has changed, and for the worse, and I’ve spent a lot of money at the vet trying to help my cat get better. I definitely don’t recommend it.

It's a shame that the recipe and the size of the pellets were changed without any notice. Since then, one of my cats can't tolerate it anymore and often throws up right after eating. No idea if it's because of the new size or the ingredients. Now I have to look for an alternative, which is really annoying, as my cats react quickly to changes in their food with diarrhoea and so on. Why change something that worked so well?!

Suddenly the price doubled and my cat stopped eating this food???

My tomcat had to vomit twice after eating the treats.

My cat was on this food for over 8 years. Unfortunately, the last bag we ordered was the last one from this company. The manufacturer changed both the size of the kibble (they're now really tiny, like for kittens) and the ingredients. A cat who ate this food for over 8 years now can't tolerate it at all after the changes. It gives him very severe diarrhoea. I ruled out other causes with numerous tests. After switching to a different food, everything started to return to normal. So that's the end of me buying Applaws food.

The size has changed, the cats don’t eat it anymore

The recipe and size were changed without any notice! My two loved it before and now they only eat it if they have to 😞 Great, and I even bought the extra 7.5 kg bag! I'm really angry 😡

Unfortunately, it seems that both the recipe and the size have changed. Sadly, there was no notice about this. The product no longer matches the original size and shape.

My cats loved this food, but without any notice the pieces are now only half the size and the girls don’t want it anymore. So now we have to look for an alternative. Changing cat food rarely makes sense.