Petite Cuisine Variety Pack (Sesame Chicken & Chicken Pot Pie) For Cats, 3-Ounce Cans (Pack Of 24)

I didn't luck out with this one. My cat wasn't interested and turned his nose up at this food. I'm not sure what wasn't to his liking because my subsequent queries regarding this subject were met with silence, but the bottom line is that he didn't want it, only ate a little bit when desperate, and was happy when I went to another cat food. Maybe he's just picky, but I can't really review this without his input, as I'm willing to give it a taste test myself. Three stars.

I've got 2 cats that love their wet food!! We figured this'd be a big hit & for the 1st couple cans it was. My cats are used to your everyday mushy cat food (Friskies I think), so when we opened this stuff I was surprised to see that this stuff actually looked almost some what edible. It kinda looked like tuna with peas & carrots, although it was really juicy (seemed like almost half the can was just liquid). Anyway long story short the cats devoured this food when we first gave it to 'em. However I must admit the cans were a little small for 2 cats, but a can this size would be perfect for a 1 cat family. (Here comes the only 3 star rating part) Anyway, after the 1st couple cans it seemed as though the cats loved it, but then, all of a sudden they just stopped eating it. I gotta tell you with my cats that's a rare thing to be sure. Everytime we've tried to give it to 'em since they've completely turned their noses from it. I can't really say that this stuff isn't good, all I know is that suddenly my cats stopped liking it, your cats might love it. Granted, my cats are used to the mushy stuff I mentioned earlier, but to be fare they also like canned tuna/chicken (it could just be the big veggie chunks they didn't like, who knows). I guess in closing, it's kinda up in the air as to whether or not you'll get the most out of your purchase or not, I know I won't ever buy it again, but again your cats might love it, kinda hard to come to a real definative conclusion:(.

I've tried seven different premium canned brands and finally found one my cats will eat. The chicken looks real and there's bits of carrots mixed in. Surprisingly, they even eat the veggies. It doesn't smell as funky as some of the others I've tried and it is in chunk ( as opposed to pate) form. I plan on continuing to order this brand.

When I ordered the Petite Cuisine Variety Pack, I thought it would be a real treat for the seven cats in our household and that the cats would provide an unbiased and impartial panel of judges. When the package arrived, I gave Brio, our youngest (three years old) one of the Sesame Chicken cans. She gobbled it right down and licked the container clean. Good sign! While she was scarfing down the food, I read the packaging and was impressed with the ingredients and the quality of the food. I was a little disturbed that the food comes from Thailand, but proceeded since I haven't read of any problem pet food coming out of Thailand. When I opened a can of the Chicken Pot Pie, I was amazed that it was mostly gravy - a few bits of chicken and some carrots, but mostly sauce (all of the cans were like that - not just the first one). Charlie (aged 16) liked the sauce but wouldn't touch the solids. For a couple of days, I only put out the Petite Cuisine wet food, and most of it just sat there. Hmmmmmm. With seven cats, you'd think at least one of them would clean it up. One of the claims on the packaging is that there isn't the odor from this food that there is in other brands, and that's very true WHEN THE FOOD IS FRESH. I learned the hard way that it smells just as bad as any other cat food when it's been sitting out for more than a day. My next test was to put out a can of Friskies wet food and a can of Petite Cuisine at feeding time for several days. The Friskies went right down and the Petite Cuisine just sat there. I used the whole case eventually, but have to admit that quite a bit of it went down the toilet. Amazon's case price is a little under $1 per three-ounce can, so that's kind of expensive to have to flush down the drain. My advice would be to not buy several cases of Petite Cuisine initially - see if your cat likes it first. Mine sure weren't impressed!

My two traditional striped cats eat mostly dry Science Diet cat food with a few NuCat vitamins added. They also get Iams canned chicken, turkey, or beef once a day. Brownie prefers the dry food but will eat some canned food only when the can is freshly opened. Pi likes both. We tried the Petite Cuisine Variety Pack (Yellowfin, Snapper, Tuna & Sole, Tuna & Shrimp) and the Petite Cuisine Variety Pack (Chinese Chicken & Chicken Pot Pie) over the course of sixteen days. Each cat got about one-quarter can each day. I alternated cans of chicken and fish varieties.At first, the felines were enthusiastic. After a while they tired of the chicken. Pi would only lick up the gravy, while Brownie refused to even look at it. The fish was better received. They like the yellowfin and the tuna & shrimp. The cat vote is for two of the six varieties.There is, however, a question of mercury in ocean fish. A 1995 study in Japan found that cats that ate tuna had a higher concentration of mercury in their fur than cats that ate dry cat food. The study and its results are discussed in an article that you can find on the web by using the search term "all about tuna fish". I posted a question on the Petite Cuisine web site as to whether they had tested their products for mercury. I have not received an answer. My conclusion is that it may be ok to give the cats fish as an occasional treat but not as a steady diet.