Purina Fancy Feast Gourmet Pate Wet Cat Food, Petites Tender Beef Entree - (Pack of 12) 2.8 oz. Tubs

I have two cats that were rescued from the SPCA several years ago. You'd think a cat that had lived on the street eating out of garbage cans, as one of mine did, would devour any wet food he was offered. You'd be wrong. They both will only eat paté, and then only if it's mashed up with a little warm water mixed in so it's not plain old room-temperature slop.One will only ever eat a few bites, even if it's something he loves. He refuses to come back and eat a little more later, as though it turns toxic the moment he turns his back on it The other is a bit...robust...so I only want him to have a little.These Fancy Feast Petites have been perfect for us. (Or, I imagine, would be perfect for a person with one normal cat.) I hate throwing a lot of leftover food away because of the waste, and because it smells up my kitchen trash until it's taken out. I've had to ban fish flavors altogether for just that reason.What has surprised me about the flavors of Fancy Feast Petites patés is that they smell...I can't say it any other way but "real". They don't smell like canned cat food to me. The turkey smells like a roast turkey, and the chicken smells like a chicken dinner. And this flavor, the beef, smells like a hamburger to me. Maybe the scent comes out more because I do add that little bit of warm water, but I've been surprised at just how tasty it smells. It makes me feel good giving this to my two gentlemen because it smells like it's supposed to.It's hard finding something both cats will eat. Usually if one loves a wet food the other turns his nose up at it. They're already eating two separate types of kibble, so this is a win. (They're not spoiled and I refuse to admit that they are!)The one downside for me,--and I'm adding it here because it might affect seniors and people with arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome--is that it's very hard for me to peel back the foil lid from the little tub of food. The foil tab you have to pull is sort of smushed into the edge of the foil cover and you have to tease it out, and then it's very small with not much surface to grab. And whatever adhesive holds it on the plastic tub seems crazy strong.I understand that it might be fine for most people. I have a cervical spinal injury and neuropathy in my hands. What I wind up doing is taking a knife and cutting through the foil top around the inside rim of the container. Like I said, this probably isn't relevant for most of you, but my elderly mother has told me she has the same issues with her arthritic hands and these containers, so my fellow weak-handers be warned.

My senior cats have been refusing to eat the regular can food for days now, so I tried this instead. I also bought the chicken one. Ordered them yesterday and got them super early this morning. Awesome! I have two senior cars and the portion of this is perfect. My cats love it and cleansed off the plates. All products arrived fully intact; no leaks, not dirty, packed well. I’m glad found this as I was beginning to worry when my cats wouldn’t want to eat the regular wet food I’ve been giving for years. Happy cats happy owner!

Our cats love these petites. I think they believe they are getting an entire can. They lick their bowls clean every time too.

Product leaking all over the product, could not be used

My cat is obsessed with the beef pate. She was a Chicken or Turkey pate until the beef showed up.

Great packaging and my cat is loving this flavor

We've bought a ton of this - only food our old cat will eat. Saved her life as she quit eating, so happy we found it. We order 2 boxes about every week and a half.

I tried many brands of cat food. I always use the line. I tried this product. You cannot get the top open without getting a mouthful of cat food. Does not open easily if you try to peel the cap off. You will end up with it all over your face or shirt. I have to cut the top open on all of them. And I've ordered this twice. Now both times there's a greenish color like old meat on the inside edges. My cat would not eat it, my other cat Ate it and threw up. it's dried out in the middle. Just a little bit of oil that stays on the top part. But when you scoop the food out, it's dry & comes out like dried clay. It does not have a good smell to it smells like bad rotten meat. I would not recommend this particular food at all. Do not buy! High priced for the bad quality. When I first cut the top then because it's not easy to peel the top off at all. The containers of the cat food do not peel open easily at all and you have to cut It. Does not open easily. First sight appearanceOf it looks like There's a slight oily residue on top. The food looks as if it is dried out it has a greenish hue around the inside edges, Like it went bad. Soon it is not easy to get to or open at all.I would not recommend the appearance of it Looks like it's dried out with the wrong color of what it should appear to have. I would not recommend this food! The appearance of it looks dry bad smell an old food.