Side by Side Comparison of: Blue Buffalo vs Precious Cat vs BLUE Wilderness

Our cats love this food, having started with the kitten formula and having graduated to the adult. We love that it's grain free as it's easier on our little guys' stomachs, and they seem to love the taste. The 10 pound bag is just the right size for us as it perfectly fills up the hopper in our automatic feeder. The price is right with subscribe and save as well!

This food is one of the best on the market for cats. It is high protein, grain free, meat based food and (because cats are carnivores) is great for cats. My two cats love this food and have been very healthy while on it .My cats used to throw up frequently on their old food but ever since switching to this food, they hardly ever throw up! We also add a probiotic to prevent vomiting flare ups Vitapet Probiotic Powder Blend For Dogs and Cats with 5 Billion CFU Per Serving. It seems to help the intestinal track of my cats. The stools seem better well formed. I got it at the suggestion of my vet for blood in the stools of my cat, and this product seems to have at least diminished the amount of blood I have seen.

While looking for the better solution for the litter, I stumbled upon this dry food and just gave it a try. Our two cats who have been on Wellness grain free for a long time loved it right away. I did not even need to mix them to get them familiarized.. They started digging in as soon as I filled their bowls!Being cheaper than Wellness, grain-free, no bi-products, and now that my cats like it, I think I am going to stick to this one until I find a better one!

This is great cat food. I switched to this after getting those nasty little Grain Weevils in my poor Emma's old food, Even though it was stored in an air tight container, It was gross. This food is 100% grain free so I am not worried about those pesky little bugs anymore. Plus she likes it. I was worried she was not going to eat it as some cats are fickle about switching food, she eats it. So we're both happy! All paws in on this!

Our Siamese and our Oriental Shorthair love this food and it has helped them attain and maintain ideal weight, glossy coats, and lots of energy. We discovered the benefits of grain-free cat food when we were dealing with a chronically ill Bengal rescue cat, so when we adopted these two young cats from a shelter, it was a natural choice. The Oriental, in particular, had a thin and patchy coat when we got him, and now he looks beautiful. I would recommend it to anyone in search of a better diet for their pets.

I wish this food was way more affordable so I can feed it to all my dogs and my cats, but sadly I cannot afford that right now. However, this food is great. I use it for my ferrets after the lady at the ferret rescue center I adopted two of my three ferrets from recommended this food, the more crazy expensive epigen food, or the marshall's chicken selects food. Using anything else, including Zupreem, those walmart or petco ferret foods, or even the regular Marshalls food without the chicken selects on it is awful for your ferrets, so I opted for this food since it is more affordable than the epigen one.That said, I switched my ferrets from the chicken selects one from Marshall's to this one and within the week, I saw a big change not only in their energy levels but also their poop. I did some research online beforehand and compared various foods to this one, and I saw that this one was the one with the best ingredients. I also learned that the first ingredient listed, for example if it says chicken first under ingredients, that means that there is more chicken in the food than anything else. Looking around, I've seen that a lot of dog and cat food has CORN or POULTRY MIX or words like that that are NO BUENO, i.e. NOT GOOD at all for your pet. That means most of the food is full of fillers, not actual meat or chicken that your dogs/cats/and ESPECIALLY ferrets need. Ferrets are very carnivorous so I am thrilled I can give them this good quality food and not break my wallet, even though it is too pricey to feed to my cats/dogs.Back to the noticeable changes, their poop became slightly smaller and a better consistency, which means they are digesting more of their food, especially compared to how much and how often they would poop on the Marshall's ferret food diet. They also started playing and "dooking" or laughing and running more often about a month or so after I made the switch. Before they would play but they would sleep most of the time and seemed more lethargic than now. I am never going back to anything but this for my ferret food!

I know this stuff LOOKS like a cheap off-brand from the packaging, but long years of living my life as a miserable, lonely cat person with no romantic prospects has shown me that this stuff is amazing. It has the least dust of any litter I've used, it clumps like concrete, the litter pan remains fresher longer because when you scoop it you are getting more of the actual waste removed from the pan, none of the clumps has crumbled away to mix with the rest of the remaining litter, the clumps remain intact. Be advised, however, the 40 pound bag of this stuff weighs at least 63 pounds more than the 40 pound bag of Tidy Cat. It is the heaviest substance known to man.

Hands down the best pet related purchase I have ever made. For the first time in 10 years my house doesn't smell like cat poop.Update: still love, but beware if your cat's paw is wet the litter can form what I can only describe as concrete on their paw. You can imagine the fun we had soaking, chiseling, and cutting it off her hair for days.

This was the first cat litter I have ever purchased and the only cat litter I will ever purchase. I honestly thought there were better things out there but Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat litter is the right one for me, my lifestyle, and most importantly, my cat.So as I was getting things to make my house livable for my newly adopted cat, Cerulean, I was researching and trying to figure out what the best cat litter for him would be. I usually purchase things that are best sellers on Amazon so I went ahead and purchased this cat litter. I had no idea how cleaning a litter box, smelling it, and cleaning it would be like. It was hard for me to understand that this cat litter was the best for me. After about 7 months of using it, I tried different brands.I started with Arm and Hammer's Clump and Seal. It was so great at first! The smell was stronger and cleaner, it felt more easier to scoop, and it clumped pretty well. However, the pebbles grew an attraction to my cats fur. He doesn't roll in his litter so I know it wasn't his fault. He's not even a long haired cat. Cerulean is a Russian Blue mix. So I'd feel litter crumbs in the bed, and step on them on the floor throughout the house. I even have 3 separate mats that are supposed to make the litter fall off his paws as he walks out but the Arm and Hammer litter is so fine that it lingers on him.I gave that up and was recommended by my vet to purchase "World's Best Cat Litter." I thought I fell in love with it at first because it was so soft, lightweight, and had a silky smooth feeling as you scooped. But that stuff is actually pretty powdery. It left powdered marks on my sofa, I had to cover it with sheets until the litter finished. I also found that the clumps crumbled, even if I was being super gentle trying to scoop with the scooper.After those experiences, I realized how much I appreciated Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat litter. Even though it's heavy to carry and scoop, it molds and holds my cats urine and stool, it tames odors, doesn't leave powdered or dust marks, and it lasts me almost 2 months with my single cat. I live in a one bedroom 1 bath 550 sqft apartment. I keep the litter box and a litter genie under the sink which is in the hallway that separates the bedroom, bathroom, and living room. It's been very suitable for my living situation and my cat. Sometimes you don't know what you have until it's gone. Cerulean and I are glad to own this litter.

My cat Sasha has been using this litter exclusively for about a year and a half now and I have no plans to ever use another litter. It's my first time living on my own with a pet, and I was concerned that my small apartment would smell like a litter box (as many do), and that I'd have to constantly move her box in and out of the shower or the patio to avoid a mess. She did not have any problems adjusting to this from her old litter, which was different in every way.I use this in combination with my Litter Genie in the 1/2 bathroom which is right at my front door, and you wouldn't even know there was a litter box when you walked in. It's so clean that I don't even remove it when I have guests using that bathroom. It's also unscented, which is great and I'm sure is much better for a cat who is constantly cleaning her toes. The grains are very large so I only need to use one mat outside the box and the litter never gets tracked out of the bathroom. She still kicks it around sometimes, though!I always purchase the larger bag, which is 40 lbs, and it usually last me 1.5 to 2 months. I am on my 11th bag since February 2015. I only dispose of the used litter when I'm opening a new bag. It clumps so well that I haven't ever had the feeling that I needed to clean out the box, so I will continue to top it off when it gets low until my bag runs out. I scoop each morning, but only because I want Sasha to have room. I've waited two days before and there is still no smell.I only have one cat but I think that this litter would be great for multi-cat households. This is the first non-flushable litter that I've had and I was concerned that I'm too lazy for a non-flushable, but combined with the Litter Genie I spend about 20 seconds scooping each day, and another 10 minutes to clean out the box each time I buy a new bag. The hardest part is carrying the 40 lb bag from my front door to the bathroom, and the very heavy 2 weeks' worth of pee balls down to the outside dumpster.The first time I emptied the Litter Genie I was so amazed that I had to show everyone I knew! I've included that image as part of the review.The packaging is sometimes perfect and sometimes my box is falling apart as I drag it inside, but that honestly is most likely an issue with my post office. It ships quickly with Amazon Prime and the bag is heavy duty so even if the box is destroyed, I haven't had an issue with the litter spilling. One time my post office would not deliver it because they repeatedly stated they couldn't get in the building. I kept asking them to deliver it and they wouldn't, so eventually they shipped it back to Amazon and I received a full refund.

COME ON!!! STAY IN STOCK ALREADY!!! I BOUGHT SOME CRAP CAT LITTER CAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING OUT OF STOCK ON AMAZON. I JUST FOUND YOU ON WAL MART SO AMAZON IS LOSING BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU PUT WAL MART FIRST. NO ONE COMPARES TO THIS CAT LITTER, SO FIGURE OUT YOUR DISTRIBUTION IF YOU CARE ABOUT US AND STAY IN STOCK ON AMAZON.Over 15 years using this for 20 cats, and I still can't find a better one anywhere! Until Precious Cat came to Amazon, it was pure MISERY going to PetSmart and buying 10-15 bags of the 40 lb. litter at a time. I had to beg my buddy to come over and get them from my car and carry them into the house. The day Dr. Elsey decided to come to Amazon AND offer Prime Members free shipping made my life SO MUCH easier!PetSmart was barely carrying it anymore, so I had to try other litters. None of them compared to the clumping power and lack of smell this amazing litter offers--not one. The fu fu smelling litters aren't always safe for cats with recurring urinary tract infections and stones, and none of them clumped like Precious Cat.I would say I tried the Cat Attract when this price went up to a ridiculous amount because they were probably short on supply. But with the 10 cats I have now (the others passed away mostly at 20 years old), they are all really great about using the litterbox. I found absolutely no difference and would not pay the higher price for Cat Attract.I even trained my two mini pins to go in the same boxes as my cats--the boy and girl--and they go in them all the time! I have 9 boxes, some of which are large clothing containers you can store clothes in with the lid. I took the lid off and cut out a large opening in the front for my larger cats.But I can't do without this litter and free shipping!!! You guys save me every day, and my cats are happy. I can't thank you enough!I've added a few pics of some of my "kids" so you can see they are pretty content and happy (spoiled) cats :) My two smaller min pins go in the litterboxes you can see in the last picture.

The problem: My cats have been using Fresh Step Extreme Odor Control Scoopable Cat Litter (scented or unscented) for a long, long, long time. The problem with that brand is the EXTREME dust problem that gets on everything inside the house due to the central air conditioning/heating system. And that problem has worsened over time as I have adopted more stray cats or cats that have lost their home. More cats using more cat litter boxes creates even more EXTREME dust problems. You can change out the central air filters all you want, but the dust is just too fine for the filters to catch all of that stuff. :(The solution: Precious Cat Ultra Premium Clumping Cat Litter has solved the dust problem! I started switching over some cat litter boxes to Precious Cat Ultra Premium Clumping Cat Litter in December 2013 without any of my cat family objecting to the new cat litter. The dust problem is disappearing as my inventory of the other brand of cat litter is depleted. I am EXTREMELY pleased, and I am sure the cats are happier not having to breath the dust from the other brand. :)I have read some reviews on Precious Cat Ultra Premium Clumping Cat Litter on this website that have suggested adding activated carbon to the cat litter to help with odor control. I second the suggestion, and have recently started adding a capful of Marineland Black Diamond Activated Carbon in the 40-ounce size container to a full bag of Precious Cat Ultra Premium Clumping Cat Litter. That seems to be about as much carbon that I see in the previous brand purchased, and the activated carbon is very effective in helping control slight odor over time that remains in the cat litter even after removal of clumped used litter.It's nice when you're searching around on Amazon.com to see if there is a solution to a problem one is having. Precious Cat Ultra Premium Clumping Cat Litter has solved an EXTREME dust problem in my house. Another of life's problems solved.

good food, my cats like it....I am a little troubled by the blue buffalo pet food ingerdiant scandel though (google it)

Finicky cat. Sick, overweight cat. Doctor prescribed a high protein diet....wanted us to buy the very expensive prescription food found in vet offices. That was not an option for us and found this as an alternative. Cat likes it. Cat is doing well on it and has even lost weight using controlled portions!

Our cat is a spoiled feline so we like to make sure he is eating well. He is an indoor/outdoor cat and quite the mouser, but he prefers to play with his catch and eat the cat food. I think that says a lot about this product. We will continue to buy this as long as we have our furry little friend. If this review was helpful please click that it was!

Cheaper than in stores ! Love Saving me some money. Only downside it doesn't zip back up after opening so I had to put in a different container so it wouldn't go hard.

Overall great cat food. Sure,the cats don't love it as much as the cheap $5 bags but they learn to love that their Mom is trying to feed them better. We have 5 cats and go through a bag of this a month (along with 2 cans of soft food a day). They didn't complain about this food when we made the switch to this and seem to enjoy it. Ever since starting this food I've seen a large decrease in them throwing up. We have 2 Maine coons and 1 Persian so they are furry little buggers but they hardly throw up now. I will keep feeding them this.Only negative is that I was recommended this food for soft stool in one of our cats abut unfortuntely this food didn't solve it.

I give it only a 4 because it makes me sad to spend $40 on cat food, but it has been good for my cat though. After doing a little research and learning how bad some foods are with corn/wheat fillers I took a look at my old food and its first ingredient was corn and it made up almost 40% of the food. It started to make sense why my cat was obese even though (quantity wise) she was not eating all that much. For the last few months I have put my overweight kitty on the catkins diet with this food. She loves it and is finally dropping weight (almost able to lick her own butt again so I don't have to keep cleaning it for her!). Only problem I have with it is the other 2 cats in the house want to eat her food more than their own.

I don't normally give reviews on these types of items however, we love this litter! My boyfriend absolutely hates the smell of litter like Arm and Hammer and those types, so we were on a mission to find the opposite of that, and we found it! There is no scent to the litter and it also masks the kitty aftermath. Granted, we have a great litter box but this litter truly does it's job. The consistency is great too, she doesn't seem to track it all over the place.I would have given a 5 star review but I was surprised to see that the bag I ordered a month ago has doubled in price. The packaging has changed and that could be a factor, but to literally double your price? I was kind of surprised to see that as a consumer. I love the product and will continue to buy it, but I thought that was a lame decision to be perfectly frank. Hopefully this packaging takes a strain off of the delivery person because it was SO heavy!!First time buyers, just get this litter, it's a game changer.

I've bought this litter multiple times and it is great - the only thing that bothers me is that this litter gets everywhere but less than other brands. Another issue is the PRICE - I've seen this kitty litter jump up and down from 16 to 40 to 16 to 40. Why can't there be consistence pricing OR subscription? especially since it is something that people purchase regularly.

I have multiple cats and I loved this liter and the price! However, the price has gone from about $17 per 40 pound bag to $35 per bag and no longer Amazon Prime for free shipping!!! What happened??!!

I originally gave this a TERRIBLE review because of the horrible odor control of this product but I was wrong.I had to change my original review and am offering an apology to the company, and to those who may have been swayed by my terrible review. I'm not one to broadcast details of my life to strangers and don't understand why so many people do. I am here because I felt it was the right thing to do.SO... I stopped using this litter and the odor remained. I was dumbfounded. She used to have accidents when I first got her because of the abuse from her previous owner. It's been at least two years since her last "episode", so I assumed it was the litter's fault.It turns out that my cat started peeing on the mat I have under the litterbox. I left for the weekend right after changing the litter. I guess that was too much change for her. I really don't know what triggered her. I've changed litters numerous times in the past in my search for the "perfect" litter, have left for more than two days (with automatic food and water) a bunch of times over the years and she hasn't reacted negatively to any of that. There was a thunderstorm that weekend too, so maybe it was all too much for her. I dunno. She's fine now.After cleaning with Nature's Miracle (#NaturesMiracleRocks) :o) I placed another order for it, and VOILA! No odor, VERY low tracking, and it's dust-free!I would have given it a full 5 star review if it had SOME kind of scent. It's more psychological I guess since it doesn't really need it. It just feels odd not having a scent. Like it isn't fresh or something. (I know it sounds crazy, but it's my honest opinion)I now buy some litter freshener additive stuff and lightly sprinkle it into the litter. So it does cost a bit more than most litters, plus I buy that powder stuff which raises the cost even higher, but it's really worth it.. This is a GREAT litter!

Update: I downgraded this cat litter to 4 stars (2-20-2016)This issue may be only my cat's problem. One of my cats used to be an outdoor cat and after I moved she had to become an inside cat. This cat litter does not work for her. She keeps digging in the litter as if she expected to find a treasure. She has never demonstrated this kind of behavior with any kind of other litter.In short - won't be using this cat litter anymore. I can't have my cat spend more time than necessary in her litter box. My other cat does not dig in the cat litter for fun. [I adopted him when he was 4 yrs old and don't know if used to be an outside at any time. Since he is with me he is not.]~*~I must admit when the cat litter arrived and I first filled it into the litter pan I was disappointed. While I am not sure what I expected, to me this litter did not seem superior or outstanding in any way. Personally, I prefer the "natural" litters made from wood chips, corn husks, or any type of plant material. To me this litter seemed to "unattractive little stones/sand."But, it's not for me. My two cats, Artemis and Yin-Yang are supposed to like it - and they do; they love it. I have two big litter boxes for my cats and each cat considers one of the litter boxes their territory. Artemis is the alpha-female. I adopted her first and she believes that she is the books of this house-hold. Ying-Yang is sweet and accepts her as the boss.As it was, I exchanged only the litter in Artemis litter box, because Yin-Yang's was fresh; I had just changed it the day before the new litter arrived. To my utter surprise Yin-Yang began using Artemis litter box. This is so out of his temperament. In one and a half years he has never used Artemis litter box because he knows that she considers it her territory. Twice I saw him standing in front of both litter boxes, checking if Artemis wasn't anywhere close and then use hers.This went down like in one of these famous TV-commercials.In the three days both cats used only the litter box with the new litter, the Precious Cat Ultra Premium Clumping Cat litter.Even though I still don't like the little stone/sand character I have to say - it's dust free and because it is heavier, my cats don't carry it through the house as much.Cat approved - thus mom is going to buy it.Gisela Hausmann, author & blogger

This litter is great. Probably one of the best I've used and I've tried all the kinds you can get at stores like target/Walmart/etc.Clumping: clumps are very strong and rarely break apart.Odor control: I live in a small town house so odor control is important. This stuff didn't cut it, but I add activated carbon chunks to the litter and it does a great job.Dust: it's a little dusty, but there are some others that are wayyyy worse (arm and hammer). There is usually dust on the rim of the box and I wipe it off every week.Price: this used to be $15 shipped through prime, but now it's $30 + $6 shipping. At that cost I'll look into other options, but I wish I could continue buying it at $15 for 40 pounds.

Way too expensive for cat food that I can't really get any one of my cats to eat. Too healthy.

I approve. My cat hates it.

I bought this for my large, overweight cat because I thought the ingredients looked healthier than the Hills Science Diet Perfect Weight that he had been eating for several months. He's almost through the 15 lb bag and I'm switching him back to the Science Diet. He's been extremely lethargic and his coat is dull. He's not the same happy, energetic cat anymore. Maybe the Blue Buffalo doesn't have enough of the vitamins that he needs.

My outside cats prefer Friskies?? I mainly bought for my 15 yo cat after I learned about the protein in cat food coming from things like leather and unmentionables which causes health deficiencies over time (~and it's over time). I introduced it by mixing it in their regular old Friskies but found they would eat all the Friskies and leave the little pieces of Wilderness outside of the bowl. lol! It was actually a real spectacle to watch. They took mouthfuls of food, emptied it beside the bowl, then sifted through it to make sure they wouldn't eat the Wilderness catfood. Who knew cats prefered corn, leather and unmentionable parts to the "healthy" stuff?? I guess, they really are like people after all. :)

It is very very hard little pieces. I wanted to give my cats a better food so I picked this up and they ate it well for a few months. Then I realized one of my 12yo cats was losing weight. I knew she was missing a lot of her little teeth but she still had her back teeth and the vet said she was fine, that we didn't need to put her on soft food. Mmmk, another month goes by and she's lost more weight, down to half her original weight, actually. She had a little belly to start but really wasn't plump. I finally just started buying her soft food and she's started gaining weight again. I also went back to their old brand of food that has pieces that are a bit softer (or less dense I suppose) and easier to break apart. She eats her old food just fine again. I'm not going to bother trying the mature formulas. Everyone is happy the way things are currently.

I have no doubt this product contains quality ingredients, and for many cats it might be a key to good health and nutrition. We were looking for a high-quality grain-free food, and our cat wasn't able to digest this well at all. She seemed to like the taste of it just fine, certainly never ate less of it than other foods, but it gave her diarrhea which persisted even when we cut the food down to a 50/50 mix with her old food. As soon as we switched her to a different food, a more conventional healthy weight loss formula, the problem went away immediately. I don't mean to imply this will happen with every cat, and I can see there are many good reviews here (which is why we tried it, despite the price being quite a bit higher than our usual cat food), but I thought I should mention our cat's strong reaction. If your cat is sometime "iffy" with new foods, you might consider purchasing a smaller quantity of this first to make sure they can digest it OK.

Not any different from regular unscented litter. The size of the litter seems extremely varied. Some big pieces, some tiny pieces. It's not 100% dust free, there is definitely some dust because of the smaller pieces. For it being unscented, you can smell urine and feces for up to 3 hours after the fact. Doesn't matter how well the cat buries it. I don't like the harsh perfumes of scented litter but this is definitely worse. As for clumping, I didn't notice it clumping better than any litter at the same price range. It does seal to the bottom of a plastic litter box and has to be chipped at with a metal scooper to dislodge. For the price, I wouldn't buy it again. It didn't impress me.

While this is a very good price for what I consider to be the best cat litter, this will be the last time I order a 40 lb bag of it. Opening it, and dumping half of it into the litter box, will be a job only my husband will be able to do, so from now on I'll just stick with the regular 18 lb bags. Something this heavy should really be in a box, otherwise not only is it too heavy to handle but the risk of spillage is too great.

Have not used this yet but thought it would be a great buy. I think I paid $13, assuming this might be 5 times as much volume as my usual litter. Of course, it is 40 lbs, but keep in mind that's because it is very heavy. For volume, my usual Petco refillable is just as economical. I will update if I have any comments about performance or dust. Bag arrived unharmed in spite of a smashed box.

Wish 3.5 stars was an option. I'm a first time cat owner and have been using this product for about two years, since adopting my two cats as kittens. It isn't dusty (which I guess is an issue?). Not sure if maybe my male cat has super pee or what but he likes to go against the edge of the box. In these situations it clumps poorly and results in HUUUUUUUUUUUGE chunks of wet litter the consistency of cement. It then breaks apart when scooping and turns into a mess. There haven't really been litter box issues so I guess I'd say they like it, which is why I am hesitant to try anything else and continue to use it. I don't really notice the smell too much, but I also clean the boxes daily.

Great litter. It does track but not as bad as some others. And it does stick to the bottom but the best by far for odor control. I add active charcoal and there is no smell at all. Try to order this separate.. as it was packaged with another item that could have been damaged. Also my second order of this arrived with the bag inside open a little and litter all over the place.Update*** I still love this litter but what I don't like is the price being jacked up almost triple. Good way to lose customers right there. Star drop due to that sales practice

I've purchased this cat litter multiple times and I have found it is a really great product and probably the best cat litter that I have used so far. However, I opened the most recent bag that I purchased, began to pour it into the litter box and found a dead, dried out mouse inside the bag of cat litter. I am reluctant to ever buy this product again after this. The mouse was packaged inside the bag of cat litter and did not come from my house or the cat. Three stars only because it is a good quality product, but the mouse inside ruined it for me.

Stay away! Seems to be healthy, but it gives my cats UTI's. EDIT: Gives them struvite crystals (not UTI's)

Over the course of the three weeks I fed this to my cats, one seemed fine but the other had issues.The cat that had issues stopped eating, mostly sat on a cozy chair and would not move around much. After a couple days of this, she started vomiting bile. After taking her to the vet once for a blood test (result: normal) we were told to take her home for a couple of days. Two days later we took her back for an ultrasound (showed air bubble in digestive system) and an exray (normal) the vet recommended a new food.She has since enjoyed the switch and is doing well.

After being on this food for a few days both of my cats started throwing up. Both of them did it several times and the vomit did not contain hairballs but barely-digested food. I figured a higher protein diet would be good for them, but apparently they need more fiber than this food can provide.

In my efforts to create a healthier diet for my 3 cats, I tried this food out with them. None of my 3 cats cared for this food.I gave it two stars because of the healthy ingredients. I offered them Purina One Chicken & Turkey separately, and they actually eat that food.

Unfortunately, after feeding our four cats Blue Buffalo's various cat foods, we discovered that it was at the root of why two of them got FLUTD, requiring emergency vet visits, medications and follow-up vet visits. We have switched to another all-natural good-quality food that's much lower in phosphorous, which was the entire problem. (Unlike what many vets want you to think, you don't need Science Diet k/d at exorbitant prices, and the problem isn't that your cat needs lower protein - for heaven's sake, they're carnivores.) Just be careful, as we didn't know until our vet found out we were feeding them Blue Buffalo, that there've been lots of similar complaints from cat owners who use this food - any of it, not just this particular type. Watch your cats for signs of urinary distress, please, as in male cats it can be especially deadly very quickly if you don't get help for them.

Before purchasing this, I did my research and read all the glowing reviews here on Amazon about Blue Buffalo Wilderness Cat Food. I have no doubt that this is an excellent cat food, and I was excited to be feeding my cat something with quality ingredients that was grain free. But for some reason, my kitty is the rare one who this didn't work for. He has been eating this for about 6 weeks now, and while I expected that there might be a period of transition, my cat has been unable to adjust well. He eats this food happily enough, but he has been plagued with gas and soft bowels/diarrhea. I adore my sweet kitty boy, but his hygiene is not always the best, and how to say this delicately??? ...well, let's just say his tail is sometimes like paint brush, if you get my drift and he has left paintings on the pillow cases, paintings on the sofa, etc.I am reluctantly going back to his old food. :-(5/31/13: Updated to add that the diarrhea stopped immediately after switching back to his old food (Royal Canin Calorie Control -- prescribed by a veterinarian as he needs to watch his feline physique). Unfortunately, it contains grain and other ingredients that I wish weren't in there, but he doesn't have a problem with it.

Update: Upon my monthly replacement, I noticed many very small clumps settled on the bottom that stuck to the pan like glue. I have never had this happen with any other brand. Scrubbing with wet towels did not work. I didn't want to use tools as that would scratch the pan. I literally had to pick at the clumps for ten minutes with my finger nails to completely clean the pan out. Then the fun task of cleaning the litter from under my nails. While it's dust-free and odor control work well, I will never use this brand again now matter how cheap it is on sale due to the extra cleaning involved.I tried this brand because it was on sale here. The clumping action is excellent. It creates a solid large clump that doesn't break apart after only a few minutes and is easy to scoop. I see no traces of dust when scooping which I especially appreciate. The odor protection is excellent leaving no traces of smells whether it be minutes or hours. My only complaint is that if the clump is touching the box, it tends to stick to the box. You must perform some (tough at times) scraping to get it off, which my current favorite Fresh Step, does not do. This action may be difficult for some. However, the fact that the price keeps going up means I probably won't be buying again though.

I bought this litter because it has great reviews and is a great price. I should have looked more closely at the reviews - the newer reviews are much less positive than the older ones. I didn't have a problem with dust or odor control,but the clumps are like cement and they stick to the bottom of the litter box. You have to scrape forever to get them to come up and they break off into little pieces. Very disappointing. I didn't want to waste a whole bag of litter, so we mix it in with Tidy Cat litter and it does better that way.

I had been using Dr. Elsey's Cat Attract litter for about a year to great success with an older cat who started having litter box issues late in life. We used to buy it at the pet store, but they stopped carrying it for awhile. Then I was ordering it from Amazon, but it wasn't always in stock. I read reviews of the Precious Cat litter, and a lot of people seemed to think it was as good as the more expensive, harder to get Cat Attract litter.Our older cat had passed away last year, and we recently adopted a five month old kitten who seemed not to have any litter box issues (but had only used the Cat Attract). I bought a bag of this and added it to the dwindling Cat Attract litter left in the box. The next morning, our kitten with no litter box issues had peed in two separate locations in the house! We went back to the Cat Attract and haven't had any problems since.This litter may be great for some, but whatever "attracts" my cat to the Cat Attract is something he now looks for when it's time to eliminate. Needless to say, I have "eliminated" this litter from my house.

I really didn't like this litter. It doesn't get rid of any of the cat smells and when the cats use it the litter turns into almost hard squishy clay. It makes it really tough to clean the box. I tried scooping it the first day but by the second I just had to dump the whole tray. I bought a 40 lb bag and it went very quickly having to dump the whole thing every other day. Not only did I have to deal with the litter mess but also had to really scrub and clean the pan after since it all stuck to the bottom. It just caused a whole lot of extra work. I won't be buying any more.

I've been using this litter for almost a year now, and decided to wait a long time to see how it performs before leaving a review. We have five adult cats and three very large custom-made litter boxes (made from the giant covered Rubbermaid totes, as three of our cats are 20+ pounds (and not fat, they are big breeds)). The cats range from 8 years old (two of them) to 12+. Litter and cleaning litter boxes is something I feel like I'm an expert in by now (having been an indoor cat owner for almost twenty-five years).At first, after coming from almost a pure dust-based litter like Scoop-Away, this product was a blessing. I tried it, the corn/wheat based stuff, other synthetic types, and as I whittled down which litters were the best, this one, by far, was the absolute best when it came to odor, dust, tracking, and general enjoyment (I don't really say that with a straight face, as litter boxes are anything but enjoyable, but Precious Cat made the daily job far, far more enjoyable than before).Three months ago I was finally ready to leave a glowing review, but then suddenly the litter that started arriving regularly from Amazon was the same bag, but the contents seem to have cheapened. This litter is now almost as dusty as the stuff I used to use, and this is a huge problem. The minimal tracking qualities of this litter has also shifted, and where I could do little easy spot cleanups daily as I cleaned the boxes, I now have to vacuum every other day as this stuff is all over the house (it's not pleasant to find it UNDER the fitted sheet on a bed, since the cats love to get on the bed before it gets made when we change the sheets/blankets).The odor control is no longer 'control' but more like 'non-existent'. Typically, we don't have odor issues, as again, I clean these boxes daily without fail (and if I don't, someone else does... it has to happen daily with this many cats or it does become a problem). Lately though, it's getting unpleasant. Keep in mind, once per month, I completely change the litter out and scrub/wash the boxes thoroughly, so it's not any kind of build-up. We've always surprised visitors to our home who exclaim there's no way they'd ever know we had five cats because there's never been cat box odor before... this is no longer true.I'm not sure what happened over the course of the last six months or so, but the quality of this litter is no better than the rest. I would absolutely LOVE to give four or five stars, but I'm now starting to shop for other brands. It doesn't help that Amazon has now pulled the product from their own shelves to investigate issues (though those issues might be packaging/delivery issues, of which I've never had a single problem) that customers are having.If the mfg of this product reads this, please, please fix whatever you've done to Precious Cat litter and give me the quality product that I have been buying exclusively for almost a year. I hate having to shop for different litter, and the cats aren't very keen about it either.

Current ReviewIf the price had stayed at $13.10 for the 40lb I'd have upped the star rating some. I was forced to buy another bag of this through Amazon because I was down sick and they'd deliver this. Seems like it's a bit of a crap shoot with this brand, because this time it worked a little bit better, but it still tracks like crazy. If your cat steps in any wet area, he's then got a dried cling mess between his pads. So as he sits on the bathroom vanity I clean his paws. I do like that they'll deliver this, but for the price of now almost $17 I'd rather buy Scoop Away. Yeah, I know it's only $4 difference.Old ReviewAm changing my review because the product changed. I ordered a bag last month from Amazon and it was as good as my prior review said. My newest order they changed the formula to this tiny granulated stuff that looks frankly like crappy beach sand and works just about as poorly. Will being going back to Scoop Away - that became my favorite once this was harder to find. Still is now.Oldest ReviewI'd bought and been using the new Featherlight cat litter from Tidy Cat. I liked it and my cat didn't mind it, but I saw it was sticking badly in between his toes... like to where I couldn't get it out without causing him discomfort. What was coming loose was tracking pellets all over my carpet rooms away. SO! Doing what I do when I need a good suggestion, I did a generic search for cat litter and then picked the right 'department' and selected my search results to come up with 'highest customer rating'. Then I took YOUR advice, reviewers.Zero dust. Clumps incredibly tightly which allows you to get out the urine areas without having to push it around and touch the 'clean' litter. As for people who complain that you can still smell the poop... here's the scoop. Poop smells, hence it being called 'poop' as in 'poopy'. Scoop it and don't just leave it sit in the box for days on end. All I know is that with little effort ... and my cat drinks a TON of water because I think he has kidney issues ... the box has zip of an odor after you've done your part. My cat's opinion speaks for itself. He used to refuse to leave the box until he pushed and kicked and whatall in there for a solid 3 minutes (which is fun to listen to in the middle of the night). Now? He does his deal, I hear a couple of digs to cover and he's out of there. He also no longer runs charging from the litter box afterwards like his butt's on fire!Thank you Precious Cat. Your now very loyal customer and cat.

Three cats in our family developed struvite crystals in their bladders after about 6 months of eating a mix of this kibble and wet canned food. We switched natures variety instinct grain free kibble and so far so good. The fact that my cats never had issues before eating Blue buffalo, and haven't had any since they stopped, says a lot. Use at your own peril

Gave my cats bladder stones. Threw out remainder and went back to iams. Cats are doing ok now.

Cats hated it!

One of my cats gets violently ill after eating this food. She will vomit the contents of her stomach and then continue with bile afterwards and also has diarrhea. I am not sure what it is in this food that makes her that sick, but when she only eats wet food, she has no issue. This is the only food I've ever given her to make her so sick. She has lost weight and her fur coat isn't as thick as it usually is. This food is absolute trash and the rest will be going into the trash as well.

My cats threw it up.... like everywhere. Just not the food for us.

One of my cats is diabetic, researched the foods to find a grain free high protein and this sounded great. But my cats won't eat this stuff, hard as a rock even tried to put water on to soften it up mixed it in with their old food, they picked through it and ate only their old food.

It's true, it's not the same as it used to be. I've been using this litter from Amazon since the beginning of this year when I adopted a kitten. My kitten and I have had no problem with it until now. The most recent bag was delivered less than a month ago - it is dusty, sticks like glue, and does not control odor. I think it also caused my kitten to be extremely itchy, she has been scratching herself like crazy lately.I bought a another bag of this same litter at Pet360 and compared it with the one from Amazon, they were almost entirely different from each other. The litter from Pet360 is of the same superb quality that I was used to. It is a shade darker than the one from Amazon, not dusty, clumps really well, not sticky, and controls odor.I feel like this company is selling the good quality litter to the other stores and selling the subpar litter to Amazon customers to cut some costs. Amazon doesn't check on the quality of the products it's sending out due to the massive inventory / volume of sales and this particular product already has high ratings so this company can cut some costs and sell the bad quality litter through Amazon every now and then. If somebody noticed the bad quality, they can chuck it to being a "bad batch". Read through the comments, this is a trend.

Don't believe all the hype about this cat litter. Works just like all the other crap from the grocery store. Didn't work any different and clumps on the bottom no matter how much you have in it. When I did put tons in like their special directions, my cats were so high they kept pissing over the edge and my box is 8" tall.

I've always used Fresh Step and everything I have tried can never compare. I found that this litter tracked a lot more in my house than other brands. The clay was also very lumpy, some of it not broken up. The tracked litter hurts a lot more to step on it barefooted than any other brand, think LEGOS! It didn't stick to the feces. It doesn't coat it at all. And because the grains were so coarse, it busted through my litter disposal bags. It was a decent price and had great claims, but unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations.

I used to love this kitty litter and used it for years. Not sure if they changed the formula, but it's awful now. I scoop 2-3 times a day and the urine is caked onto the bottom of the litter box, even though I have a good 3-4 inches deep of litter in there. It turns to a gooey, sticky, glue-like consistency and is nearly impossible to scrape off of the bottom and sides of the litter box. When I finally scrape all of the gooey clumps off, they break apart. Good clumping kitty litter should produce tight, dense little clumps that are easily scooped up. That's how I remembered this litter from a few years back. But I ordered it just last month and it was definitely not like this at all.

Update: I emailed the Precious Cat people and asked why they changed their formula. They replied within a day (!) and said they hadn't modified the formula but where having an issue with the supplier of the clay. I have on more bag of litter and will probably run out in a couple months, then will try another bag to see if the dust problem has been solved. I'll update my review after that.I loved this litter until about a year ago. Before that it was truly dustless and I could keep it in my cat box for almost a month without any smell. Then something changed and it is now so dusty that I don't like to breath when I'm cleaning the box. My room where the cat boxes are is covered in a fine white dust. I wish they would go back to the original formula but the dust is so bad that I am looking for a new litter.

I'm not sure if all the reviews are a scam or not, but I have tried this cat litter, ordering at least 3 times, and all of them failed the superb expectations of the other reviews. This cat litter actually has MORE dust than any that I've tried. Every time I go to clean the litter box, I find myself noticeably trying to avoid all the dust. Not only that, but this litter has zero odor control.At first, I thought it was just a bad batch that I got. But I've ordered a few times now, over many months, and I think it's getting worst. I'm not sure how anyone can rate this a good litter. I order hundreds of products on Amazon, and I don't believe all the reviews, but this is the first time that I've seen such inconsistency with the product and the reviews that are generated. I feel sorry for my cat at this point.