Friskies Reviews

I have 7 in-house cats and they had been eating Friskies canned food for at least a year. Before then, they ate Fancy Feast, but a friend of mine gave me a few cans of Friskies and my cats seemed to love it so I started getting that since it was a little cheaper and you got more. I expected some initial digestion disruption on at least one who has a sensitive stomach because of the change. After that, they had been fine until a few weeks ago. They all started having runny stools. At first, I thought someone got into something, but it started getting a mess so I was like, "hold on". Some of them had some vomiting, but no one seemed like down and out sick.

The Friskies shred quality, particularly for Whitefish and Sardines has significantly declined. The cans I've purchased are almost 50% liquid with very little of the can being taken up by actual product. Are we simply getting more sardines and whitefish with water retention? At almost a dollar a can, this is ridiculous.

My stray cat eats has eaten Friskies for two years yet the past 3-4 months he throws up with the dry food and most of the wet immediately. For cats to throw up there food after years of eating it or to flat out suddenly start refusing food they previously ate something is very very wrong! My patio is full of vomit stains. It’s not all the wet food but most and the dry the chicken regular gravy is fine so far but not extra gravy and others. He turns his nose up at most of the food. He can smell whatever it is they added knows not to eat it. If you add something to a recipe that’s stayed the same over decades you should be legally required to report the change and let your paying customers decide if we want to continue purchasing it. Why would chicken and gravy be fine but extra gravy make you sick? You’ll have to come to your own conclusion. I’ve come to mine.

I purchased a 24 pack of Friskies extra gravy chunky cat food twice now and feed them shredded individual cans I bought in between. First of all, my older cat does not like the meat chunks. But what led me to write this review is that my newer kitten was being extremely hyperactive during the first case.. But calmed down in between. I reintroduced it last night and had to lock my kitten up in the extra bedroom last night because she was so high energy. Some thing in this food is giving my kitten hyperactivity like a kid who ate a bag of candy. I'm definitely going to be looking into higher quality cat food for my cats!

Just bought Friskies wet food at Sam’s as I rescue and the cats were fine until I started feeding the new box, they started have diarrhea, vomiting and are refusing the food. I’ve fed and trusted friskies for over 15 years of rescue but now I’m scared because I can’t get cats adopted that are sick and I definitely can’t afford huge vet bills.

I have been a loyal customer for years. I buy a lot with 5 cats. Recently, the food has been very inconsistent. My cats have been throwing up and had diarrhea frequently; they don't seem to like it as well, looking for alternatives.

Purina, What did you do!? Why did you change your formula??? I have several cats, my friend rescues and fosters cats-with at least She really has about 30 living in her home. Both of us have the same problem-our cats won't eat your wet food anymore. All of our cats walking away without eating. They might go back to eat when there terribly hungry. Even then, they only eat enough to satisfy their hunger. I also find the cans inconsistent with the amount in the can. They're eating pate, and despite the weight marked on the can, I often-too many times-get cans that are only 2/3 full. The rest is a small amount of liquid. This is pate.

I’ve been feeding my cats Friskies wet cat food, mostly chicken all their lives, since last year, most of them are having diarrhea and vomiting, they never had this before, I have 15 indoor cats, I can’t keep up with the cleaning, it’s not normal at all, vet says they’re not sick, so it’s definitely the food

I have 7 cats. My cats eating Friskies fish for a very long time now with the new formula. HORRIBLE. I have 1 allergic cat before. The little meat hidden in the fish flavor he could manage now. He gets extreme sick. Thank you Purina for only thinking about money, terrible change. I am out.

I am so disappointed in Friskies dry food. My cats used to eat it up, since Covid hit and supplies ran low, they’ve changed the recipe or level of quality because they won’t eat it anymore. You can see the dusty crumbs all over the bits of food. So bad. Will change brands.

Our cat has been eating Purina Friskies for a long time. We recently purchased a case of the variety Friskies Pate with the special flavor Farm Favorites with Chicken & Carrots at Costco and our cat refused to eat the Mixed Grill. We then purchased a case of variety with the special flavor Glaz’d & Infuz’d with Gravy Glaz’d Chicken and our cat refuses to eat the MIXED GRILL again. I gave a can to the neighbor and his cat will not eat it either. I think there is something wrong with it. I am out 20 servings of food for my cat. At 43.00 a case plus 8.25% sales tax this is starting to add up and a decision to be made as to whether or not to change brands and go with something else. I have also read online that this is an issue everywhere with this flavor.

My granddaughter's 6-year-old cat was eating Friskies gravy swirlers in the pink bag this morning and started throwing up and choking and was dead within 10 minutes. He along with our other cats have had diarrhea and have been throwing up after eating this food. They've eaten it before without problems, but there seems to be something wrong with this bag so I threw the rest out.

I have purchased Friskies Salmon Pate for my cat for years. Now, he won't go near it. The product looks DARK and does not resemble what it used to look like at all.

I've been feeding Friskies for about 4 years and now the last 2 months the food quality is not good. The last two weeks the food is showing rancid food. Cats won't eat after opening. Has killed 3 of my cats so far. Have 3 more sick.

ZERO STAR REVIEW. We give our cat seafood supreme pate and salmon dinner pate in which that’s the only kinds she will eat. She smells it and walks away. She is 11 years old so she have always eaten this. We discovered Purina have changed the mix, plus more. Looks like Purina went to a cheaper way so now they will lose many customers, if not all. Shame!

I'm afraid the redesigned cat food is a step backwards. You're about to lose a 40 year customer because of the new blend. At 90 cents a can and most of my cats no longer eat it. I have tried all of the old favorites and they are all changed for the worst.

Lot 1161 Friskies meaty bits gave my cat terrible diarrhea and after reading these reviews, going all the way back to 2019 and older, this location appears to be known for food poisoning. I'm glad I have only given him 1 can. He's 9 and never had issues with any food ever. I'm so upset.

I JUST bought a 60 can box of Friskies at Costco a few days ago. It was called a Club Mix box of pate with ten of the cans being called Glaz'd & Infuz'd and my cats HATED IT. They would not touch it once they smelled it. I then took those ten cans that were unusable at my own house and tried to give them to the cats at my parents house. Again they would not touch this food. I took the remaining eight cans to a feral cat colony behind my local market and they wouldn't touch it either. I paid $43.99 for this box because I mistakenly thought it was a good buy. IT WAS NOT if NO CATS WILL EAT IT. I feel ripped off. I can't return it either, so I will use the rest of the cans and never buy this "Club Mix" again. Very unhappy since I really couldn't afford to waste any. Those eight left over cans had to be thrown in the garbage!

Patch number 1161 on the bottom of the can is bad. One cat emergency vet visit cost $700.00, other cats refuse to eat it. Two cats are vomiting, three cats have diarrhea and vomiting. Disposing of cans and taking rest back to Costco. Hope my cats get better, shame on Purina for allowing this to happen. If any of my cats die from this I will be suing Purina.

Came across a bag of Friskies so thought I would try it on my kittens. Only for them to get sick and one passed away. WEF owned and eliminating your pets!!

All of the Friskies is marked down at Pet Smart on 82nd in Portland. I should have known. Two cats have severe diarrhea and vomiting. Have to take the senior cat to the vet. I always buy Friskies wet, both the Pate and the Prime Filets. Never again. The person at Pet Smart said the sale was because Friskies is changing their recipe. I hope my cat makes it. I see a lot of people from Oregon with recent complaints. This is concerning.

I've been a loyal customer for over a decade. I found foreign Material in my can of Pate. Contacted customer service via phone Monday, since every email address suggested didn't go through, prior to. I finally received an email, after contacting again via phone. However, the pictures didn't go through. I sent again to the gentleman only to receive the attached. Email address NOT located. It seems their position is we're too big and every site won't upload photos to support your concerns. I found a piece of plastic and a rock or pebble. Please find attached.

My cats have the runs for couple days now, either from Friskies dry food, or friskies canned wet food. One of the cans were puffed up, like there was bacteria growing inside! I get variety packs of pate, chicken lovers, and the treasure.

Recent user reports indicate significant inconsistencies in the quality, texture, and smell of Friskies Salmon Pate in the past few months. Consumers have noted that some cans contain a denser, browner, and dry product, while others are more moist, causing cats that previously loved the food to stop eating it or experience digestive issues.

I have noticed in my last couple orders of Friskies pate that they have cut back on the amount of food in the can and added liquid to make up the difference, I used to feed 1 1/2 cans per meal, Now I have to feed 2 cans. Less food, higher price.

My cats just started vomiting a lot right after eating FRISKIES Pate Variety pack I bought from Costco. They've done this several times. I hope it's not a bad batch because I bought a few 50 can packs last week.

I have been feeding my cats Friskies for years. They will not eat it. My cats are throwing up and will not eat or drink. I had to take them to the vet. These have been the cans with 1159 on can. Throw it out.

This was once an ok product. The meat was small enough for my cats to eat it and it was full of either gravy or sauce which my cats like the best. In the past 2 yrs the product has gone to crap. The meat is in big clumps of glob and there is barely any sauce or gravy which makes it very dry. I have tried all the expensive cans and my cats just won't eat them and now due to the nasty job the companies are doing my cats won't eat this garbage either.

I have fed my kitties Friskies pate for years. I buy it by the case. This last purchase is the new formula - no preservatives or artificial colors and it is making her nauseous. Her poor little tummy is so upset. Will never buy another Purina product again.

All 3 of my cats have required emergency care in the last 6 months and I had no idea it was related to their food until today. One had bloody diarrhea and constant vomiting, the other had crystals in her urine that were so large they could block her ureters and cause her bladder to explode, and my baby cat who was one year old needed emergency surgery that cost $10,000. He was cut open from his chest to his bum and they had to run the whole length of his intestines. I am SO ** PISSED OFF!!! This is NOT OK and I am speaking to lawyers about a class action lawsuit. I know the people who took down Harvey Weinstein. If they cannot help, I guarantee they will suggest someone who can. ** PURINA AND ALL THEIR SHADY ASS **!!!!

I been buying my cats Friskies for years, but this last year my cats been getting really sick. I changed their food several times. They like it, but one of my cats' fur start getting matted and she was throwing up really bad, my other cat, he started doing the same thing. I don't know what to do cause I changed their food several times. They like Fancy Feast but it started doing the same thing. It have some little white things in it that's hard that I have to pick out. Friskies and Fancy Feast. I go to different stores to buy my cat food. It's the same thing with all the cat food from these different stores. Somebody need to do something about this with this cat food. Now I'm feeding my cats wet dog food smh!!

This latest 30-lb bag of Friskies Sensations Seafood Melody made all six of my cats—ages 3 to 21—vomit shortly after eating. My senior cat was sick for a full day. Whether it’s a bad batch or a formula change, something is clearly wrong. I threw the bag out and won’t buy this again. Not worth risking your pets’ health. The image I uploaded is the bag in the trash. I wanted to add a photo, but I had already thrown it away.!

I've been feeding my cats Friskes ever since they stopped drinking mama cat's milk. They r 9 years old. Two days ago I got A bag of Tender Crunch'd. They all have diarrhea. Two of them have blood in their 💩. Tomorrow is going to be the most expensive day in decades. Not credible people at frikies. 🤔 Y'all are sketchy.

In the first week with the Friskies Periscope Party Mix biscuit, my always healthy cat started limping on one paw, so I went to look at the compositions of the Yums Natural Party Mix biscuits, my cat really loves them, but he got arthritis which makes life difficult for 9-year-old cats, I really won't buy them again.

Been feeding my cat Friskies for years. 4 years to be exact. However, one day a bad batch encouraged my cat to throw up for day on end. It broke my heart to see my cat like that, nearly at a loss of all the energy that had coined him a troublemaker. Instead he just slept. And slept. Until one day I fed him another brand of cat food, and he went a day without throwing up. Then another. And another. He was active again, and causing trouble just like he had been the week before. I will never in my life recommend this brand to anyone.

I have 15 total cats inside and outside feral. I bought two cases of Friskies from Costco $43.00 each. The first week the smell of their poop was so so bad. Then I noticed a couple throwing up. Not thinking much about it, maybe a hairball.. As days went on the smell of the food is not normal, one poop in the cat box literally makes my nose burn like nothing I’ve ever smelled. Thinking maybe it was just that flavor. Every single can makes my nose hurt and burn, it’s a smell I can’t describe. I have to rush to scoop it it and it’s diarrhea 98% of every poop. This is absolutely not normal. They never have squirting diarrhea like this and I’ve fed them Friskies for years. It’s like a chemical smell, one of the feral that never turns anything down won’t touch it as won’t one of my inside cats.

I realize this food is more affordable than other brands out there, but I will be switching due to all of the cats having loose stools. They've been dewormed, and I've tried other remedies with no changes. It's obvious that cheap equals low quality, but I figured it was better than nothing since I feed outdoor stray cats. (And yes, I do take them in to get spayed/neutered as I can.)

Our fur baby cat loves the Friskies dry and wet gravy foods. But every time we order the cans they are always dented. Is this still healthy for our baby to eat? We want to make sure no bacteria is in there that could be harmful. Sometimes he goes to his bowl and won't eat it. So we throw it out but just want to be on the safe side and see if any of these dented cans need to be thrown out or a refund is possible? As they aren't cheap. I'd still recommend the gravy ones but the thumbs up not allowing me to press it.

I have been feeding my two indoor/outdoor cats and one indoor cat Friskies canned food for about a year. Just recently 2 months or so none of them rake eating it. Doesn’t matter the flavor or texture. They want nothing to do with it. What has been changed? Kind of worried after reading previous reviews my cats could develop a medical issue.

I have lost 5 cats within the last year and half. 2 outside cats and 3 inside only cats. Liver failure, and kidneys. I have ONLY ever fed all of my cats Friskies for the last 18 years. My oldest was 18 when she passed in 2021. I've noticed the change in the wet food as of lately. My cats also. Salmon dinner Pate has always been their fav. Now they smell it and walk away. I have now have 13 cats. After reading all the other reviews, I'M PISSED!!! Sorry, my heart is breaking. What is Friskies doing to their wet food now? They need to step up and go back to the way it used to be.