Iams Cat Food Reviews

I recently purchased two boxes of Iams cat food via Chewy and received the boxes opened, leaking and with flies inside the box. I immediately contacted Chewy as well as Iams via their website wherein I filled out a form. I did not received confirmation of my submitted form nor have I received any response from Iams. Photos attached.

My cat died of kidney failure after switching to the Iams Urinary Tract food. I'd gotten a free bag of it through one of the product testing programs and thought with his age that it might be helpful to him. Instead, he died after eating it. Looking online, I found that this has happened to a lot of cats. Please keep your cat safe, and don't buy or give food from this company!

I have two healthy cats, ages 6 yrs old (sisters from same litter). They were adopted about 4 mos ago & we were given bags of IAMS dry food as well as the "snap" packages of wet chicken & beef flavor foods. About a month ago we bought more of both foods & the IAMS "snap" packages included tuna flavor. I thought the cats would like the tuna because when I give them BumbleBee canned tuna (not cat food) they love it. So I put half of one IAMS tuna flavor snap pack down for one, another half for the other at breakfast. (Numbers on bottom of packets 19014 80231 and 1504988.)

I have 5 older cats and this cat food caused 3 of them to throw it up which is unusual. Won't buy IAMS no more!! Sad. They were a good cat food. Made 3 cats out of 5 throw up. Do not recommend iams cat food. No good.

I’ve been using Iam’s for approximately 10 years and previously have only had issues with shipping the wrong food. Now my indoor AND outdoor cats have vomiting, diarrhea and are obviously dehydrated as they are drinking copious amounts of water and have become lethargic. I bought the Iams Healthy Adult with chicken through Amazon in the 22 lb bag.

My cat keeps throwing up what is happening??? I've been giving him this for a while now but he can't even keep the food down now. What did y'all do to my kitty‽??? Shame on you!!!! Iams never again!

My cat vomited from this food every other day. Once we stopped giving it to her she stopped vomiting. Not a good brand anymore. Potentially toxic causing vomiting in healthy cats. Bought on Chewy we and she still got sick.

I have fed IAMS Sensitive Stomach to my indoor cats because one has a stomach issue. They suddenly stopped eating as much and one got deathly sick and started losing weight. Well iams sold out and the formula changed. I swapped to Blue for sensitive stomach and they are eating and the diarrhea and the throwing up stopped almost overnight. They are putting on weight again. I will never trust iams again. Several years ago I lost a cat to kidney disease my vet blamed on iams. Iams was using corn gluten but they had a recall and changed the formula. Guess what, iams is using it again! Also they are using a chlorine salt! Read the labels! Iams lost 30 years of loyalty. They ought to be ashamed of themselves for putting profit before the health of our pets!

Two bags of food purchased recently in two separate stores, one had insects in the bag and the other was close to expiring. The quality is just awful. And I had to throw both bags out and it's not really affordable and you have to jump through hoops to get your money back.

I have 2 cats and one of them eats to fast. I tried everything from making sure the dry food had no dye in it. It helped a little. I finally switched to IAMS. My cat who usually vomited hasn't yet. I'm so happy with IAMS.

My cat was eating Whiskas for the first few years of her life. Then I saw that Iams was supposed to be healthier so I tried it out. Worst mistake ever. After a few days/weeks she started getting allergies and scratching her head open. I tried the anti-allergenic Iams and it didn't help. I tried switching back to Whiskas and it didn't help. Tried a prescription one and that helped a bit but still not completely. Then I had to go to the next level of prescription.

A few years ago, my cat was diagnosed with cystitis of her bladder. My vet recommended a urinary diet. I picked up a bag of the Iams urinary dry cat food. I did the week of slowly introducing old to new for a week. She started vomiting as more of the Iams was added. On it exclusively, she was vomiting every day. She didn't want to eat it until she HAD too, and when she did, she couldn't keep it down. I mentioned this to my vet. He couldn't anything wrong with my cat, so we assumed she was eating too fast. (Even though she never did in the past) 2 and a half bags later, she still couldn't keep it down, so I got her a bag of Blue Buffalo. When she started eating that, her vomiting immediately stopped. I have read other reports wth similar stories. Will definitely never buy ANY Iams product.

I have 2 cats, a mom and her baby. Iams satisfies both of them without breaking my pocketbook. They are eating less, and helping to keep mamma's weight down! I have noticed since I switched, their feces is not as fragrant as it used to be. I am very happy with it.

I have 2 cats that were originally feral, that were born under my house and abandoned by their mother. I took them in at about 10 days old, weaned them, and they have been eating Iams ever since. They are now 11 years old, happy and healthy!

If my cat pounds on my door every morning at 5 am in order to just have HIS partially full/empty bowl of IAMS FULL…must mean something special about this food since I have never been woken up regularly just fill a bowl up by any cat ever out of 7 cats owned over a 40 year timeframe.

I was given coupons, tried it and it made cat sick. I tried it twice as I didn't understand the first time that it actually was the cat food but she got sick again. I don't buy Iams cat food and she doesn't get sick.

My Veterinarian recommend Iams for your Siamese Cat and we lost her after 17 years of age. Our new Tabby Cat is on Iams and is very frisky at 12 years old. We have had very good success with Iams and we would highly recommend Iams Cat Food.

Our cats like Friskies wet food and Iams hard food. It seems to be a good variety. If you require more information just feed the foods listed to your cat/s and take notice of the results. That will be the best test. Regards and best results. JB

I just have to share this, b/c I'm not the only one apparently. I fed my approx. 9-year-old cat this dry food. He had never eaten it before. He got diarrhea, threw-up twice lots of food, both of which he has never experienced before with any other new food. I thought he just didn't like the new food, but he had never reacted like this before. I took no mind, but then he gradually would not eat and then not drink any water at all! He lost weight dramatically and became weak, boney and lost his personality. It was alarming and horrific!

We have always fed our previous pets (cats and dog) Iams. Several weeks ago we rescued a stray cat who had an upper respiratory infection, approximately 3-4 year old polydactyl male, and I immediately started feeding him Iams Dry Healthy Adult. He had been hanging around my husband's work for months, and he was feeding him some generic cat food. When he brought him home, we took him to the vet, and after antibiotics the upper respiratory infection is gone. However, about 3-4 days after he brought him home, he started drinking a TON of bottled water (approx. 16+ oz. a day), and had severe diarrhea that he didn't initially have, which lasted for weeks.

Do NOT use this brand, my perfectly healthy active 6 month old kitten has been eating blue buffalos kitten food since he was about 8 weeks old, recently purchased Iams Proactive Kitten food bag (purple bag) bc my store had a cash back deal and bag states to be super packed with nutritional ingredients so I thought win win, he was on it for 3 days and was a completely different cat. It was so sad to see and hurts that I “caused it”.

Our boys are 4 and 20 (!) years old and they're thriving on Iams. Because they're both neutered males who are indoor cats, UTI concerns are a frequent threat. We recently ran out of their specific iams UTI food and we substituted iams senior dry cat food. Result? Two happy, healthy boys plowing through their dinner bowls and purring afterward. A few days later and no side effects of any kind. No wonder our vet recommends iams!

7 days ago we bought Iams healthy indoor formula cat food. My two cats are pushing 10 years old and we had been buying cheap 20 lb. bags of Friskies, but I wanted something more high quality. Both have rejected Iams. One cat is eating her Friskies just fine now. My other cat threw up the Iams and has barely eaten since. She rejects chicken baby food, tuna juice (her favorite), Fancy Feast wet and kitten formula. She is dying. I know it's probably a coincidence...but we are putting her down tomorrow. This was a healthy cat. This is a disturbing coincidence.

Ok, I guess I am speaking on behalf of my cat but the Iams brand is one that was recommended since the first day I rescued my cat. I do alternate with the Wellness brands as well because he loves variety in flavors but that brand is more expensive. Duma loves the Iams dry food in Salmon and prefers the Tuna in wet. He will eat any other flavor as long as I alternate them but loves seafood just like his human. Another cool feature is the portion control size feature which is unique and keeps their food fresh every time compared to when I have to use cans and split them up and keep them in the refrigerator. I think that out of all the brands that you listed on this survey by far Iams brand is the best and the one that I trust the most.

The IAMS Cat Food that I buy seem to have helped the cats who eat it -- whether it's for sensitive stomach, kidney problems, diabetic or other conditions. I really appreciate it not having food coloring and harmful chemicals.