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Reviewed Feb. 20, 2026
Honestly, I recently tried Whiskas Food and had an amazing experience. Will definitely be coming back for more! Highly recommend to anyone looking for great.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2025
I fed both my cats Whiskas, they were strictly indoor cats and they both ended up with Diabetes because of the lack of protein in the food. My oldest cat was 6 years old and the other was 4 years old. I WOULD NOT recommend this cat food.
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Reviewed Aug. 16, 2025
My cat was addicted to these treats and it didn’t help I was giving him many a day. After a while we noticed his rear end smelling very strong and would wipe him daily. My husband came to the conclusion that temptation treats were the culprit so we stopped giving them. Now his butt smells normal again. No clue why these treats have him booty odor.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2024
I gave the Temptations treats to my five (5) cats. Within a week, three of them got sick. Connor rarely throws up but he did for three days and now seems to have gotten better. As of now, two are still sick, my babies Lola and Aiden. They are both lethargic. She’s vomiting and he had diarrhea. I’m waiting to take them to the vet and have administered water to them as they’re just sleeping with no interest in food and little water. Lola will eat only Churu, Aiden isn’t interested. And both have fevers. What the heck are in these products?! Are they poisoning our pets? This is criminal. This product line should be recalled.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2023
Been giving this dry food to our cat for about 1 year. She is 2 year old girl. Man, she started puking from this food and also from Grilled in Gravy. Started reading online and got shocked with how much trauma millions of cats been given and all kidney+ issues. I gave this cat food to our Labrador teenager because we ran out of her kibble, and o'boy, she drank like 3 liters of water after.
Reviewed June 25, 2023
My 9-year-old Bombay, Salem, never had any health issues, ran out of his normal food and I got the Temptations Cat Food since it was new. I thought it would be good for my Salem... boy was I wrong. He never pottied again. I purchased the item June 3rd 2023, Salem immediately experienced acute renal failure. He was seen by a vet ($361.51) on June 6th, 2023 and passed ($139 for cremation) on June 7th, 2023. None of us can turn back time or take back the feeling that we've let our friends down. How can this ever be made right?! We have suffered irreparable psychological damage from having to just say "Goodbye, I'm sorry, I fed you crap that took your happy life away... your fur brothers and fur sisters furever friend... gone." I pray anybody that sees this avoid this brand!!!!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2023
If only I could rewind time and not have picked up the Temptations cat treats up at the grocery. Our seven year old cat has had no health issues. Until suddenly this week he started vomiting bile, and then stopped eating and drinking altogether. He spent last night in the ER. The only change to his diet were these treats that I picked up. I am so saddened and disturbed to read the experiences posted here from other cat parents who have had the same experience. I'm not sure if he will pull through and he means the world to us. I thought I was getting him a harmless treat, only to now realize that they likely have caused irreparable harm and possibly his death. How are these still being sold in stores!!? This company should be held accountable. I am so sorry to all if the folks here that have had a sick pet due to this product.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2022
About 3 years ago the only change in my cat's diet was Temptation Treats. She was vomiting and had diarrhea with bright red blood. I mentioned the treats to my vet and she gave me the impression she wasn't sure or not if it was the treats. So I kept her off them for a few years and thought maybe I was being too cautious because she absolutely loves them. Well a few weeks ago I started giving them to her and here we go again with the same exact problem with bloody stool, won't eat or drink, lethargy and the renal failure that many others have mentioned. My vet put her on an antibiotic and probiotic. I called my vet and told her about her not eating so she gave her a appetite stimulant and she's still not eating and barely drinking. So I have to call my vet again in the morning and she's miserable and I'm not sure she's going to pull through this time. I've had her since a kitten and she's always been healthy until I fed her these. This needs to be recalled!! Too many people with the same exact complaint.
Reviewed May 28, 2022
The only new change in my daughter's cat's diet was we bought Temptations cat treats. I wish I had heard of this epidemic beforehand because within a week the cat was vomiting everything up resulting in not drinking or eating anything. The vet said the cat had pancreatitis, no liver and kidney function along with extremely high white blood cell count and low iron!
The vet told us about the temptations cat treats and we started to investigate. Unfortunately it was too late for our poor Kitty and he died a horrible death due to multiple seizures and heart attacks, his skin was bright yellow, pupils were fully dilated but he lost vision and he was oozing a yellow puss like substance from his eyes, ears, nose, mouth, rear end and urethra! This is absolutely ridiculous. This company has not been shut down because obviously their food and treats is harmful to cats and this is going on all over the world. And it seems this company has been trying to quash anything posted on the internet on any site especially social media! I say this is grounds for class action lawsuit if we can all get together cuz this is absolutely ridiculous and heartbreaking!
Reviewed May 4, 2022
I bought 8 bags of Whiskas cat food as I have 4 fur babies, the meat flavour and the chicken and I thought that rotating the flavours would help with variety, however my 2 cats became very ill and I took them to the vet for meds and still no luck Vet suggested I stick to 1 flavour and at the time the meat flavour was the 1 I was using so stuck to that till it was finished no more sick babies. As soon as I started again with the Chicken & Turkey product they started having diarrhea again and now I'm stuck with an open bag and 2 full bags which whiskas won't even assist to change the flavour for me.
How's that for service over R2000 on Vet bills and all they can say is "We unfortunately do not assist with swopping of food/bags. We do hope that you find a suitable solution. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require further information regarding any of our products." Imagine, all Soo helpful would you not agree, NOT.
Reviewed April 23, 2022
For a few weeks now I have been buying these for my 11 week old kitten, he absolutely loves them and can't get enough! The quality of the meat is good and it doesn't smell bad, like a lot of the wet cat food does. I will continue to buy and try more of the Whiskas range as my kitten grows older.
Reviewed March 25, 2022
A few months that I am observing my cat having liquid and smelly pooh after eating Whiskas wet food in Sauce or in Jelly. Firstly, and because I was giving other types of food, I had to find out which one was making my cat sick. Once I discover which one was creating the problems I did stop giving it to my cat, the pooh became normal and after weeks I did try to give her a pooch and again the problems started straight away. Lucky that I have a reserve on Cat probiotics, so that she can get better, but what worries me this time is that she had blood with her pooh. I think that a petition has to be signed online. I am not the only one complaining here, Whiskas should be able to make some changes in their food so that our beloved pets won't get sick!
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2021
Bought these for our cat for Christmas and she loved them. Last night she spent the night at the Animal Emergency Hospital. It cost $657.50 to find out that the treats had caused major intestinal inflammation. She is finally home now with a pain medication and a prescription probiotic. All of this from literally 1 small serving of the Catnip flavored Temptations cat treats. Pet owner BEWARE.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2021
This treats are horrible. They make my cats throw up. 2 have very bad diarrhea. One is pulling his fur out after he poops blood. I am going to see how I can get something done because this is willfully negligent. HOW ARE THESE NOT BEING RECALLED?!!
Reviewed May 30, 2021
I have 3 cats. A 13 year old, a 8 year old and a 9 month old. I have always bought Friskies treats but my store was out so I got the Temptation Backyard flavor. I gave them some last night and now my kitten is sick. All he wants to do is sleep! I'm so worried about him. I'm never feeding them Temptations again!! Buyer beware and keep a close eye on your babies!!
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2020
Caution this product contains toxic ingredients. Your cat may crave them but if you're observant you will notice that they begin to puke much more often. I made the mistake of purchasing this thinking they would be a nice treat only to discover that they both became sick and one of them died soon after the exposure to this poison. If you truly love your pets avoid this toxic chemical!
Reviewed July 8, 2020
Hi, I know it is super addictive. But the good news is I didn't find any bad effect of that addiction. My cat is 9 years old, was injured and her tail was immovable. At that time she rejected every other food we used to give her before. So, I was looking for Whiskas 7+. But anywhere I couldn't find it. So I brought her 1+ dry food. I gave it to her. She ate them so happily and the best news is she got his health back (since it was quarantine I wasn't able to take her to a vet). Now she has a beautiful silk coat and she have become so playful! Her weight also have increased. But she is playing too. She liked it so much..so I am giving what I can make her happy.. Her strength was restored by this.❤️❤️????
Reviewed July 7, 2020
I just spent the last 3 hours trying to talk my cat off a ledge because he was upset and wanted to end 1 of his lives, simply because there are no mouse flavored cat foods. He had a valid point that all foods on the market for him taste the same and are clearly artificial. He wants mouse, bird, and the occasional bug flavors too. Only after telling him I'd write a review in his stead he agreed to come down and calm down. Please help my furry little guy!
Reviewed May 26, 2020
I started giving my cat temptations. He is now addicted to them! He won’t eat his dry food anymore and cries and cries until I give them to him! After about a week of giving him the treats he started losing his fur up his hind legs and lower half of his belly! I will stop giving him these treats now but will be in hell listening to the constant meowing! PLEASE don’t give your cat these treats. It’s not worth all the headache!
Reviewed May 5, 2020
Please please please save your cat's life and throw these treats as far away as possible! Over time your cat will become a chronic vomit-er as these treats destroy your cat's internal organs and digestive system. It will begin with your cat throwing up every other day, to everyday and multiple times a day throwing up the treats any food in his tummy, bile, and soon enough blood. I started changing my poor cat's diet asap even though he was already on a grain free healthy diet. Then we realized it was his treats. Vet said if we had waited any longer, the temptations treats would have caused irreversible damage or even death. This company makes me SICK and should be out of business.
Reviewed April 25, 2020
We Run & Operate a non-profit out of Baltimore, Maryland called **. We take in and rescue all animals in need, but mainly cats. I currently have four cats in my care that I have been raising since kittens. All four are and have been perfectly healthy UNTILL I have started giving them these Temptations treats, which resulted in one of my cats to have uncontrollable seizures. All four of the cats act like they are addicted to these treaty like **. We are leaving this review to reach out to anyone else that has had similar problems and would like to get together and start a class action suit to shut this company down that is KILLING our fur babies! Please reach out to us through our website or Instagram or Gmail account via **.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2020
I just wanted to tell Carlos of Palm Springs that I also have been having the same problem with stores here in Kansas City MO taking Whiskas off their shelves for a while and then putting them back on and now Walmart raised their prices. But I found out that Chewy.com is selling it at a reasonable price. So that's who I've been ordering it from and I've never had a problem with that product. I have 3 cats my senior is 18yo and two 8yo and they've been eating it all their lives. No signs of sickness or irritability like I see some of these others talking about. Sorry you guys have gone through this I pray you all find something else that works for fur babies.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2019
I always fed my cat another brand of food but switched to Whiskas cat food. Over the next few weeks he become very agitated, scratching himself like crazy, broke out in sores and lost all his hair on his legs and stomach and lost patches of hair on his neck neck and back. After going to the vet's they said he had a severe allergy and to try changing his food. After taking him off Whiskas dry cat food he stopped being agitated, stopped scratching and is now returning to his normal self. Seen a lot of comments here of other cats reacting in a similar way especially the scratching and agitation. Obviously there is something in this food that is affecting a lot of cats.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2019
I have been feeding my cats the more expensive holistic cat food for years. Unfortunately due to a tough week and lack of money I could not afford their usual food and bought Whiskas meaty Selections Dry Cat food instead. Within 2 days of eating it they all became ill one worst than the others but all 4 vomiting and scratching uncontrollable. The worst of the bunch began sitting under a table growling and hissing at nothing all day and then thru the night chewed off the end of her own tail!!!!
When I woke up in the morning there was blood everywhere and that cat was covered in blood still growling and hissing at nothing! I realized it had to be the food as nothing else changed. I scraped together enough money to go buy their usual food and threw out the Whiskas. By the next day they were all showing improvement.... By 2 days later the worst one was finally acting normal again!! There is no way anyone is going to convince me it wasn't the food that did this!!! Absolutely horrible!!! Disgusting!!
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019
No problems Here... I have fed my cats Whiskas Pouches for years since they first began eating solid foods. My previous cat lived to be 17 1/2 years and my current cat is 13 years now and still going strong! I am thankful that I have been blessed with very healthy pets. Since Whiskas has been taken off the shelves at most stores, I have tried many other brands and my cat either does not like them or tires of them after about a month and stops eating them. I finally found Whiskas on the shelves at K-Mart but the store is closing in about 2 months...and I will be out of luck again! I don't know what I will do when they're gone! By the way, my current cat also Loves Temptations treats.
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