Done with RAWZ
My cat, who has a sensitivity to gums in foods and a poultry allergy, has been eating RAWZ for the past 5 years. Specifically the Rabbit pâté, Rabbit & Pumpkin pâté and Rabbit & Green Mussel pâté. I rotate shredded salmon & tuna but have been told it's not good to feed too much fish.
The odd batch over the last couple years has been bad, I can even smell the difference when I open the can, and my cat turns her nose up and walks away, refusing to eat it. Now, the past 3-4 batches I've picked up since January, same thing. Either the food appears grainy/dry, is extra stinky (to the point of making me gag), or it has a much darker appearance than the last (or some combination of all of these things). My cat is always very excited to eat, so to see her take a sniff and turn her nose up and hastily walk away, I know there's something wrong with it.
I've specifically noticed that the ones she has had issue with have an expiry date of September 2028. Some of the "bad" batches are: P5RCRB6242B, P5RPRP9113B, P5RPRP9112B.
I'm curious to know if anyone else has had a similar experience with RAWZ lately? Luckily the pet store I get her food from refunds me for the return, I've reached out to RAWZ more than once and their response is just "As with all proteins, the color, texture and smell. can change depending on what kind of rabbit it is, what it ate, and when it was harvested. We purchase our rabbit from Italy and France so they are not wild. They are farm raised. We do credit the retailer for any returns they get."
I'm currently trialing Ziwi Peak Venison ($$) and she has been tolerating it well for a week now. It's very difficult to find gum free, novel protein foods. If anyone has any suggestions (gum free and non-poultry), I would appreciate it.
TLDR; RAWZ must have changed something in their recipe or the materials they use in their cans, has anybody else experienced recent issues with RAWZ? Specifically the rabbit variants of food.