My cat has pancreatitis for over 5 years! I give him hills prescription I/d chicken and vegetable stew canned plus in the morning Phytomaxx CBD oil mixed with it! A noon Nordic Naturals fish oil mixed in his wet food! At 6pm I give him UROMAXX again mixed in his food! NO TREATS or HUMAN FOOD!!

Hello Ken, that’s a great question. We actually have analyzed Open Farm as a solution for pancreatitis and consider it to be an acceptable option, but we replaced it with Smalls as a more species-appropriate, lower-carb option. Here’s what our cat food reviewer, Kate, says about Open Farm for cats with pancreatitis: If your cat suffers from pancreatitis, he needs a high-quality, easily digestible diet that focuses on animal-based protein and avoids inflammatory ingredients. This Open Farm turkey flavor wet food is a great choice for cats with pancreatitis.
This wet food features humanely raised turkey as the primary ingredient and single source of animal-based protein. Turkey bone broth provides moisture and natural turkey flavor, making this recipe both palatable and easy for your cat to digest.
While this formula does contain several plant-based ingredients, it is free from inflammatory additives like carrageenan and artificial colors or flavors. The total carbohydrate content is only slightly above our recommended 10% maximum and there are no fillers or animal by-products.

Hope this helps!

I felt the same when writing this article—there’s a lot to learn about the condition, and naturally, there is an overlap between the issue in cats and humans. Glad you found it helpful, and I wish you and your son all the best.

My cat has pancreatitis! Every 3 months he’s at the veterinary hospital and I’m spending $1,500 every time! Almost 2 yrs ago a new veterinarian put him on hills prescription I/d digestive care chicken and vegetable stew canned! He never went to the he hospital again!

1). Mars Inc. owns several of those pet food brands that are creating health issues in our pets. For example, Royal Canin, greenies, temptations, whiskas, Iams and more.

2). Hills is the other culprit and what’s worse, vets push their “prescription food” and it will only make your pets sicker! Their brands include science diet and healthy advantage.
Both of these companies add wheat gluten and many other unhealthy ingredients. If your pet is unhealthy, check to see if you’re feeding them one of their products and stop immediately! Do your research and buy food with the appropriate animal protein, less all of the other garbage. Even blue Buffalo products will bring on bouts of vomiting and diarrhea.

3). Purina products are also crap though both of my cats love their food. Stay away from all of their canned products for sure…haven’t researched their other products. The more expensive green labelled ones are like feeding your cats candy.

4). High fat content does seem to bring on pancreatitis but the wheat gluten and grains are probably the big culprits. One of my cats ate a lot of salmon feast (high fat content even though it’s a good one), and the other didn’t but they both developed pancreatitis at the same time. One was eating fancy feast and the other friskies (indoor food) in addition to having access to good quality high protein dry food (Origen). My calico (the fancy feast eater) has been vomiting at least 3x per week for the past few years and never once has our vet said anything about changing her food other than prescribing hills prescription food, which never helped anyway. He put her on hills’ “recovery “ canned food this past time and her diarrhea got so bad we were considering putting her down…it was pouring out of her. My ginger tabby likes only the friskies but as soon as he starts sneezing I know to cut back on his wet food. Wheat gluten is a listed ingredient on friskies indoor, but not on the fancy feast cans.

Neither cat likes the same food. I’ve been trying dozens of different cans of cat food and tracking what they will eat and I only have 2 or 3 options so far. Once they’ve had too much of one food, they get sick of it and won’t touch it again. I don’t know how many of the products mentioned on this website are available in Canada but I’m going to start checking.

I just recently started feeding both of them blue Buffalo senior dry cat food as it was supposed to be easier for my calico to chew (she’s 14 and recently had 4 teeth removed) and the bloody diarrhea has started all over again. Back to square one….

My next route is to make their food myself. I’ve purchased a vet’s book (Dr. Gary Richter) called The Ultimate Pet Health Guide and I plan on starting in another week or so. I’ve purchased all of the supplements already (and there’s quite a few). I’m also going to make a bone broth to give them that added moisture in the food. I’ve learned how to do that part from your website (just bones, meat and water, no seasonings). I make bone broth for my husband and I all of the time but I didn’t know what to omit from theirs, other than onions (toxic to cats).

Thanks for a very informative website! I hope my experiences might help someone else.