Comments on: Tom&Sawyer Cat Food Review https://cats.com/tomsawyer-cat-food-review In-depth cat product reviews, behavior guides, and vet-written education on symptoms, diseases, and more. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Katherine https://cats.com/tomsawyer-cat-food-review#comment-110630 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:21:46 +0000 https://cats.com/?p=76227#comment-110630 Hi, I really appreciate that you took the time to respond. A lot of websites aren’t as open and communicative with their readership as you are and that is a credit to you

]]> By: Mallory Crusta https://cats.com/tomsawyer-cat-food-review#comment-110344 Sat, 14 Oct 2023 04:17:35 +0000 https://cats.com/?p=76227#comment-110344 In reply to Katherine.

Hi Katherine, thank you for the well-thought-out message. I will bring this to the team. We have a strong team of veterinary writers and advisors, and I agree that we could be utilizing them, as well as veterinary nutritionists and food safety experts, in our cat food reviews. Again, I appreciate you taking the time to write this out and help us to do better. – Mallory

]]> By: Katherine https://cats.com/tomsawyer-cat-food-review#comment-110246 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:23:45 +0000 https://cats.com/?p=76227#comment-110246 I used to like Cats.com’s cat food reviews, but I’m afraid I can no longer support this website. You bash foods like Hill’s and Purina Pro Plan that have decades of testing and research behind them, while promoting foods that have no research behind them at all but just have nicer-sounding ingredients. Corn, wheat, and other grains haven’t been proven harmful to cats after decades of testing, yet this site says they’re bad in favor of unproven replacements like sweet potatoes, lentils and peas, the latter two of which have been linked to DCM in cats as well (see here: https://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2023/02/diet-associated-dilated-cardiomyopathy-the-cause-is-not-yet-known-but-it-hasnt-gone-away/). Just because these ingredients sound more appealing to us doesn’t mean they’re healthier, and foods that contain them being more expensive doesn’t mean the food is better quality, only that the ingredients are harder to obtain. More concerning, though, is this site’s support of raw diets despite the fact that there is zero scientific evidence to support this (visit SkeptVet.com/blog/ for more information about raw, including debunking the most popular studies purporting to show benefits of raw) and ample evidence of danger to both humans and people. It’s the “appeal to nature” fallacy; just because raw diets sound more “natural” or “species-appropriate” doesn’t make them healthier. As for this review, how can you say these recipes “look like good foods for your cat” without having a vet review them, without trying them yourself, and without doing any feeding studies whatsoever? I doubt that shredded chunks of cabbage and whole dried cranberries will be very palatable for cats… more appealing to the cat owner, but not to the cat. Fancy fruits and veggies make up huge proportions of these recipes; you criticize big-name brands like Hill’s for containing so much plant matter even though the plant matter they use (grains) has been proven nutritious for cats while these fancy fruits and veggies haven’t. I believe cats should eat mostly meat as well, since they’re carnivores, but your positions are not consistent. Your comment sections are also full of people spreading conspiracy theories that vets get paid to recommend unhealthy food, and full of people grieving the loss of their cat because they feel responsible for their death after feeding a food you called unhealthy with no evidence. I sincerely hope you consult with board-certified veterinary nutritionists and some food safety experts instead of going down the “holistic” path you have been lately.

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