Hill's Science Diet Light Formula Feline Maintenance Cat Food Review

One of my 2 cats is a rather large girl.  As a kitten, she seemed to have a very long tail, proportionally, for her body size.  It took a couple of years to fill out, but she grew into her tail!  My friends swear I'm raising a small tiger.  Given that her trail now looks proportional to the rest of her, I believe she was destined from birth genetics to be a large cat.

Still, I didn't want her to be fat.  Being too large can cause other health problems for cats, just as it does for humans.  I tried Science Diet Light in hopes of reducing her weight.  Unfortunately, she just seemed to eat more of it than usual, which defeated the whole purpose of a "diet."  (Both my cats have always been nibblers throughout the day, with no specific feeding time).  Since they both were eating more, I wondered if they were actually getting what they needed nutritionally from this food, or if they ate more because they felt cravings because something was lacking in their diet. 

 As this was a fairly costly bag of cat food, I decided against getting a second bag.  The kibble breaks into smaller bits, which tend to get scattered on the floor, and neither cat eats those ... they always take only the larger pieces from the bowl (that would be my choice, too, were I a cat).  I don't mind paying more for a good quality item, epecially if it helps my cats' health, but I'm not rich enough to throw away money, either.   

This product may work well for some, and I hope you'll give it a fair try if your vet recommends it.  Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work well for my big girl.