Hill's company was founded in America in 1948 by veterinarian Mark Morris. This veterinarian invented a special diet for dogs with chronic kidney failure, which allowed animals with such a diagnosis to live two times longer. Initially, the company produced therapeutic feeds with a reduced protein content for dogs. Nowadays Hill's produces feed for cats; its research and development center is located in Texas.
Produced as a feed for the cats in the form of canned food, and dry snacks. The company provides a Hill'sSciencePlan feed line for daily feeding and a therapeutic feed for the Hills cats of the PrescriptionDiet series. The latter is prescribed for diseases of the liver and kidneys, urolithiasis, allergies and many other ailments. There is a feed for the sterilized cats, as well as a line for SpecialCare for animals that have special needs: overweight, the problem of lump formation in the stomach, bad skin and a sensitive stomach.
Also, there is food for recovery of the pet after surgery in the digestive system, for feeding with gastritis, colitis, enteritis, pancreatitis, pancreatic insufficiency. In diseases of arthritis and osteoarthritis, the producer promises that if the pet is fed for 30 days with the Hill'sPrescriptionDietFeline j / d series, it will significantly improve mobility.
In diabetes and obesity, a series of PrescriptionDietFeline m / d is recommended; when switching to this feed, the need for insulin decreases. However, it is forbidden to give this food to pregnant and nursing cats, as well as animals with kidney diseases and kittens.
Hill'sPrescriptionDietFelinek / d feeds are designed to facilitate life for animals suffering from cardiovascular and renal diseases.
Expert evaluation
While there are no complaints about Hill's medical supplies, the Hill'sSciencePlan series causes anxiety among experts. Hill's trademark, popular all over the world and we, according to the American Association of Pet Food Research, occupies a rather high price category, but its nutritional properties have not been evaluated by it as high. The food for cats Hills is positioned as a food of a premium class , but all its components do not differ much from those from which cheap low-quality forages consist. To our regret and fortunately for marketers, dry and wet cat food for the SciencePlan Hills can serve as examples of competent marketing, but not the standards of healthy nutrition. This is especially noticeable in dry food for cats Hills. Its main ingredient is protein, which is obtained from the remains of meat and by-products, after processing for human consumption. Such remains to cats are difficult to digest, in addition, their nutritional value is rather low. The feed of this company, even the feed for the cats, includes a large amount of corn and soy, which are poorly digested by the cat's body. In particular, corn gluten contained in corn can cause an allergic reaction even in animals that are not allergic to allergies.
So, no matter how hard the manufacturer tried to classify his product as a premium class, the composition of the cat food for the cats gives out the truth. HillsSciencePlan is one of the most common feeds on store shelves and supermarkets. Perhaps, on it its pluses also come to an end. According to the results of a study in the United States, owners of cats who fed their pets with wet cattle forage and dry food for cats hills constantly noted that cats have problems with skin and hair. To feed the cat with fodder Hill'sSciencePlan or feed of another manufacturer, of course, you decide. The main thing - remember that not always the prefix "premium" means a quality product.