anyone have experience with Royal Canin prescription wet food?

[egret]

Hi everyone! 
Bridey (in icon) has food sensitivities, so the vet has prescribed Royal Canin alternate protein prescription foods. They use atypical meats that hopefully she won't have sensitivities to, and they are supposed to be easy to digest. The available flavors are venison, rabbit, and duck. They cost about $1/oz - $5 for a 5 oz can that lasts her a day and a half. I have to order them from chewy.com at $127/case. 

And then she barely eats them and I just throw them away when they crust over. She eats the kibble.

She *kind of* likes the rabbit. She hates the duck. I thought she hated the venison, but when I gave her some of that after a day of disgusting duck, she ate some of the venison. Otherwise only the rabbit got a very positive response but she gets bored of it easily. 

If I buy some Wellness brand turkey and put down, she eats it all. 

I am thinking of either buying two cases - one rabbit, one venison - and switching them up OR just giving up and going back to the Wellness. Only the Wellness does make her sinus issues flare up and she starts sneezing. 

My question is if anyone else has had experiences with the Royal Canin prescription and if cats got used to it or if you mixed it in or what? Thoughts or ideas welcome!

Note: There is no actual medicine in this food: it's just supposed to not trigger her sensitivities. Not sure why it's prescription as there's no drug in it. 

Comments

[krait]

As others have said: if the Royal Canin isn't getting eaten, try other brands. Royal Canin isn't the only one out there with good options, even if the vet has recommended it. (As someone who has been in pet-related industries for quite a while now, I will also say: vets are often paid to recommend foods! Take all vet recommendations with a grain of salt, and the same goes for other pet-professional recommendations. When I worked in a grooming salon, we were paid to recommend Eukanuba. I used to point at their decal on my smock and tell customers, 'I'm supposed to tell you that this is what I'd recommend. What I actually recommend is...')

Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Blue Buffalo, and probably a dozen others offer grain-free cat foods. Natural Balance has a line called "L.I.D." (Limited Ingredient Diet) for pets with food sensitivities. Blue Buffalo has something very similar, called Blue Basics.

When I worked in a pet store, I had a lot of (admittedly, dog owners rather than cat) swear by the Natural Balance food. I don't think the Blue Basics were around then, but if the labels sound similar they'd be worth trying as well.

Good luck!

[egret]

Thank you for these recommendations. I had tried all these foods before but stopped when they made my other cat sick(er), but now it is just Bridey and now that I think of it she never had a problem eating these other foods -- I will try them again and see how she does. Thank you!