Orijen Cat Food

**Peter Galbavy** · 15th March 2011, 07:05 AM

Australia has a policy of irradiating almost all imported food. There was an (apparently) unexpected reaction to the irradiation that resulted in links to the deaths of a number of cats in Australia (only). It's easy to find articles on the web - but difficult to find wholly rational and non-emotional ones. Which is somewhat understandable, but I wanted facts...

**Matt Debouge** · 6th May 2011, 08:05 AM

I've been feeding Orijen for over 2 years now, its the best dry food I have found. They used to enjoy RC Maine Coon but since I changed to Orijen I noticed a big difference in coat condition in both cats. gets a 10/10 from me.

**Anji jonas** · 8th May 2011, 12:58 PM

Oooh i hope it works for mine too!

I have always fed Royal Canin (MC and Kitten food) and im ashamed to say i fed that because thats what we sell at work and the rep gives us so much free

but one of my girls has never done really well, so after getting her all checked out for any underlying health problems i am hoping a change in diet might give her some "zing" back.

Im A VN and really intrested in Nutrition so Orijen seems the natural choice, i have ordered myself a bag so ill have to wait and see if it makes a difference.

I suppose if they do better on the Orijen i can give my free bags of royal canin to our local Cats protection branch

**Chak78** · 12th May 2011, 05:30 PM

I completely agree with the people above. Its as high quality dry food as can be bought in the UK. It is still subject to the same issues as all dry food - cats need water to accompany it, and from all I have read, cats fed solely on dry food do not take in as much water as cats fed on wet food. This may lead to issues around chronic dehydration. Having said that, I use orijen in combination with wet (and raw) and a water fountain. So its a personal choice!

**missye87** · 3rd June 2011, 03:54 PM

Acana comes from the very same manufacturers as Orijen I believe, and is also a very good dry, but slightly cheaper.

**mintsiez** · 3rd November 2011, 05:10 PM

i have been using it almost sinse my guy was a kitten and he has been doing great i love the stuff

**odourless** · 20th November 2011, 05:08 PM

Im using orijen since 1,5 months ago... and my boy is getting bigger and health, he was 15 weeks and 3,2 Kg... without any obesity, full muscle... offcourse with many exercises... It's good if you combine with "RC hair and skin".... very useful for hair growth.... CMIIW

**finan** · 2nd February 2012, 05:39 PM

I fed my cat with Pro plan kitten, but just now I'm trying to mix it with Orijen cat & kitten. I hope everything will be good as I expected.

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Originally Posted by odourless

Im using orijen since 1,5 months ago... and my boy is getting bigger and health, he was 15 weeks and 3,2 Kg... without any obesity, full muscle... offcourse with many exercises... It's good if you combine with "RC hair and skin".... very useful for hair growth.... CMIIW

Is it for real?! 15 weeks, 3,2 kg?

3 months Casper (my male kitten) just got 1,9 kg.

**Aquila** · 29th April 2012, 08:46 PM

I bought this one last week,but both cats don't seem interested!

Might try mixing it with the wet stuff.

**deshni** · 2nd May 2012, 10:34 AM

I have just started Roarke on Orijen and have been mixing it with RC Maine Coon Kitten. He really likes the Orijen and I am thinking of transitioning to just Orijen but I am concerned about it not being breed specific. Am I just being silly and buying into all the RC marketing? Have most people (who's cats eat the Orijen) just had good experiences?