I wanted to reach out and share how thankful I am to have found your Viva Raw Pure rabbit for my dog.
For over three years, we struggled to find the right diet for her. After an intolerance test, I decided to try rabbit, and she absolutely loved it. My next challenge was finding high-quality rabbit, and after reading several positive reviews, I chose Viva Raw.
My fussy eater loves your food, and we are now on our second box. She is eating better than ever, and I am so grateful for your products.
This is high-quality food. My animals love it. It’s packaged great and it ships quickly. Not to mention, it’s affordable. I haven’t found any other raw food like it.
Sorry this is so long, but the backstory helps explain why Viva Raw is so impressive.
We have two brother siblings, 6.5 years old, Samwise is skinny and a picky eater, while Frodo is chubby and will eat anything, including his brother's food. Sammy usually takes 5 to 6 times of eating from his bowl in between trips out to the catio, walks outside, naps, etc, to "finish" (he always leaves a little food in his bowl).
We've fed them raw food for years, but their frozen food nuggets have been out of stock for months, and we were down to one bag left. We had to make a change. Although Viva Raw was pricier, it was also highly recommended. We went into the change expecting weeks of trauma for Sammy, who acts like any new flavor introduced, even by the same company, is deadly poison.
We started with a teaspoon. What was strange: as I was putting a teaspoon into his food and mixing it, he was very interested, watching my every move. We expect that from Frodo, who only vocalizes at mealtimes, but Sammy usually is aloof while I'm preparing their food. Shockingly, as soon as I set it down he attacked the bowl and ate over half the bowl in one go. He almost finished the whole bowl the second trip back.
The next day I upped his to a couple of tablespoons. Same behavior. Then we made it half his food. We switched to the next package of meat. Same thing, he dug right in. The only one he didn't love as much was the duck, but even then, he ate it.
(Meanwhile, Frodo loved everything and ate whatever we gave him.)
We got to the last two pounds of meat before I realized I hadn't adjusted the new subscription to arrive on time because we had assumed it would take longer to transition.
They're 16 pound boys, and Sammy gets 8.5 ounces a day, and with 7 days before food would arrive, we had 2 pounds left. The math was grim, so we switched him back to 1/2 raw and 1/2 canned, mixed together with Churu and freeze dried chicken added as treats. We shifted Frodo away from Viva completely.
Sammy walked away from his bowl. Acted like it was poison and refused to touch it.
We ran an experiment the next morning: we put the canned food (this is expensive limited ingredient rabbit, for context) on one half of the bowl, Viva Raw on the other. He ate every scrap of the Viva Raw, left the canned food, and walked away.
Wow. Just wow. He could not have communicated his preferences any more clearly.
We sweated through the days to our new shipment. Sammy is back to full bowls of Viva Raw and I have a new appreciation for what a difference raw food, freshly prepared, can make to a cat's appetite.
I have a very picky dog, but the one thing that he will always eat is his Viva food even if I have to slightly cook it it gives me peace knowing that he’s getting all the nutrition he needs.
My cat loves Viva especially if I slightly cook it and add some pumpkin sauce. I would recommend Viva extend the regular deliveries beyond 8 weeks though because I have a small cat and she can't put away that much food. Plus she eats dry food for breakfast.
My wobbly kitten loves seafood flavors more than anything, but her stomach only seems to tolerate poultry. So, she was a little hesitant with this new food, but all it took was a little water to make it soupy and a shrimp treat or two on top to convince her. She scarfs down the entire thing, every time and has had great energy, the most beautiful coat, and perfect poops!
I have two older senior dogs and a young dog. I wanted to keep all of them as healthy as possible and started feeding Viva Raw. My dogs love the food and their coats are shiny. I definitely recommend Viva Raw.
Cats love that food except the duck for one of my cats but still like the others
We are 5 days in with the new food and Rita and Walter couldn't be happier. Walter will eat almost anything but Rita is picky! She LOVES it as much as him!
We faced two big issues with our pup while trying to find the right food.
1. She was extremely picky and would leave her kibble in her bowl literally all day. Like, we would pretend to eat food just to convince her to take a few bites.
2. Consistent GI upset - with multiple vet visits and her refusing to eat on end for days.
Once we made the switch to Viva, both of these improved instantly! It felt like a miracle. We have had ZERO GI-related vet bills since, she never leaves a bowl full, and we've seen so many health improvements over time. Her coat is shinier, she has so much energy, smaller stools, and one very happy pup. Thank you Viva!!!
I recently switched my cat to this food after trying another raw brand that he suddenly stopped eating. I was honestly a bit worried about changing his diet again, but this turned out great. He loves it and now finishes his entire portion every time.
The transition was very smooth. The first day his stool was a little loose, but after that everything has been perfect and consistent.
I’m really happy with the quality and it’s a relief to finally find something my cat enjoys and digests well.
When I ventured onto the Viva website for the first time I had so many questions so I emailed and I received numerous emails with answers to all my questions. I ordered the rabbit and turkey and they were both a smash hit in our house. It was delivered in a wonderful packing including ice to keep it frozen. This was a fantastic company to work with and they value their customers. I thank you Viva and so does my kitty!!
We had no issues switching our cat to a raw diet. He prefers it over his wet food. We can definitely tell a difference in his coat. He has fewer problems with vomiting as well.
My Ragdoll Kitten loves Viva Raw. Here he is telling me. "I want Viva Rabbit, NOW!"
I thought I had a dog with chicken allergies but your food has convinced me it was the canned food I was feeding her. She has eaten the turkey, chicken and other offerings with no negative reactions either on skin or digestion. I like the mix of ingredients and noted some folks had added extra veggies or fruit to the offerings. I will do that as well. I think the amount of food I'm supposed to feed her is a bit high on volume but she doesn't seem to be putting on weight. I'm happy with the continued quality of each of the meats as she has had no digestive issues. So will be staying with your food which is actually better and less expensive than the higher priced canned foods I was feeding her.
I've done a LOT of research on pet food and Viva is by far superior! The way they make the foods, their transparency and high-quality ingredients speak for themselves. My dog LOVES it and I feel confident feeding my dog this brand of food!
My cat has no problem with it, he likes it and prefers it over his other dry and canned cat foods.
Our Frenchie was starting to refuse to eat her raw food so we needed to switch. I did a lot of research online and decided on Viva Raw. She is now begging to have meals and we are ecstatic!
My girl has a very sensitive stomach and has a very limited diet, so we decided to try this brand due to her not eating her other food. We ordered the duck, and she absolutely licked the bowl clean. With her sensitive stomach she throws up after eating almost anything, and we haven’t had any issues with vomit after switching to this brand! She refuses to eat her kibble and demands the duck!! She now gets mad when she finishes her food…
love love love the idea of getting a variety of food. 3/4 of my cats loved them all but i unfortunate have a picky girl cat who only likes bird for some reason
My 10 week old Maine coon received the variety pack, so far he has tried turkey, rabbit, and duck. He loves it all.
He was fed only purina kibble and wet food in the beginning moments of his life, so I was concerned if he would change easily. And it was easy. Also his bowel movements have no smell anymore and very minimal, so I will be keeping my subscription. Thank you
I have 2 Sphynx Girls and it's pretty well known that Sphynx have SENSITIVITY to EVERYTHING!! my one girl has food allergies to chicken and salmon they both have intolerance to carbohydrate and sugars, but they also have sensitivity to rich protein unless its in very small portions and due to their immne systems RAW is not recommended, so i gently in a warm water bath heat the defrosted package, I also slow simmered with apumpkin broth, uppn tryin viva we did try beef and duck bith girls had complications with them but so far Rabbit is working out , previously we had been with Smalls but they changed their items and menu and also more than once my box arrived no ice and defrosted to the point that I do not have food for them so I switched to stella and Chewy wet (tuna and pumpkin) and they used to get a kibble made of black fly larvae but it was hard to get We are having a slow go of it as far as the intro to rabbit only because I cant afford physically for them to get sick or have adverse reaction to the protein (such rich quality) and know that even tho I'm heating it slowly it prob still looses a bit of the vitamin content I am still adding a small serving of their (tuna pumpkin) to my rabbit package my girls go crazy i actually have to ut them in the other room they wont sit still in their "place" to e served especially when i've just opened the rabbit package . Their poopies have already started to change into the nice lpg one piece healthyies vs rabbit pellet poops from other foods and of course oder is way down
I will say since starting Viva they did produce more body oil this 2 week time in between baths but that could be anything
I do have to e very cautious because they love ti so much they beg beg beg all the time and the first week they both put a bit of weight on I've got that in the works of figuring out their portions being sphynx they do need more than what is usually recommended therefore...on a really great positie skin issue note no allergy to rabbit so far!
Our barn cats stopped eating the canned food we purchased. We were throwing out more than they ate.
We switched to raw and they love it!
We recently adopted a 6 month old Maine coon kitten, and we immediately switched him to raw food. Finding a company that does cat formulas with minimal processing is difficult we did so much research our 10 year old dog eats raw as well, so getting both of their food delivered is amazing. Super easy process and I love that viva raw does both formulas specific to their needs.
They always finish their bowl and this is how my kitten awaiting for their dinner now
