I work in a veterinary clinic (not a vet) and I’ll be honest, I don’t know what makes Hills, or any other prescription food for that matter, any better or worse than a quality food from a regular store. I have seen many patients have success with Hills, but I don’t know why. For that matter, I don’t think the vets in our practice could tell you why. And that is the best question to either get the right answers or really humble them. Simply ask what ingredients in either the food they’re recommending or any food from any source will do to improve the condition and why, and ask to see a bag or can and have them go over it with you. If they don’t know and they’re good vets (because they really don’t get enough training in nutrition), they will want to know for themselves and say they want to look into it more and consult back with you. If they insist you stay on a certain diet and only that diet for the rest of their lives, find a new doctor. We carry several brands of prescription food and I know a lot of their recommendations come from seeing great results in their other patients, but they don’t say “must use Hills”… Their wealth of knowledge is valuable, because they see so many different animals with the same issues as yours and have seen the results of their treatments, but a good vet is willing to admit when they need to look into it further and do that. (And ours do!)
