Hill's Science Plan Small & Mini Adult Mousse with Chicken Wet Dog Food - 12x200g

Small & Mini Adult Mousse with Chicken Wet Dog Food is a complete wet food for adult dogs of small and mini breeds, up to about 10kg, made with chicken. It is the everyday Science Plan recipe for this life stage, sold without a prescription.

Key Features

• Texture: A smooth mousse, for a weaning puppy, a small mouth or a dog that struggles with chunks.
• Lean Muscle: High-quality protein.
• Immune Support: An antioxidant blend.
• Moisture: Around 80 per cent.
• Pack Size: 12x200g.

Why A Mousse

• The smooth texture is the point. It suits a weaning puppy or kitten whose teeth are barely through, a small mouth, and any pet that struggles with chunks, and it can be thinned with warm water to a gruel for very young animals.
• It is also useful for an older pet with a sore mouth or a poor appetite, and for hiding medication, though check with your vet before mixing anything into food.
• Serve at room temperature. Straight from the fridge it smells of much less, and smell is most of what makes a pet decide to eat.

Why Breed Size Changes The Recipe

• A small dog has a far higher metabolic rate per kilo than a large one, so small-breed foods are more energy-dense and the kibble is made small enough to chew comfortably. Large-breed foods go the other way, with controlled energy and added joint support.
• Kibble size is not a detail. A dog that cannot comfortably pick up and chew its food either bolts it whole or eats less than it needs, and both cause problems.
• If your dog sits on a boundary between sizes, go by adult bodyweight rather than by how it looks: small and mini is up to about 10kg, medium about 11 to 25kg, and large breed 25kg and up.

Feeding, Storage And The Range

• How much: start from the chart on the pack by weight, then adjust to what you can feel. If you feed wet and dry together, count both halves towards the daily total rather than treating the wet as an extra.
• Changing over: move across gradually over about seven days rather than switching in one go.
• Storage and serving: refrigerate once opened, use within about two days and serve at room temperature, since cold food smells of much less. In UAE summer take it up after about twenty minutes.
• Who makes it: Hill's was founded by an American vet, Mark Morris Senior, who formulated a kidney diet for a guide dog in the 1940s. They run feeding trials on their recipes, which is why they can say clinically proven where most brands cannot.
• Science Plan is not Prescription Diet: this is the everyday range for healthy pets. Prescription Diet is the separate therapeutic range for diagnosed conditions, sold on a vet's recommendation, and the two are not interchangeable.

Currently Out Of Stock

• This size is out of stock at the moment. Message us and we will tell you when the next shipment is due, or point you at the nearest equivalent in the range.

Good To Know

• This listing is the 12x200g pack.
• Complete wet food. Can be fed alone or alongside a dry food from the same range.
• Refrigerate once opened, use within about two days and serve at room temperature.
• Keep fresh water available at all times.
• Science Plan is a non-prescription everyday food, not a veterinary therapeutic diet.
• Made by Hill's Pet Nutrition, part of Colgate-Palmolive.