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I tried to buy the sensitive stomach cat food my vet prescribed on Amazon and chewy but I couldn’t and the vet wouldn’t refill without a visit. I mean the food is not dangerous, I don’t see why it is restricted.
I'm not familiar with Chewy (you and I may be in different countries), but in my experience Amazon often doesn't have the full range of pet foods available, because they only stock the most popular ones. Anything specialist usually requires going to an actual pet food distributor.
If the food your pet has been prescribed is literally restricted and you're not allowed to buy it without a prescription, then it likely has some form of medication in it that is potentially dangerous, either to pets or to humans. In which case it likely isn't a scam, because purchasing restrictions on drugs are a legal thing, not just the vet trying to get more money out of you. If it wasn't restricted, there'd be no barriers to you purchasing it elsewhere.
I don’t think it has medicine. This is it: Hill's Prescription Diet Gastrointestinal Biome Digestive/Fiber Care with Chicken Dry Cat Food, Veterinary Diet, 8.5 lb. Bag https://a.co/d/dAobeO0 Amazon says they will get your information and verify with your veterinarian, which surprised me.
I am not going to roundup my cat and take her to the vet because it’s traumatic and expensive. I just read the ingredients and purchased something similar, but I am curious about why these foods are restricted.
No they are not a scam. You should also be able to order the food without a visit, it just has to be approved by your vet.
Long as you are having yearly checkups done they shouldn’t have an issue approving your prescription food orders when they come in. Give your vet a call and hopefully you should be able to work something out.