Comments on: Voluntary Dry Food Reports

By: Madonna

Madonna — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:26:08 +0000

I have been feeding my dachshunds kibbles n bits and they have just recently started having seizures and throwing up every where and I never thought it was the food but now I am getting them off of this horrible stuff, thanks for the warning!

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:29:38 +0000

This what I have to share with everyone. My Cat which I fed Science Diet food ,because vets recommended, most of his life got kodney problem -Reanal Failure. After doing some research many cats in US and not in Europe have this condition. I found out that it is the food we feed them and the water.

I also find out the crystal are formed by bad magnisium used in cat food that does not digest and stores in ther body. My other has that condition. Most vets will not admit this.

Conclusion please feed you animals a good and researched Organic food and that
will solve many problem and save you mone in the old age on vet bills.

For you PETA what is the best food you recommend Thank you

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:29:41 +0000

ATTN: Eileen

I have an approximately three-year-old female Border Collie mix. I adopted her 10 months ago and have fed her Iams Healthy Naturals the entire time. For many months she loved it and thrived on it. Most everyone who met her commented on her beautiful, soft coat and healthy she looked.

About November, when I got a new bag of Iams Healthy Naturals, she started acting funny about her food, not finishing it, sometimes not eating at all. Several times she vomited her entire meal within a half hour of eating. She is also drinking a lot.

These symptoms seemed to get even worse when I bought the next bag of food (again Iams Healthy Naturals) about three weeks ago. She seldom finishes her food. She will not be getting anymore of it!

I stumbled onto this site while researching something else and am so grateful I did.

By: Max's Mom

Max's Mom — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:54:04 +0000

In mid-2004 we gave our 10 year old labrador kibble n’ bits for the first time, as a change of pace from purina. Within two weeks he was loosing control of his bag legs. THinking it was a allergy we stopped the food and took him to the vet who agreed. He gradually improved but soon developed degenerative myopathy so nerves in back legs are dying and he’s lost more and more strength. Now he can’t stand up by himself and can’t walk for long - much as he still loves his walks - so we’ll be euthanizing him soon. Only in last few weeks did we put two and two together about contaminated Kibbles n’ Bits and are very disgusted because his last few years would have been much happier and he probably would have lived another year anyway if it wasn’t for that damned food.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:22:23 +0000

I bought a big bag of Kibbles & Bits and my dogs both could not stop drinking water and were having to go to the bathroom so often. As soon as I switched their food they were back to normal. After reading this I’m so glad I stopped feeding them this food.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:54:26 +0000

Marty, I had the same thing exactly happen to my dog. Please contact me at aquahive@gmail.com

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:19:48 +0000

I fed my dog golden retriever for the first with some dry Kibbles & Bits Homestyle Beef and Vegetable, it had massive reaction few hours later and died. I have since found 2 others on the net whose dogs have also died after feeding this.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:29:00 +0000

Hi,

I have a 7 year old lab. I just started feeding him (about two/three weeks ago) Iams Healthy Naturals with Wholesome Chicken. This is after I heard about Candidae’s change in their food product during 2007. He does not eat. He snifs the food and walks away. However, he will eat his dog biscuits (Milkbones - I just switched those also from the Candidae snap biscuits). He’ll eat almost anything but this food. AT first he did eat it for about a week or so, but now he won’t touch it. Has anyone heard anything about this dog food causing health problems. My dog has also just started within the past weeks drinking a ton of water and urinating an awful lot. If you have any information, please post the inforamtion so I can follow up. I am in contact with his vet and we’re trying to figure out what is going on. Thanks for your help.

By: Heather Noeska

Heather Noeska — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:31:55 +0000

I have no problem with cats like catchow but not much.
I was adopt poodle dont like any food … waste my time of food what she eating.
i hope something about dog food or miss the old owner didnt do anything for her..
I feel sorry for her but i am frustrated what she like the food it hard.
i have to use my hand cook instead of any dog food problem..
cat no problem with cat chow good one.
thanks

By: Stephanie Grow

Stephanie Grow — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:31:30 +0000

My two cats have been on IAMS dry food from day one (since 2005), and they started throwing up sometime last year (2007). I often change foods to give them some variety, but with no noticeable effect. And it isn’t because of how fast they eat, since many times nothing comes out except some yellow looking fluid. If I notice it happening on a daily basis, I change to a new brand, and or a new type of IAMS. I believe the hair ball formula was the “least problematic”. It comes in a pink bag and the kibbles are round shaped. So the recent blue bag of IAMS has been causing vomiting now for about two weeks:

IAMS Multi-Cat with Chicken and Salmon
8 lb blue bag
95705316 (found on bottom of bag)
— 280809 28AUG09 —
— 81194173 B2 US30940 —(found near top of bag, just under the seal)

I don’t know if this food has been recalled, and don’t know where to check. It is a shame that I have to spend all my free time investigating food that I paid for, that should be safe to eat. I guess this is what we can expect for outsourcing our jobs and our products overseas and across both our borders. Certainly, the FDA is partly responsible. But how can they possibly check every single shipment of goods that come our way?? They can’t. It’s simply the way it is, when you import so much of what you consume.

Perhaps it is websites like these that can track and record the “evidence” of all this, so “something” can eventually be done about it.

A lot of work though,

Stephanie

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:34:27 +0000

I am looking for the person named “KIM”………….The same thing that happen to your dog happened to my Milo 2 days ago. The only thing different was is that he has kibbles and bits that night, and was had died around noon the next day. He was only 2 years old and was very healthy..I am having a necrospy done right now and if they dont find anything I will be in touch with a toxicologist. He threw up and his last stool was almost orange. 20 minutes later he past away. If anyone knows anything please email me wesandsed@gmail.com. I currently reside in Ohio.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:15:36 +0000

My 10 month old dog recently became sick after eating Natures Variety raw pet food. The vet tested her posotive for salmonella and she is dying. My vet thinks it is due to the raw food diet she was on.Has anyone out there have experienced anything similar with this brand of dog food?

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:23:45 +0000

My son’s cat suddenly became very ill four days ago. We had to have him euthanized yesterday as the the x-ray showed that his kidneys were full of large tumors. My son had had started to feed the cat Nutro Complete Care Senior Indoor formula dry food and IAMS Indoor Formula dry food a few months ago.

On another note, one of my cats developed fibrosarcoma due to Rabies vaccines and had to be put down. See: “Cat Owners Must Weigh Vaccination Risks With Benefits” by University of Illinois
College of Veterinary Medicine
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/petcol.....cfm?id=287

Though I cook my dog his wet food I supplement it with “Kibbles n’ Bits” dry food. He has been eating it, though infrequently as the home cooked meals usually are enough to satisfy his appetite. So far he has remained in good health with a shiny coat and is full of energy.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:34:36 +0000

I have had the majority of my cats (those who ate the most dried food or lived on the dried food alone) go down with hind limb ataxia, frightened, falling, unable to walk more than 3 steps without staggering, eye focusing problems, 34+ kittens born dead or died screaming in agony and lost a stud, plus uterine inertia, massive haemorrhage and one a seizure all while eating Nutro dried food. Since I stopped feeding it the girls are all walking again and I have just had several litters born all alive and healthy. These symptoms matched those of Salinomycin Induced Polyneuropathy as occurred in The Netherlands to 823 cats in 1996. The company has showed no compassion and just in denial. Others who have contacted Nutro have told me of intimidating phone calls, emails and bullying tactics but still no concern for their pets. There are 4 breeds belonging to these owners and a domestic household pet… all with the same problems.
So the problem spreads now to your allies overseas and yet still nothing seems to be being done to show sorrow or to compensate victims.
Might I suggest we all stop buying this garbage and feed our pets as our grandparents did decades ago … fresh natural food being meat for carnivores. Junk food is JUNK.

By: Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:12 +0000

We’ve fed our two labs and a cocker spaniel and they live out doors in a big fenced area. We have fed them pedigree, purina, and another dog food plus kibbles n chunks and kibbles n bits. Very recently they quit eating. The food is usually gone as soon as fed. We thought something was wrong with the kibbles n chunks, maybe spoiled, so trashed it and bought kibbles n bits because they liked it before. They still are not eating the dog food. We logged on to kibbles web site and notified them and asked about recall. Searched web and found this sight. Yesterday one of the dogs had vomited. We have them together so were not sure which one. They are akc and the female is in heat and very busy so we are expecting pups but concerned. Please let us know if there are recalls. Thanks. Date 1-9-08