All my cats May have kidney failure from recalled food

[catfamily]

I was accually hoping you'd read and help with a reply.
Thank you.
I trust your judgement (because you work so closely with vets ) and do feel better.
I am as suggested by my vet also to go back for another blood test to see if Lucy's has elevated.It would probably be good to give all my cats senior food.Since all my cats are past 1 year old.I do think Senior food is a great food for cats after they turn to adulthood...if indoors...I agree with that.(But I don't,because I use Natural Balance,which is for ALL cats stages).
The Natural Balance is an excellent food.I will stick to it and see how everyone does./I think The Natural Balance is for ALL stages.(the ingredients are excellent)But I may have screwed up Lucy by giving her the *other,recalled*food not only because of maybe being tainted but because it was store brands and just grocery store pet food instead of the Natural Balance that I think is Wonderful for them all.
They all got the Other food...some more than others as a treat because they could smell it in the mudroom where Mia was.Mia would not eat the natural balance when first brought home and she was starved.So I bought Anything that she would eat.I'll NEVER EVER do that again.
Mia is now eating the Natural Balance.She wouldn't eat it before.
There may be a chance that the tainted food did not get in my area.
It was in the paper that no reported cases have been found in my area.
That means nothing to me because the vets can't prove that it IS from tainted food.
But since I may be someone in the area that is willing to test ALL my cats(being I have so many with so many different ages..most being very young)...that report MAY change.Only because I'm testing so many different aged cats.
But getting back to Lucy..she is a very nervous cat like her "semi ferel"sister Penny.But Lucy is OVER friendley while Penny is the opposite.So Penny stays in good shape.lol
Lucy wakes when I wake so she can always be with me which I think is unhealthy for a cat to OVER love an owner.(When it becomes an obsesion....just like in people).
So it could be nerves.Or just stress from her past life.She has had the same personality since I got her/and Penny her sister from the shelter.
lets see how Marshall and Colby turn out today.
That will give us ALL some much needed info if it may be the food or not.Marshall is only about 2 or 3 years old.If HE has it...I'm blaming the food!!

OH...and Thank You Craftlady for the Google Search on what the blood tests meant.I appreciate it.I've been to stressed to look it up.

I also want to add that EVERYONE'S reply has helped me so much...with either words of support or any advice they think is good.I will consider everyone's advice.I think everyone is so smart here,and in the learnings..which is so wonderful.

I can't say for sure on any results from a urinalysis as I don't run those at work.

But the Serum tests I do run at work.

The BUN and CREATININE are above normal levels but not by alot, and those ranges can vary depending on the machine or particular lab that runs them. On our machine a CREAT of above 2.0 is considered above normal, apparently on your vets machine 2.4 is considered within normal range.

Based on their ranges and the results it appears the levels are elevated some. They would actually need lab work prior to the cat getting sick to determine if those are normal levels for that particular cat or if in fact they are elevated. Or doing a repeat of the BUN and CREAT in a week or two and see if the levels continue to go up, stay the same or go into the 'normal' range. Is your vet giving IV fluids to your cat?

Just for reference; in very seriously ill cats at work we've seen BUN levels in the 70-80 range, and CREAT levels in the 4-7 range and some even higher.

Dusty had lab work done a few years ago and had a CREAT level of 2.4 (by our machine that was above normal. I had been feeding her "light" food which does not come in a senior fomula only adult. So I switched her back to a senior food and a few weeks later we retested and her CREAT level came back down to 1.8 (which is normal). All that from only a minor change in food from adult to senior.

Many things can affect those levels from food, to stress, to illness.

[catnapper]

No advice here but lots of prayers for you and your gang.

[AbbyMom]

Prayers and healing thoughts on the way for your furkids....

[catlover4ever]

My prayers and thoughts are with you, Mike and all your kitties.

[K & L]

I'm so sorry to read this. Thoughts are with you at this time. How sad all this is.

[catfamily]

Just got back from the vet with Marshall and Colby.
Marshall...NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hurray for that!!
Colby..Kidney failure!!!!
Like Lucy.
He wants both back in 3-4 weeks for retesting.They are too young to have it so it IS the food.
Colby also had his sugur blood tested from being overweight and he's fine.
I'm sure most my cats have kidney failure from the food and my vet said to not kill myself bringing them all in.
We'll bring the 2 back in 3-4 weeks and then see from there.
If anyone looks bad of course they'll go in.
Life has NOT been to good to me.
But Marshall at least will be with us for hopefully 20 more years...being about 2 years old and healthy.

[catmandu]

And the Found Paradise Hotel Cats are adding to the prayers for All Your Cats Carla and Mike. We know what a strain it is to have to take All those Cats in and have them tested.
I have to keep an eagle eye on the Found Cats in case Michaels URI is infectious as they all clump together so much.
Prayers are coming for your Cats and we pray that all will be well.

[Craftlady]

Here's a law firm out of California that has started a class action suit.
A gal on another pet forum, signed up. Here's the link

class action suit