Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat Foods Recalled

[fragrancehound]

That is what I feed my cats! I am running out of options. What the heck am I supposed to feed my cats now??

[catmandu]

That is really bad as the Found Cats like the Chicken and Turkey and Rice canned foods.
What on Earth is going on that we cant find Pet Food thats safe.

[fragrancehound]

I am so pissed and frustrated right now. I really thought by feeding them a holistic brand that they would be safe. Ugh.. I hope they plan to release the lot numbers affect. It also makes me wonder what other natural cat foods might be affected??

Has anyone tried this brand of cat food?
BLUE Spa Select Lite Formula Cat Food

http://www.bluebuff.com/products/cats_lite.shtml

[Lizzie]

Thank goodness I stopped feeding this to Surya several months ago, now that his digestive system has settled down.

Considering how prevalent the use of melamine seems to be, and must have been in the recent past, in order to bolster the protein value of pet foods, it is going to make us all wonder about our cats who have died in the past from kidney failure. I know that the tainted food is supposed to only cause acute renal failure but there are far too many gaps in our knowledge to reject the possibility that it can also cause chronic renal failure.

I feed Royal Canin light indoor cat and AvoDerm, but now I'm wondering when we are going to hear that they are tainted also.

[Freedom]

Fragrance hound, they aren't doing it by lot numbers; they are recalling all of it. But it is only the one with the March 28th date that has resulted in phone calls and complaints, so far.

http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/

Although the problems seem to be focused on one particular lot, as a precautionary measure, we are pulling all dates

I know, this is so frustrating for all of us.

[kb2yjx]

I hope this might help. I have started to switch Hope Simone to Innova's canned EVO. From what I can see on the ingredients, there is NO rice or any kind of grain. Last week I was feeling rather frustrated because I got a call from my friend, who like myself, was feeding her cat canned Nutro, I think it was Turkey and ?, and it was recalled. So, I took the unopened case of the Nutro that I had just purchased, and returned it. After talking to the owner of the shop, I decided that the EVO would be the best choice....Good Luck!!

[fragrancehound]

How fast do the symptoms of kidney failure appear? The reason I ask is because I started a new bag of food, the green pea and venison, on April 13th. Would my cats exhibit any symptoms by now? My cats seem ok..they are eating and drinking and are playful. Shadow threw up twice last week but hasn't thrown up since. I caught him munching on my plastic plants and I assumed her threw up because of that. Magic has not thrown up at all. This whole recall has really gotten to me.

[Craftlady]

How fast do the symptoms of kidney failure appear? The reason I ask is because I started a new bag of food, the green pea and venison, on April 13th. Would my cats exhibit any symptoms by now?

I would call your vet they can do blood tests/urine tests to determine if there is problems with kidneys. This is what vet's are doing if owners know they ate the food and havent shown symptoms.

Cant answer you on when time frame symptoms would appear.

This is from the avma.org site (american vet medicine association)
If your pet has eaten a recalled pet food, he or she should be seen by a veterinarian, whether or not the pet is sick. Some pets appear well but have abnormal tests. Because the drug found in the recalled pet food appears to affect the kidneys and causes low white blood cell counts in humans, blood tests should be done to check the blood cell count, in addition to blood tests to check kidney function. A urine test is also needed to monitor kidney function.