Orijen catfood recall in Australia

[Catty1]

OMG - Orijen is made right here in Alberta!

I PRAY that Colette and the others recover. It sounds like it takes a lot of time for the cats to get well.

There is a dog form of Omega 3-6 that is available in liquid pump form from my vet. You might ask your vet if that is a good anti-oxidant. I just shake it well and mix it in with my kitties' wet food (had to add some stinky wet food to begin with to get them to eat it).

ETA: This from the Orijen site, released December 20 (I guess Champion distributes it to other countries. Australia is the only country to irradiate the food when it gets to their country):

“RESULTS RAISE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OF GAMMA-IRRADIATED DIETS FOR THE LONG-TERM EXCLUSIVE FEEDING OF CATS IN PARTICULAR, GIVEN THAT SUCH FEEDING REGIMES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEUKOENCEPHALOMYELOPATHY IN THIS SPECIES.”
“IN CONCLUSION, THIS STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT GAMMA IRRADIATION, AT THE DOSES USED, HAS PROFOUND
AND SELECTIVE EFFECTS ON THE VITAMIN A AND PEROXIDE CONTENTS OF DRY ANIMAL DIETS, PARTICULARLY
ON DRY DIETS FORMULATED FOR CATS.”

I've attached the PDF as it has details and directions for applying to the medical fund that TopCat3 mentioned; it allows for $2,000 Aus per cat affected.

I'm SO sorry for the cats and their heartbroken owners.