Got KMR? Check the smell.

[Prairie Purrs]

If you're using KMR to feed kittens, make sure it doesn't have an "off" odor:

KMR® Powder Update

According to the notice, some KMR powder may have been exposed to excessive heat and shouldn't be used.

[GILL]

This is a notice that is on several other forums.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suellen Duga [ mailto:suellend@ mac.com
> ]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:24 PM
> To: Animal Control
> Subject: KMR ISSUE
>
>
> Hello:
>
> I represent an animal rescue in Westfield , Mass. called the
> Westfield
> Homeless Cat Project. It had come to our attention after many
> many
> illnesses and fatalities, that there was a problem with the KMR
>
> formula. All of our foster parents, including myself, were
> losing
> litter after litter with a very low survival rate. As you know,
> the
> odds are already stacked against us in neo natal work, but the
> losses
> were excessive and with all the same symptoms. I ran across
> your
> "blog" and wanted to contact you concerning this. Our shelter
> is
> trying to get Fox News to investigate this as PetAg does not
> seem to
> want to recall any of the batches (expiration 5/2011 as far as
> we
> know). This is a terrible matter and the only answer we got was
> the
> "heat" problem. I had asked them about contamination of
> Melamine, as
> they procure their vitamin powder from China . I have not
> received an
> answer on that question.
>
> If you have any other information pertinent to this matter or if
> you
> wish to contact our rescue, please do so at 413-568-6964. The
> Director is Denise Sinico. Do you know of any other shelters,
> fosters, etc. with this issue? We need all the contact we can
> get.
>
> Thanks for your anticipated help and our sincere sympathy for
> those
> little lives lost needlessly.
>
> Suellen Duga
> Adoption Coordinator
> Westfield Homeless Cat Project
>
>
>
>
> Linda Pollack Mercer, M.D.
> President, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue, Inc. (previouskly known as
> CFA Purebred Rescue, Inc) http://purebredcats .org/> (@purebredcats.
> org <http://purebredcats .org/> )

[lvpets2002]

I never used the powder.. I always ordered my cans of KMR fresh from my Vets.. I would always make sure it was within the dates..

[moosmom]

OMG!!!

I have an unopened can (had an opened can I donated to friends in rescue). I checked the exp. date and it's 5/2011. It's the stuff I fed Rocky and his sister with (they both died!). I called KMR. She said that the only way to find out if the can is good is to open and smell it. If it IS bad, she said you'd smell a rancid cooking oil smell, which I did not.

Symptoms are instantaneous, diarrhea and vomiting.

I'm calling my friend who I gave the opened can to have her check it.

[GILL]

If I see that date on the can it is in the garbage. powder or can. If I have t I will go to near by shelters and find a nursing mom. Right now I am lucky that I have no kits.
By the way getting it from the vets does not always ensure it is fresh. You don't know how long it was in the distributors, under what conditions, before going to the vet.

[catmandu]

I have had that trouble with a few cans of SD Turkey where the time limits are right, but it has an off smell, and nobody wants it.
So far its only be 3 cans , but I am wondering why the rest of the cans are all right, and these are not!!!

[lvpets2002]

Yes I know John & thats why I stated that I check the Exp Date as well.. Hey kido read your PM & come over to see my Bogart Blind Boy..

Originally Posted by GILL

If I see that date on the can it is in the garbage. powder or can. If I have t I will go to near by shelters and find a nursing mom. Right now I am lucky that I have no kits.
By the way getting it from the vets does not always ensure it is fresh. You don't know how long it was in the distributors, under what conditions, before going to the vet.

[GILL]

I did

[lvpets2002]

Oh I did not know.. I did not see a post.. Isnt Bogart Adorable??

Originally Posted by GILL

I did

[Jennie]

Hi, I have a can of KMR powder that smells very different form the others and since starting that can last night my kittens have all developed yellow runs. They had about 4-5 feedings of this bad can, so I am really hoping I caught it soon enough and they will recover quickly with a fresh can.
Bad as it sounds, I'm hoping the KMR is the cause of their runs, so its not something more serious....
wish me luck!!!

[lvpets2002]

Oh no I am so sorry.. Yes if its yellow runs I would say its from the milk.. I would say throw the powder away & get them the can of liquid milk.. Good Luck & Prayers that your babies will be fine & do good..

Originally Posted by Jennie

Hi, I have a can of KMR powder that smells very different form the others and since starting that can last night my kittens have all developed yellow runs. They had about 4-5 feedings of this bad can, so I am really hoping I caught it soon enough and they will recover quickly with a fresh can.
Bad as it sounds, I'm hoping the KMR is the cause of their runs, so its not something more serious....
wish me luck!!!