What A Nightmare!!!

[cassiesmom]

Tracey, how is everyone today? (((HUGS)))

[lvpets2002]

Sorry to read this about your babies.. Tracey I know you like those Brands; However you may need just to stick to Purina Brands.. I feed mostly Purina Brands && have not had any of these problems with my babies.. Huggss & Prayers Tracey & Babies..

[astrid]

I'm so sorry to read about this, I hope all the babies are feeling better today
Good thoughts and prayers for you all, God bless you.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks everyone. Yesterday was such a long day and I just didn't have time to log back on to PT. I ended up taking both kittens into the vet yesterday because Blaze's right eye was looking awful. They had an appointment this Sunday so I was lucky that my vet could squeeze us in. She looked at their eyes and said that they both have URI's but it's a mild case and they only need eye drops 2 times a day for 1 week. Hopefully this will do the trick.

They've also been very gasy and one of them was still having mushy stools. I wasn't able to get a stool sample so from the looks,smell, and gas problems my vet thinks that they have coccidia. Some of my other cats may have caught it too so we're treating everyone with Ponazuril. Alani and Blaze go back in 2 weeks for recheck and I'm supposed to bring in a stool sample. She said that usually you need to treat everyone again in 2 weeks time so I guess I'll receive more of the medicine then.

Since both kittens also had giardia when they were in the rescue group my vet did a snap giardia test on one kitten and luckily it came back negative. My vet also said that since they've been dewormed with drontal 2 times that they don't need any more deworming meds. The vet that gave them their kitten shot a few weeks ago said that they need to be dewormed at least 4 times. I think she just wants my money. I did give in and have them dewormed for roundworms with their second kitten shot but I won't for their third.

How much do you think they weigh? I was kind of shocked by their weights because they still feel so light weight to me. They're a little over 13 weeks now and Alani weighs 4.5lbs and Blaze weighs 3.7lbs. I think that Alani is going to be a big boy. Last night I spent a lot of time cleaning the bathroom where they've been staying and it was trashed this morning. It looked like they had a major cat party and litter was every where. They also knocked over their water bowl into their dry food so it was a major mess this morning. Now I'm letting them out in the main part of my condo all of the time and tonight the bathroom was so much cleaner.

My vet also told me that I needed to scrub all of the litter boxes with a bleach solution and also put fresh litter in them. I need to keep them as clean as possible. I decided to buy new litter boxes and I just threw out the old ones. They were very old any way so they were due for new ones. I also put litter box liners in until I know for sure that everything is fine with the kittens.

Nature's Variety said that they've never had any recalls on their kibble before. I returned everything tonight and I bought another bag of Natural Balance Green Pea & Chicken dry food. Ziggy still won't eat any dry food. Pearl is picking at it but she's always been a picky eater. Both Storm,Sky, Alani, and Blaze love it. I'll continue to feed the adults Nature's Variety canned food unless they start having problems with this too. The reason I changed my adult cats diet was because Procter & Gamble took over Natura Pet Products which include Innova Evo and I don't trust this company. Ziggy was also gaining too much weight on the dry even though I don't free feed. The dry is very high in calories. I hope that everything will return to normal and stay that way very soon.

[Laura's Babies]

It sounds like things will be looking up soon for them and you and things are on the road to being "normal" again. Let's hope all this clears up and they can get on to feeling better and those little tummies settle down.

[Catty1]

The owner of Innova etc has posted a statement that the food will continue to be made in THEIR factories, and that the ingredients won't change. I have a bag of the Innova weight management, and will keep the bag to compare labels. I even emailed P&G Canada and received a reply assuring me the food would not change.

Maybe they learned their lesson with IAMS?

Hope all your kitties are better soon!

[RedHedd]

The owner of Innova etc has posted a statement that the food will continue to be made in THEIR factories, and that the ingredients won't change. I have a bag of the Innova weight management, and will keep the bag to compare labels. I even emailed P&G Canada and received a reply assuring me the food would not change.

Maybe they learned their lesson with IAMS?

Hope all your kitties are better soon!

What Natura says and what they will actually do under P&G's management is yet to be seen. I, too, will be compariing ingredient lists, although one knows there is nothing to stop them from putting reformulated food into packages with the old labels. I do not trust P&G.

[krazyaboutkatz]

What Natura says and what they will actually do under P&G's management is yet to be seen. I, too, will be compariing ingredient lists, although one knows there is nothing to stop them from putting reformulated food into packages with the old labels. I do not trust P&G.

I totally agree. From what I heard they can use different ingredients and keep the same labels for at least 6 months time before they're required to change them. Even though the manager at An-Jan Feed & Supply Store,where I would buy the Innova Evo, has reassured me that nothing will change, I still don't trust P&G at all. I'm just going to stay with a more simple dry cat food for now and I hope that Natural Balance Green Pea & Chicken will be the answer for my household. It's also much less expensive than the Nature's Variety dry food that I had been feeding them.