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Hills Pet Foods

Spirit of Fairfax CA (04/22/07)

In the fall I wrote to Hills Prescription Diet regarding their MD wet and dry food. I could see my cats reacting to it and I wondered if they had changed the formula. I wrote to them and asked them if they were using any new or inferior ingredients. They wrote back assuring me everything was top quality. Now I find out it was not.

This is very frustrating as my vet insisted I feed them this very expensive food as they were overweight. I think this is a real scam and that they have done a remarkable sales job on the vets who are heavily pushing this MD food as Atkins for cats but it a lot of money for garbage. I wish I had stuck to my guns and just kept my cats off the food and hadn’t bowed to pressure from my vet who thought he was doing what was best.

Erin of Collegeville, PA April 1, 2007

Erin of Collegeville PA (04/01/07)
I called to get information on the recall of hills science diet food, as my cat is on Hills science diet K/D wet and dry. She has gotten sick over the past few weeks and has been diagnoed with kidney failure. She has been on IV fluids, but is continually getting worse. When I first called hills, they assured me their food was o.k. This time, the man I spoke to was named Joe. He was very ignorant, beligerent and gave me a hard time about getting the information on the food. He said they have over 150 formulas and cannot give the information out on which ones are a problem. He told me it was my responsibility to read the bag and figure it out for myself.

This is a prescription food given out by veterinarians only and I cannot believe that this man handled this in such a way. I think other pet owners should be aware of this problem, as they trust their vets.......

My pet is very ill, on IV fluids and has incurred a difficult recovery. It does not look like this will be something she will survive. The vet bills have been astronomical, but that is the least important of losing my companion.......that has no price. Consumers beware-hills science diet is not concerned about your pet!

Tj of Mission, KS March 23, 2007

Tj of Mission KS (03/23/07)
Per the information provided on the pet food recall the first time I checked the list of affected products I did not see any Science Diet items listed. I then noticed another article that mentioned there were some Hills Science Diet products listed. Because all three of my cats had been presenting unusual vomiting symtoms, I checked Hill's web site and discoved the product IDs they listed as part of the recall were only off my cans by one numeral. I sent them an email on their site to let them know about my concerns to which the automated response mentioned Hills had not been notified of any illnesses associated with their product - although that is exactly what I was doing.

Therefore I feel I need to spread the word that there are very likely far more animals affected by the tainted food which may be more widespread than is being admitted to by the industry. This is the email I sent to Hills through their web site:

I have been a regular user of Science Diet products for both our dogs and cats for approximately 20 years and have never experienced a problem with the products until this last month. I usually purchase the canned product in Savory Juices for my cats but for the first time I decided to try something different and purchased two cases of the Savory Cuts in February from our local Petsmart in Overland Park, Kansas. My cats have not liked the Savory Cuts and don't finish their servings as is their usual practice so I was not planning on purchasing that type again.

They have been vomiting frequently since I began feeding them the Savory Cuts but I have been switching between the Savory Cut and Savory Juice canned varieties all month since they didn’t really like the Savory Cuts and I always add dry Hairball Control to the wet food. I didn't associate the vomiting with the food since it seemed to happen later in the day and there would only be a few bits of food in it and nothing else. I kept trying to find out if they were getting into something or if they had some type of 'cat flu' since they rarely ever even have hairballs (thanks to the Hairball Control). When I realized Science Diet was one of the brands affected by the contamination issue I checked the remaining cans I still have. I wanted to let you know the Chicken Dinner in Gravy for Mature Adults I have is not an exact match to the numbers listed on your web site but I think it is also tainted and would really hate to see any other cats affected by this lot.

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