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Nutro Pet Foods

Catherine of Raleigh NC (04/02/07)
My 11 yr old cat (my little girl friend) ate DRY Hills Science Diet all her life and was thriving and healthy until a few years ago. She suddenly started to look skinny, drink more water, and her coat looked stringy and thin. She developed a rash on her back and started inappropriate urinating. I took her to a vet back then and they couldn't determine what was wrong with her except her lower bowel looked inflamed and her kidney values were slightly elevated.

After that I started trying other dry foods like Eukanuba and Nutro. She never would eat wet cat food and I did try to find one that she would eat because of her age. Sometime if February of this year the rash returned on her back and she still wouldn't gain enough weight. The vet found a bacterial infection in her kidneys, but her values remained only slightly elevated. I was sent home with antibiotics and Hills Prescription k/b dry cat food. The first couple of days on the antibiotic she seemd to perk up a little and then started to noticably go downhill. I thought the antibiotics might be too strong so I discontinued them but kept feeding her the Prescription Diet food.

She didn't seem too thrilled with the food and kept deteriorating for the next couple of weeks until she was so bad that she wandered aimlessly and could hardly stand up. She also seemed to be going blind. Her eyes had broken blood vessels that you could see.

I knew she was dying and I determined that her kidneys had failed. I took her back to the vet to see if I could just get something to ease her pain and calm her down until she died. I ended up having her euthanized. My little girl friend! I had to make that decision and it was one of the hardest things I have ever done. A week later I start hearing the news about the tainted cat food! If we ever hear the truth about this, the truth will be that the dry food has been contaminated for years. Just enough to make them sickly but not kill them for a long time. 

Cindy of Tallahassee, FL March 26, 2007

Cindy of Tallahassee FL (03/26/07)
I have been feeding my 3 year old large mix breed dog Nutro Max with glucosome and chondritian (dry) for about a year with no problems. I bought a new bag Jan 07 and the week of Feb 19th he became very lethargic, drinking alot, breathing heavy. After 3 days he seemed to be feeling better. Then his belly began to swell so much if I didn't know he was a nutured male I would think he was about to have puppies. I took him to the vet he and at first glance they thought for sure he had heartworms -- his belly was so distended. He was tested and did not have heartworms.

I didn't have enough money at the time to pay for an advanced blood test so the vet put him on Lasik (a diuretic) and said to bring him back for in in five days. During this time I took him off the Nutro Max food and started feeding him chicken and rice that I cooked myself. He ate only that for 5 days. When he returned to the vet after 5 days, his weight have dropped from 99 lbs to 93 lbs and the belly was going down. The vet took more blood and this time I had enough money to send it out for sophisticated analysis.

The vet called me the next day and said to take himn off the Lasik. His creatine and other levels were quite high. I took him off the lasik and started him back on the Nutro Max food for three days. Immediately his belly began to swell up again. That same week the new reported about the tainted pet foods and when I saw Nutro Max was on the list, I immediately stopped feeding it to Ayden -- even though it was dry food and all the articles said only wet foods were contaminated. Since taking Ayden off the Nutro Max, his belly is back to normal, his breathing and his energy. We took our first walk together this weekend. I am hopeful this story will have a happy ending. I am convenced that the dry food was also contaminated with the poison.

My vet bills totalled about 300.00.

Sara of Springfield, MO March 23, 2007

Sara of Springfield MO (03/23/07)
My precious best friend Murphy had to be put to sleep after eating the contaminated food from Nutro. In a matter of a few weeks, he became so ill that there was no saving him. My vet had difficulty diagnosing him without extensive tests that I could not afford, but after reviewing the symptoms of the animals in renal failure, he suffered from the same thing. I called my vet a few days ago, they looked at the records and said Oh my God, your right!

700 + in vet bills. Loss of dog (also my best friend, I am a single woman also a cancer survivor)

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