Welcome to the forum, nam1026.  So sorry to hear that your kitty is sick and hospitalized, and sending hopes for rapid full recovery.  What a sad thing!  Poor sweet kitty.

In terms of treatment for your kitty, it sounds like the vet is doing the right things in giving the IV fluids.  Has she started eating again?  Since it sounds like she has been a couple of days without food, eating is really important.  Make sure the vet knows when the kitty last ate. (Cats can develop a serious and often fatal liver condition if they go without eating.)  Does the vet have a diagnosis yet?

If you think the problem is food-related, you should save any of the food that you have left.  If you have some from an open pouch, put it in the freezer in a sealed bag.  Do report the problem to Nutro if the vet feels the food caused the problem, but my advice is, don't send the food to Nutro.  Too many people have sent suspicious food to Nutro and other companies, only to have it disappear.  Indepedent testing is often better.

Please keep us posted on how she is doing.

She hasn't really eaten much yet I guess-that is one of his concerns. He knows she didn't eat at all on Sat or Sun-I got her to eat a tiny bit of baby food monday afternoon before I took her to vet.

My vet doesn't really know-I mean he is going off the info I printed off the web of everyones complaints and the fact these pouches were on the recall list at a point.

Where else do you get food tested and how much does it cost? I can't even afford this expensive vet visit.

Sometimes vets have to give appetite stimulants for a few days to get a sick cat to eat.  Or they may force-feed a hospitalized cat.  What type of food did she eat before she had the Nutro packets?  Does the vet allow you to bring food to hospitalized cats?  Do you think she would eat any of the food she is used to?  Baby food is also a very good idea.  If the kitty won't eat much, sometimes small amounts every hour or so will do the trick.

It's good to hear that kidney values are only slightly elevated; that may be a sign that she will recover fully in time with treatment.  There is another poster here (Carol) whose cat was seriously sickened by contaminated food.  When she comes on, she may be more able to advise about treatment protocol.  In general, treatments for acute kidney failure and/or acetaminophen (Tylenol) poisoning have been helpful for kitties who ate contaminated food.

State Ag departments will sometimes test foods.   Expertox is a lab that can do toxin testing and is not affiliated with any pet food company.  I believe a test costs a couple of hundred dollars.  There is also an organization that may test food; when their founder (Don Earl) comes online, he will be able to give you more info.

There is also a discussion going on right now on another thread about Nutro food and testing, if you haven't been there yet:
http://itchmoforums.com/your-problems-with-pet-food/do-any-forum-readers-personally-have-problems-with-nutro-food-t5071.0.html;msg74413#msg74413

Nam1026, welcome to Itchmo, Im sorry to hear your kitty isnt doing well.  The other thread link that was posted by someone in a prior post might be helpful to read.  It would really help to know what is wrong with kitty, Im wondering if your vet has considered pancreatitis, it seems to be a common complaint Im seeing from pets who have fallen ill after eating Nutro.  Our prior kitty had a pancreas attack one time and the symptoms were exactly what you described including the fever.  Do you know if your kitty has any abdominal pain, is she tender to the touch in the upper abdomen area?  If it is pancreas related, our kitty spent 2 days at the vet clinic and was given IV fluids, and penicillin injections.  These 2 things brought her fever down and she did recover.  As far as food, I would keep it very bland, boiled chicken and rice might be another thing to try.  Sometimes once they quit eating, its hard to get them started again, but once they do, its a very good sign.  There is a test for pancreas issues but it is expensive and can take several days to get the results back on.  Anyhow I dont know if this is the problem with your kitty or not, but chicken and rice might be helpful anyhow.  Heating any food slightly helps give off smells that attract them more also.  Anyhow please keep us posted on how your kitty is doing and how YOU are doing too.  Im sorry you are having to go thru this.

As far as testing, Don Earl has a site and he will probably be here at some point today too.  His site is:
http://www.pfpsa.org/.  Or you can maybe contact ASPCA at the Animal Poison Control Center for help...

 

nam, here is a link to Consumer affairs.com in case you have not seen it yet---the link to post your complaint if you choose to is at the bottom of the complaints...even if the food is not the cause of the illness it might be good to let others who feed this see what you are experiencing....

http://consumeraffairs.com/pets/nutro.html

keeping fingers and paws crossed for good news....hoping kitty is getting better..
Carol

Deb,

Welcome to Itchmo! I had a cat once that lost her voice, but that was because she had been left in the empty apt while I went on vacation with a neighbor stopping by to feed her daily. I think that she just cried herself hoarse - poor baby, I had no idea that that would happen. She got her voice back with no later problems.  Has your other kitty been crying for the one that is at the vet?

I am so glad to hear that you got her to eat a little bit!  It can be a real battle when a cat is hospitalized, because, on top of being sick and having decreased appetite, many cats simply will not eat in a strange, stressful environment (I have a couple like that.)

I am very happy to hear that your vet is reporting the problem and will help you get the food tested.

All fingers and paws crossed here for your kitty's continuing recovery.