mary blonde - you mentioned that Nutro was still on the shelves. From the Ultra Holisitic my dog had the same symptoms and that was before any reports on Consumer Affairs. I caught it in time and then this surfaces - just reinforces that there is something not right about this whole thing. Would anyone be taking  money to look the other way. Yet, how could they - they must not have a conscience either if they can not feel for all the cats who suffer and dogs too from this stuff.

Thanks mary blonde. I was feeding the food back in 2006 from April thru August then took my dog off of it altogether.

Thanks, menusux! Just sent him a long email detailing my Bonnie's losing battle with ARF. Hopefully enough people email him so he can cause a BIG stir and get picked by AP & the TV news.

Distressing to see the recent dates of these letters at Consumer Affairs:

http://consumeraffairs.com/pets/nutro.html#ixzz0LfOSuAPS

"Barbara of Ludlow, MA July 22, 2009

I purchase Nutro Adult Indoor cat food for the first time from Petco, as I was looking for an improved diet and nutritious cat food for my 2 cats. I became aware of the recall after feeding my cats this food for approximately 3 to 4 weeks. I returned the large bag of Nutro and purchased a smaller bag of Nutro in another flavor (adult oceanfish). I did notice that there were bags of Nutro on the shelf that had been recalled and mentioned it to the store manager, who stated that he had to check the listing again. I fed my cats the recently purchased Nutro for 2 days. My cats began to have diarrhea with blood. I checked on the internet and found out that the new bag I purchased was one of those listed as a recall. I now have to find out how to treat my cats and find a new cat food, but slowly weaning them off of the Nutro brand. It is difficult for me to believe that I am dealing with this rediculous chain of events, as I strove to find the best cat food to feed my pets. I am angry that the Petco store did not remove the recalled Nutro cat food from their shelves and continued to sell it.


"Joanne of Mountain Top, PA July 17, 2009

I have a 6.5 year old female cat who has been fed Nutro Natural Choice Cat Food since we adopted her as a kitten. @ weeks ago she began acting funny by not eating and isolating herself. This quickly led to vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and loss of appetite completly. We have had her to the vet, and she has just returned home after being hospitalized.

We have missed days of work and spent hundreds of dollars trying to make her well. She has all the symptoms of zinc poisoning, but we were unaware of the recall of Nutro cat food. I was feeding my cat poison, and did not know. She is still very sick, and we hope she will survive. We could not afford to keep her at the hospital any longer, so we are trying to handle this at home. We were devastated when I went to the internet tonight and found out about the recall! I have read many posts of similar stories, but on the Nutro website they claim they are not aware of any animal getting sick. That just can not be true."

I agree, Bug.  I was confused that she said she pointed out some recalled bags to the store manager but then she bought a different (also recalled) bag. ?

Whoever is negligent (I believe it is ultimately Nutro and its marketers), I feel badly for the cats.

I mainly wanted to keep this topic active and searchable 

Not to mention the author of that complaint is "slowly weaning them off of the Nutro brand"!!! Are you crazy, lady? The food is making your cats sick, stop feeding it!

I hate to dog, er..., speak roughly of folks who're dealing with food that by every right should at the VERY LEAST not poison our pets, but, come on, have some common sense, people!   

Could not have said it better.

Were you expecting this from them - to list sick pets? That would affect the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. No such thing as information to help people with questions / cause there is nothing wrong with your television set - we are controlling it for the rest of your pets life.