My CRF cat Gracie threw up and had diarhea after eating Turkey and Salmon. I no longer have the can but it was either Dec 10 or Jan 11 on the can.
One of the Wellness cans did the same for her a couple months back and I believer it was also Turkey and Salmon.
My other cat ate a little of it with no probs.
But Gracie is quite fragile and my other cat is fit as a fiddle.
I've nursed Gracie back to fairly normal with the canned turkey or the canned chicken with no problems.
I have to remember to just feed he those and not the mixed stuff.

I saw the little white specks on my Wellness indoor. Not a lot, just a little here and there.
edit: Oh yeah, about liver issues. A friend of mine had a cat die of liver failure and it turned out to be from grooming the Frontline flea medication off of another cat. This is something you have to be really careful of when you use that crap and if you have more than one pet.

I just scrape the globby jelly away from the top. Nothing bad to report.

Just an update, my dog Riley loves the Wellness 95% Turkey, and the 95% chicken but absolutely refuses to eat the Wellness 95% Salmon.
It didn't smell bad and didn't make him sick (the tiny bit he ate) but he wouldn't eat it when it was given and as soon as I gave him the chicken instead he gobbled it down.
Duly noted!

Yep, Riley's poops are getting back to normal.  Thanks for asking! The ingredients in the Hills D/D isn't actually too bad. That's why I agreed to let him eat it in the first place. I feel bad though because he seems bored of that food and who wouldn't be.
I've been giving him a couple of Wellness Treats ever now and then since Christmas.
(They are beef and chicory root) He loves them. I make him do commands and give him the treat as a reward.
We also let him eat a treat somebody made themselves which had soy flour and peanut butter in it. She made it specifically for her dogs who have sensitive stomachs. He wolfed it down and no problems to report.

My dog has a sensitive system. He was on Wellness Lamb kibble and some Wellness wet. After he had bloody, cowpie type stools and started becoming weak and throwing up bile, he had to be in the hospital for a couple of days. They did every test and it was a lot of money. His liver and kidneys are fantastic, they put him of Flagyl just in case it was Giardia even though he didn't test for it. He got better and then bad again so the vet recommended Hills Prescription D/D Salmon and Potato for sensitive systems. I was mad and didn't want to do it but lo and behold he got regular firm stools and healthy coat etc...
But I wanted him off the Hills so we put him on Innova Evo large bites,chicken and fish. He loved it and was fine on it. We sometimes added a tiny bit of Wellness 95% canned and mixed it in for a bit of flavor.
Then all of the sudden more irritable bowel symptoms so we're forced to go back to the Hills D/D.
Can't argue with success. I'm kind of upset that he keeps getting sick on the fancy "healthy" food.
He probably has IBD.

It's just meat, with a bit of stuff that makes it gel together.
I'm pretty certain, 95% certain  , that it isn't specifically for either dog or cat.
Not according to the can anyway.

We just use it for a bit of flavor mixed in with the dry we give our dog, and once in a while give some to my cat as a treat.

I like that they don't add those dicey vitamins. Doesn't meat have enough vitamins in it as meat? (I'm sure this will cause a stir)
If you are really going natural and keeping the food pure, I'd think that vitamins also count as an additive. Especially since we never know where those pesky b vitamins are coming from, not to mention citric acid and other preservatives. I'm sure the dry food we feed my guy has some vitamins, but if its in his dry, the meat is just a little additional boost.

My cat isn't at deaths door or anything but I understand she needs some teeth work soon. She eats like a pig and still jumps to the top of the highest shelf in the house. She is still playful and active. She stands up to the dog like a champ.
Maybe they can give her a bit of sedation without anything general.
I think my sisters rabbit had iso too and she just stopped breathing and her heart stopped. They revived her heart beat but she never started breathing on her own. Why would that happen?? I don't understand.

Anyway, I really appreciate all the comments and nothing offends me about any of it.
I had my strong opinions and they were not based on any kind of expertise obviously. And I know a lot of you are in the vet biz and I respect that.

I have to wait now anyway due to financial constraints but maybe I'll get a pick and try to scrape it a little.

I like and trust my vet, but I don't think I'm having a misguided view of anesthesia given the circumstance.
I think that for major surgery it's necessary,hell, if you're gonna die without it what do you have to lose? But for teeth cleaning it's more for the technicians so they don't get bit or stab the animals mouth.
I'm obviously very, very leery of it now and don't want to do it.

My sister was trying to do the responsible thing for her 3 year old, healthy rabbit and the worst thing happened. She asked all the right questions about their procedure, what kind they use, how they do it, how long in practice etc and she said she wasn't a bit nervous about taking the rabbit at all. Not that the vet would admit it but they could have made a mistake.

It's heartbreaking to go through with the loss of a seemingly healthy pet as many of us on here know.
My cat with kidney disease was given the green light to go under general anesthesia and I just didn't trust them on that.
I felt at the time I was doing the right thing, even though it was a bit paranoid and then what happened to my sister made me realize that this is nothing to take lightly.
BTW, why don't all docs do some kind of allergy test for whatever anesthesia they use so we don't keel over dead from using it? What are we, guinea pigs?
Thanks for the kind words.

I am for sure never getting anesthesia for any of my pets. I just found out my sisters cherished pet rabbit died yesterday after she stopped breathing when she was about to get spayed. We are all in shock.

I couldn't find Bag Balm last night so I got this stuff called Spaw. It has shea butter almond oil, herbs, and no chemicals at all. All natural. I like it so far, but the pads are going to need alot of stuff.
Thanks for the info about them being called stops. He doesn't lay on concrete at all but usually (not lately because of the smoke in the air) my husband runs with him and that is on the concrete.
When he walks they don't come even close to hitting the ground. Maybe he gnaws on them when we're gone.
I can't figure it out. When they were cracked before my vet gave us some cream but it was recalled because one of the ingredients couldn't be traced where it was from. Hopefully this stuff didn't cause anything to happen to his pads. I didn't use that much of it.

The yellow looks more like calluses. Like it's so dry and callused that it's taking on a beigey appearance.
I am going to try the bag balm. Thanks!!

Hi, My dog Riley has these pads up high on his arms, I don't really know what they are called. He had trouble with one of them cracking when we were taking him to the dirty dog park. They were getting all torn up.
We don't take him to the dog park anymore because he kept getting sick everytime he'd go there, but his paw pads, especially the ones high up on his arms, started getting really dry around the edges with an almost yellow color. Totally dry and hard.
Maybe it's the weather. He gets walked and or runned a lot on sidewalks. Maybe that is contributing.
Anyway, I tried to put olive oil on them but he squirmed away. What works?

Oh wow, thanks for the info. That is really good to know.
Is that just for the 95% stuff or all wet food?
My animals love the 95% stuff.

Man, the cat Wellness core smells so fishy. My cat with CRF eats it too and she has been peeing more than usual again. Even though it's probably high quality protein it might be too much for her.
We'll see.