Hills Pet Foods

Case after case of this, at least last three in a row, have been partially empty. This appears to be from an air pocket or something leaving maybe 25% of the cans with no product. This is an expensive but necessary food. My older pet and I feel I'm getting ripped off here. One case maybe, but not this. Please contact me by e-mail regarding this.

One of my cats was diagnosed with a single small kidney, which is an early sign of kidney problems. We have two cats that both got bad diarrhea from a bad batch of canned food, and replaced it to heal them. After the diarrhea was gone I bought some Hills prescription K/D canned and dry food for my one cat with kidney problems. Lo and behold, the diarrhea is back, and just for her. I'm thinking maybe it's a relapse, but we alternate the dry and canned food, and she gets diarrhea every time she eats the canned. There is something wrong with Hill's canned K/D feline food. Don't give it to your cats.

Hill's has changed the formula (adult healthy mobility dog food) to include fish oil. My dog Buddy will not eat it. He hates the smell of it. Now I have 15.5lbs of dog food that he will not touch. This cost me over $30.00. This makes me angry. If it`s not broke, don't fix it.

I have opened four large bags of Feline Science Diet food and all four have coupons with expiration date of 12/31/11. How old is this food and why are there still bags being sold with an expired coupon? I run a feline rescue and depend on the coupons to help cut the cost of the dry food. Science Diet is one of the most expensive dry foods on the market. Product # of bag is 4 8519 LCN 1055.09, 17.5 lbs.

Read what is in KD prescription food! It's garbage! My vet said my older dog should be on it as she has the very early stages of kidney disease. I started investigating and find the ingredients are horrible. The one I may try is burns, the ingredients are great. If you want to get excellent info on dog food, try **. You will learn a lot of good info and find out that many scientists do not believe in low protein diets at all. No scientific facts that they do anything at all.

I have had my two small dogs on Hills prescription I/D dog food for the last 3 years and when they changed the formula resiliently they both have has massive bouts of diarrhea and have been to the be a number of times to no avail of what was going on with them. Well, I noticed that the can food that had been changed has had a horrible smell to it. So after the last trip to the vet and another $150.00 later, I decided to stop the can food and just see if this would help. Well, lo and behold the problem corrected it's self and they are fine now that I have changed them to a totally different brand. So, I called hills and they read from a script that they could not do anything about my problem. (what ever). Now I am so glad that my dogs are not sick all the time and will return what I have left and get my money back at least for what was left.

Beware of this pet food. If your pet shows any sign of abnormal behavior, stop using it and research a different pet food. Keep in mind that the vet will more that likely tell you it's not the food...But keep in mind by selling you this dog food the vet is in hills food company's back pocket. So, if you don't buy from them, they do not make the huge profits.

I gave them a chance and found out that there are still worms and bugs in the dog food I bought from Science Diet. Now my whole house is contaminated with these bugs and worms running around the house! I seriously will not buy Science Diet food again! Now I'm afraid my one-year-old mongrel will have parasites in its stomach!

I recently got a Hill Scientific puppy food to feed my St. Bernard puppy. But when I opened the bag, the pellets were moist and a little soggy.

I am disappointed with the negative complaints, about all the Hills Science diet foods. The people are blaming the products, for the death of 12 year old labs or geriatric cats. I am very sorry that your pets have died or developed bacteria in the stool, but these are actually very common medical conditions and are not the fault of the foods. Hemangiosarcoma (HSA) is a very common cancer of the spleen in large breed (and all other size) dogs. To have a lab live 12 years is impressive, but there is no link to HSA from Hills science diet. As a matter of fact, Hills has the most research and clinical trials behind their foods.

We look for motile bacteria in the pet's stool to explain the loss of appetite, diarrhea and vomiting. It can actually be normal to have a small amount of motile bacteria in the stool and pets have no symptoms. Stress or change in diet can cause those "bad bacteria" to multiply and overcome the "good bacteria," and that is when pets get sick, many times we never know why the pets get sick.

I wish it were as simple as "bad food" and I can't say that the food isn't 100% to blame(case in point, all the dreadful recalls), but it is unfair to blame the food for the death or illness of a pet, especially a geriatric. If it were really that simple, there wouldn't be a million brands of pet foods and there wouldn't be the need for vets!

I have an 8year old boxer and a small rescue dog, Two months ago, my boxer was diagnosed with kidney disease. So I started to feed both dogs on Eukannubas special diet for this problem. Both dogs loved it and my boxer was doing great. Last week, I went to my vet to buy more as I had run out and they didn't have any but told me to buy Hills k/d so I did. On the 1st and second day, my small dog was sick soon after eating, and on the 3rd day, I had to rush my boxer to the emergency vet 2 hours after eating because his stomach had blown up like a balloon and he was in extreme pain. He had a 4 hour emergency operation because his stomach was full of gas and had twisted twice in the middle.

The vet said it was due to something he ate. I am sure it was the food as both dogs were ill. I stopped feeding the food immediately and my small dog is back to normal. My boxer is now home and getting better but he very nearly died. I have $1000 in vet bills and my vet takes no responsibility and is very reluctant to help me in contacting the manufacturer. I don't know what to do. Surely, Hills need to take some responsibility for this? After reading some of the other comments, it seems I'm not the only one who has had problems. If anyone can tell me who is the best person to speak to about this, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

I can't prove anything, but I had purchased a small bag of Hill's dry cat food about in December of 2010. I did not know of the stooge who was fired from a plant where they handled and poisoned Hill's cat and dog food. On January 6th 2011, my calico cat Nora died at age 3 1/2 suddenly on my dining room chair. I had just changed to your Hill's dry cat food from a pet shop Park Avenue Pet Center 33 Park Avenue Rutherford , New Jersey 07070. I can't prove it was your food but the owner Joe of the pet shop told me about that poisoning problem. I will never ever buy their products again ever in my pets and my life again. I was so attached to that cat like a wife. I brought her to my mom's house every day. Every where except where I work.

The food looked a little too moist too. I noticed. I'm not blaming the food because I'm not sure and I don't have the empty bag. I had no clue of this problem. I hope the person who you fired gets hid head ran over by a loaded mack truck. I did not save the bag because I had no clue of this poisoning problem. I just thought she had a heart attack. She was checked every year by my Rutherford Vet and nothing was said about any heart problems. She was a healthy and active cat. A very big boned calico female.

I am a very long time pet owner, specifically felines. I have had several issues with the 2 latest I have adopted about 9yrs ago. I have had them both to several Vet's, with tests, meds, RX can/dry foods and plenty of money that I didn't have, neither one of them "ever" improved.

Recently, my male had a severe bout of his IBD issue; I proceeded to take him to my Vet. After "more" tests, all that he had before mind you, nothing came conclusive. He was then again put on meds along with an RX diet of Hill's can/dry I/D food for gastrointestinal issues. He was also on meds along with this diet. My female also had soft stools before but never as bad as it was until they were both on this food. Well, my male proceeded to get worse even though he was on the meds. I then took him back to the Vet for even more expensive tests and another RX Hill's Diet Z/D can/dry food. What a scam! I tried that for 3 to 4 weeks and either of them showed "any" improvement even with this "so called" allergen free food. I then became suspicious & angry at the same time. All this food, tests, and hundreds of dollars later it turned out to be the Hill's RX food giving them worse conditions then what they started with. My male looked like he was ready to die, losing weight; his coat was separated, greasy, etc. The vomiting and diarrhea continued worse for my male. Then I noticed my female was vomiting up "foam" like substance that I had never, ever, seen before being on this food.

I then started to do my own research & started to read about the "crap", they put in these pet foods, especially the RX ones that you can "only" get by a Vet. What is going on here? I totally understand the big business of the Pet Food Industry, but it's a total scam & it's making our poor animals sick. The worst part is , your Vet who you are supposed to trust, pushes this junk, shame, shame on all of them. I am no Dr, but my goodness, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see what is going on here. The money people spend on these products that are just making their poor animals worse. Unbelievable to me, a consumer that has fell for this all these years until I took a look at the ingredients they are using to "help" animals with special conditions. Shame, shame on them and all the Vet's who support them just to make a buck. But, then again, we wouldn't need the Vet's as much, right?

Luckily to say, I have saved my 2 felines by switching them off this poison. I feel sorry for the consumer's who are still falling for this scam. I have sent several emails to Hill's to which they took forever to reply and when they did, they sent me some bogus form letter about their wonderful nutritional diets and everything they go through to get it analyzed. One letter was talking about the so called meat they had inspected by this FDA, & this person, what meat? It's all poison and fillers, additives, soy, glutens, corn, by products on & on.... BHA/BTA/copper sulfates/Pyridoxine Hydrochloride/ propyl gallate/forms of Ethoxyquin E, hydroylzed chicken/ ...come on now, how the ** is that digestible for an animal that is a carnivore with severe Diarrhea? I wouldn't get better either. What a complete Joke this is, Really, I have read testimonials on & on about this junk food Hill's puts out. I would rather feed them Fancy Feast, at least you don't need a Vet to prescribe it.

I have been feeding my cats Hills prescription diet C/D since early summer 2010 as I have one cat with urinary problems. All has been ok and they like the dry as well as the wet food seafood flavor. However, the last bag I bought on 11/29/2010 is, I believe, poisoning my cats. My older cat began having intense "skirting" diarrhea and vomiting. I just thought she ate one too many pieces of chicken. She loves table scraps and has been eating them for years with no problems. I called the vet. The advice was go without food for 24 hours; if she is not better, bring her in.

Day 2. Now my second cat has the same symptoms. All this time I had noticed that both cats were going to their food bowls, smelling, and walking away. It wasn't until this happened that I put it all together. It has to be the food! Now what do I do? I've also been reading reports on Royal Canin and Purina prescription and noticing the same comments. So have the pet food industries decided to add an additional "something" on an experimental basis? Scary. This caused vet bills and diarrhea medicine. It also resulted to stress and drama. My poor kitties are hungry. What do I buy them? Help!

Not only have I been feeding my six dogs and three cats science diet dry and wet food for the past 7 years, but I work in a veterinary hospital and see firsthand that this food is good quality. They are one of the only pet food companies that put the time and money into research and trials to make a good, safe food. All of my animals love the food and remain in good shape with high energy and overall good health. I've seen firsthand the problems with other cheap commercial dog and cat food brands and that you truly do get what you pay for.

Owner of Hill pest Management LLC had sent a representative from his company to a court hearing, I had with a tenant that was looking to blackmail me and extort huge some of money because of a bed bug problem that they claim were found in my apartment.

Representative swore under oath that on August 2009, they have inspected my entire building of 6 family and found the entire building infested with bed bug, and that they gave me a price of $1500 to exterminate the whole building and I chose to exterminate only one apartment.

Further more, they continued to state that on 2010, they have exterminated apartment 2L, and not apartment 2R as I was claiming. For the simple fact that I have not hired them to further assist me in exterminating the building and expressed my doubts about the quality of their service. In short, their testimony proving that I am a neglectful Landlord was a total lie and very damaging to my image. All 6 apartments residents are ready to testify to the contrary, and apartment 2R was exterminated by their representative in 2010 and not apartment 2L as they claim. Resident of apartment 2L know beyond doubt that their apartment was exterminated in late June and not on June 2 as they claim. Apartment 2 L has refused fumigation for a long time.

1. Because they were away most of the summer doing concerts outdoors.

2. They claimed that they have fumigated themselves and that their bites might be due to mosquitoes bites that occur during their performance in the outdoor. On June 22, a different fumigation company Flash Exterminating Inc, has exterminated their apartment, and I personally helped the entire day pack their belongings in boxes and plastic bags that I purchased with my own money. I have signed affidavit from most persons involved and witnesses, that prove the truth of the facts that I claim. Owner still insist that he is telling the truth. Please help me!

I sent in all the required paperwork, receipts, and form needed for a Hills Science diet rebate of $7. The envelope was postmarked 2 weeks prior to the cut-off date. I waited 12 weeks for my rebate to arrive. The form said to allow 8-10 weeks for delivery. It never showed up. I finally called the corporate office and talked to Debbie ** who was in charge of the rebate program. She asked me to fax all the paperwork to her as they never received my forms in the mail. Well, luckily, I kept copies of everything. I faxed it on 9-15-10. I never heard anything back from Debbie even though she said she would call me back to update my status. I finally called her the next day. She told me they never received my fax either and if I could I re-fax it again. So I did. I finally got an e-mail from her saying they got my fax and would process my rebate.

It is now 10-11-10 and I still have not received my tiny little rebate check. This is not about the money. Obviously, I have spent more time and energy than it was worth. But it is the principle and making a huge corporation follow through on what they promised. They charge a fortune for the dog food as it is. I have a large dog and spend about $60 a month on their dog food. You would think they could cough up a messily $7.00. A lesson to the wise: Keep copies of everything until the matter is resolved. I will keep nagging them until I get my refund or I will file a formal complaint with the attorney general.

The bag was purchased at the vet. After using it for a while, I found wood splinters in it. I saved one, if you need me to send it in. I am feeding the food to my 8-pound Yorkie, so it could cause her a problem. This is not funny, and I am having to pick up each chunk of food before I put it in her dish. The last week I have had her coughing awhile after she eats. That was before I saw the splinters in her food. Now, I am very careful. We have not had any more wood so far.

Hills prescription canned canine ID dog food comes with mold in the center.

I purchased a large 30+ pound bag of Science Diet Advance Fitness for my German Shorthaired Pointer. I found tons of little worms throughout the food, as well as several little black bugs. They kind of reminded me of a little beetle. I called SD to complain because I was very upset that a product that is so highly vet recommended would have "bug" issues. The first words from the woman I spoke with was, "There is no way that they could have come from the factory." She was asking questions that were placing blame on me. However, I store my pets food in a large container that has a lid. She didn't want to listen to what I had to say, unless I was answering a question that she had asked.

She told me that they would mail me a coupon for a replacement bag. I told her that we had switched to Blue Buffalo so there would be no need for an SD coupon. She said if I would scan/mail the receipt to them, they would be happy to refund my money. But who keeps a dog food receipt or any receipt unless you are planning on returning it? She told me that if I had the "proof" that the bugs were in the food they could "maybe" work with me. I offered to mail the remaining 25lbs of food back to them at their expense. But of course she declined. I was just about to ask her if I could speak with someone else, when she told me if I take a photo of the bugs and email it to them that they would cut me a check for the cost of the food. So, we shall see how this all works out. I'm very upset by how this situation was handled. Very poor customer service.

I found a beetle type bug in their canned Hill's Prescription i/d dog food. I emailed and they asked me to call 1-800-445-5777 during their business hours. The person on the phone asked questions like, "Where do you store the food? Do you feed part of the can and then leave it out?" All were questions that could lead them to believe the bug got in the can after it was opened, which it did not. Then the representative gave me a lengthy explanation as to why there could not be a bug in their food. In other words, she insisted that I imagined it was a bug when it was not. She offered no compensation or even replacement unless I was willing to send them the bug. Unfortunately, I threw it away. I threw away a case of the dog food which cost me $40.

We got a new beagle puppy the summer of 2009. The puppy had an intestinal parasite, giardia, and had to take meds to rid himself of this. The puppy had severe diarrhea from both the parasite and the meds. The vet had me put the puppy on one of the Science Diet prescription foods which I did reluctantly. The diarrhea continued for months even though the parasite was gone. I began suspecting that the dog food was causing the diarrhea, so I finally switched him to a premium dog food and the diarrhea stopped. Recently, the puppy had a bout with vomiting so once again, the vet recommended that I put him on Science Diet D/D prescription food to help with his sensitive stomach. So I bought the bag of food which was $29.00 for just 8 lbs. of food. In less than a week, our dog who is now 1 year old was back to having chronic diarrhea, roughly every 2 hours, all night long. I have no doubt that this food is the cause. Plus it is preserved with BHA which is considered a poison. I took the dog off of the food and the diarrhea has stopped. This is not my first experience with Science Diet prescription foods.

In 2001 our 3 year old yellow lab started having skin allergy problems. My vet highly recommended putting him on Science Diet Ultra Z/D prescription food. I agreed to this, assuming that I should trust what my vet recommends. The food was $32 for just 18 lbs. I kept the dog on it for 3 years. By the 3rd year the dog developed what we thought was diabetes. I had to spend $100 a week for insulin but it wasn't doing any good, his sugar was still way out of control. In less than 4 weeks, my beautiful dog was dead. It wasn't diabetes at all. His pancreas was completely destroyed. I totally blame his death on this food. It is preserved with BHA,BHT and Ethoxyquin which are all poisons.

I even contacted the FDA but they said there is no proof that those preservatives cause cancer. I say he is wrong. They are poisons and have no business being in our pet's foods. But as usual, I don't have any proof. So I, for one, will never again use any Hill's Science Diet prescription foods. I live with the guilt that I fed this poison to my beloved dog which cost him his life. I will not forgive my vet for recommending it. One of the girls that works for him said that they get kick-backs from the Hill's company for selling the food and that from time to time the rep comes in and throws a party/luncheon for them. I just want to warn other pet owners not to feed any of their foods to their pets. Your pet will pay with their life! The physical damage was the loss of life for my beloved yellow lab. The physical damage to myself is the guilt I feel knowing I fed this awful food to my dog. I actually became so depressed after his death that I had to see a doctor. I felt like I had lost a child and it was my ignorance that cost my best friend his life and it was my mistake to trust everything that my vet told me.

I use the Prescription Diet k/d Canine canned dog food. There has always been a little air pocket in the can. Recently there have been much larger air pockets in every single can. I called Hills and they tell me that they assure me that 13 ounces is in the can, but when I told them I will weigh it on my own scaled (which measures in 1/10 ounces), they tell me that my scale will not be accurate. They didn't really seem to care, and said that's just the way the cans are and they assure me I'm not being shorted. This is not possible since there is now more air, which means less product and more profit to Hills.

This food is very expensive! It is for dogs with kidney problems and has to be purchased through vets. I have to spend more money on my dog's food because I am getting less product. The company is skimping for their own bottom line.

I am much concerned about the freshness and content of the D/D prescription food by Hill's prescription diet. It sometimes is so mealy and in a recent order, is so dry that our dog has a complete distaste for it. This particular case is the following: 01 2012 T11 1 1029 345. I cannot in all good conscience serve this to my dog. Something is wrong. She is under good care with our vet and is not suffering from any health issue. Please respond to allay my fears or tell me to return the case immediately. My dog is not dead. I don't want to have that sort of problem. I am pro-active and am questioning the contents of a particular case/cases (have two with the same lot number).

Debra and I lucked into our adorable female Silky in March, 2005 as she was being tearfully dropped off at a Shelter by her owner (who later brought all her records & toys, etc., to our house). Jewel was a healthy, happy 9 months old. We only fed her Science Diet, never ever people food, period. We did give her doggie treats in moderation of quantity and frequency.

In Jan 2007, she had to have surgery for a bladder stone. The lady vet blamed Jewel's diet combined with her biological chemistry for the stone. She, the vet, prescribed Hill's Prescription Diet "C/D" for Canines with instructions to exclude all doggie treats. I fed Jewel the "C/D" food exclusively, no doggie treats at all, but once a month I let her lick my thoroughly scraped ice cream bowl which equaled less than an ounce of ice cream total over a whole year.

In Mar 2009, it was another bladder stone surgery by a different lady vet (because I moved across town). This Vet blamed the ice cream deviation from the "C/D" diet for the largish stone and I personally suspended common sense long enough to accept the blame. We slavishly followed the new vet's instructions to feed Jewel only the Hill's Prescription Diet "C/D" and here we are, Feb. 22, 2010 with the same problem again.

The $1500 injury is beyond insulting this third time. We paid off the first surgery, are still paying off the second surgery and are destitute facing this third surgery. Poor Jewel suffers miserably from the bladder laceration and inability to pee. Our pain is physical and emotional. I carry so much guilt and self-loathing for allowing this to happen a third time, it just consumes me. I'm nauseous, unable to eat or sleep. Debra's doctor has prescribed Jewel as a service dog for her. The bond approaches mother/daughter in intensity and Debra suffers at that level. These are bad times for us.

On January 27, 2010, I purchased a bag of Hill's Science Diet, Mature Adult Large Breed dog food. I have been feeding my 7 year old Bullmastiff, Ginger, this type and brand of food for 6 or 7 months. We have always fed her Hills brand of dog food, progressing from Puppy to Large Breed Adult and then Mature Adult Large Breed throughout the stages of her life. She has never had a problem with the food and has been healthy and happy, until recently.

Three weeks ago, she began vomiting after she ate her food. At first, she would be sick every 3rd or 4th day. She continued to vomit more and more until finally, after 3 weeks, she would throw up her dog food every time she ate it. She also lost about 10 pounds during the 3 weeks. I took her to the vet and he examined her thoroughly, tested for parasites and drew blood for a panel of tests. He thinks she has developed sensitivity to the food and has a secondary infection because of it. The blood work came back okay, with only a slight elevation of white blood cells. He gave us Metronidazole, an antibiotic, and a 20 pound bag of prescription i/d dog food. She has not vomited since we changed her food and she seems fine now. The vet bill was $315.18 but it was our worry and her suffering that was the major cost.

It wasn't until I looked at my bank statement that I realized that I bought the bag of Hills dog food at the same time she began getting sick. I might have thought it a coincidence if I hadn't heard the same story from 3 other dog owners. I don't know what the lot numbers were on their bags of food, but they were all "Large Breed Adult Maintenance" or "Mature Adult Large Breed" dog food by Hill's Science Diet. The information on the bag I bought is "Best Before 02 2011 R0202352 J0 002" and the UPC code is 5274245450.

After taking our 4 year cat to the vet after an accident, we were informed he was very heavy even for how large a framed a cat he is. He is bigger than a lot of small dogs but not necessarily fat. The vet recommended Science Diet "prescription diet" for a slight weight reduction in order to prevent health issues later in the cats life. The cat already eats Science Diet original and has done since a small kitten. After slowly introducing the new food over a few weeks, we finally put him on this new bag of food outright. He has been vomiting continuously for two days, been hiding in the wardrobe and has no energy. For a big cat he is usually very active. I have put him back on his regular canned food without the science diet and the vomiying has stopped. I am very concerned after reading so many similar complaints on this websites. I have never had a problem with science diet original and thought science diet was scientifically formulated with cats optimum health as foremost importance. I am left with a full bag of food that on top of the vet's bills was and additional A$40. I can't use it on my cat and wouldn't dream of giving it to someone else in case their cat get's sick too.

I had $1100.00 in one account the next day I had 4 overdaft charges of $135.00. Not to mention the checks i wrote were totaling less than $500.00. I asked the bank what happened they laughed and said those deposits were uncollected. I was very upset. Still not happy after spending 45min on the phone with 3 different people at Hills Bank and Trust in Iowa City that says they cannot do anything for me and that it was there policy. I am guessing I have paid over $1000.00 in "paid item fees" for just this year. In both my Business and personal accounts.

I purchased two large bags of adult maintenance large breed dog food made by Science Diet from Edgewood Animal Hospital in April of 2009. Our dog had previously been on their large breed puppy formula. We slowly mixed it and converted him to the adult formula. He slowly backed off from eating and stopped eating completely by the end of May. He was also vomiting, having very soft stools, having terrible smelling gas and lost a lot of weight. We took him to four different vets with three of them being at the very vet clinic we bought the food from. After multiple tests and procedures, they believed it to be a food allergy.

We switched him to another brand and he started to eat again, but slowly over time. He has gained a couple of pounds now but is still underweight. I then gave the dog food to my mother for her dog. After two days of eating the food, her dog began vomiting, bloated up and having loose stools. She took the dog to the vet and they told her to toss the food and to put him on another dog food as well. I believe now that my dog does not have food allergies, but that the food itself had to have been tainted with something. I still have samples of the dog food on hand for testing if anyone will do it. I have notified the FDA, Science Diet, and the two local vet clinics.

The d/d diet had big pellets and he seemed to get fuller quicker and not be hungry all the time. She suggested I try the t/d diet. It lasted two days and he was throwing up on it. Plain and simple: my cat seems allergic to Hills products. Oh, every time he ate the d/d and t/d, it was with long teeth and no enjoyment whats so ever. It has been a waste of time and money for me trying these products. Not to mention the emotional trauma both my cat and I have had to suffer (with the food and constantly going to the vet).

My cat has been on Hill's Prescription M/D cat food since 2004 with a brief disruption when the food was recalled in 2007 but other than that short time frame, my cat has eaten nothing but this food (dry food). He is an indoor cat and very well loved and taken care of with annual visits to the vet and clean blood test results. He is currently 9 yrs old going on 10. A few weeks ago we purchased a new bag from our vet and about a week after feeding him this food, he stopped eating, lost weight, was shedding, and very tired. I took him to the vet thinking he was just sick and they told me he had acute kidney failure.

They then transferred us immediately to the emergency animal hospital and he stayed there from Friday night until Monday night on constant antibiotics, IV, and still was not eating but his toxin levels improved by Monday. I then took him home Monday night and returned to the vet on Tuesday morning where he was checked out again and they gave me fluids to give him under his skin b/c his toxin levels were still very high. My vet thought we were going to have to put him to sleep. I took off the week from work and used the long holiday weekend to monitor his every move--writing down each time he would eat, urinate, drink water, etc..He seemed to get a little better and then stopped eating again. We had to go back on Memorial Day to the emergency hospital but to our relief, they did blood work and it was back to normal. He was not eating so we had to get a stimulate prescription which seemed to help and now he is doing much better but I am only feeding him the cheap grocery store food b/c I know that the Hill's food caused this.

We gave the bag of food to my vet to get tested but they sent it to Hill's to test. We finally received a phone call from a "Katie" at Hill's just to tell us that she cannot discuss the Hill's M/d product with us and we would need to contact their attorney's in Philadelphia, PA. Since I am not an attorney, I do not feel comfortable contacting them without having representation of my own so I am interested in being part of a class action lawsuit if there is one of I am going to contact a attorney locally since my vet bill are reaching over $2000, not to mention my extreme emotional distress of the thought of losing my baby, and my time I had to take from work to nurse him back to health.

Two months ago my 2 year old kitty Roxy passed away from pancreatitis. She was presented with symptoms of jaundice to the vet on February 4th and on February 13th she passed away during exploratory surgery. She was first diagnosed with liver flukes and began in-hospital treatment, she seemed to be doing better and was released to come home February 7th. By February 11th her jaundice had not cleared up so she was admitted back into the hospital and the veterinarian stepping in for my regular vet, suggested that I take her to a specialist for an ultrasound. I did and they discovered enlarged lymph nodes surrounding the pancreas. The cytology report came back negative for cancer cells so I breathed a sigh of relief.

It was soon cut short by the surgeon that said that surgery would be in order to resolve the blockage in the gall bladder. Surgery was scheduled for the 13th and the morning of I was contacted by the surgeon who explained that her pancreas was hemouraging and that it be best that she not suffer the painful post-op from surgery. He later mentioned that he had never seen a pancreas that diseased in such a young cat.

I was devistated and searched for answers. She has NEVER eaten any other food than Hills Science Diet at my house and while at the vet, she was fed some form of a Hills product. I never would have even considered it to be the food since it is recommended and sold by my vet, but now I am hearing of all the conglomerate companies cutting corners and using euthanized animals from vets and testing labs in their products and disguising it as "animal by-products". The book that I discovered clearly states that Hills is guilty of this practice and when I examined the ingredient list, there it was. Not to mention all of the product re-calls the past few years.

I'm not sure if the food caused Roxy's death, and I am not sure of I will ever know. I still have some of the food she consumed before her untimely death and would welcome the testing by the FDA. If I could save another pet owner and their beloved fur child from the pain that I have suffered, then it would be a great thing.

I had two beloved cats become ill in the same weekend. I had to put them to sleep. They both ate the same food so I have become suspicious and cannot find enough information to have the food tested.

I decided to tell my story about losing my siamese cat at 18 1/2 years. Due to some slight kidney damage from a prescription many years prior, the vet recommended Science Diet K/D for my cat and not knowing any better, I switched him over to that product. He didn't particularly like it but the vet was insistant to the point that if I didn't use it my cat would die.

I raised him since he was a tiny baby, he had been with me through thick and thin and was my dearest little buddy. I was willing to do almost anything to make his life better. What I saw over the next few months was a progressive decline, which the vet attributed to kidney disease. Then we had to start iv fluids and my little guy was very patient and dealt with it. About five months later, he died a horrible death, screaming in pain and vomiting blood.

It was only during the huge recall that I realized that the k/d formula probably contributed hugely to his death. It's been three years and I'm completely in tears while relaying this, I unwittingly poisoned my cat and still miss him terribly. I finally found another sweet cat to fill the hole in my heart and feed her a natural diet, she is thriving and full of energy.

She developed extremely high liver enzymes with vomitting, lethargy, jaundice and seizures. My veterinarian tried all he could to save her but could not. He did not do an autopsy or biopsy but did suspect cancer of the liver. I do understand she was elderly, but she could have been poisoned by something in that food. I watched her like a hawk and know she did not eat anything else. I had noticed her in the last month vomitting but since she pretty much had a history of vomitting maybe once every two months, more or less, I really didn't think it was anything serious until that Sunday morning.

I have incurred a bill with my veternarian but do not know the total at this date. I have lost my precious companion, best friend and am suffering from extreme depression.

The little girl that used to sit with me in my recliner is not here anymore and now I refuse to sit in the chair. I am devistated. I hope you don't think I am crazy but if you have ever had a little dog that depended on you and trusted you to feed her what you thought was the best or only food you could feed her and lose her as a result of someone else's negligence you will understand. The food also cost 22.00 a case which would last a month.

In March, 2007, my male cat became extremely lethargic, and started losing weight. I took him to the vet, where they did blood tests, and that same night, came home from work to find him lying on the floor in the living room, surrounded by pools of vomit.

I rushed him to the emergency vet clinic, where they began running tests, giving him fluids and trying to find out what the problem was. After a couple of hours, the vet said I should go home, they would call me if there was a problem. I wasn't home more than 45 minutes, when the vet's office called to say that my little boy had died.

They found that he was suffering from massive kidney failure, and could not explain why.
A week later, my female cat stopped eating, and began acting just like her brother. I took her to the vet, where once again, I was told she was suffering from kidney failure. She hung on for three more days, but couldn't or wouldn't eat, and became progressively weaker. Finally, the vet said it would be best to put her to sleep.

My heart is broken; I have not gotten any more pets, even though I've never lived a day without pets.

I tried to find out how to get Hill's or IAMS to at least compensate me for the vet bills and cremation, but was told that I couldn't prove it was their food at fault, and they couldn't help me.

I need to find out how to become a part of the class action lawsuit again these companies. It won't bring my babies back, but at least they have to pay for their care.

The vet bills from the emergency and regular vet's offices came to over $1000, and the cremations came to $500.

I have a concern about Science Diet canned cat food. Please note that the food in question was not part of a recall and I had the food tested by an independent lab to find out if it was contaminated with melamine and it's analogs. The test sample results indicated that the melamine was below the minimum detection levels. I am concerned that there may be other contaminants in the food which may have resulted in the death of 2 of my cats. The lab only tested for the contaminants I specified.

I rescued a stray cat who was very thin. I took him to my vet who did complete blood work, tested for FIV/FeLV and performed a general exam. The cat was found to be in good health, except for a slightly elevated pancreatic function. I fed the cat, Mickey, Friskies canned food which caused loose stools. A few days later I switched to Science Diet canned food and the problem cleared up. 2 weeks later Mickey died from an unknown cause. At first I thought that there was an undetected health problem which caused his death. While Mickey was alive, I also started feeding another cat, Mario, Science Diet canned food. I had Mario for almost 15 years. He was in good health, except for a case of stomatitis (an inflammation of the mouth) At first Mario thrived on the Science Diet, but after a week of eating this food he died. Neither cat was in perfect health, but neither had life-threatening conditions. Both cats died in about 12 hours after the symptoms became apparent: loss of appetite, increased thirst, extreme lethargy. Perhaps this was simply a bizarre coincidence, but I'm not convinced that the food was not a factor. My other cat also a senior, was not fed Science Diet and remains healthy.

What I would like to find out is whether or not other people have had similar problems with non-recalled Science Diet canned cat food. If the food is causing the death of pets, then I would like to take some legal action, but not for my own gain. I would just like these pet food companies to be held accountable and to do whatever it takes to insure the safety of their products.

Kidney damage and high protein levels.

Hills prescription pet food is a scam. The food itself has been overall good, but the prescription aspect is ridiculous. I have to order it through my vet, or have an additional office visit at Petsmart every year in order to get the prescription. There are no controlled substances in the product. It's just food. It's a scam by the manufacturer to control the distribution and price. I will find another manufacturer.

The inside edge of the Hills Canine K/D can has black slimy stuff . I have been using this product for 18 months, and it was fine until now. On 2 separate occasions I talked to consumer representatives who explained that the dog food was interacting with the metal because the lining of the can had not been properly sealed. But it was still safe to give to my dog. Hills is not fixing the problem (different dated cans continue to have this problem), and I would like pet owners to be informed.

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.

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!

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.