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Teresa of Cedar Rapids, IA July 1, 2009 I purchased 2 large bags of Adult Maitnenace 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 4 different vets with 3 of them being at the very vet clinic we bought the food from. After mutiple 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 2 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 2 local vet clinics. Heidi of Onverwacht, South Africa May 29, 2009 My cat of 9 years contracted a skin allergy in December 2008 (possibly from being allergic to Whiskas). He has been in and out of the vet since, as he seems to have a food allergy of which we are still trying to pin point which foods- I know lamb is a culprit. However, he was on the Hills light (chicken flavour) which did not help with the allergies. We then tried the d/d diet which meant he threw up almost every day, the last week of the food, it WAS every day. His vet suggested I try IAMS, and he seems okay on it, though it has only been 10 days. Because he swallows the small pellets instead of chewing, I asked my vet if there was a Hills product with bigger pellets so that he can chew his food and seem less hungry. 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). James of Gainesville, GA May 27, 2009 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. Nicole of Saint Petersburg, FL April 27, 2009 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. Leann of Santee, CA October 12, 2008
Carol of Thornton, TX September 15, 2008
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. 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. Rebecca of Campbell, CA May 27, 2008
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. Jean of Downey, CA March 23, 2008
Gail of Brigantine, NJ January 23, 2008
John C. Hurley of Winter Garden, FL January 16, 2008
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