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Iams Pet Foods

DeLaina of Las Vegas, NV February 8, 2010

We recently changed our dogs food to Iams Proactive Health dry food (green bag). Our dog is a mut and has never had any problems with whatever food my husband bought. I had a cat until recently and she took Iams with no problems, she had only a reaction to Cat Chow. Since I lost my cat around Christmas my husband got me a Cane Corso puppy. We got them both Iams, our older the green bag and the pup the yellow bag.

Poor things have been having horrible diarreah all over the place. It was two weeks of this. I didn't want to believe it was the food, blamed it on everything else. Went to the vet, who said, they were fine, just need to change their food. Lost 300 in vet bills. Had to throw out shoes that were pooped on. Shampoo our carpets upstairs and down.

BROOKE of FT WALTON BEACH, FL February 6, 2010

I have a nine month old Bernese Mountain Dog and just got a 9 week old German Shepherd puppy. I have been feeding my Bernese Purina Puppy Chow which has, as I look back, resulted in a couple of bouts of vomiting and strange poop, but recently bought a large bag of Iams Large Breed puppy food. My Bernese has had severe water diarrhea since starting to feed it to her. This happened once before but I didn't realize it was when I had switched her food to Iams as well.

The new puppy now has diarrhea as well since starting him on the Iams yesterday. I fed my older puppy rice and chicken and raw hamburger and her diarrhea went away for the day but as soon as I fed her the Iams again she had diarrhea all over the living room. I was terrified my older puppy had coccidia or parvo but when they both developed it after eating the same food, I suspected the food, because we have only had the puppy since thursday night and it is now saturday morning so he would not have had time to develop something he had picked up from the other dog,

so I did some research and here is your website- confirming that it IS the food! I am so glad to find this so that I can stop it before it kills them! I have spent a couple of hours and quite a bit of money on disinfectant and cleaning supplies to clean up the rooms full of diarrhea,not to mention the 40 bucks on the bag of dog food. I hope it has not done any permanent damage to my very expensive purebred dogs which we love like family.

Thankfully we have just moved to a home with tile downstairs but the first bout of diarrhea with the older dog was all over the up and downstairs carpets- and she is a LARGE dog! German shepherd puppies don't have great immune systems and he is only almost ten weeks old- I hope he is going to be alright, due to sme surrounding circumstances we just spent a lot of money to purchase him for a protection dog although my husband has been unemployed for a year.

Ruth of South Portland, ME February 5, 2010

Have been feeding my dog IAMs Mini-Chunks for years (green bag). Always buy the 20lb. bag from BJs Warehouse and bought a new bag a couple of days ago. He (yellow lab) has left the food from the new bag in the dish for 48 hours now - absolutely will not touch it. After going online, I see other people are having problems with this brand as well. There's clearly something going on here - just went to the pet store to buy an entirely different brand of food, which he's eating happily as we speak. What's up, IAMS?

Ally of Macon, GA January 30, 2010

Three weeks ago I adopted a perfectly healthy and happy pomeranian (4 years old). I bought a bag of Iams (green bag - Proactive Health), and three days ago, he developed acute diahrea. I just got home from the vet, who advised me to switch his diet back to Purina (what he had been eating prior to adopting him).

After being reminded about the recall a couple of years back, as well as reading other pet owners' sad accounts on this website, I am convinced Rocky's problems stemmed from the Iams I was feeding him. I just wish I had accessed this website a lot sooner. My carpet is going to have to be professionally cleaned and my bank account has dwindled considerably. I also suffer the guilt in knowing that if I had not given him the Iams, he would be the happy and healthy boy he was a mere three weeks ago.

rebekka of petaluma, CA January 21, 2010

I fed my dog iams dry dog food in the green bag. My 80 lb dog kept throwing up so I took him to the vet and after numerous tests was told to change his food to science diet. With the change of food he stopped throwing up. Not thinking much about it, I gave the rest of Iams dog food to a different dog. Two weeks later, I find out that this dog died. I feel horrible that I didn't connect the dots and now I'm convinced it's the Iams dog food. My girlfriend went throught the same thing about 6 months ago but it was with dry Iams cat food. Her cat died and she did think it could have been the food so she gave the leftover Iams to a mutual friend. Her cat's not only got sick on it but the squirrels that were eating it outside actually died from it.

Mary of West Caldwell, NJ January 12, 2010

I want to inform you that I believe your product Iams® Healthy Naturals™ Weight Control almost killed my 1yr 4mth old cat. I introduced your product and by the time I switched over completely in a matter of two days he was vomiting and two days later he was in kidney failure with an intestinal blockage. After having emergency surgery our Vet felt that the blockage which was a hairball was too small to be the cause the problem and that her toxin levels were so high they did not think he would survive. With the diligence of our Vet and IV fluids for almost 2 weeks he survived. I believe you should test your products as his illness can only be described as the same reaction that many pets died from in 2007 during the pet food recall issue. We were lucky please don’t disregard this message.

Diane of Norton, MA December 31, 2009

If you refer back to my September posting about my precious boy who was very ill for 6 weeks because of the Iams. once food was stopped and given pectlin it helped.It is now 4 months later and December 23rd he was diagnosed with lymphoma and has 6 weeks to live.I am losing my world,my precious boy and don't tell me that this poison they put in their food did not bring us where we are today which is devasting.When is anyone going to do anything to stop this suffering.

Corrie of Canton,, OH October 23, 2009

I have been feeding my 3 1/2yr old Lab Iams for 2 years. I purchased a large bag from Petsmart in Sept. She was rushed to the ER with severe allergic reaction and hives; but they thought she was stung by a bee. She later started having diarhea and accidents in the house, which was not normal. Her hives and itching became worse. I have tried hypoallergenic shampoos and it did not help.

My vet thought it was just a seasonal allergy but I began suspecting the food and started to switch her to another brand gradually. She seemed to be doing better. With all the complaints that I am reading on this site; I am sure that it was the Iams food!

It sickens me to think of what commercial pet food companies are putting in our pet's food and I pray to God that I have stopped soon enough! I can't think of anything worse than the physical harm that this has caused my dog. Not just the external but the internal damage that this may have caused.

Susan of Neodesha, KS October 19, 2009

I have used Iams small bits dog food for almost 3 years. My Australian Shepherd started having seizures in September of 2008 and has continued to have them. I have taken her to the vet numerous times and we have her on 2 medications to stop the seizures without success. I stopped feeding the Iams and the dog is much better. I am watching her very carefully to see if she continues to improve.

Cheryl of East Liverpool, OH October 14, 2009

I purchased a can of IAMS moist dog food from Walmart, and after putting the food in my Westie's dog bowl, a few hours later I came into my kitchen and found maggots all over my kitchen floor and in the dog dish. Needless to say, this sickened me. I will NEVER buy Iams products again.

Apparently, whatever junk parts they throw into their foods sit somewhere and become egg deposit areas for flys, which in turn, develop the maggots. No more IAMS products in this home for my pet. I called my veterninary immediately, who felt that there was no present danger; however, if they are lax in quality control in this area, what else are they not doing to produce safe products for our pets-I am totally disgusted.

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