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Nutro Pet Foods

Angelique of Fort Lauderdale, FL May 1, 2007

Angelique of Fort Lauderdale FL (05/01/07)
My dog (only 4 years old) died within 4 days of me buying a new bag of Nutro Max Dry Dog Food. This is not on the list of recalled foods but this was the only major change in his diet and he was never out of my sight. He was fine on sunday until 2 am when he started having diarreha, vomiting, lethargy, bloody diarreha and by the time I took him to the hospital at 1pm the next day he was in shock. His system shut down and he died at around 430pm.

This needs to be stopped. The company refuses to acknowledge there is a problem, but if you just to a search on the internet you will find many many people saying the exact same thing happened to them. This food needs to be recalled NOW.

Cherie of Spartanburg, SC April 15, 2007

Cherie of Spartanburg SC (04/15/07)
At the start of the pet food recall, I exchanged Iams canned cat food for Max Cat at the local Petsmart. I checked both the web and the Petsmart list for recalled cans and was assured that only Max Cat pouched might have contained the tainted ingredient, and the cans were OK. About a week later, my nephew stated that he had heard that more products might have been recalled, so I checked the shelves and the list at petsmart again. I checked the web again. Max Cat cans were supposedly OK.

I kept purchasing Max Cat cans for almost a month after the original recall, and then discovered that on April 10, 2007, that brand of cans was subsequently recalled. I had been feeding my cat food that might have been tainted for an extende period of time. I fail to understand how Nutro was evidently unaware of the possible contamination of ingredients in their own products at the initial time of the pet food recall. I will never purchase Nutro products again. If it was the case, I hope somebody throws them UNDER THE JAIL.

The primary cat that I feed soft food to has a tooth that tends to get infected. He was born in my house and his mother died right after giving birth to him. I fed him with a bottle to keep him alive. He is now an adult cat, but he is my baby. Any threat to his health is a serious matter in my book.

Lisa of Stilwell, KS April 10, 2007

Lisa of Stilwell KS (04/10/07)
My Cat and Dog both got sick from eating Nutro Brand pet foods. My dog was eating Nutro Natural Choice Dry Food and my cat was eating Nutro Gourmet Classics 3oz cans. They have eaten this all their lives but began getting sick about a year ago. Prior to the recall and felt the problem with my cat was his food and changed it. He did get better. When I say the recall and the symptoms described it was exactly what my cat had gone through but it started at least 8 months ago.

There has been problems with the food dating back farther than what they are saying in all the recall information. My cat has abnormal renal blood test results. My dog has normal resutls but continues to have urinary issues.

Not only the emotional stress of watching your pet be sick and no one can figure out why but it also cost thousands of dollars in vet bills.

Suzette of Plantsville, CT April 9, 2007

Suzette of Plantsville CT (04/09/07)
Our 9yr. old Golden was EXTREMLEY ill! NEVER in her 9yrs. has she EVER been this ill. Vomiting for Over a 24hr. period. Lethargic! Couldn't keep a lap of water in her. Brought her to the vet had to get antibiotic shot and stay on antibiotics for 14 days. Stayed on a Rice diet for 2 days. X-Rays showed that she had inflamation in her intestine area. White blood count was elevated. I truely believe the DRY Nutro dog food that HASN'T been recalled yet was to blame! We were one of the lucky ones that were able to catch this in time and save our dog unlike others that were less fortunate. I'd expect the least the co. could do is pay our UNTIMELY vet bill, which was 246.42.

It's been a month now and our dog is just finally getting back to normal.

Kathy of Prospect Park, PA April 5, 2007

Kathy of Prospect Park PA (04/05/07)
My dog of 10 years, Jasmine started losing weight and muscle mass with occasional vomiting around October of 2006. We ran a full geriatric panel that disclosed nothing unusual including normal thyroid levels which she was currently on medication to control. She seemed the next few months a little more lethargic but the more concerning symptom seemed to be the weight loss. So I continued to feed her Nutro Natural Choice cans of Senior Chicken & Rice and Senior Turkey & Rice and occasionally Chicken, Oatmeal and Rice. The last week of her life she vomited once or twice but responded to an antacid and continued to eat.

December 27, 2006 started out like any other. However around 3 p.m. Jasmine came over to me appearing anxious. She then retreated to the spot she normally would go to vomit and simply laid down. After a few minutes she vomited at least four times. She did not respond to the Pepcid antacid I normally gave her for upset stomach and immediately began to tremor violently and simultaneously lost all control of her hind legs and swayed as if she had no balance control. She salivated terribly and continued to try and use her back legs, paddling furiously. She continued violently tremoring all the way to the vet's office. She was given valium and a seizure medication but was simply not responding. She was labeled critical and we decided euthanizing her was the only choice as the symptoms she presented with we were told looked like multiple neurological issues and even with testing and/or treatment we might never know. She had now been in violent tremors for over 2 hours and we had no choice but to ease her suffering and let her go.

The horror of that day never leaves me. Also in light of the pet food recall, my anxiety has tripled. I think back to that day the day she seemed fine and all of a sudden acted like a dog poisoned. She had all the hallmark symptoms of rat poison but not all the ones being published.

Certain types of rat poison cause animals to go into Chronic Renal Failure and now looking back at how thin she became and how practically all muscle was gone it seems to make sense. I am in a constant state of pain and anxiety as a result of her loss. She was my best friend and had overcome many obstacles in her life only to succumb to something like this. Doubling the pain is the loss my children feel. Nothing will bring her back but I feel compelled to help raise awareness in her honor and memory. I am more than happy to speak in more detail including the calls I made to Nutro only to be told one thing one day and something else the next day including that the type of food I was feeding in December was indeed part of the recall. Nutro reps claimed all 12.5 ounce cans were part of the massive recall. Also on one website (2) of the products I fed Jasmine regularly had a small note below them they were recalled by menu foods. Minutes later the message mysteriously disappeared. I'm angry, confused and more importantly devastated at the loss of a family member who I loved tremendously.

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