Purina Pet Foods

My wife purchased a new bag of Lamb and Rice for our 12-year old chow chow. After eating a small portion of the food he would no longer eat it and became lethargic and he then began vomiting and having diarrhea. He also had to go "out" to do his business every couple hours, which is not his usual behavior. Then he became unsteady and was unable to walk up the three steps into our house and had to be carried in. We immediately took him off the food and over the last two weeks and after a trip to the vet and putting him on antibiotics he appears to be coming back to his usual self. We now feed him Blue Buffalo Wilderness which he loves. We are just thankful the dog had the common sense to stop eating the food before he became any sicker. In two weeks he will revisit the vet and we will repost his progress.

I had been feeding my dogs Purina Dog Chow but it has started making them all sick. If they didn't have diarrhea, then they were throwing up immediately after eating. I had never attributed the runny stools to the food I was feeding them. It wasn't until 6 of the 12 dogs threw up right after eating, that I realized it was the food. I used to trust this company.

I have been feeding my 2-year old Pyrenees Purina Pro Plan since she was adopted in May. Right after Christmas she started with diarrhea that just wouldn't quit. After tramadol, an antibiotic and 6 days of bland diet she came around, but it took a couple of weeks for her to be 100%. Back on the Pro Plan and she's had a bit of blood in her stool and today she started with diarrhea. After reading recent Purina complaints on this site, I emptied her bowl and am cooking her a bland dinner. I am off to the store in the morning to get her something that will actually nourish her rather than waste her.

My two dogs have been on Prime Cuts for several years with no noticeable or rare sicknesses. The most recent bag has resulted in my larger dog throwing up, severe diarrhea for several days and one morning, "Parkinson's like" symptom. He was struggling trying to get up and couldn't maneuver his hind end. My smaller dog has always been sensitive to preservatives. With this current bag, he has had 4 seizures (that I know of I work), throwing up and lethargic. Each time they have been sick, I have changed them to a bland diet to help them recover. Each time when they have recovered, giving them the prime cuts again, only to have another episode! I feel nauseated knowing I did not connect the sicknesses each time to the prime cuts and giving my dogs, who look to me for care, love and trust not to harm them! We, as animal parents, trusted you! Just fix the problem to prevent others from becoming sick at your hands!

I bought a bag of Purina One Large Breed Puppy two years ago at Petsmart and when I got the bag home and opened it, it was full of bugs! So I exchanged the bag, and the next bag also had bugs, so I switched to Pedigree. I have gone back to check on the dog food and have used a couple bags since then with no problems but after reading this I know what happened to me wasn't a freak incident. I'm going to switch back to Pedigree and hope that Purina issues a recall and fixes the problem. It's bad when the number one brand has a problem and won't alert the consumer so they can fix it. Pets are like family and I'm not feeding my dog something that could potentially be harmful to them!

We just took our pets to the vets yesterday for their yearly checkup and shots. Our dogs have been on little bites for over a year. We found out 3 of our five have kidney disease. The Vet said that was very unusual to have 3 dogs in same home come up with kidney disease. After reading these posts, I now believe it is the food causing it. We only had them tested because one of the little ones was being lethargic so thought it may have been a sugar issue. Then we had the other one tested bot were positive for kidney disease. The older of the three has had kidney problems for over a year but she has eaten this food longer as well. We are not going to feed them any more Purina. I just hope we can correct the damage. They are all on kidney medication now.

My 14 year old Beagle Terrier became ill after Christmas ,very larthic wouldn't eat then when he did start vomiting and black bloody stool. He had eaten alpo lamb/ rice and chicken rice. Got worse, took to the vet. He had to be put down. Nothing they could do. Yes she was old but healthy. I think it was the canned alpo.

I have been feeding my cats Purina cat indoor formula for 5 years now. Ever since I put them on the food, they have been throwing up if not every day but every other day. I have spent hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on vet bill and medications on treatment that never even worked. I thought that maybe it was because they were Mainecoon and med hair. But after extensive research and finding thousands of other customers online for years having the same issues, I was convinced.

Then what threw me over the edge was my friend called me up very concerned about her 6-year-old cat that she just switched his food to Purina cat indoor formula. She said that he has been throwing up 2-3 times a day and is scared, because he has never thrown up out of the 6 years she has owned him. I have realized it is not our cats, but it's this product and has been this product for years and no one has done nothing about it!

I have found posts from 2004 complaining about the same exact issue. We have to join together and straighten this out for our kitties well-being. Why is this product still on the market with so many complaints and so many reported issues?

My 3 year old Min Pin has been eating Purina Little Bites dog food and since then, she has been throwing up and having diarrhea. I stopped giving it to her and she went back to normal right after. Purina really needs to work on their brand and figure out why it's making all these dogs sick.

I was feeding my two beautiful cats with Meow Mix. I decided to change them over to Purina Indoor cat (they were getting a little hefty). Within a day of giving it to them, they started vomiting up all the food. When they had nothing else to vomit, they threw up brown liquid, with streams of a more solid liquid mixed in. They stopped eating. They'd walk up to their food bowls, and start crying (even though there was food in the bowls). I stopped giving them the food, and now they're getting better. I've decided to feed my cats and new puppy a raw diet, as nature intended. At least I know what's going into their body.

In late August 2011, one of my cats developed a saddle thrombosis. He was hospitalized and improved and was sent home. He regained total use of his rear legs which had been paralyzed. When at the vet, x-rays showed no enlargement of the heart. While he was recuperating, he would eat nothing but cooked chicken liver and baby food. As he regained strength, he resumed eating his regular diet, Purina Indoor Formula (purchased at Wal-Mart).

In late October, he again suffered another embol. He did not regain total use of his legs. Around the beginning of November, my other male cat Franklin suffered the exact same symptoms. He did not recover the use of his back legs. After a week at the vets, he returned home and grew worse. It was heartbreaking. Around this time Ernie began to projectile vomit blood and defecates and urinate blood. He had been eating Purina as had Frank. He was rushed to the vet where he died. Two days later Frank began to vomit, urinate and defecate blood. He was rushed to the vet where it was also determined that he was in renal failure and his breathing was compromised. It was later discovered that he was bleeding from all of his major organs and was in complete system failure. I was with him when the vet put him down.

Both of these cats were completely healthy 6 year old animals with no history of illness. I had Franklin autopsied upon the recommendation of my vet and the conclusion was as I stated - however the necropsy revealed no evidence of the usual heart enlargement or malformation of the inner heart chambers usually accompanying this type of illness. I contacted Purina when Frank first became sick and they gave me a claim number. I sent them the autopsy report and the vet findings as well as the bills for both cats - $3,000 plus some change.

As of this writing, the attorney for Nestle Purina Pet Care has stated that "the food did not cause the death of the cats." Purina has never requested samples of the food. I still have the bag. Has anyone else feeding their cats or dogs Purina products experienced these symptoms and fatalities? The legal department offered me $750 with the caveat that I waive all of my rights to pursue this claim, either personally or in class action. I am refusing the money (it's not about that) and I will wait to hear from them before I take further action. This has been devastating.

It's very interesting. My dog is currently at the vet, in bad condition. I have been there for days now. This is his third admission for treatment in 2 weeks. Severe vomiting, which then lead to vomiting of blood, then heavier vomiting of blood. At first, we couldn't figure out why he was sick. He would go into the vet vomiting blood, they would stabilize him, keep him for a few days (feeding him a bland prescription diet), he would come home acting fine, and he would eat his usual dinner, then wake up in the middle of the night violently ill again. He also has diarrhea. He went back to the Animal Hospital, where he was stabilized, and kept for a few days for observation, and treated for dehydration.

So, when we brought him home a second time, we kept him on the bland diet that the vet had been giving him, just until his stomach got back to normal (still not making the connection that it could be his food). He had no more vomiting or diarrhea. After a few days, we put him back on his regular food. By morning, he had the same symptoms! This time there was a lot of blood. I rushed him to the vet, where he was stabilized again. He is still there. I started to wonder if it could be the food I was giving him. I have used it for 2 years, and have never had a problem. So, I did some research (you should too!). There are hundreds of pet owners with the same story. Many have died. Mine may too, not to mention the vet bills that I have accumulated so far. I have sent the dog food to the vet, to be sent to a lab for testing. There are tiny white specs on the dry food. My vet is suspicious. I will let you know her findings.

Many owners have contacted Purina to let them know of this problem. So, why is it still on the shelves? If the results are what my vet thinks they are going to be (I should know tomorrow), I am going to contact my local news station, and make sure people stop buying these products. I buy the Purina Smart Blend Lamb and Rice Dry Food, and mix it with Beneful Wet Food (usually the beef stew flavor). I couldn't see anything in the wet food, but I sent that for testing as well. I do not intend to be quiet about this.

My dog ate Purina for almost a year. She became extremely skinny and throwing up a lot with diarrhea. I switched her to Pedigree and she is not sick anymore and is gaining weight. This would explain what may have been wrong with her!

I have eight cats and last Xmas someone dropped off a bag of dry food. Two of my cats open the bag without me knowing it and for days I keep seeing bloody diarrhea in the cat box. I found the bag opened and start my research. I found the product UPC listed as a recall on the FDA. I kept the bag in the trunk of my car. The diarrhea stopped. Then I thought maybe it's only certain products, so I thought I get a small of bag of Kaboodle (7 lbs.). My kitties were all in front of me while I opened the bag and soon enough after about 20 minutes, all of them are throwing up and an hour later the 3 cat box are filled with diarrhea. In about an hour I again look up the UPC; it's from the same lot. I got very dizzy and nauseated myself.

The first time I know it was on recall but did not specify why. This time the press release said due to Salmonella contamination. I was so nauseated myself but I cleaned up everything that I touched with it. Soak everything in Clorox. I called Purina and I was told that the UPC is not on recall list but it is from the same lot since the first 5 numbers are the same. I am convinced that everything of Purina products must be contaminated. In order to eliminate the Salmonella virus, which can be in the air, it has to be vacated and decontamination takes days if not weeks. I have not returned all samples as I am going to test them myself. I have not feed them since then with anything Purina and no diarrhea anymore. I became very vigilant after the first scenario. It's in my house for about an hour and the damage to my cats and me was horrifying. Imagine if it's left there for days. Something got to be done to stop the poison from circulating. The UPC starts 17800. That is the lot number. Repeat: decontamination takes days in order to get rid of the virus, which means the Purina plant must be shut down at about the same amount of time.

Go to the press against this huge corporation, and stand together to protect our pets! We have been feeding our pet with Purina for years. We bought a new bag, and our dogs became extremely ill. Projectile vomiting, black diarrhea, lethargy, and clamminess are the symptoms. We have four dogs, one of which (our 7 year old healthy plug) we had to rush to the vet's ER. She stayed overnight.

The vet called this morning to say she passed away. There is nothing else that could have caused this. They are always inside, and they don't run about. They are always supervised in a fenced in yard. All of them are of perfect health, until we purchased the new bag of Purina Little Bites this past week. We have contacted the news. We are going to picket in their parking lots. Please help before more animals die!

I have been feeding my cat Purina cat food for the last Six months. She has had three seizures since I have put her on this food. Is there something in the ingredients she might be allergic to? I have now taken her off permanently. I don't know what to think or do.

I just wanted to do a follow up about my dog that became extremely ill after eating Purina One Smart Blend (as noted in my prior email). I did call Purina to notify them. They said they would look into the product. I am not a Purina basher as I have never had a problem with any of their food in the past. My father worked for Nestle and owns stock in the company.

But there is a problem with the recent batch of Food. My dog had not been out of the yard. The only difference was this brand new bag of Purina. I had test run on my dog at the animal emergency clinic. There were no blockages and all of his tests for parasites came back normal. 4 days later, he is doing better with all his meds (flagel, pro pectian). I have read about more problems in the recent post here and on several dog list. Please notify any other people you know that feed Purina One there may be a problem and to watch their dogs. Please take your dog to the vet ASAP if they are experiencing any problems. I am confident Purina will address this, but we don't need any more of our beloved friends getting ill until this is sorted out.

Purina One Smartblend Chicken and Rice: Alerts to all the posters with issues regarding their dogs and this product. I just lost my beautiful, healthy vibrant, 16 week old Australian Shepherd after feeding her this dog food from a 34# bag purchased from PetSmart in Nashville, TN on January 4, 2012.

Cheyenne just quit playing, started lying around then she started with vomiting, then the bloody diarrhea. I took her to the Vets and they dewormed her and gave her sulfa but that was the day her eyes became terribly bloodshot. Back the next day, ran a CBC, did not see too much but noticed an eye hemorrhage. They assumed D-Con (none anywhere on our property and she was never off), gave her some IV fluids, started her on Vitamin K and and antibiotic. By Monday, she had deteriorated but the Vet was now perplexed as her chemistry showed Renal Failure. After $500 more in meds and IV's they sent her home to die. She died at home in our arms after 5 agonizing days of suffering, seeing two Vets and consulting with an internal medicine Vet.

She was my 20-year-old daughter's baby girl and we are all devastated. We had an autopsy (necropsy) performed and the results are: "Renal failure with hyperkalemia, suspected Vitamin D". Vitamin D can be formulated incorrectly when added to the dog food formula causing hyperkalemia and subsequent renal and total organ failure and hemorrhage. Vitamin D is also used as a rodenticide "Vitamin D Rodenticide" which causes renal and organ failure and hemorrhage. The lab where she was autopsied does not have the toxicology abilities to specifically test for these toxins. The animal pathologist made the determination by the physical results of her organs.

I asked the Vet and the Pathologist if it could be the dog food, they both said we'd see more of this in other dogs. Then I googled the info and end up here this morning. I spoke with Purina today and the rep carefully took my information. I informed her I had no intention of letting this go so I expect a return call from Purina. I have contacted the TN Department of Agriculture and I will meet with an investigator on Monday. Please contact me if you have been affected by this dog food as I believe we can have more impact in numbers and I would like to see if there is a regional pattern to this. I am sorry I don't have the UPC numbers with me to post here. I have fed my dogs Purina One for 5 years without issue. This is a bad batch of food and Purina needs to step up, admit it and recall it before it causes more people and pet's heartbreak and death.

I have had my dogs on Purina One for years. I bought a bag in early January, and my 4 month old puppy started acting tired. I took her to the vets a week later with diarrhea. To make the long story short, we lost that puppy 5 days later, because three vets could not diagnose her. We had a necropsy (autopsy) performed, and it points to "calcification of vital organs with kidney lesions commonly seen in high doses of Vitamin D". This was a puppy never out of our fenced yard/house. I have nothing in my house to answer this. I believe this dog food is involved. I feed her several cans of Purina One mixed with hers, because she didn't like dry. I am contacting Purina, and someone is going to listen to me!

About 10 days ago, I got a bag of Purina One Smart Blend from Wal-Mart. I fed it to my dog. Within hours, the dog was very sick, vomiting, puking and very lethargic. The dog would not eat or drink. After two days, off to the vet. Vet drew a CBC which revealed an elevated white count. Dog placed on meds. Four days of treatment, the poor little guy was improving.

During treatment, I was feeding him rice cereal and boiled chicken. After he finished his course of medications, he was about 80% back to normal. Today, I decided to feed him some of the Purina which he ate little of. Six hours later back to the runs and puking. Purina has a problem with their product.

I just bought a bag of Purina One Chicken and Rice on Jan. 28th 2012. I feed it on occasion, when I am out of my regular food and need to pick something up at the grocery store. I never had any problems prior. My dog ate it Sunday and got up in the night with diarrhea. This afternoon, I noticed him staining and some blood. He seemed very lethargic, so I watched him and fed him a little pumpkin and rice. I went with a flashlight to watch him do his business and he is bleeding a lot from the rectum tonight! I just called the ER vet.

They asked if he had eaten anything different and I just said Purina One. I decided to see if there was any recall and got this page came up and now I'm very worried. We are on our way to the ER vet now! Very upsetting as we are on our way to Westminster in a week! I hope this isn't the food for everyone in America's sake! If there is a problem, I am begging Purina to please recall if there is a problem!

I recently purchased Purina Beneful brand dog food, but my dog became severely ill. Before, he was normal as any happy healthy dog. Now he wont eat, drink, and has bloody diarrhea. I switched him back to his old food, but he's still not doing any better, and now I need to take him to the vet. I found a website online & discovered that people have been having all kinds of severe health problems, even deaths with this product. The public deserves to know, these are people's pets & family members. I will never purchase this product again & plan to inform anyone else not to either.

Our terrier mix has been on Purina Dog Chow since he was born. He is now 9 and in the last three days, he has had uncontrollable diarrhea. He can barely stay indoors (slightly problematic given that it is winter! ) without pooping everywhere. He has never been like this. Thinking back, the only thing that changed was buying/ opening/ using the new bulk bag of Dog Chow from Sam's Club.

It isn't expired (in fact, manufacturing date is 12/25/11) and expires in June 2013! I am staring at the dog food now waiting for something to crawl around, but so far, nothing, but I am convinced it is the dog food. Nothing else has changed! Dog is off to vet this evening, and I'll be calling Purina in the morning. I will deliver the whole bag to them personally if need be since I live in St. Louis! And I want reimbursement for my upcoming vet bill! I'm not sure what went wrong, but wish that they would recall it before it is too late for some pets! Hoping it isn't for mine!

I bought a bag of Purina one special care cat food at Walmart in Elizabeth. My cats became very sick, throwing up, etc. My little dog also got so sick that I had to take him to the emergency vet on Sunday. There is something wrong with this food. I have contacted Purina via email, but they have not responded yet. Please look into this so that other animals don't get sick as well. Thank you.

My dog has been on this food for about a year with no problems. I purchased a bag of Purina One Beyond from Walmart on Friday 01/27/2012. Saturday, she was dry heaving and had bloody diarrhea. She will not touch her food now. I think this is a bad batch!

For the past 9 years, my 4 cats ranging in ages have only eaten Fancy Feast can cat food. Summer of 2011, all my cats were hospitalized; two diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (one is 8 and the other 14). My other kitty had a serious kidney infection and endoscopy also showed us that she has gastritis of her stomach and an ulcer of her duodenum. She is 8. My fourth cat has a recurring UTI, she is 11. For about a year, they were finicky with their food. But since September of 2011, they have been getting sick on some of the flavors. Now, they get sick on all flavors or turn their noses up at all the flavors. They refused to eat a food they have loved and devoured for years! How do you end up with four extremely sick cats at once? Purina Fancy Feast cat food needs to be recalled!

Purina has killed my dog with their contaminated food. My dog "Duchess" who was perfectly healthy and happy suddenly became violently ill and died after suffering a very traumatic and violent death. As soon as we saw that something was wrong, we rushed her in but there was nothing the vets could do for her and we lost her. We are devastated. She suffered greatly and we were so helpless.

This is a criminal act on Purina's part and they need to be held accountable. I don't want the price of the dog food refunded to me! I don't care how nice they are when you call them! They should have yanked this poison off the market! Duchess was not a piece of property. She was a part of our family. We all need to unite and hold them accountable and try and save others from suffering this kind of traumatic experience. Purina murdered my dog!

We decided to try the Purina One Smartblend Lamb & Rice formula dog food for our two labs. Within a few days, they started vomiting and having diarrhea. The only thing that had changed was the food. We had diligently mixed it with their former food, so I knew that it was more than just "new food adjustment". Our labs are from the same litter, but one is smaller than the other. He is now having difficulty walking, shaking, and unable to control his bowels. We have switched them back to their old food and will be calling the vet in the morning (or sooner if he worsens). Concerned, we began looking online for any type of recall on this food and instead found the numerous other pet owner's similar experiences with the Smartblend brand of products.

This goes beyond belief that Purina isn't doing anything about this problem. I just hope our lab is going to be okay. He is moaning and perfectly miserable right now.

I raised my other first doxy on Purina One because I believed it to be the best dog food. So naturally I put my current doxy on Purina One. It has something in the mix. I believe it to be the chicken fat sprayed on the kibble. He loved it. But, he has ear infections, itchy skin, chronic urinary tract infection.

I started feeding him canned dog food to help with the UTI, after a lot of reading about it, to increase his water intake, he mostly eats that, but yesterday he had to eat Purina One kibble because he was still hungry. He became so itchy after he ate it. Now I have to search for a new dog food, and if I could afford it, I'd get him Orijen. The vet said to put him on Hill's prescription diet but it has grain as the first ingredient and my dog doesn't like it.

He has to starve before he finally eats it, I switched because of the UTI, last time, but as soon as it cleared up, I switched him back to Purina One, believing that it was a number 1 brand to feed him. Well, now I know, it made him sick. I contacted Purina to tell them, and they said for me to try another brand.

This past weekend I bought my 12-week old Australian Shepard a small bag of Puppy Chow. I had never used Purina products before (he's been eating Nutro Max) and began to slowly introduce the Puppy Chow to him today. I did about 25% Puppy Chow and 75% Nutro Max. He was perfectly healthy. When I woke him up, he went outside and did his business (which was normal) and then came in to eat. Within 30-45 minutes of eating he had severe diarrhea followed 30 minutes later with excessive vomiting. I thought it might simply be the change in food (sometimes puppies' tummies can be sensitive) but it has continued to get worse throughout the day. After reading the complaints here I'm certain that it was the Puppy Chow that made him sick. I have a vet's appointment tomorrow morning. I hope he'll be okay. I contacted Purina via e-mail and have not received a response; however, if I don't hear back from them in the next day I will be calling them.

We have been feeding Purina One Smart blend Chicken and Rice to our bichon for several months. She won't eat the food from the last bag that we bought. She ate the first couple of bowls then starting gagging. Now she just runs to the bowl but then stares at the food. Then she gives me a dirty look. She has been lethargic and just a little "off". I am on my way to buy new food, not Purina brand.

Wow! After reading all the recent complaints about Purina One, I am convinced there is a problem with their food. I also purchased a bag of Purina One from Wall Mart on 1-21-2012 and immediately after feeding it to our dog he became sick. This went on a few days, as we taught he had a virus. My wife was going to take him to the vet but went and purchased another brand of food and now is back to his old self. The makers of Purina One needs to check their product. I think you have a major problem

We Purchased a large bag of Purina Smartblend to feed our dogs and soon found our rat terrier with diarrhea and vomiting. We immediately took her to the vet. After getting back and inspecting the food, there were larvae and white larvae "homes", and a type of small beetle or wheat bug consistently throughout the food. The next day, our younger dog, a Shiba Inu, presented with severe belly pain, whimpering to the touch and walking with his back arched and legs straightened as if it was painful to walk. Immediately, we took him to the vet also. My fiancee is currently there now as I write this. I documented the infestation with pictures and photos. I'm collecting a sample of the food and bugs, and freezing them.

I have been feeding my 1 cat Purina Indoor formula dry cat food for well over 3 years and my other 2 cats the same for 5 months now. All of a sudden ,the last bag I bought, which was a week ago, all of my cats are getting sick and vomiting up the cat food. I will be going to the store and buying a better brand of food tomorrow, but if my cats continue to get sick and vomit and I have to bring them to the vet. I am going to be extremely upset and make sure to let as many people as possible know about this because I am already seeing too many complaints about the exact same thing and all are very recent as well.

I noticed recently that Friskies canned cat food 5.5oz can, which I buy by the case, are all under-filled ranging from 4.9 to 5.1oz per can. The 13oz can I weighted was also under-filled. I've also random weighted same product from other stores and they too were under-filled. My scale is calibrated and the net weight of other canned foods are accurate so I know it's not my scale. I have notified Ralston-Purina by email. They expressed concern and possible causes but nothing about how/if/when they plan to rectify the under-fill. They did send me some coupons but that's not what I was looking for. Am I the only one that has noticed this or is it common practice? If so, consumers should know that they are not getting their money's worth.

I have been feeding my two cats Purina Cat Chow indoor formula for two years. After buying a new bag this week, my cats are throwing up and lethargic. They won't go near the food anymore. I thought maybe they had caught a virus but after reading these reviews I am convinced that the food is to blame.

We have been feeding our dogs with Purina One dry dog food for over a year and since we bought a large bag and have been feeding them, two out of five dogs have been sick with vomiting and diarrhea. After reading these posts, I do believe it is the food. It is not worth just convenience for purchasing dog food at your local grocery store. I will go back to a high quality brand today!

My dog has been eating Purina One Chicken and Rice since we got him about a year and a half ago, when he was two years old. Upon opening a brand new bag last week, he began vomiting every time he ate and would go two days without touching his food. We were very concerned about his health and before we took him to the vet, we looked online to see if we could find anything about a possible food recall and instead we found this! We immediately bought a more expensive, organic food (Nature's Variety from Petland) and tried it with our dog.

He is eating regularly and back to his old self. We checked the bag of Purina but did not see anything visibly wrong with it. However, I truly believe that the food was the cause. I spoke with Purina and she refunded the money of the dog food without questions (probably because they deal with this often). I will tell everyone I know about this experience and encourage them not to buy Purina products. We are so happy to have our dog healthy again.

We too have had a sick kitty, diagnosed with kidney disease. He's only six years old! It's basically the same story as everyone else on this website, no apparent health problems ever. We fed him Purina Kit & Kaboodle. He was running around healthy one day, and then the next day he was lethargic and throwing up. I called the 1-800 number for Purina and reported this incident and was told that their food is tested on a regular basis and there are no current recalls for this food.

I told them I wanted to report this as I don't want anyone else to have to go through what we have this week. My children and I had to make the decision to put kitty to sleep last night. His kidneys weren't ever going to work on their own again. My sister told me her cat is now doing the same thing after eating Purina One cat food. What is happening? How many of our animals have to die before something is done about this?

I bought two bags of Purina Dog Chow with the Tin Tin Ad on them because they were so inexpensive. My dog has been sick for three days now since he started eating the stuff and I have to suspect the dog food. Besides him being sick, I am sick of cleaning up dog puke form my carpets.

We have always fed all 8 of our dogs Purina dog chow or a Purina made product. Well, we won't anymore. Our 13-year old Weimaraner became violently ill with vomit and had diarrhea with blood. They had to be taken to the vet, while now, I have another one starting to show the exact same symptoms.

I called the 1-800-7 Purina consumer number and I was informed that they had received no complaints about any of their products. I informed the CSR that I was making a complaint and also requested that they send me a packet so I could send the remaining dog food in to be tested.I will never feed any Purina product to any of my dogs again.

I am writing to complain about the Purina Puppy Chow. I had been wondering why my dog has been suffering diarrhea for the past week and I stumbled upon this website with others suffering from the same complaints. You have to call Purina and go through all the motions of sending your food to be tested so that they will test the food and stop harming our dogs and cats. Make the call today!

On January 3rd, my 5 year old Scottish terrier started getting sick. First, she was shivering at night and was less active for a few days. She became lethargic, was vomiting and had diarrhea. She stopped eating and drinking. She would not play or wag her tail and became disturbingly weak. We took her to the vet who said she was experiencing acute kidney failure. After three days of inpatient treatment, the doctor let her come home with us to die peacefully and comfortably. The vet thought she had cancer, then thought she had Addison's disease, now she has no idea what brought on her sudden illness.

She's been eating Purina Chow her entire life without any adverse symptoms. The bag she had been eating out of was Purina Dog Chow purchased from Wal-Mart, expiration date of May 2013. There isn't anything visibly wrong with it, unlike how others had been posting.

Since she's been home, she's begun to eat and drink again, a little at a time. We had been feeding her a mix of Hills Prescription food and Gerber baby food and her condition improved almost immediately. Upon reintroduction to the Purina, she had a setback and was vomiting until there was only bile left.

I am hopeful that switching brands will help her continue to heal.

It would not let me give a 0 star but that is what I want. I purchased Purina One Smart Blend - Lamb and Rice formula a few days ago. My two yorkies are extremely sick now. This was the only change that I have made. I am hoping that I can reverse their condition before it is too late. Please look at these experiences that many people seem to be having and remove this food if you truly care for animals.

I've been feeding Purina One for 8 years. The last bag was purchased from PetSmart, a 34 pound bag. It had tan/cream colored bug looking shells in it. I did not think much until all 4 dogs got lethargic and pukey. I looked up "white specks in Purina One" and found this site. Hope our 4 dogs are okay. I will be purchasing new food tomorrow, back to pricier food! I always thought Purina One was okay for the cost as feeding 4 large dogs can get expensive! I will also call Purina in the morning.

I had written early about our dogs getting ill after eating Purina pet food. Our cats were also eating it. Both cats and both dogs stopped eating the food on their own. They refused after the first few days on it. Our puppy became ill as did our older dog. They were vomiting, had diarrhea, extended stomach, no appetite, excessive panting, and were drinking large amounts of water. After changing foods, the puppy and cats began eating again after a few days. Unfortunately, we had to put Jack, our 16 year old Jack Russell, down. He was in so much pain and wasn't recovering. His liver and pancreatic enzymes were elevated beyond belief. His stomach was hard as a rock and was vomiting a yellowish foamy fluid. He was urinating and defecating in the house which he hadn't done since he was a puppy!

You could just see how awful he felt and how much pain he was in. We had no choice but to do the right thing for him and put him down and that broke my heart like nothing ever has. I will never feed another pet Purina again in my life and I will tell my story to every person who will listen! He may have been 16 but he was healthy and active until he ate that food. My mom's dog visited during the time they were eating Purina and her dog began vomiting. But it went away after a few days of her being back home eating her own food. My sister's dogs were eating Purina and had diarrhea during this same time period.

Okay, this is about Pedigree large breed dog food my German shepherd has been on it since he was a puppy. He kept getting violently ill with the ** and vomiting. He got so sick at one point, he refused to eat or drink for 3 days until he was taken to the vet for rehydration and he had to stay overnight and could have died. When I switched his food, it all stopped. Well I switched him to Ol'roy and now he won't stop farting but it could be the Alpo treats I switched him to. But whatever the point is, this brand of dog food would have killed my dog. I will never buy Purina or Pedigree dog food again. I'm not risking my dog's life.

I've fed my dog Purina Lamb and Rice his whole life (13 years). And just the past few weeks, he began throwing up bile and hacking and refusing to touch the dog food. I figured his throat was sore, so I switched to soft canned food and he ate it up and began to get better. Then a few days ago, I switched him back to the old lamb and rice food again, and he began puking. This morning it was yellowish with traces of blood. I'm convinced now it was the food.

I have two big huskies and a Labrador as well and a year-old cat and couldn't get them to eat enough food to keep them healthy. My sister told me about Purina One, so I bought a bag last week as well as a bag of Purina One cat food because it seemed Coty, my year-old cat, would poop more than she ate. I tried Purina One and the majority of food stays in their bodies and poop is less. My 2 huskies love this food and eat all of it. I have no issues with Purina dog or cat food.

My cat is finally gaining weight and my dogs are satisfied and they don't act like they are starving anymore. I noticed the difference right away with my cat, I found her in my yard as a kitten and kept her. My dogs are new at eating it and have been eating it for a week three times a day and food stays in their bodies and they don't poop it all out. They are gaining weight and I feel extremely satisfied with Purina Lamb and Rice. The only thing is my male husky is territorial with the food so I have to feed him separately and he always finishes the whole bowl. I put him outside and feed my female husky, and Labrador together.

It is kind of expensive, but the fact they eat more and don't poop as much sold me. I had to give my experience. My cat has been eating Purina one for 2 months. I was looking for the Purina web page and this came up. Thanks.

I am with heavy heart as I write this. Our 2 large dogs, 7 puppies, and 1 6-month-old dog have all been eating Purina One and Purina Puppy Dog chow. This week, one of the large dogs got very sick. Yesterday her puppies got sick and we lost 3 of them today. My 6-month-old dachshund got up in the middle of the night sick. I am so upset with the thought that all of the precious dogs are sick because we thought that Purina was the best for them. I am angry and sad that we may have given them something that hurt them. The one large dog that ate a different kind of food is the only one that isn't sick.

I posted a complaint on this site on December 21, 2011. My cat got deathly ill perhaps from eating Purina Kit N Kaboodles. It's taken me 3 weeks to make contact with Purina, they're not aware of the comments on this website. They said they'll mail me a kit for me to send them a sample of this bag of cat food to be tested. Please if other people think they have a bad batch of pet food, call Purina at 1-800-778-7462 to file a complaint and get the food in question tested. Purina can't recall pet food if the complaints aren't made with them directly.

Folks, please place in your comments the bar code on the side of can, the expiration date and the lot number at the bottom of the can (or similar info. for bags). Call Purina's 800 number found on the product (number corresponds with specific product or I'd list it here.)

Cats won't touch any of the food in this case/lot. For Beef Classic, I've had better luck with lots starting with 130 but cats refuse lots starting with 129. Call Purina. Call them and call them and call them. Each and every time your cat 'refuses' to eat what they normally would gobble down! Luck to us all.

My dog has been throwing up daily, so I decided to google it. I came across this site by accident. I'm glad I did because I had bought a small bag of Purina because it was comparable to the kind he had been eating. But with the Purina, I could buy a smaller bag and save some spending. But I will be switching back. I just hope I found this site in time.

How many animals have to die before consumers with pets are informed of this by the worthless media and others in the pockets of commercial conglomerates who are more concerned about their precious advertisers and kickbacks? Anyone noticed whose commercials are airing with that Rin Tin Tin movie lately? http://www.consumeraffairs.com/pets/ralston.html. Thousands of pets will continue to suffer and can easily die if people keep obliviously watching those commercials and it will all be swept under the rug!

I stumbled upon this website not looking for anything related here. I couldn't believe what I was reading. The same thing happened to us over a year ago. Apparently, I incorrectly assumed the problem was just a torn bag. When I opened a bag of Purina gl cat food, there was webbing and too many different kinds of bugs to count.

I immediately threw it out and went and bought another bag. They were fine. Recently, though, our cats have been vomiting. Occasionally, it is just yellowish or sometimes clear liquid. I even suggested that we should switch foods. Now, we are definitely switching. Perhaps stumbling onto this site has been a blessing.

Purina One Lamb and Rice formula I bought at Petco was infested with Maggots. Half way through the bag, I noticed lots of maggots in our house and were crawling up the walls. I emptied the bag of Purina One into a tray and noticed tons of maggots and cocoons. Our new puppy has low appetite and lethargic. No diarrhea so far.

I will first say that I cannot definitively attribute our situation to the Purina dog food because we have not visibly seen anything in the dog food itself. However, we have two medium to large sized dogs that are both almost 5 years old. We have always fed them Purina One lamb and rice. This week our first dog was sick with diarrhea. We eliminated his food. When re-introduced the next day, he turned his nose up at it which never happens. Our other dog got was sick later that day. My husband investigated the backyard to see if they got into something and then concluded it must be a bad batch of food.

He went out and bought a new brand of food entirely and we started mixing that with hamburger and rice. The first dog got better on his own, the second had to go to the vet to get pro-biotics to get his digestive system back on track. I told a friend about our situation and she asked what brand of food we had. She said they had the same issue with Purina a few weeks ago and that there was information on the web. Again, I have no proof, but we have never had this type of sickness with these two dogs (or previous pets). I can't imagine that it is a coincidence that we all are using Purina and so I thought I should share our situation as well.

I purchased a 30-lb bag of Purina Cat Chow a few weeks ago at Petsmart in Covina, Calif. Same type as I have been feeding my four cats for years. Cats started throwing up and stopped eating. I wasn't sure what was going on. One cat started having blood in stools; the vet thinks it is colitis. They refuse to touch it. I put some outside for several feral cats that I feed. They also refuse to eat it. There is something very wrong with this bag. I intend to take it back to Petsmart tomorrow but I want to file a complaint with the agency that oversees pet food if there is any such thing.

My 5-year old cat has been eating Purina One Urinary Tract Formula most of his life and I have never seen what I saw in the most recent bag of food. Disgusting yellow worms with red heads! I noticed this because I noticed these worms crawling on my walls. I couldn't believe my eyes. I hope and pray my poor cat doesn't get sick over this. But now I wonder if this is the reason he all of a sudden has allergies? I am a very disappointed consumer and will never buy this brand of food again. It's resulted to a waste of 22 bucks on the 16 pound bag that I had to throw out and the nervousness of knowing my cat may have certain ill feelings because of this food.

This is an alert to the public. I bought the large green Purina Dog Food 39lbs, expiry date April 2013 at Harris Teeter Reston, VA in early December. I feed it to my 3-year old border collie Zeppilin, a very healthy happy dog. Then I noticed within a one day that he stopped eating and this has never happened before. Then he started vomiting with lots of stomach cramps in a lot of pain. I took him to a vet and nothing showed in terms of a blockage with the x-ray, then Zeppilin started having diarrhea for a few days and it progressed quickly into blood in stool.

This is for everyone out there that might have bought Purina Dog Food expiring on April 2013. I know this particular batch has some kind of lethal contamination! I lost my best friend on and he was like our child and our family is still grieving our loss. Purina must take responsibility for this and invite other to join in making sure no one else lose their precious pets.

I found maggots in my puppy's food! It was the Purina One Large Breed Puppy Food. Disgusting! I sent a complaint to Purina. No response yet. Dog didn't want to eat food at every meal. Appetite diminished. No diarrhea yet.

I have a registered lab that had puppies. I was feeding her and the pups Purina One Smart Puppy food. I recently purchased two bags from Petco. One bag was kept in the house and the other outside. I couldn't understand why the mom started with loose stool. Then the pups did and a few got very sick, moaning and curling up. 1/3 into the bags, I noticed huge (yes huge) clumps of web stringy like stuff then actual live worms and little cocoons! This is in both bags, the one in the cold and the one in the house. Both were sealed and set in a tote so nothing could have gotten in them. I have stopped feeding the pups and mom this horrible food and am hoping the pups survive! I will never never buy Purina products again!

We changed to Purina One Beneful Original (best by July 2012) in late November and my dog has been extremely sick ever since. He has lost 30+ pounds and we've seen the vet twice now, with an appointment for a specialist on Monday. The vet has determined that he is having serious stomach problems but is unable to diagnosis what's going on. My dog will not eat or drink and has been on three medications which are only masking the symptoms. I am really starting to think the food is the source of the problem.

After I bought the last bag of Purina One-Lamb and Rice Formula, our pit bull has been "hacking up" stuff. It's foamy, and sometimes has bile in it. Our other dog also had the same problem, but it seems to have gone away for her. They didn't have any diarrhea. There aren't any maggots in the bag, as others have stated they've found. I am wondering if anyone else is having these same problems (light vomit, no diarrhea).

Got a kitten for my daughter and purchased Purina Kitten Chow for her. We also have a 4-year old cat. Within two days of feeding the kitten chow (both cats had eaten it) both of them became very sick. They were throwing up and acting as if they were choking. Both are drinking a lot of water and both became very lethargic. The 4-year old cat even more so. He was so sick I thought he was going to die. You couldn't even touch his tummy.

He was in so much pain. After researching, I discovered this info about Purina, threw it away and got a different kind of food (Taste of the Wild). Both have recovered now. Last year my mom bought KitnKaboodle for her kitty and her cat died a week later, same symptoms as everyone else here. Wish I had known about Purina food then. I will never buy Purina again. Horrible experience. I'm so glad our cats did not die. So sorry my mom's did. I will never buy Purina again.

I have been feeding my cat Purina One for urinary tract health for a couple years. The last bag I bought was about the end of November. That's when he started to have diarrhea, and frequent vomiting. He was also becoming lethargic. I finally got enough money to take him to the vet, and they said his stool was fine. Then I found this site and others complained about the same thing, and figured out it was the food.

We've been feeding Fancy Feast to our cats for years. But over the last month, they have alternately refused to eat it or eaten it and started throwing up and having diarrhea. I'm not feeding it to them until I'm sure their problems are straightened out.

A colleague of mine had gotten the Purina dog food for puppies from a vet nearby in Blue Water Bay Port Elizabeth and since the dogs starting eating it, the one female pup has been getting the most irritating skin rashes and they are unable to get rid of the rash. They don't even want to eat the food anymore.

Both of my dogs eat Purina puppy chow. Since the last bag was opened, they both have had diarrhea and have been vomiting. One is a pup and the other is about 17 years old and they do not have this type of issue usually. We've withheld the food for a day now and both are recovering. The older one is walking around as if he has stomach cramps; he's "crunched up" for lack of a better way to explain it.

We have always fed our dogs Purina brand products - we opened a new bag of Purina Puppy Chow that we got at Sam's Club and within hours, our youngest springer started having diarrhea. The oldest springer became really gassy. It took 3 days for me to realize after researching it and finding this info to make a connection. Once I took away the puppy chow and withheld for 24 hours, and gave her rice then introduced a different brand of food, her stomach seemed to regulate. But it wasn't fun waking up on Christmas morning to find her accidents all by the tree. I felt so bad for her.

I purchased 24 cans of Felix 400 g tins of various flavors in jelly in a multipack! I have three cats, every can we have opened had a rancid smell off and none of the cats would eat it! The numbers on the bottom of the cans read:

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They were purchased from Pets at Home in Croydon, Surrey on Friday 23 Dec. 2011. Awaiting your comments. Many thanks.

I feed my cat with the new Purina canned cat food with chicken with cheese and turkey with cheese. It got sick. Beware. The cat was very, very sick and the stool was green and hard. The cat would have died I bet, without tossing out this food that was new to Purina. Why does cheese need to be there? Is it moldy? Who knows. I am looking for an attorney and have time to talk to many here in Dallas.

My kitty vomited repeatedly totally after feeding her Fancy Feast Tender Beef Feast on two separate occasions, after no other problems throughout the day. Each vomiting session was intense in that she continued to regurgitate until bile came up. It is not just the food.

We have always bought Purina Cat chow indoor formula for our cats. Recently, we noticed lumps starting to form on our older cat and they were by her rib cage. She recently passed away. We just thought she was older and she had cancer. It was a very sad day when she died.

Just recently, one of my 3 year old cats started going to the litter box and straining to pee, acting like he was in pain. He was drinking water like crazy. I took him to the vet asap and was told it was a UTI. He is on antibiotics and we have done research on his food (indoor formula from Purina). We stumbled onto this site and read exactly the symptoms and conditions my cats have had while eating Purina's dry cat food with others who have wrote in.

I will never feed my cats anything made by Purina again. I believe that if we had known about this sooner that our older cat would still be with us and my cat wouldn't even be sick right now. I am really let down by such a big name brand letting so many people down. I think it is a crime to put so much bad things into a pet product so that the company can make the product for less. Doesn't the company care that not only can this hurt but kill our animals? They are not only animals, they are family!

Four dead cats (two were kittens) after feeding Purina Kit N Kaboodle. My kitten was first lethargic, feverish and then throwing up yellow bile. They couldn't even keep water down without throwing up again. They died within 48 hours from first exhibiting initial lethargy. The other three were outdoor cats and were found dead the same day.

My healthy 8-year-old cat has eaten Purina Kit & Kaboodles all her life. I purchased a new bag of Kit & Kaboodles cat food, fed it to my cat, and within 24 hours, my cat began vomiting (clear/white frothy foamy vomit), and began having diarrhea. Within 48 hours, my cat stopped eating, stopped drinking water, and became very lethargic. Unknowing of the cause of the problem, I hand-fed her dry cat food pieces, to get her to eat. She became more ill, and had to be rushed to a Vet for immediate medical attention.

Blood tests revealed elevated BUN levels. She was treated for dehydration, given NV drops, put on an antibiotic to treat the kidney infection, and the Kit Kaboodles dry cat food was removed from her diet. I gave her a different brand of dry cat food, she's eating again, and is still trying to recover. Please look into this matter, and immediately get a recall on the Purina Kit and Kaboodle dry cat food, as I truly believe there's something wrong with it. My online research shows another consumer complaint (12/18/11), with a cat rescue facility that used Purina Kit & Kaboodle dry cat food, and it caused 8 of her cats to die.

Opened my brand new Purina Beneful. One bag of dog food and found the most disgusting thing I have ever seen! A huge spider web, maggots, and thousands of different bugs. Not even close to an exaggeration. Will be filling a bigger complaint with the company, especially after reading on here that it is a common occurrence? This is not okay.

My adult dogs have been eating Purina One Beyond food for the last 7 months. The latest bag I purchased (a week ago), made both of them extremely sick. They were both vomiting violently, had diarrhea, and had blood in their stool. Conditions improved once I withheld food for 24 hours, and then fed them a bland diet, consisting of rice, yogurt, and green beans. I thought they were in the clear and didn't immediately connect the issue to the dog food. When I fed it to them again, they immediately became sick with the same symptoms. My dogs have never been this ill! They are obviously suffering and I will never purchase Purina dog food again.

We are a family that rescues cats from bad situations. Our current count prior to the Purina debacle was 21. These cats become members of our family! We recently switched to Kit N Kaboodle for about a week before returning to our normal brand. Within a few days, the newer ones (6 months or less here) were vomiting a clear, foamy liquid, turned very lethargic, had a horrible odor coming from their mouths, and within 24-48 hours, died!

My older cats tend to get more home cooked meats in their diet, and I am hoping this is what has caused them not to be affected by this. After losing 8 cats in 24 hours, my husband researched and came up with a lot of reviews of people going through the same exact symptoms because of this food! It should be pulled off the market! It is killing our children, and Purina does nothing! I am so sick to my stomach to find out my change in food caused these guys to lose their lives!

I have fed Purina to all of my animals since growing up. Now, I am switching dog food due to the serious problems all my pets have been having. My 7-month old Dane has lost weight and energy from all the loose stools and vomiting as well as my 2-year old GSD and a year old Pom-Poo. I have been to the vet who informed me to stop feeding the dogs for 24 hours and see what happens. The vomiting and stools slowed down, but continued again and progressively have become worse while feeding them the Purina Dry Complete Nutrition Dog Chow! If poisoning my pet continues, I will be along side other Purina consumers in a class action suit for damages, etc. These animals are not just "pets", they are family!

We bought Purina One puppy food from a Walmart in Franklin,Ky. When we opened the bag, it appeared to be ok. We purchased the puppy food for our two nursing pitbulls. Within a week, both were losing milk rapidly, had diarrhea, and one of them was leaking blood and mucus. We couldn't figure out what was wrong, and why they wouldn't eat. We had scheduled a vet appointment when we switched to science diet puppy food and all the symptoms vanished within a day. We will never buy any purina pet food ever again!

My neighbor purchased Purina One dry dog food at PetsMart, and found maggots, spidery webbing and foul smelling food inside the bag after the dog had eaten some and vomited. The food was returned to store where they were told this is common in Purina food. Common? In reading the these complaints, I see this goes back to 2006! Alarming. I have never fed my dogs Purina nor found any bugs or insects inside the bag.

My cat is 16 and recently began occasionally vomiting (dry food, barely digested). I also recently started feeding both of my cats Fancy Feast. I attributed the vomiting to hairballs, and have always given her laxatone.

In August, I noticed her straining to urinate, and leaving small drops of bloody-mucous behind. She was also vomiting consistently. I took her to the vet who diagnosed her with a UTI. She was put on antibiotics and recovered. 2 months later, another UTI, this time a culture (e-coli), she was given more antibiotics, which made her vomit but I didn't know it then, and food to help her take in more protein and nutrients (she loved it). She recovered. 1 month later, another UTI, she had x-rays to look for kidney stones (none to speak of). She was given antibiotics, which she wouldn't touch until I realized 1 week later that antibiotics were making her vomit and stopped them. Now she's doing much better and our next step is probably ultrasound to look for bladder cancer.

It occurred to me though (not sure why - except that she seemed to be vomiting them a lot) it could be her dry food. After looking online and seeing so many complaints about Purina, I'm even more suspicious. She's normally as active as a kitten. My other cat is younger and doesn't have any issues (yet). I also have an 8 year old golden who I've fed Purina One Lamb and Rice since it was recommended by his vet neurologist (he had an auto-immune disease when he was a puppy). If anyone has had a UTI issue, please let me know. At this point, I plan to take all my animals off of Purina.

I have two 2-year old German Shepherds. I have been giving them Purina all their lives. I bought Purina last week and ever since I started feeding them the new bag both of my dogs have non-stop diarrhea. My female shepherd just had puppies a month and a half ago. I feed them Purina puppy food and they just started having diarrhea too and the mom has stopped giving them milk. Both dogs have lost a lot of weight. The female mom is now not producing enough milk to feed her puppies.

I have a 14-week old golden retriever who has been eating Purina One Puppy Chow. She developed diarrhea and started vomiting, which resolves on bland food and returns as soon as I feed her the Purina puppy food. We have been to the vet twice and she has been on antibiotics and has been dewormed. I am glad I checked this website. I think we need to let other people know that it may be the puppy food that is making these dogs sick. I feel bad because I started reintroducing the food again yesterday.

Noticed yesterday that puppy did not not finish her puppy chow. Normally, she would scarf it down like crazy. She was also acting as if she was constipated. Today, she has diarrhea and throwing up. When putting the puppy chow in her bowl, she sniffed it and backed away about 4 feet and gave me the harry eyeball. To see if it was because she was not hungry, I offered a milk-bone dog biscuit which she ate just fine and then three or four more.

Going to get a different brand food and hope she is going to be okay. Most likely after this experience and reading online about similar circumstances from other Purina consumers never again going to buy their brand of anything and suggest that everyone else do the same!

I have a 2-year old indoor cat that has been very healthy her whole life. I have been providing her with top brands of dry cat food, making sure I check all ingredients! I recently purchased a bag of Purina Cat Chow for the first time and my cat practically tore the bag open to get some! The problem is ever since she has started eating this food, she has been vomiting and having diarrhea daily! She also has been acting like she has no food in her bowl but is completely full. I'm never feeding this to her again!

I've been feeding my cats Purina Indoor formula, and they have been reluctant to eat it. Then, they started vomiting and the diarrhea started! So, I took them off the Indoor and gave them a high-dollar food and the illness stopped. I gave them Purina Kit'n'Kaboodle and the symptoms started again! I have two very unhappy, sick and vocal cats! Purina needs to recall. This is ridiculous!

I have been buying Purina One Lamb and rice for 6 years and I came home from work and my dog had diarrhea and vomiting it has been 3 days and my dog won't go near her dog food. She is starving herself. She looks like she's at deaths. I went and bought another kind of dog food and she devoured it. I will not be feeding her Purina One any longer.

I've been buying my beagle Purina Pro Plan Weight Management shredded chicken blend. I noticed white marks on his chicken chunks but ignored it. Today, I discovered maggots erupting from his food! He threw up all his dinner yesterday and then again tonight. I've stuck him on a bland diet to see how tomorrow goes. I as well had a bag of the exp in April. I called Purina. The man was very nice and refunded my bad with a coupon and told me to call back if my dog got sick. He's eating and drinking fine with no blood in his stool. I think I'm going to be making my own dog food at home from now on!

Over the past week, my two dogs that have been on Purina Puppy Chow their whole lives have had diarrhea and started throwing up. I thought it was something they got into outside, but their vomit was mostly dog food. It wasn't until today my husband said he heard on the radio that a lot of dogs have been getting sick off of Purina products. Why has there not been a recall on the bags yet?

I recently purchased a bag of Purina Beneful Healthy Harvest, and noticed there were some cobwebs in the food. My dog has had an upset stomach for the past few days, and I was not sure what it was from. After a few days, I scooped out what appeared to be a worm larvae, and as I began sifting through the bag, I found two more. I returned the bag to the grocery store, and called Purina to complain. They said they didn't have responsibility, once the product has left the factory, and offered to send me coupons. After reading some of these complaints, I am switching to a new brand of dog food. My poor dog!

I rang Purina to report that 13 cats (ferals and fosters) had become ill after being fed Kit-n-Kaboodle. The package is not expired. It had just been purchased. And these cats are accustomed to food rotation so 'sudden changes' have little, if any, effect. All cats regurgitated soon after the first meal containing this. By next day all were lethargic, vomiting clear, slightly frothy liquid, and had very gassy, very liquid, very bad smelling diarrhea. I rang Purina to report. Purina did not want a sample to test. No reports had come from anyone else, so there's no further action to be expected from the manufacturer. Purina customer service was very kind but unable to actually do anything.

We've bought our peekapoo Dog Chow for years. Until recently she's been fine. Now though, she's losing hair and weight, eating very little from what I could tell. Our five-month-old puppy is on Puppy Chow and just recently got over a UTI. Now the puppy is vomiting and there's been no improvement in our peekapoo's fur.

Our son's dog has become very, very ill after consuming Purina 1 Sensitive Systems dog food. The dog, Elway, is 10.5 years old, and has eaten this food all his life, but after opening a new bag (expiration date 12/2013) on Sunday, 11/27/2011, he began to have loose stools that night. By Monday morning, 11/28/11, he had vomited blood 5 times, and by Tuesday, and Wednesday, his diarrhea had blood in it as well. He continued to drink water during this time.

Elway's condition continued to go downhill, and our son took him to the vet, who could not find out what was making him sick, but suggested he be fed rich to 'hold-up' the diarrhea. On Friday, our son took him back to the vet, because he could not raise himself on his back legs. At which time, our son had decided to put Elway out of his misery, and euthanize him, but the doctor talked him out of it. The dog was miserable. By Saturday, another vet looked at Elway and with his help, he began to pirk-up again. Purina has asked for 2 cups of the food to see what caused the problem, but after all the bad reviews, I am skeptical that Purina will confess to any negligence.

This is the second time that I bought Fancy Feast Cat Food Tender Liver and Chicken Classic. I opened the can, green and white mold all on top of the food. This is unacceptable. This is how animals get very sick and die. I will be switching brands ASAP.

I've fed my cat Fancy Feast canned food (along with Science Diet dry) for 15 years. He's always done well on those two brands until a few months ago when he began to vomit regularly. I talked to my vet and we both thought it was his teeth (not being able to chew properly). I had his teeth cleaned (some were extracted), but the problem still existed. Now I find that many other consumers are having the same problem.

I have been feeding my labrador Purina One Chicken and Rice for years and in the past month, he has not been wanting to eat it. He is now starting to vomit. The vet has done blood work and x-rays, and found nothing. I am blaming the food and will be switching.

My dogs have been eating Purina One Beyond. This month, November 2011, they became very sick and lots of blood in their stool. So I took them off dog food and on plain white rice and boiled chicken. Once it ran its course, I placed them back on Purina One Beyond and the blood was immediately back by the end of the day. Never again with Purina!

Three weeks ago, I purchased two bags of Purina One chicken and rice. These were the big bags. Within days, my dogs were vomiting every time they ate. I attributed this at first to the new dog food. When it finally did not get any better, I looked online to find all these complaints. My lot number was the same as previous complaints, **, expiry April 2013. I also noticed a strong odor, like a plastic smell, which I attributed to the bag. I took the bags back to Meijer along with the copy of all these complaints on Consumer.com and they refunded money immediately. Hope there is no lasting medical consequences for feeding my dogs this inferior quality of food for three weeks. Will not buy Purina ever again.

After feeding my dog Purina 3 in 1 Sensitive Systems for nearly all of his life, he started throwing up and defecating blood. It was right after opening up a brand new bag for his nightly feeding. The next day and for the past week, he has been very ill, and has been in and out of the vet ever since.

I bought 8 bags of Kit & Kaboodle for our outdoor stray cats, and none will eat it. We returned it, and got 9 Lives Kibble. I use Proplan for my cats and ferrets. All of my stray cats will not eat this **! Not even the wildlife! I just hope this has not killed our strays. I have not seen the cats now in a few days. Even the opossums won't eat this **! I demand to know why. What is wrong with this stuff?

I've been feeding my cats Purina for years and suddenly they won't eat it. Neither my inside cats nor outside cats will touch it. One two-year old cat had to see the vet last week because he couldn't urinate. Vet said his teeth looked like an old cat's teeth, which has been mentioned of other cats I've taken to the vet. His bladder was sludgy with glucose, red and white blood cells and crystals. She said it was caused by his diet. His diet his entire life has been Purina Indoor Formula. Very expensive diet problem to deal with now.

I have five dogs and they have never gotten sick on Purina before. I have been giving it to them for more than 3 years with no problems. I bought a bag from BJ Wholesale about 2 weeks ago, and what happens all 5 of my dogs get sick. Vomiting and stomach issues. My shepherd has been having a lot of medical issues lately. I was told by my vet that it could be the dog food. I guess it is. I would have rated the product as zero, but that is not an option.

I am returning 3 bags that I have, and have stopped giving Purina to them as of today. Tired of picking up vomit. I am encouraging others to call the Purina customer service number and file a complaint 1-866-787-4621.

I have 7 cats, 2 of which have been eating Fancy Feast for over a year and the others usually eat the left over. For the past 2 weeks, they won't touch it. Somethings wrong with it. For 7 cats to just turn their nose up at food that they loved all of a sudden. I have to find a new food now . With everything that's been going on with the pet foods, there is no way I'm risking my babies.

Last night, one of them started throwing up and did all night. He never gets sick. That was the final straw for me. I'm done with Fancy Feast and they better do something and start investigating before people start losing their pets

We have 5 dogs ages 3-6 and all of them have been eating Purina One Smart blend lamb and rice for almost two years and have never had a problem until this week. We recently (4 days ago) bought a new bag of dog food and have been feeding our dogs from that bag. For the past 4 days, our dogs have not been wanting to eat and they all have been getting sick, vomiting after eating. We didn't think that it was the dog food but there was nothing new except for the recent bag purchased. But after 4 days of them getting sick we did some research online and found that we are not alone.

We have come to the conclusion that we no longer will be feeding our dogs Purina. We did call the 1-800-PURINA1 (1-800-787-4621) to complain that our normally healthy dogs are getting sick but all they said they could do was to file a complaint and sent us out a coupon to replace the bag. They were unable to comment on whether anyone else had called to file a complaint like ours. This is what we bought: 44 lb. bag of Purina One Smart Blend Lamb and Rice; bar code reads 17800-01529; best by April 2013. It was bought from BJ Wholesale in Waterbury CT. I would encourage anyone with similar issues to call and file a complaint and stop feeding your dog this food! I'm not buying Purina anymore.

I have been feeding my dog the Purina One Lamb and Rice formula for a while, just like Elena, same brand, same type. She didn't finish her food on Friday (she always eats it) and threw up soon after, mostly undigested food. Tonight (Monday), she wouldn't eat the food at all, and finally ate some little by little, which she never does. After the third time eating at it, she threw up undigested food. I looked at the food that was left over, and sure enough I saw a maggot in it. I opened it up to look for more and there were several flies inside. I think that we are dealing with a bad batch from Purina and would like to see what Purina is going to do about this.

For Elena, since we fed our dog the same kind of food, looks like we have something going on here. I live in Florida as well.

I have been feeding my German Shepherd dog Purina one lamb and rice formula for 2.5 years. The last bag I bought just came to an end and when I poured the last remainder of the bag into his bowl, it was infested with worms. This is disturbing and disgusting and it makes me sick to think I have been feeding him this crap for the last month, plus that this giant bag has lasted. I am truly repulsed and concerned about his well being now. I threw out the bag in horror but saved a small portion of the remainder with worms in a sealed zip lock bag. They appear to match the described "indian meal moth larvae" described by other postings. I would like an attorney to contact me right away because the fact that this company has not taken it upon themselves to recall this nightmare, they should really be ashamed of themselves! Luckily my dog is OK right now, but I will be monitoring him closely as he probably ate a huge bowl of worms yesterday.

I've been feeding my three cats Fancy Feast canned food Chopped Grill Feast for many years. They have always devoured their meal and licked the plates clean. Last week, I noticed they did not want to eat much and went from plate to plate, ate a little. Next day, none of them would eat it. I kept trying new cans. What they did eat made them vomit and one cat was lethargic for days. I refuse to buy any more of this food. It's very scary. I don't know what is wrong with the food, but I fear it has toxins in it. I switched to another brand and the cats are fine now. Did anyone else experience this?

My 1-year-old German Shepherd has been on Purina Puppy Chow up until about 3 months ago, when we changed her over to Purina Dog Chow. She ate the Dog Chow just fine until I purchased a new bag about 2 weeks ago, which smelled strong/bad as soon as I opened the bag. I bought two 44lb. bags from Walmart and Target in East TN. The expiration dates are Apr/May 2013.

She has never been a picky eater, but she refused to eat any of the food from the new bag. I thought she was being stubborn, but she wouldn't eat for 4-5 days. The only thing that changed in her diet was the new bag of Purina Dog Chow. I finally bought Kibbles 'n Bits and she scarfed it down immediately. I then called Purina and they are sending out a sample cup so they can test it. I won't be getting Purina again until they figure out what's wrong with their food.

I found a small worm, and some kind of cocoon webbing in an 18lb bag of Pro Plan Shredded Chicken, adult dog food. I called the 800 number, and they are sending me coupons for a replacement. After reading the posts on this site, I may switch to another brand.

I purchased around 30 boxes of Purina One Beyond Cat food all with a "Best By" date of June 2012. I had emptied several boxes in an airtight container and one day noticed maggots in the food. I threw all the food in the trash and completely cleaned out the container. I opened a brand new box this evening and it contained maggots. I opened several more boxes and they also contained maggots. I noticed over the past couple of days that my cats have not really been eating much and am afraid they may have eaten maggot-infested food. I now have no food to feed them and am out all the money I paid for the food that had to be thrown away. This is absolutely inexcusable and I plan on contacting Purina to voice my complaint.

I had been feeding my cats Meow Mix for years. This past year, I have added Purina 9 lives wet food to their diet because of my 16 year old cat. She developed a cancer on her tit and passed away last month. Now, I notice that my 7-year old female cat has a growth on her side. Please recheck the quality of the food.

2 cats developed tumors.

I feel like I'm saying the same thing as everyone else. I feed my cat very early in the morning. This morning, I noticed a different smell. It smelled like we had a gas leak. I even walked around the house sniffing the air, looking for the smell. Later in the morning, I was wondering about the cat food. I had attributed the smell to the very early morning hour. When I opened the can that had been in the fridge, I sniffed the food, it did not smell beefy. It smelled exactly like a gas leak. Thinking it was the can, I threw the rest away. The next can was the same. I checked the expiration date, 2013. The cat ate it, but sort of, because he was starved. Reading some of these makes me worried. We're on a pretty tight budget, and I don't really want to have to check different stores to see if they're better. Suggestions?

I had a large green bag of Purina dog food. I used for months until two nights ago, our dog broke out in hives, burns to ears and stomach, nose swelled all but closed and we made an emergency trip to vets. Another trip to vet the third morning. Blood work confirmed it was not a bug bite or poison and vet suggested the food. We swapped to a vet provided one and he's now doing better.

I recently purchased a bag of Purina One Beyond (chicken). I have discovered in the food (and now in my home) small white worms with dark heads. The bad expiration date is May 2012, so it's not old food. I'm hoping none of my cats ingested these worms/larvae and if they did, it is not harmful to them. Quality control at Purina needs to rectify this matter.

Yesterday evening, I noticed weird little worms along the ceiling in the kitchen. I didn't know what was causing this but I killed the worms that I saw with a broom (I didn't have any insecticide), moved the cat's food dish to a different room, and placed an open bag of Purina One Salmon into the pantry. The next day, as she was "deworming" the kitchen, my roommate found maggots in the pantry and I noticed that they were also in the dish. When I looked in the bag, there appeared to be cobwebs as stated in someone's previous complaint. I've thrown away the bag and I plan to call the vet in the morning to make sure that my cat is okay. My cat is 3 years old and I have been purchasing Purina products since he was a kitten. I am very disappointed as I have never had a problem before and I will definitely have to find another product. I am thankful that I found this site as I was beginning to think that it was the store where I bought it from.

I purchased a bag of Purina Pro Plan. A week later, we found small worms throughout the dog food. We kept the food in an airtight container as we noticed this twice before with the same food. I did return the dog food to Petco and they allowed me to exchange for a different brand. Although I explained to them what happened and told them that it is likely from flies or something that laid eggs in the food prior to packaging, the manager simply said they would throw it out. I told them they had a bigger problem as this was the third time this occurred with this food. My dog is sick and I'm sure other dogs will become ill if the company (Purina) doesn't do something about this. The food should be pulled and someone needs to inspect the factory where this stuff is made. I will never buy Purina Pro Plan again and I will advise anyone I know with a dog just what happened.

My dog is diabetic and we have had to feed her Purina Pro Plan Rice food to help keep her glucose levels more even. We had been feeding her this for the last 4 years. Lately she has been vomiting and choking every time she eats and she also has been chewing on her leg non-stop. The vet has prescribed an antibiotic and a spray for her leg (which the leg is too far gone now for a spray to work) and I just looked up the food online and found all of you that have had similar problems! I will immediately stop the food and find something else not produced by Purina!! Thank you all for sharing as it may just have saved my dog's life!

This is about Purina Dog Chow, Lot #** 1352L11, Exp date April 2013 and the UPC code is: **.

My dogs have been eating Purina Dog Chow (green bag) for about four years. They used to eat only Iams, but due to financial issues, we had to go with a cheaper brand. The last bag I purchased was about a week and a half ago. My 14 years old Labrador has vomited about 5-6 times and my German Shepherd has vomited about 4 times. Something is wrong with this food! The food has a kind of metallic smell to it. It just does not smell right. I'm taking it back to the pet store. I am changing my dogs' food, it's just not worth taking the chance to save a few dollars.

I have a lot of indoor cats and had been giving them Purina cat chow for over a year. All of a sudden, many of them started vomiting and having diarrhea. I just found out about the recall in some states due to salmonella but I don't have the money to take all of them to the vet. I went to Petsmart to return two bags I had left and let them know about it. Purina should extend the recall and compensate customers.

We purchased a large bag of Purina One Salmon dry cat food to give to a needy pet owner. She emailed us a couple of days later ,to say that there were maggots, lots of them with what looked to be like strands or webs with more dead gnats or flies, pieces of web in the food and "shells" of gnats or flies in the bag. Cats would not eat much of the food and, fortunately, they did not get sick. The store had noticed this problem in other bags and was willing to swap out.

I have bought two bags of the Purina Pro lamb and rice dog food in the last month and both of the bags have been infested with full grown Indian meal moths. The dog food was purchased at Petco in NW Oklahoma City.

My cats have eaten Friskies cat food for years. They like the whitefish pate and the turkey filets. A couple of weeks ago, PetSmart had the cans on sale for $.40 each, a great price, so I purchased around 8 cases. My cats won't touch them! I wonder if Purina changes the recipes for sale items. I am trying to find another, better class of food for my cats now.

I have two, 7-week-old puppies and my boyfriend and I decided that Purina would be a good choice for their puppy chow. At approximately 3:20am, my boyfriend was changing the food dish and he noticed these tiny yellowish worm/maggots. He proceeded to go through the whole bag of Purina Puppy Chow to find hundreds, possibly thousands of these tiny worms along with many nests.

What do I do about this? A lawsuit perhaps? Will my puppies be okay after this? A Veterinary appointment has been made at the Mitchell Animal Hospital located at Gage Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario, and a video was taken by my boyfriend, Justin ** picking some of the worms out as well as pictures of the nests and the worms. Please have an attorney contact me as soon as possible.

I typically buy only the best of the best when it comes to cat food; however, I recently switched to Purina One Smart Blend Vibrant Maturity 7+. My cats are older and like the smaller kibble that I can't find in other dry foods. Anyway, I just returned from PetSmart with this new bag of Purina, and I found these tiny silk worms in the food. After researching and reading the comments below, I am angered beyond belief. Never will I purchase Purina again! I wanted to put this out there to warn others.

Last week, I bought Purina One Adult Dog food - Beef & Rice in a 34 lb bag. When I got home, I noticed that I had crushed a maggot on my finger because I picked up the bag from the bottom. Therefore, I took that bag back and got a new bag with no maggots on the outside. Believing everything was fine, I began feeding the food to my three dogs: Max, Maggie and Cinnamon. This morning, I found maggots in Max's bowl.

Maggie and Max threw up last week and both have skin rashes. Now, I think that I've misread Max's sensitive stomach. It could likely be consistently bad dog food. We won't be buying any more of this food, ever! The label number is 17800-12939 and it came from Petsmart in Atlanta!

I recently switched to the Friskies Poultry Variety pack (32 cans) that says it must be used by August 2013 (12281789 09:31 lo61237) sku (050000454242). I have 5 cats and feeding them this food, I noticed some of them throwing up. There's nothing in it but liquids, no hair ball, no food, nothing. My cats range from 8 weeks to 13 years old.

We've been feeding our Bernese Pro Plan Large Breed formula for 6 years, and a few weeks ago, I found worms in the bag. Since we just moved, I thought it was the house. We threw out more than half the bag, bought a new bag and a new air tight storage container. I continued to find worms and moths in the food, so I just looked on-line and it seems that others have had the same problems!

I have been feeding my 8-year-old Labrador Purina One Healthy Weight for years and he recently started collapsing and acting lethargic. I called the vet and they thought perhaps it was an inner ear problem, it wasn't. After a complete blood workup and x-rays, since he couldn't pick up his head, they found nothing. They said, "Take him home and enjoy him as long as you can". He wouldn't eat and had vomiting and diarrhea for days as well. We were trying to keep him hydrated by feeding him water through a syringe. After many days and nights of the whole household being emotionally and physically exhausted, I finally changed his food.

After giving him a new diet of white rice boiled with sodium-free chicken broth (for flavor), and water mixed with boiled chicken breast, he's improved. His stomach has settled a bit, but still has diarrhea every time he goes outside and in the middle of the night. He has not completely recovered yet, but this toxic garbage dog "food" needs to be recalled. Is there no quality control? This food almost killed my best friend.

I bought a 12-pack box of Purina Mighty Dog PLU # 5000057211 Sp269164/41306156. It is supposed to have 3 different flavors in it. It only had 2. It had 8 Rotisserie Chicken and 4 Butcher Block Beef Tenderloin. It did not have the Savory Steak. I buy this product all the time and I will continue to. I just hope that this is a one-time problem.

We have been feeding our cats with Fancy Feast twice a day for years. Recently, we opened a new case of Seafood Feast Variety Classic, which was purchased at Costco with lot number SPF3516/41302605. Massive vomiting ensued and without warning. No parasites, grass, hairballs, etc, just the cat food that had been eaten and undigested. I searched the pantry and found an old forgotten can of beef with Gravy Fancy Feast and tried that. Our cat was able to hold down the food for the first time in days. We almost went to the vet for a full work up that would have cost us hundreds of dollars. Thank goodness we figured out.

Consequences? This nasty 36-can case o' poison food will be returned back to Costco for a full refund. They need to be put on notice that they are selling food that will eventually kill animals. And we will never buy another Purina product again. Yes, I know the economy is tight, gas prices are up and Purina is trying to keep the profit margins up by thinning out their regular product with inferior food/chemicals. But there is no excuse for selling food that will injure or kill pets. No excuse for this.

My Purina One Beyond chicken formula for dogs had 2 kings of bugs and larva/eggs in it. I keep it in a container and not the bag, in my pantry. I purchased it last week at a "big box" store and it is the only thing I purchased that was dry goods. I called the store and they are willing to replace the food & were very kind; however, I am switching back to organic food. It was absolutely terrible! They had taken over and where everywhere in the pantry. The container is a bin type storage, not airtight. I had to throw out a lot of other items to be safe, including paper goods and scrub the walls/floors of my pantry & kitchen. My dogs seem to be fine but this was just a very bad experience. I only started buying it a couple months ago and I had been buying organic for years. I've learned my lesson.

My cat was diagnosed with diabetes and the vet informed my DM that Purina food was the way to go (can only be purchased at the vet at a very high price). I am avid science diet feeder for years but the vet says so.

So then, I started noticing weird worms on my ceiling but assumed that with current weather change, it was random. Well then, I saw one in the bowl of food as I poured it. Then after further inspection, I discovered my entire pantry was infested with this silkworm looking disgusting bugs. Now, I have nothing to feed my cats at 11 pm and a diabetic cat that was crying. I cannot believe that 2 weeks into food change this happens. I read many people on this site with same problem. How does a company stand behind such a terrible product?

I have laboratory reports confirming toxins in Purina's "One" adult dog food. I have filed a complaint with the FDA and I encourage other pet owners with documented illnesses due to food to do the same. I will also not purchase this brand again for my pets. This is difficult because Purina is owned by Nestle. Look at the labels, because most of the commercial food in grocery stores is manufactured by Nestle under different brands. Note the recent recall of cat food "One" brand for microbiological contamination.

I have been using Purina Cat Chow Healthful Life dry food for some time now, with no problems. This week, that all changed. My cats developed vomiting and diarrhea, which has severely affected my 20-year old cat. It was easy to pinpoint the food as the culprit because I have several cats and only the ones who eat this food have developed the illness. This forum has taught me that Purina's standards are slipping that is why I plan to discontinue using this brand of cat food and buy a different brand for my pets.

I purchased a 34 lb bag of Purina One Smartblend dog food every three to four weeks for my two Labradors. The last bag I purchased seemed fine until I noticed a new infestation of little black bugs. Upon further inspection through the contents of the bag, I noticed clusters of white "eggs" adhered to quite a bit of the food. Some of these clusters contained larvae in the process of hatching. I immediately threw out the remaining contents of the bag but did save samples for my vet.

We went out of town last weekend and had friends dog sit for us. We originally attributed their lethargy and random vomiting to separation anxiety. Although they are doing better, I am still concerned and will be watching them closely. As stated, I saved samples of the infested dog food for our vet in the event that anything results from this issue.

We switched our cat to Friskies soft cat food in cans. After only 1 can of Friskies, salmon flavor, our cat became ill, vomiting violently and stopped eating and drinking. The veterinarian advised we take him to the emergency room. He was admitted and both the vet and hospital conjectured that some sort of toxic/poisoning might have happened. We chose to euthanize him a few days later when it became clear that he had acute kidney failure and was in a lot of agony.

I have been buying my diabetic cat Fancy Feast which is a Purina brand for over a year now. He gets Fancy Feast Tender Beef Classic. It's the only thing he can have that keeps his blood sugar on track. Around a month ago, I bought another set of cans and when I opened one can, the smell coming from the can was repulsive. It was so bad that I thought it was bad and threw it away.

I opened another can, same thing. I opened all of my 24 cans and they all smelled the same. I went back and bought more at the same Walmart and the same thing. I finally went to Target and got the food there and it was fine. Well, I went yesterday to get more and what do you know, they are now smelling like the cans from Walmart did.

I called Purina and told the lady what was going and asked if they've had any other complaints or if she knew if the ingredients have been changed. It literally smells like something has died and is rotting. This really worries me. She said nothing has been changed and it's still the same but something isn't right. My other cat will not even come near the food. I used to give her a little bit of it every morning and she won't even come near it now. Thank god my other cat is still eating it and he is fine, but I just want to know why this smells the way it does now. This is the only thing my cat can eat. If they've changed something, I need to know!

I bought a 20 pound bag of Pro Plan chicken and rice for my dog 3 weeks ago. I discovered it had live bugs in it after feeding it to my dog for 3 weeks. I couldn't believe it. I had it stored in a sealed container to keep it fresh. Now, I know why he wasn't eating so much of it and sometimes wouldn't eat it at all. They were in the bottom of the bowl and you couldn't see them till you moved the kernels around. I returned it to the store where I bought it and they replaced it and were so sorry about this. I contacted Purina and they said it wasn't from their plant. Yeah, right. Pass the buck.

I've been feeding my two cats Fancy Feast wet food in a variety of flavors for three years, but suddenly last week, it started making them sick - vomiting and diarrhea. I switched foods to a health-food brand, and it cleared up immediately. What's going on with Fancy Feast?

My 4 1/2 year old lab has eaten nothing but Purina Puppy Chow and then, Purina One. All of a sudden, 3 weeks ago, she started not wanting to eat. I then started mixing wet dog food trying to get her to eat. She progressively got worse and I brought her to the vets. We were told her liver was shutting down and there was nothing that we could do. She then passed away later that day. I never knew of a recall of the dog food and I wonder now if it was the "good" dog food that I have been feeding her since she was a puppy.

We have fed our 3 dachshunds with Purina shredded blend for over a year and it is quite expensive to have the last 2 bags. They have moth larva in the food. We checked for bugs and when we put it in an air tight container there is nothing but a week later there are little moths that are flying out of the container. I am switching foods immediately.

We have been feeding our six dogs with Purina ONE chicken and rice for about three months. I always check our bags carefully to keep our dogs safe and healthy. This is the first time that we found bags that did contain bugs, worms and white matter embedded in the food chunks. It looks like there were molds, worms and bugs in the bottom of the bag. I don't know for sure but I have heard that this problem has been ongoing for a while.

We used to feed our dogs with Call of the Wild (we loved it) but it was much more expensive than the SmartBlend Purina ONE that I usually purchase at Sam's Club or Walmart. Normally, we think the food is great stuff but this was amazingly gross to find in a new bag of dog food. I now have concerns about Purina's quality control. This is not a cheap grade of dog food and should be inspected or quality controlled better than this.

Dogs are like our family and are expensive to maintain but we love them and so do our children. Hopefully, we will not see anymore issues. But I just found this so, we don't know what will happen or if the dogs will be affected in any way. This is the first time I have ever had this occur; hopefully, this will be the last time.

We have given Purina Dog Chow to our dogs for five years. Suddenly after starting a new bag last week, my dog has been continuously vomiting after he eats. He seemed less energetic and cannot keep his food down. I know it is in relation to the new bag of dog food. My husband and I thought we noticed a stronger odor to the dog food, and even fragments of some kind of substance in the dog food.

I bought all four of my dogs cans of Purina One wet dog food last night at Publix. It was Turkey and Barley. Now today, all 4 of them are sick with diarrhea, vomiting and lethargic. Can you imagine a bulldog with diarrhea? Also my Yorkie and two Rat Terriers. I pulled the can out of the trash to check the expiration date and it was fine until 2013. Then I examined the can and saw little black bugs on the inside! If my dogs die, I will be suing Purina! They are like my kids. I am on my way to the vet in 30 minutes!

We started our puppy on Purina One Large Breed Puppy food when we brought him home. He finished up the first bag with no problems. We purchased our second bag and he started throwing up and having diarrhea. After the second day, we contacted the veterinarian. He told me to cease feeding the food and provided pills to give the puppy.

I have recently purchased two separate bags of Purina Pro Plan Chicken and Rice; both within a week of opening had worms and moths in it. I keep the food in a sealed container, so I know it is not happening in my house. Like I stated above, I bought the second bag at a different location. I thought it was the retail establishment from the first one. After looking at several complaints on the Internet, I think I need to start using a new brand of food. Somebody needs to look into the quality control of this product.

I purchased a bag of Little Bites dog food made by Purina. When I opened the bag, I found moths, bugs and other matters that I can't identify in the bag. The moths were still alive and I didn't notice this until after I fed my dogs. I just want people to know now so that they will check the bags and keep an eye on their dogs.

I have a 4 month puppy that I was feeding with Purina Puppy Chow (Complete & Balanced ) Healthy Life Nutrition. About halfway through the small bag, I noticed a large ball. Upon inspecting the ball, I noticed it was a big ball of dead metallic blue flies and white larva looking stuff. This bag of food was in an air tight container. It makes my stomach turn just thinking about it. I paid a lot of money for my puppy to be feeding her dead flies.

My six year old cat has eaten the same food for the last five years, Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach mixed with Purina Hairball formula. I recently purchased new bags of each at the local Petsmart. Last week, my cat threw up a hairball. Unusual for him but no big deal - he is a cat. :) However, the problem persisted until he was throwing up continuously. Every time he ate, he threw up what he ate and then had several episodes of vomiting clear liquids and froth.

I thought he had gastroenteritis, so I removed his food. He was so hungry and was begging for food, so I bought some baby food and Pedialyte. He was not happy about that but ate small amounts of the baby food periodically and refused the water with Pedialyte in it. After 36 hours without vomiting, I gave him a small plate of the Purina foods. He immediately threw up several times. I went back to his feeder and discovered that there were small white worms crawling around in the food and on the container. I was totally grossed out! To determine if the contamination came with the food or afterwards, I checked the sealed plastic container in which I keep his extra food. The worms were there and spinning silk.

Purina sold me silk worms in their food and made my cat very sick. The vet says he should recover and that I should buy new bags and gradually begin feeding him again. Yikes! How will I know if the new food is contaminated? I have been a loyal Purina consumer for years and now I do not want to ever purchase another product from Ralston Purina.

I just opened a new can of Purina Friskies Classic Pate and it had maggots in the food. Last week, the cats didn't eat all the food and the bowl was overran with maggots. I thought they had brought something inside that had gotten into the food. Now I know it is in the food, in the can. Others have stated their animals have gotten sick and I have been feeding my cats this food for a long time. 3 weeks ago, my cat had an infection and was very ill. Vet put her on antibiotics and she's fine now, but the cat that doesn't eat much of the wet food has been just fine. I'm throwing this out and won't buy Purina ever again!

Two days ago, we bought a bag of Purina One Chicken and Rice Dog Food for our dogs at PetsMart. When we got home and opened it up, it was full of little black bugs. We immediately took it back to PetsMart and they refunded our money. We have also experienced worms with this brand and at times, our dogs just don't want to eat it. Lately, they all had been vomiting almost daily. So after reading some other complaints, we've switched brands. It also makes me wonder if this dog food played a role in the loss of our 4 year old French Bulldog a month ago. After thousands of dollars and every test imaginable, the vets just couldn't find a cause to her vomiting and breathing problems. Because she was a Frenchie, breathing problems are usually attributed to the breed. The possibility that tainted dog food may have contributed to her death will haunt me for the rest of my life.

I have an American Eskimo Papillon mix, 35 lbs, that looks like a border collie puppy. For the past month, I have been feeding my dog Purina One canned dog food with a mixture of Taste of the Wild dry food with salmon. It was a mixture of 1/4 can with 1 cup dry. At first, she did not seem to have any problems but after a week, she no longer wanted the food. She eventually ate it after being hungry. Then she began vomiting and had diarrhea or soft stools an hour or so after eating.

It has now been almost four weeks and in the last few days, she has been severely weakened and she has a hard time getting up and moving her back hips at five years old and continues vomiting with diarrhea. Keep in mind that she has been a healthy, playful, constantly energetic, and running pup until this month. The only change that has happened this month is her new diet.

After reading the consumer complaints, I am sure that she has been poisoned with the toxins in Purina dog food. My dog should not have to suffer because somebody is not doing their job to protect our animals.

I recently bought a bag of Purina Busy Bone for my two dogs and noticed that the bones were covered with maggots, some dead and some very much alive. Unfortunately, I did not notice that bones were infested with maggots before my dog had already eaten one.

I will never buy this brand again and would encourage other pet owners to stay far away from it.

Purchased a bag of Purina ProPlan Puppy food and it was filled with worms. Unfortunately I did not notice it until I had been feeding it to my dog for several days and then noticed that the worms had infiltrated everything in my pantry and had made cocoons in my floor and in every crevice available to them to burrow.

I purchased a bag of Purina Healthy Morsels dog food. Within one hour of my dog (a Boston terrier) eating 1/2 a bowl, she proceeded to throw up 6 times. First it was the food and anytime she drank water she threw that up, too. I am so shocked that this would make her so sick I immediately stopped giving it to her and called my emergency vet.

We have been feeding our three dogs Purina One Chicken and Rice for about two years and it has done wonders for our dogs. Unfortunately, I had heard rumors of Purina One Chicken and Rice being contaminated. So I have checked our last six bags carefully. The last two bags did contain bugs, worms and white matter embedded in the food chunks. I don't know for sure but I have heard that this problem has been ongoing for a while.

I think the food is fantastic (at least my dogs act like it is), but I now have concerns about Purina's quality control. I would not recommend to anyone that they stop buying the product, but we have.

I have been giving my dogs Purina Little Bites for years. Last week, my American Bulldog became very sick after a new purchase of the product. Now my Black Lab is sick. It has the same symptoms - dehydration, vomiting etc. Something is wrong with this product and someone should look into it.

I bought Purina Puppy Chow for my 4 purebred Boston Terrier puppies, fed them, they got sick, vomited and had difficulty breathing. One puppy could not breathe, I rushed to vet immediatly but puppy died.This happened on Wed July 26. I have phoned 3times and sent an email from wed-mon. Still no response from Purina.Something is wrong with this food and I expected much better from this company.My puppies are healthy and active before eating Purina and after.Definatley the food that cause this.

My 2-year old puggle, Toby, has always loved Purina ProPlan shredded beef and rice. I never had a problem with him eating his food and was the only dry food he would eat. This past week is a different story. He only eats about 1/2 of his food, and then has to go out and eat a ton of grass and vomit. I need to know if there are other dog-lovers out there that have been having the same problem. Toby goes to the vet tomorrow so we will see what is going on.

About 6 weeks ago, I purchased Purina's new food, Purina Beyond. Two out of my 5 cats have developed bladder infections -- both females. Please beware of this. UTIs can be life-threatening, if undetected.

I have many cats with diarrhea, weakness and fever. Now I see a recall on Purina dry food for Salmonella, that is what we use.

My puppy died from the Purina Pro Plan Shredded Chicken!

New bag of Purina Pro Plan shredded chicken formula made my dog sick. Terrible diarrhea and lethargy. Vet told me to switch foods. This is completely unacceptable! Why does one bag differ from another? Seems to be a recurring problem...

I purchased a 50 lb bag of Purina/ALPO Prime Cuts/Savory Beef Flavor No. 1113200043 on 04/16/2011. After I fed my dog, I noticed his bowel movements were very dark in color and I thought there must be a high concentration of iron in the food. I didn't think anymore of it, and then we noticed he had black diarrhea. Then he got real weak so I took him to the vet. He had bled out from what they thought was rat poison. He was extremely anemic to the point that his blood count didn't register. His gums were too white (which also is a sign of anemia) and his eyes were blood red. The veterinarians suggested a transfusion but thought he was too far gone, but they told me not to give up. I nursed the family dog from May 8th until May 14th, but he was just too weak. Our four-year-old Lab/Shepherd died. This all started when the Purina was introduced to his diet and I still have the dog food.

This is the note I wrote to Purina through customer service via Internet. No question--just making someone aware that I recently purchased a large bag of Little Bites from our neighborhood Complete PetSmart. I opened it and moths flew out all over with maggots crawling inside the bag. It was disgusting! We've taken it back and will try another store--another lot distributed may be okay. This is not the first time that there has been web-like stuff around the bag. Purina's way of packing, storing, and/or shipping should possibly be evaluated to ensure fresher dog food. I don't know if there are other complaints but it was awfully disgusting.

Three weeks ago, I opened a new bag of Purina Fancy Feast Chicken and Turkey dry cat food and within hours my cat started vomiting. He has been eating this same food for 8 years with no problems, so I didn't associate his vomiting with bad food. After a week of vomiting and decreasing health, I took him to the vet. Over $800 later the only thing that stopped the vomiting was discontinuing the cat food and replacing it with a different one.

For two weeks, my cat was on death's door and barely made it. I'm a disabled senior and my cat is my world. My vet and I believe the cat food was contaminated and caused the health crisis.

My cat may be dying after eating Whisker Lickin's Cat Treats and became lethargic and very sick--like he had been poisoned. Are there any recalls on this product? Any lawsuits yet? My cat, Smokey, is now seven years old and I don't want to spend $1,000.00 to take him to the vet just to see him die. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

We purchased Beneful Healthy Weight Dry Dog Food in January 2011 trying to supplement our Labradors food instead of snacks. We noticed that she began gagging after the first day to the point of choking, vomiting and going outside to do her business more than normal. After three days, we have concluded that it is the dog food causing the problem. We have not had any problems with her normal food or snacks prior to this purchase. I think that someone needs to check into Purina Dog Foods and issue a recall before they kill our pets.

We had purchased a large bag of BENEFUL from the store several months ago. My Jack Russell started having seizures, out of nowhere (Not to mention occasional diarrhea and vomiting). She's always been a healthy dog. I took her to the vet and they ran a bunch of tests, concluding that she was healthy, other than an elevated level of fat in her liver. I was told if the seizures continued, they would put her on medication for epilepsy. She was monitored closely and the seizures stopped- right after she finished the bag of food. I suspected that it could be the culprit, so stopped buying the food for her. She has been seizure free since then- until my husband came home with a small bag from the corner store. He fed her, and I didn't really even look to see what kind of food it was but now the seizures have started again. I took the food away and she hasn't had one since. Coincidence, I don't think so.

My little papillon Sammie was given one serving of Beneful Puppy chicken and rice dog food on Saturday morning(2 Jan 11). Over the next three days, she became ill and not herself. Today, I came home to find my companion laying on the ground alert but unable to move, weak and limp. I took her to Animal Hospital because she had lost control of her body functions. Within half an hour, she was bleeding from her mouth and nose. At that moment, I had to put her down. Just one serving of Beneful puppy chicken and rice resulted to sudden illness and death of my dog within three days.

I had fed my Chow Chow the Purina Pro Plan wet dog food for at least 2 years. Today my dog was lethargic, vomiting and keeps squatting like she needs to urinate. She hasn't even asked to go outside, just squats in my house and puddles on the floor. My 8-year-old Chow Chow never pees in the house, but it's like she can't control her bladder and constantly has the urge to pee. I took her to the vet this morning and $102 later, she's still squatting every few seconds and acting not quite right. I realized that I had opened a 12 pack of the canned Purina Pro Plan wet food yesterday and started feeding it to her. Thank goodness I found this website. I think her new Purina food may be contaminated and I will stop feeding her this wet food and see if she recovers.

As others have stated, I have been feeding my cats Purina Indoor Cat Chow for years. Recently, I switched to Purina Naturals because the one cat was throwing up. Everything seemed to be going good till the last bag I purchased. The three adult cats do not seem to want to eat it and the 6 month old kitten is eating but has also developed loose stool. I thought it was the treats she was eating but now after reading the complaints, the symptoms they all have are similar. I rushed out last night and got new food and will see how they respond. Also wanted to note that this last bag of Purina Naturals smelled especially strong like they had added too much flavoring.

I have been feeding my cat Purina indoor cat food for the last 2 years without incident. Around Thanksgiving 2010, I purchased a new economy bag as usual. The first day was fine. By the second day, he was throwing up most of it. By the 3rd day, he was sick every time he ate. I tried for one more day to feed this to him, not wanting to believe that Purina would sell tainted food as I have always liked their brand. I returned the bag and purchased a bag from a non-Purina affiliated company and he immediately stopped being sick! I was very disappointed with the company and I will no longer be a customer. Also, I was shocked at how many brands are owned and produced by Purina.

I opened a new bag of Purina Dog Chow regular adult kind for my dogs in late October that I got at the local Walmart. My female dog became very ill. She was bleeding from the hind region, but we thought she was in heat. Our male took no notice of her so it was strange. She began to drink large amounts of water and would not eat the food. She became weak on her feet and unsteady in her gate. I tried feeding her rice, but she vomited. The whites of her eyes became red. I ended up buying her baby food meat and she began to come around.

I called Purina and they gave me coupons. They admitted that they had added 5 new ingredients to their dog chow lately and one was egg, which both my dogs are allergic to. They advised me to purchase one brand or Lamb & Rice. I am on a fixed income and could not afford to take my dogs to the vet. They were unwilling to help me do so. Now with the Lamb & Rice, the dogs are eating again, but they both have a terrible itchy rash and hair loss that won't go away. Except for the rash and itching, other problems seem to be gone. My male did not suffer as much as the female. He is almost 3 years younger than her. The rash is so terrible that he isn't sleeping well. We have tried the usual hot spot cures of hydronium and oatmeal baths and bag balm, but none of this seemed to help. I don't know what to do. I guess that I will call Purina again.

We got a new puppy 3 weeks ago and immediately went to the store for all the supplies we needed. One of the supplies included Purina Puppy Chow Healthy Morsels. We started adding this to his current food (Science Diet) so the adjustment to new food would go smooth. The entire first week he would throw up a couple hours after eating. We took him to the vet and they gave us a prescription for nausea and gave us some soft canned food to give him for a week. Everything went well for the entire week. So when it was time for him to go back to hard food, we started him again on the Science Diet and had no incidents for a week. Then we started mixing in the Purina Puppy Chow again, and he started throwing up again. Not sure if this was a bad batch of food, or if he is allergic to it. We had chest x-rays taken, and everything was fine, there were no obstructions.

I purchased Pro Plan by Purina and my dog had diarrhea. She is now vomiting also. I remember buying Purina One a few months ago and the same thing happened. I am just now making the connection. In between, I gave her another brand and she was fine. It seems the Purina brand is the common denominator.

I opened a new bag of cat chow. Shortly after, all 4 cats got sick vomiting and diarrhea. They have been sick since. Obviously the cat food is tainted and need to be recalled!

I was feeding my dog, Lucy, her food still has half bag left. I reached down in the bag to give her food and put food in her bowl. Then I saw a metallic object, picked it up and saw that it was an industrial blade which I put in a plastic bag. My dog could have died if I hadn't seen it. I've been using Purina for years for my cat and dogs, but this is the first time it has happened.

I have two cats and feed 3 feral cats, none will eat Purina cat canned food. Something is very wrong; I bought two cases and none has been eaten by the felines.

Two months ago, I purchased Purina One Dog Food for our 3-year old German Shepherd. She began vomiting and was sick about two hours after eating. I thought it was something she had eaten before being fed. The next morning she ate again and immediately started vomiting. I suspected the food and threw it out into our canal. Even the seagulls would not eat it. They would just drop the food.

I contacted Purina. They stated, it could be the food since they had changed the formula. Purina sent me coupons and I found a bag of the old formula. She ate it just fine. However, when I ran out of that bag I tried to purchase another of the old formula and the vomiting began again. We stopped the food immediately and the vomiting has subsided. I have her on a rice diet right now. I will no longer be purchasing Purina in the future. However, has any damage been done to her health in the meantime.

I have been feeding Purina cat food to my cats for over a decade. The last couple of weeks, all the cats and kittens barely touch or won't eat the can. They are not eating as much dry either. All have diminished appetites. Two 4-month old kittens have vomited and one also has diarrhea. It is very sick and I'm going to the vets today. We believe it's the Purina Food, not sure which flavor or whether the dry is also a problem. It's a possibility that it's not the Purina food but other people's animals eating Purina recently have experienced the same symptoms. They switched from Purina and the animal health returned to normal.

I have been feeding Purina cat food to my cats for over a decade. The last couple of weeks, all the indoor cats & kittens barely touch or won't eat the can. They are not eating as much dry either. All have diminished appetites. Two 4 month old kittens have vomited and one also has diarrhea. It is very sick and I'm going to the vet today. We believe it might be the Purina Food, not sure which flavor or whether the dry is also a problem. It's a possibility it's not the Purina food but other people's animals eating Purina recently have experienced the same symptoms. The owners switched from Purina and the animal health returned to normal. Feed: Dry-Naturals & Kitten Chow.

We just purchased two choc lab pups and they were weaning from their mother with puppy chow so we purchased a bag so that we would interrupt their diet. All seemed to be okay, their stools were very soft but the breeder said all the pups were that easy and it may be from their de-wormer the week before. We purchased a second bag after they ate the first and after 24 hours they began having liquid stools and having to go out every 20 minutes. It's not easy trying to potty train little pups.

After a few days and not giving them anything but water and puppy chow, we took them to the vet. All tests came back okay and there was no fever but they suggested we change to a brand that is lamb and rice based and an antibiotic just in case. All symptoms were gone after 24 hours. It has been 7 days and they have normal stools and are better now than when we adopted them. Well, we ran out of the other food last night and I had to give them one serving of the puppy chow for dinner and they were up all night with diarrhea again(!) and all morning.

I called the vet and it has to be the food. They will run tests on my sample. And as for my cats, they are throwing up and I have stopped giving them Friskies and guess what, they stopped vomiting. I am not ever buying Purina again.

I have had three dogs, one pure breed lab and 2 mutts in the last 10 years having seizures, the 1 common denomination is they have all been raised on Purina. They all came from different places, breeds, years and this is the only thing in common. I am now concerned that it is in the Purina. Are there any other complaints of this type?

We purchased Purina Friskees Seafood Sensations for our cats on September 8 before leaving for vacation. Our 4 cats were fed out of the same bag until we returned from vacation on Sept 19. We came home to find 3 cats vomiting and having diarrhea constantly. We later found that our 4th cat wouldn't touch the food. Four days ago using deductive reasoning, we came to learn it was the food & not a virus. We switched brands 4 days ago & the problems have gone away. We have fed our cats this brand for years & have never had a problem. I fear this batch is contaminated & needs to pulled from the shelves.

In August, I found a worm in the bottom of her feeding dish after my female Cavalier King Charles Spaniel finished eating a bowl of Purina One Healthy Weight Formula. I sifted through the rest of the dog food in the container (18 lb bag) and found numerous little white worms in various stages. I immediately called Purina and was told that they sounded like mealworms that were sometimes found in flour or other human foods and would not harm the dogs but I should, of course, take them to my vet if I had any concerns. I discarded all of the food and sanitized all containers. They sent me coupons which I redeemed on Thursday of this week.

Yesterday, I opened the 34 pound bag of Purina One Healthy Weight Formula dog food and everything looked fine so I fed both my Cavaliers breakfast and dinner. After their breakfast this morning, I reached for their water bowls to fill them and found these same white worms floating in the water. Further investigation revealed that the remaining more than 33 pounds of dog food was riddled with worms, a few of which had crawled down the side of the container, across the floor and into the water since I filled it at bedtime last night.

I called Pet Smart, where I had purchased the food, and was advised to return all of the food and the bag and they would deal with Purina. I did that this afternoon and was issued a full refund. I also took my Cavaliers to their veterinarian for an examination and so far they have suffered no ill effects. I will, however, never use a product from Purina again. I will call them tomorrow to file a complaint but I will not accept any coupons.

Fortunately, there is no damage except to my psyche and the fact that I lost yet another day sanitizing dog food containers, my kitchen countertop, pantry, and floor, taking my dogs to the veterinarian, and shopping for pet food again.

I opened a container of Beneful prepared meals (oven roasted turkey), fed half of the container to my dog. I noticed a small worm moving. I checked the container and it was loaded with small maggot like worms. I immediately called the Purina company who informed me that they would not hurt my dog. They offered to send me free coupons for more of the same product. I informed them that I would never buy this product again.

The person that I spoke with told me that the slightest tear in the packaging can cause flies to get in and lay eggs. I am sure that there was not any damage to the package because the lid was very difficult to remove, as all of the ones I have purchased in the past are. I called my vet and they suggested induce vomiting, followed by a teaspoon of Pepto Bismol, now we just wait and see. I have thrown all the other containers in the garbage and I will never buy this again.

I purchased Purina Dog chow 8kg product code #** expiry date February 2012 UPC 55800 41072. Purchased September 11, 2010 opened bag 1 week later. Fed dog day 1 - diarrhea (I did not make a connection) fed dog day 2, diarrhea worsened. Day 3 - dog began vomiting. Discontinued food - fed rice day 1 no vomiting, no diarrhea, day 2 with rice, dog appeared to be better.

I fed Dog Chow again, same day diarrhea, vomited at night. Discontinued food, contacted Purina by e-mail to see if they had received similar complaints. They responded without indicating having received any other complaints and are sending a voucher for 8kg bag of dog chow. I am discarding this particular bag and will not be looking thru it to see if it is buggy or wormy. I am introducing a new dog food brand slowly with rice and am not experiencing any further problems with the dog's digestive tract.

I fed my dog Beneful prepared meals, and hard food. My dog began vomiting, bleeding internally and externally from his rectum, and suffered kidney and pancreas failure. The Vet stated that my dog's symptoms were 100% similar to Rat poison, which takes about 3 days to manifest, which is when I gave my dog the new food. I reported this tragedy to Purina with a case #17830643. I was told that samples of the food would be retrieved from me, and that no one will be following up in regard to the findings. I am extremely disappointed and angry.

My dog passed away. I spent $578.67 trying to save my dog. My famly, especially my 9 year old daughter(an only child), is distraught and blames herself, because she suggested that we change to Beneful.

I bought bag of Purina 1, chicken and rice formula, and my dog became very ill. I've used the puppy brand for some time now with no problem, but all they had was the dog brand, slightly different. My dog got tremors so bad that he couldn't walk to the point where he laid still and urinated all over himself. I took my dog to the vet which was very costly. In a matter of 4 days, he lost weight and had to be given IV fluids. My dog was showing improvement on bland homemade diet for a week and went back to Purina and got sick again.

I purchased a bag of Purina One for sensitive stomachs (product code: 1780003204, expiration date: Sept. 2011, code number: 006510790204l05). There was something on the outside of the bag which the sales rep said was nothing. When I got it home and started to open the bag, my fingers touched larvae and there were worms and bugs outside and inside the bag. I took it back to the store in a sealed plastic bag. It creeped me out! I had to drive back to the store and spend time and money returning the product. The store gave me a credit for the cost.

Since my cat has eaten the bonus Fancy Feast can inside the Purina Cat Chow, he has been throwing up now for 2 days. This is unacceptable. I now have to take my cat to the vet.

My son's two dogs refused to eat the latest bag of Purina Dog Chow (Green Bag) he purchased. They have been raised on this food and suddenly they won't touch it! After four days of trying to feed them, we've given up. We think there must be something wrong with the food. Has anyone else had a problem? Can anyone suggest another brand? Loss of money for food. No physical damage because the dogs are too smart to eat it!

I just got off the phone with my girl friend Michelle. She is a cat rescuer with 30-50 cats. She told me she pulled all Purina products from her shelter. Two of her kittens died from eating Purina and several others got ill. My cats got very ill too with Purina cat chow, they were losing hair by the chunks, it looks like their skin broke down with this food and there were one infection after another.

When I called Purina, they sent me to the claims department which is run by very deceptive personnel, she denied the problem before I even had a chance to tell her what happened. I was told every badge of cat food is different. Apparently if you happen to get a badge of deficient food, you are totally screwed because no matter what happened to your pet, you will get no acknowledgment or the slightest cooperation out of Purina. So to be safe, do not feed your pet any Purina product! Eight months of stressful environment dealing with skin infections, isolating each cat, cleaning crews, disinfectants, thousands of dollars, hundreds and hundreds of hours, absolute nightmare.

I bought a 7lb bag of Beneful healthy weight dog food and it is infested with little black bugs about the size of a pinhead. I emailed Purina to complain but have not received response. I paid $9.00 with tax and I threw the bag away because I always put the dog food into an airtight container. Well, that didn't help. I opened it the next day and there were the bugs. I can't feed it to my dog and can't afford to buy another bag as I am on a fixed income. So, is my dog supposed to starve? The least they could do is respond to my email. I guess I will just have to find a different dog food. I can't afford this on Social Security.

I had 5 indoor/outdoor cats. They had been enjoying Purina Cat Chow for years. I opened a new, 16lbs bag of cat food in April 2010 and noticed that their intake of free choice chow seemed much reduced. At the time, I supposed the cats were consuming more hunting results since they were spending much more time outside with the improved weather. Within a couple of weeks, one of my cats had become ill, lost weight and developed a serious skin condition. This was a cat that did not go outside. She was diagnosed with an allergy and a secondary skin infection. It cleared up partially with antibiotics and completely with Prednisone, but immediately returned once off of Prednisone.

Further testing and treatment was likely to be unaffordable and so I had her put down. I discussed the change in all of the cats' eating habits with the vet but he doubted there was anything unusual with the food. The bag of food in question lasted three months (a bag usually lasted about a month). I just started a new bag of Purina Cat Chow. The remaining cats became quite excited and immediately ate voraciously. This remarkably different reaction to the two bags of food renewed my concerns about the former bag.

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My dog became very sick after we switched to Purina Lamb & Rice food.

We switched to Purina about 2 weeks ago and it took until now to realize it was the cause.

The symptoms have been a soft stool and vomiting and this past week it has gotten worse and worse. She was also farting especially badly.

My dog has eaten Purina Puppy Chow and Purina Dog Chow and it was making her sick. I didn't realize it at first but her condition gradually became worse and worse. I don't know if it was the particular batch of dog food but it was over about 5 months of time. There is definately something wrong with the food. I bought it from both Walmart and from Meijer.

On 05-05-2010, I opened a new can of Alpo prime cuts dog food to be greeted by a goodly size of green mold. I was surprised. I never had this happened in all the years I have been feeding our 2 dogs with this brand of dog food. The smell from the rest of the dog was very bad. Has this happened to anyone else? No physical damage as I did not feed it to my dogs. Price of one can of 22oz dog food was the economic damage.

4/23/10 - My cats have eaten Fancy Feast Chicken Feast canned cat food for 3 years with no problem (they love it). Lately, the company changed the label. I thought, no big deal. Two days ago, my 12-yr old got really sick. The 3-yr old seemed okay, but she eats a lot of plain dry food (Purina DM, as cats should not have many carbohydrates...check out the one you are using). Anyway, I opened a new can... neither would eat it. I went and bought some, from a different store. Still neither will eat it. Opened another can...nope. Animals know what to eat and what not to eat. I called the company and advised them. I've been nursing my old girl back with plain chicken broth. Has anyone else had this problem?

My 5 month old chihuahua had seizures and the only difference from being at my house or my Mom's house was the dog food. The best vets at UGA could not find any cause for the seizures. My puppy would stay with my mom as my work hours are crazy and she would have these seizures only at my house. There are no other differences and nothing harmful at my house that she could have eaten. The vets did not test my dog food but I am very suspicious of this because it's the only difference in what went in her mouth.

Bought a bag of Beneful Dog Food, which my dog has been eating for years and when he ate it, he became quite ill with colitis type symptoms (bloody stools, vomiting). Took him to the vet and it was confirmed by stool sample, that indeed it was colitis caused by contaminated dog food. He is now doing much better after spending $128.00 at the animal hospital. Purina needs to know that this happening. I am sure I am not the only one with this complaint. $128.00 vet bill. Sick dog for one week. Soiled carpet.

After feeding 98% Purina products to my cat for 10+ years, my vet informed me that he had developed hyperthyroidism and that most cats over 11 would get this once unheard of condition due to pop-top cat food can linings. I have spent thousands trying to keep my cat alive and want other cat owners to know the dangers of feeding BPA contaminated cans.

We fed our female cat Chloe Purina Fancy Feast, Elegant Medleys, Wild Salmon and Egg Souffle with Garden Greens, 3 oz. can, Bar code:5000057054, Code on bottom of can: 92581162 L1DN41920 for about 6 months. She would vomit in the mornings, not every day, but most days. We didn't make the connection between the food and the vomiting earlier because the vomiting occurred the next morning, and it was of a watery nature--no food itself would come up.

Finally, we took her to the vet and ended up paying around $700 to find out there was nothing wrong. After finding out there was nothing wrong with her, we were finally able to put two and two together and narrowed the problem down to this particular food. As soon as we stopped it, the cat was fine, and has been since, about a week now.

I am a breeder of Boxer puppies and I have had three litters to date. This last litter I have had two puppies die within two days of each other due to this puppy food. They seem to have chocked but what I don't understand is that they all threw up the food that was blocking the air way. We gave them all CPR for over 15 minutes and they still were not able to breath.

My dog ate old Roy 50 pounds dry dog food and came very sick. I called the vet and they said to feed her a different dog food. That was on Christmas and she just never ate the same so that made me think there was something going on. She was on antibiotics when she died yesterday.

Since the birth of our cats, they have been on the Purina Pro Plan canned foods. We never had a problem and we don't mind paying a little more for a good quality with anything. The last couple of weeks, the cat and kitten are barely eating their food anymore and they normally eat it so fast like the world is coming to an end. The big cat (1 1/2 yrs old) started vomiting clear fluids. They have loss of appetite, horrendous breath and just yesterday, my adult cat threw up so bad he began choking to death due to his airways being clogged up from the vomit and mucus.

The vet cannot find any restrictions in his stomach, just a lot of gas. $400 vet visit and it's all due to Purina. We are going to immediately switch and never use this brand again. It is disgusting that companies like Purina change ingredients for cost cutting and affect the health of their customers. It caused severe distress to the cat's owners. The big cat's eyes sunk into his head and began to collapse due to unable to breath from the vomit caused by the Purina Pro Plan foods. I think that's enough to make anyone switch. I will pay $5 a can of food if I have to, in order to have top quality and a company that cares about their customers rather than making a few bucks profit.

I need to add more results of my personal investigation. I have six cats that were fed Purina Indoor Formula. I now realize that its not just the tabby and Himalayan that got very sick, the other four cats, less severe, were losing hair like mad, too, plus some vomiting and diarrhea (probably from excessive hair ball). For a while I thought these were just side effects from all the medications they took for treating four different kinds of infections they had after eating Purina.

All six cats were healthy and tough all their lives until I started them on Purina. Now that we stopped feeding them Purina, five cats are healthy again, the hair loss and vomiting stopped, and only one cat is still struggling from the severe infection. The Purina had obviously greatly weakened their immune system. The cat that's still sick is my heart and soul. If she loses her battle, I will spend the rest of my life to make sure Purina does not do this to other people's pets again.

I've spent thousands of dollars in vet bills, canceling family reunions, canceling trips for my own surgery, months of sleepless nights and emotional drain and further stress from the way Purina handled this situation; friendly but evasive, the claims department simply ignored my calls. Believe me, this company does not care about your pets.

Basically I trusted this product on the shelf of my local store and found out as of a few days ago that it was the cause of my dog's death. It is a terrible product that should be recalled immediately. If your dog is small i.e. 10 lbs or less, do not give this product to him. I would say to also not give it to any bigger breeds either, although I have not had experienced other than my own. If you have had your dog die from this product, please email me at **. I am looking for other owners who may have had a similar situation arise.

Due to my cats weight issues, I switched their diet from Meow Mix to Purina Cat Chow "healthy weight" in the green bag. This was about several months ago, not long after, the Himalayan mix cat came down with malassezia yeast infection which kept recurring. I found out from the internet that the lack of certain fats may be a primary cause as malassezia is generally secondary to other issues.

She is still in the hospital at the vet. About two or three months ago, another female cat came down with hair loss at various places and had severe itching. We started to suspect that it may be their diet since the other four cats, who didn't have this problem, have been eating a little of Meow Mix along with Purina.

We switched their food to the more expensive science diet then two weeks later, the female cat with the hair loss is not itching any more and her hair is getting much better. We now have to watch for other related health issues just in case. The expenses, emotional drain, isolating the cats, vet bills, bought eight metal cages, worries, numerous phone calls all over the US, time consumed to investigate has been overwhelming.

I have SIX inside cats. I've fed them each one 3 oz. can a day of Purina Pro Plan canned cat food, mostly the chicken and rice, turkey and rice and salmon and rice, all in gravy, for several years now. But a few weeks ago, all 6 of my cats all got really bad diarrhea for weeks, and some of them were throwing up too...I had to put throw rugs down all over my house because I was cleaning up many times a day, because they could not make it to the litter box and they were throwing up a lot too. Also, there was blood in their stools. So I switched to another canned food. I did nothing else...I did not switch their hard cat food which is another brand and organic...and finally after weeks of my cats being sick, one by one, they all had hard stools again and stopped throwing up, so I know it was the Purina Pro Plan canned cat food.

I lost a tea cup shih tzu after feeding canned Purina One puppy food. He died within 4 days. The vet called it a bacterial, intestional infection coming from something he ate or drank. Since all of my other dogs were eating dry food, he was the only one that got sick. To the person that could not get Purina to respond, demand payment. They will pay, as if that will replace our pets. Then they make you promise not to tell anyone. They should be closed down for hiding facts that are endangering out pets. At this time I am fed up with all dog foods. Lost a Pom in 2006 to Pedigree canned puppy, then Purina One now I have gone to Royal Canin in hopes to have a good, safe food.....BUT..... Opened the third bag of mini puppy 33 and all my dogs are throwing up. Including two little 5 week old Yorkies. Didn't have a problem with the first 2 bags. WHAT DO I DO NOW. It is Sunday nite, Dec. 27th, 2009, but wait till they open tomorrow. Hopefully they won't die. There is no safe food. Iams has a long list of dogs that are getting sick so can't feed that. Does anyone have a suggestion? Will update what I find out from Royal Canin.

Opened new bag of Purina Pro Plan Puppy Chicken & Rice Small Breeds food on Dec. 13 and fed puppies (aunt is breeder and I place the puppies). One started pacing the playpen, whining, crying, and didn't know what could be worng. I put her into a small crate to try to calm her down, and heard a scream within a couple of minutes, looked inside, and she was laying down, motionless.

I got her out, teeth were clenched, eyes rolling crazy, body limp, foaming at the mouth, and she was having seizure. I wrapped her in a blanket, held her, and she came out in a couple of minutes. I continued to hold her in my lap (l lb. 10 oz. 3-1/2 month old) and within an hour, she wet all over my lap, went limp, foaming at the mouth again, eyes rolling, teeth clenched. I thought it could be sugar drop, used nutrical, called vet. He said to watch her and tests may be required.

They were fed supper and breakfast on Monday am, and by noon, second puppy went into seizures. She didn't come out, rushed her to vet, bloodwork and exam showed perfect blood sugar, vet said it was the moldy corn in the food, which is what killed so many dogs last year from Diamond Pet Foods. He gave them shots, I had to give pedialite, chicken broth diluted, nutrical, and that puppy didn't wee from noon Monday until midnight.

The vet said we had to keep the kidneys working, and I had hydrated her with no success until then. The stress of the seizures then pushed them into coccidea (diareah) and I've had to treat with albon, but they are doing well now.

A friend that got a maltese from us called me that night to ask what could be wrong with her dog, 3 yrs. old, 10 lbs. She was giving him Purina Pro Plan Puppy and he'd had three seizures in two weeks. We have used this food for a few yrs. with no problems, but I will never use Purina food again.

I notice that my 6 lb. bag of Pro Plan dog food has certain types of "kibbles" that are covered with mold. The bag is well within the expiration date; I buy small bags so as to ensure freshness and use 1.5 cups a day, so it has not been opened an excessively long time. Furthermore I keep it inside in my pantry so it hasn't gotten damp. I googled "mold in my purina proplan" and noted there is an ongoing lawsuit involving aflatoxins (from mold) and this dog food. This makes me think this may be a widerspread problem. The bag is inscribed "new with savory, tender shredded pieces" and it is these pieces that are moldy.

About 5 weeks ago I purchased the Purina One Urinary Tract Health dry cat food. After eating it for about 2 weeks he was showing signs of lethargy, and a urinary tract infection (using the litter box alot, trying to find other places to go, etc).

So, I took him back to the vet. She said that all of his vitals were fine and that I could do a Blood Test to check the organs. The test came back and everything looked fine and she said there was nothing wrong with him. I knew that there was so I decided to get online and check things out, that's when I found this site and all of the problems with Purina food. I took him off of all Purina food right away.

I know in my heart it all started with food. Now I hope he can pull through.

I bought my first (and only) bag of Purina Pro Plan. My dog got sick instantly from the food. His symptons were abnormal vomiting,diarhea and very lethargic. We thought it might be to rough on his stomach, because we gave him a bowl with out mixing it with his original food. So I decided to try again a couple days later with mixing his original food.

When I opened the Pruina bag I found several tiny webs and several larvae crawling around within the bag.

The Purina bag I bought was the second to largest bag and was not cheap. Obviously, the bag went straight outside to the trash: using the homeowner's garbage at the poolhouse because it was getting picked up the next day!

PetSmart has tried to work with us on this issue, but Purina has not returned calls or e-mails.

Given Purina's lack of response, I've mounted my campaign against them! I've already spent over $ 2600.00 in vet bills since this incident; I can afford another $ 50.00 - $ 100.00 to have some bumper stickers printed which I can pass out to friends, co-workers, and neighbors. We'll drive as much business as possible away from Purina!

Four healthy young dogs vomiting and refusing to eat Purina Pro Plan Chicken and Rice Formula. Monetary losses due to inability to use purchased prduct, possible future vet bills, physical damage to carpet, couch and car due to vomiting and diarrhea.

This food made both my Standard Poodle and German Shepherd quite ill with uncontrollable vomit and diaria. Tried 2 different bags with the same results.

I have a lab and he was being fed Purina One and had developed fatty tumors all over his body I now am feeding him Iam's he is much more active at 9 yrs old and healthier. I also have a Border Collie- Blue healer puppy that had ben fed Beneful and has a dull dry dandruf coat I now feed her royal Canine and she is very healthy. I also have horses that I hsd fed Purina feed as well and I was not happy with the results I switched them to Nutrena and they love it and I have totally different horses.

Recently I purchased 50 lb. bag of Adult Purina dry dog food, and was astonished to find that it was infested with live meal worms. The entire bag was a loss. I always buy your product, and my three Labs love it, but I am a little irritated that I spent hard earned money on something that was inedible. Please respond back, and I would appreciate some sort of compensation. Loss of money, and a damper on [Purina] good name.

You save money when the vet stays away :-)

Found a sheet metal screw in Dry Dog Food. Two different bags, same bar code, from same batch, Purina Pro Plan. The screws were larger than the pebble. Fortunately, my dog did not eat these screws.

We have been using Purina One to feed our dog for over 2 yrs now. The last bag was where the problem started. We always pour the entire bag into a sealed plastic container, and we don't pour new bag in until the container is empty and be cleaned out. As I was pouring this bag into the container, at a split second I thought I saw something black moving inside food. I thought I was just imagining things. This morning, as usual I grabbed the scoop that sits inside the container to take out foot for my dog, only this time my finger felt something weird underneath the handle. I took a look, yes it was spider web...and as I inspect it closer, I found at least 20-30 little worms with webs around them on top of the lid, inside the scoop handle...it was gross. Now it all came back to me that I did in fact see something like a spider in the dog food as I was pouring them out of the bag. I stopped feeding my dog immediately ...and I will never buy from Purina One ever again. After reading other's complaints, I am not alone.

I bought my first (and only) bag of Purina Pro Plan. My dog got sick instantly from the food. His symptons were abnormal vomiting,diarhea and very lethargic. We thought it might be to rough on his stomach, because we gave him a bowl with out mixing it with his original food. So I decided to try again a couple days later with mixing his original food.

When I opened the Pruina bag I found a huge spider web in the bag. I was able to pick out the entire web with out it falling apart, because there was some dog food mangled in it. I immediately stopped feeding my dog Purina Pro Plan. I went back to feeding my dog the original food and he stopped being sick.

The Purina bag I bought was the second to largest bag and was not cheap. So I held on to the bag hoping that I would find a shelter or homeless person with a dog that would take it. I obviously don't know I was thinking (I guess I was bummed that I wasted the money). I kept the open bag in a sealed plastic container. I opend the container about two weeks after original purchase to look at the side of the food bag. When I pulled the bag out of the container I opened the bag and found the entire top of the food full of little white worms. I took the bag straight outside to the trash.

After seeing how instantly sick my dog got and the worms, I will never let my dog have Purina products again. I am going to make sure that my family and friends hear my story too.

I am in rescue and have been using Purina foods for over 15 years now. It seems that the past few years, many of my animals (including our own personal pets) have had strange symptoms with no, known cause. Specifically ONE for Puppies as well as Large Breed (Adult & Puppy) and Adult Chicken and Rice. While I have never had a complaint I seem to see a pattern with what other have said in regards to the foul green runny ****. Loss of weight, appetite, hair, ect.

My shepherd and shepherd mix and pit bulls have ALL had the shooting smelly green runs. It has been when a new bag was given to them. I also put my food in to a container, and have not found any bugs so to speak of. I am VERY concenred however that this has been a pattern, and I as well as many others, have had to stop the food to 'make' (cooked chicken/rice/peas/ carrots et)them food to get them able to walk, stop the runs, and want to eat.

Please be very careful with your food purchases. Write down the serial number on the bags if you place it in another container, and save your receipts. Make a quick entry of how your pet is doing. We have had to switch foods several times and being a rescue this is VERY costly to us! It is hard to throw away a 30 pound bag of food, but the vet bills were to high for us to risk using Purina again.

I purchased a bag of beneful dog food. Just a couple of days later found airtight container to be covered inside and out with millions of what I learned are grain mites. My dog was experiencing severe itching and hair loss due to scratching as well as an awful odor.

Tonight we purchased our first bag of Purina One. We were horrified to open the bag and find tons of live and dead bugs. I was hoping it was just an isolated incident, but after looking around it appears they have a real problem on their hands! Thank God I didn't feed the food to my dogs, like so many others have, which would have made them very ill.

About two months ago I switched from Purina One to Purina Nature's Recipe. After about three days one of my dogs became very ill, with bloody diahrea and vomiting. It took a week of feeding him home cooked chicken, rice etc before he recovered. Shortly after that the other two dogs became sick with the same symptoms and I likewise cooked homemade food for a week until their symptoms lessened. I had a feeling it was the dog food and I quit giving them the Nature's Recipe and have not had a problem since.

we stoped using it and then they were fine, until I started them on the second bag of Purina One Large Breed Puppy, it all came back after they were normal. I believe these foods are related, and I plan to comfront the company.

I have 4 dogs, of all ages and size. I was feeding Purina One Large Breed puppy, because my older dogs needed to put on some extra weight. I was experiancing some problems with the food Natures Recipe, which is currently owned by Purina as well. They were having severe vomitting and diarrhea, both a greenish color. The diarrhea was so bad it would spray on my walls. It was unlike anything I had ever seen. The vomit, was the same color, and smelled the same. You could not figure out what came out of what end.

I had purchsed two bags since i go through it so quickly (natures recipe.) The first bag was fine, but the second one is when all the problems began, I did not keep my reciept or the bag since I use large air tight containers. I threw it away and switched to the Purina One Large Breed Puppy. I went through one whole bags with no problems. I purchased my second bag, and like clock work it all started up again same symptoms as with the natures recipe. Horrified, I had to COOK my dogs food for 3 days because I had to wait to get more money to buy a whole new brand of dog food. Luckily, I kept the bag this time, experiation date was normal, I began to pour the food back into the bag so that I can get store credit when I noticed something horrible. This air tight container had 2 small white worms in the vet bottom, along with a very small black/metalic green beatle. I was shocked. My dogs have been eating bugs? I will be calling Purina One tomorrow, my little puppy has blood in her feces, and my dogs have been having explosive diarrhea for the last 5 days. This diarrhea is like water, and they strain a lot to go. My dogs look sick in the face and are very very ill.

I just had to switch them again because of Purina, and I cant even do a slow switch because of what this food was doing to them. Some bags okay, while others have horrible results. I will never use Purina again.

We have staged a complaint with Purina, very doubt it will go far. We are now returning the food to the store that we purchased it and will never buy that brand again. Our cats have been very sick for days.

I normally feed my 2 cats and 1 kitten Meow Mix, however, the Purina One: Indoor formula was on sale for less than my normal brand; with money being so tight, I went ahead and bought Purina. My mother swears by this brand, and actually thought I was doing an injustice to my babies by feeding them something other than Purina. I wish I had not bought that food. My little kitten died just a week after eating it. She had been lethargic for the last few days, and we planned on taking her to the vet Monday, but she didn't make it that long. She threw up only once or twice, layed around a bit (but still played some), and then I come home tonight and she's was just laying there, on the floor, trying to live... She took her last breath and died in my arms before I could even find a vet that would be open this late and on the weekend. My other two cats seem fine, but I'm throwing out the food and taking them to the vet asap, just to be sure they're OK. I want to know how the people who run this company can live with themselves knowing they have caused so many innocent deaths.

Two weeks ago, he began throwing up every time he ate. I thought it was because he ate all the food at once, and scaled back his portions.

Four days ago, I came home to find him stretched out under a table, literally screaming in pain. I rushed him to the emergency vet where we discovered that he had developed a urinary blockage.

The more research I have done into the causes and treatment of urinary blockage and crystals, the more people I have discovered used the exact same cat food.

I got my cat out of the hospital two days later with a $600 vet bill. He will also have follow-up appointments, increased chance of future urinary tract issues, and likely be on a special diet for the rest of his life.

I had been feeding my dog Purina Pro Plan Sensitive for years. Months ago I noticed he had balding spots on his neck. I thought maybe his collar was rubbing against him and that was the problem, even though he has been wearing a collar for most of his life(he's ten). His hair on his back was also thinning.My doctor suggested we get his thyroid checked.I moved and was unable to find Purina Pro Plan so I switched him to Purina One Sensitive. Within a week or so he started vomiting and having diarrhea.

The vet ran a thyroid test-it was borderline low-and other tests and could not find anything wrong, so they gave him meds to treat the symptoms. In two weeks I was back at the vet. They wanted to run a more expensive thyroid test but I was broke so I just got the meds to treat his symptoms.

I finally realized maybe it was his food and switched brands and also started to mix it with homemade dog food to cut down on commercial food I was giving him. Since then I have had no more episodes of vomiting and diarrhea and his hair is starting to grow back.

I feel the food amy have been too high in selenium. The signs of chronic selenium toxicity are hair loss, vomiting and diarrhea. I don't know this for a fact but I do know I took my dog off the Purina and he hasn't been ill since.

With my financial situation tightening (like everyone else) I opted to change my dog from dry Science Diet to dry Purina. My dog ate, but not like he ate before. I mixed in some chicken, but he still didn't want to eat the food.

This went on for about four days and, as I again poured fresh food into the bowl, I noticed what looked like larva or their little cocoon things. Dug again in the bag and the amount I found was UNBELIEVABLE! I was shocked, angry and sorry I didn't "listen" to my dog when he wouldn't eat.

I took the bag back to PetSmart and the gentleman there not only promptly gave me credit toward a new bag of Science Diet but - get this - he said, "We get a LOT of returns. They are known to have a problem with that."

HELLO??!! "KNOWN to have a problem..." Why is this stuff still on the market. And, if it's known to have a problem, why do they still carry it?

To top things off, my neighbor got a new puppy. I hadn't thought to discuss food with her - the neighbor not the dog - and I noticed her dog's stomach looked bloated. I mentioned the bloat and my neighbor said she wondered about that too. "My dog doesn't eat all that much and when she does, she seems to get sick." A lightbulb went off in my head and I asked what she was feeding her. Sure enough, it was dry PURINA!

Immediately asked permission to take it back for her and exchange it for Science Diet. Her dog ate a healthy meal as soon as I got back and within three days, the bloat was gone and she stopped getting ill.

Bottom line: If your dog isn't eating properly, has a bloated stomach, gets ill after eating (vomit or diarrhea) CHECK THE FOOD. Dogs eat. Dogs don't get diarrhea from the air. My suggestion: Stay away from Purina!

Thank you for letting me vent.

I have been feeding him purina for a few months and he keeps havingn the same reaction, then when i switch him to another brand he is fine. Now whenever I put his food out and its Purina he WILL NOT eat. So, I will not ever purchase a Purina brand ever again because it keeps making my cat sick and not wanting to eat.

Purina Prepared dog food Beef Stew meal has bad foil seals with product splashed onto the sealing area. Other containers have air pockets sealed under the foil seal and is also rancid. I have called the manufacturer and the store selling the product as an advisory statement.

I caught the condition visually before giving this to my pet. Purina is requesting the return of their product for inspection.

Purnia One dog food was the food my beagle Copper ate from the time she was a puppy. Then at the age of five (2007)she became sick.Blood in her urine,stool, vomiting,not playing.I took her to the vet and they gave her antibiotic. No change, went back did x-rays and she had gall stones (2) of them. She had surgery to remove them and was told all would be well. She was still sick, with blood in urine, stool and vomiting. She was at the vets office every 4-5 weeks with more test and antibiotic. After a year of doing that,two vet opinions, surgery, meds. the vet said said there was no more they could do and it was time to put her to sleep. We spent all of our savings to save our dog because she was like a child to us. After reading lables and doing research I know in my heart that it was the Purina One dog food that took our 6 year old dog. We have a new puppy and I won't feed her anything that Purina makes. I am a better pet owner now because I know what all that junk they put in dog food can do to the pet you love and they don't care. they just put a cute dog on the bag. The only thing they are good at is marketing to the public. If they spent as much time and money in there dog food as they do marketing, maybe it wouldn't be killing our pets.

Purchased Purina Busy Bone dental dog treats (2 pack/5 oz size); fed one bone to my dog per packaging instructions. That night, dog became very ill and had diarrhea for 3 days following. I filed a formal complaint with Purina, even sent back a portion of the remaining bone per their request for testing in their labs, and they see nothing wrong with the product. Asked them to add a warning to the packaging or recall the product, but they said they are not taking any action. I'm now in contact with the FDA.

This news on Purina is disturbing, if you dont do your homework. Grain Based Infestations are a common occurrence. And its not just in your pets food. Any grain based product can be affected by these bugs and larva.

I have two young dogs, Gunnie (1 year old) and Kennedy (2 years old). My dogs have always eaten Pedigree food. One day in an effort to help Kennedy lose some weight, I bought Purina Complete and Balanced Dog Chow (green bag) instead. Very soon after, withing a day, Gunnie began having severe diahrrea and vomiting occured for days on end. I did swicth the dogs back to Pedigree 3 days later but Gunnies symptoms progressed and continued for 3 weeks and are just now starting to decrease. He always had an appetite so I was thankful for that but I spent many nights with him standing in the front yard for hours watching him get sick. His diahrrea soon turned bloody and I could hear his belly gurgling from 5 feet away. He did vomit occasionally, usually any food he had tried to eat or yellow foam. He would moan and squirm in his sleep. The first week, even after I had switched dog foods back, my other dog Kenendy started throwing up and becoming lathargic. Now, Gunnies stool is finally becoming normal again and Kennedy has not had any symptoms.

My mom just called today to tell me a friend of hers just had to put her dog to sleep. At first they thought he was old and had cancer. Then my moms friend gave her dogs left over Purina dog food to her sister and her sisters dog started showing the exact same sypmtoms that Gunnie and my moms friends dog had: excessive diarrhea and vomiting! They are taking their bag to be tested.

I have another story about Beneful and how it almost killed my best friends 2 year old dog but I think the trend here is obvious!

I have purchase purina pro plan for years for my dogs. Last month I bought the ProPlan beef as always but could not get anything but this new shredded. Both my my dogs (boxer and bulldog) got bladder infections that month. I suspected the food so I omitted it from the diet. The dogs won't eat most other foods so in frustration I tried the food again. (purchasing a second bag of the same 40 lbs)Well guess what now they have bladder infections again. What is going on? Can I still purchase the proplan regular?? If so where

I have vet bills and med costs for dogs with bladder infections and I am constantly doing laundry because the older bull dog is urinating on everything. Not to say how hurtful it must be for my dogs.

I have used Purina One products to feed my three cats the past 2 1/2 years. The last bag I bought had a large amount of crumbled product that the cats wouldn't eat. I had to sift the food before feeding. So I purchased a bag of Purina Healthy Life Cat food, but SAME problem: lots of tiny particals in the kibbles. I have to sift them out before feeding.

I want this problem to be known because it really makes a lot of trouble and food waste too. What has happened to formerly good quality products?

I purchased the Busy Bone treat for dogs for my Toy Fox Terrier and it is making her vomit. I gave her one the first day and she started vomiting a few hours later but I figured maybe she was just not feeling well and just kept watch. Her behavior did not change so I did not link the treat with the vomiting until today. This is several days later and I gave her another busy bone. She had been fine for days. Now she is vomiting again.

I have been feeding my dog Purina One since he was a pup. He is now 6 years old. 2 1/2 years ago, he had his first seizure. Upon taking him to the vet, the vet was surprised that he headn't had a seizure before that time. (Apparently if a dog is prone to seizures they start earlier in life, not after they are 3). The first two seizures were a year apart and the last one was only 8 months after the second one.

The last seizure my dog had was the worst and I am afraid they will kill him. I am changing dog food IMMEDIATELY after reading other dogs have Purina One and seizures in common.

Follow-up from my October 10 2008 post. My cats are doing great now! I have had no more problems since I switched my cats off Purina. The food is of very low quality and it it NOT what a cat needs to be a healthy cat. I am happy to say that my cats are now healthy and luckily still alive. No more bloody urine, no more Rodent ulcers. No more vet bills. I feed my cats Blue Spa indoor formula now. It's been great. You can go to their website and they'll send you a coupon. It may seem expensive. BUT look at your vet bills.

Soon after our precious cat (Amy) ate Purina One Dry Cat Food (Senior Protection Formula), our cat had a seizure and died suddenly (after the seizure) on January 31, 2009. The Purina One Dry Cat Food was purchased in January 2009. It is my belief that our cat's sudden death was due to the Purina One Dry Cat Food (Senior Protection Formula) that our cat ate.

My 7 indoor cats have been eating Kit 'N Kaboodle since they were young kittens. The product had disappeared from store shelves over the past 3 months. Though 8 to 10 local retailers have carried the product, the shelves are empty. A few of the retailers have recently reassigned the shelf space for other brands. I have made several calls to Purina over the past 5 weeks, and Purina has repeatedly insisted that there is no distribution problem, and that I just need ot expand my retailer search.

Having been a Purina customer for over 20 years, and now spending roughly $100/month for Purina food, I am bewildered that they claim no distribution problems and continue to drive and search for retailers. I can't just switch cat foods without risk of physical (and behavioral) problems with my cat. How can Purina be so irresponsible?

I am now down to about 3 pounds of food, with no alternative. I cannot afford to pay more for their product, so online shipping is not an option.

Bought some cans of purina pro plan salmon and rice. My cat threw up right after eating about an eighth of the can. She also throws up the Kit and Kaboodle alot. I'm goint to search for something else more natural.1-25-09

After purchasing our dog became very ill-vomitting and diarrhea after starting food approximately 3 days. We continued the food for 1 week, not sure if it was the food or not, he continued to be ill so we discontinued. We now have 2 bags of unusable dog food and an ill boxer (with 2 small children in the house-chaotic!).

I was using Purina One Puppy chicken food and my puppy was doing fine but suddenly after 3months she had loose stools and was lethargic. After a week of this I talked to my vet and switched her to Science Diet. She got better within 3 days. As it turns out Purina uses ground bone and animal intestines in their food. No wonder she got sick! It is insane to me that they can put such gross things in food for my sweet and vulnerable puppy.

It is so hard to watch your puppy whom relies on you for love, support, and healthy food suffer and I will never use any other food than Science Diet ever again!

Aurora, Colorado My mother has several cats and she recently switched the Purina dry food she had been using to another form of their dry food. Within 1 month of the switch she has had 3 cats die and another 2 are very ill. Wondering if they kept the contaminated dry food and are now slowing mixing the bags in with good bags for shipment? She is 87 years old and the cats have been her only companions for a number of years. Want to know if there is still contaminated food being sold in Colorado.

Loss of 3 cats and vet bills for all 5 affected.

What is being done to stop Purina from having their pet food on the shelves since it is killing cats and dogs? I have been feeding my cats Purina and am very concerned! I tried to call Purina to ask questions but, could not reach a anyone or a person's voicemail. How many pets have to die again before something is done??? Please advise what can be done.

on march 11,2007 my dog maui died suddenly on the way to the emergency vets office.she was almost 13 yrs old. i received a phone call at work that she was not herself.she was pacing and whimpering.i got home & she was exhibiting these symptons. it was a sunday & we were discussing where we could take her for help. she walked to the backdoor like she wanted to go out & before i could get there she collapsed & she urinated on herself. we picked her up & put her in the car to get to the er vet but she died a block away.we couldnt figure out what happened.she was just at our regular vet 2 weeks prior & had a wellness check up.she was fine except for arithis in her back paws.she was given an injection and some pills.

she hated pills.she loved her purina alpo prime cuts which she only got twice a week.we started hiding her pills in there everyday.she died sunday march 11th & on wednesday march 14th the first recalls became public.purina was not on that list.we still didnt know what had killed our maui.about 2 weeks later purina was on the recall list with the prime cuts.we have cans of that dog food with thoses lot numbers.i talked to my vet & he couldnt believe she had died.he thinks it was the dog food.we had maui creamated.my vet advised me to call the fda & file a report with them. i did.i also sent purina an email right after i learned they were on the recall list.didnt hear from them until i filed the report with the fda.the very next day some attorney called.she wanted mauis vet files and the can dog food. i said no.i havent heard from them since.is there any legal recourse?

we had er vet bill.the bill to cremate her & pain & suffering our broken hearts

I have 3 large dogs, 2 chocolate labs and a white german shephard. Within the last couple weeks all my dogs have had diarea and loose stools. When I opened a new can of Purina One Wholesome Chicken & Brown Rice Entree a living maggot fell onto the counter. Obviously this has been the cause of the diarea. I sifted through the remainder of the can and found numerous living maggots.

I would like to know what my options are to have this problem resolved. I have 24 cans of dog food that I am not going to feed my dogs. Bottom of Can: Best before Sep 2010 82541159 L3FN31758 Purchased at PetSmart in Darien/Downers Grove Illinois.

So far no medical bills.

For the first time yesterday evening, I gave my cat Sombra some Purina Whisker Lickins cat treats. He was sick all night with violent vomiting and pain. I took him to the vet clinic in the morning. Sombra died 4 hours after admission. Diagnosis (from X-rays): intestine obstruction - cause: unknown. The doctors never managed to stabilize him enough to do an ultrasound or get him through surgery. I'm convinced the treats killed him. The guilt is excrutiating. The pain is excrutiating.

The economic consequences are limited to the $1,000 spent on trying to stabilize my cat enough to get him through surgery, then put him to sleep when all hope was lost. Pain has no price.

For the first time yesterday evening, I gave my cat Sombra some Purina "Whisker Lickins" cat treats.

He was sick all night with violent vomiting and pain. I took him to the vet clinic in the morning.

Sombra died 4 hours after admission. Diagnosis (from X-rays): intestine obstruction - cause: unknown. The doctors never managed to stabilize him enough to do an ultrasound or get him through surgery.

I'm convinced the "treats" killed him. The guilt is excrutiating. The pain is excrutiating.

I filed a complaint a few moments ago - and then began searching the internet for Purina Cat Chow w/worms. Complaints can be found beginning in 2001. Why has Purina not resolved this problem and how many pets have suffered or perhaps died as a result of their negligence?

I just opened an 18lb bag of Purina Cat Chow. It appeared the inside lining of the bag had become like a spider web. I pulled some of the material out, put it on the counter and small white worms crawled out.

I feed a total of 6 cats this food.- I'll need to find out what kind of worm this is and the consequences of the cats eating this contaminated food before I know whether or not their health has been compromised. I certainly expect Purina to pay for the resulting costs. I've fed the cats Purina for years.

I bought a bag of beneful dog food when I opened it it was covered with a spider web of some kind of nest. I called purina co. and spoke to a rep she said this happens and to just throw it away and a new bag will be shipped to me .The bag I still have with no holes in it so it has to be a plant problem.I know other dog food co. have had contaminated food in the past so I will not just throw this bag away can you tell me who can take this bag and check it out in case there has to be a recall of this product .

I did not give it to my three dogs thank god !!!!!!!!!!!

I purchased a large bag of Purina Pro Hairball Control food for my three cats about a week ago (Oct. 24, 2008). A few days later my cats started vomiting violently all over the house. One of my cats has bloody urine. My two dogs ate some of the food and were vomiting as well. I realized that their food was tainted or contaminated and I replaced it with another brand of food. They have since stopped vomiting.

I purchased a large bag of Purina Pro Hairball Control food for my cats about a weeks ago (Oct. 24, 2008). A few days all of three of my cats started vomiting violently all over the house. One of my cats has bloody urine. My two dogs ate some of the food and were vomiting as well. I realized that their food was tainted or contaminated and I replaced it with another brand of food. They have since stopped their vomiting.

I purchased a 55lb bag of Purina dog chow complete and balanced on Oct. 16 2008. i just opened the bag last night and there are large chunks of moldy mildewy clumps of dog food throut the entire bag. This is the same brand and type of dog chow we have been feeding our dog for the last 8 months and have never ran into a problem, but this is unexceptable and a huge health hazzard to our pet.

Cant feed our dog the rotten dog chow.

My last post here was in late September. My one cat had already been switched off Purina because of blood in the urine. She was put on Iams Low- PH prescription diet and doing great for about a year- but then my other cat who was still eating Purina Cat Chow started getting a Rodent Ulcer on her lip. And I forgot to mention was also vomiting every other day for about a week. My doctor prescribed prednisone tablets and the Rodent Ulcer went away but came right back after two weeks off the meds. She went beck on the Prednisone and the vet switched her food to Hills Low-Allergen Prescription food. Now she has been off the Purina all together for about three weeks.

But both of my cats are on different prescription diets now! Yeah, not easy to control. Although, after doing more research I have decided to switch them both to a highly reputable food called Blue Spa. I have heard good things about the food and I understand that they do not import any ingredients which would obviously mean that the Melamine issues are greatly reduced. They sound commited to really having good quality ingredients. Ex. first ingrediend is whole deboned chicken, not poltry by-product meal like in Purina - look up that definition! And it's around the same price- a little less actually- as all that prescription food I have to feed my cats now after Purina messed them all up! So anyway- So far so good but I'll let you know how it goes.

My only beloved cat Siamese named PawPaw was sick for nearly 6 to 7 weeks total. From dizziness(actually falling over) including flu-like symptoms. I even had the local American Pet Hospital Medical assistant come directly to my home because my cat was so skiddesh in traveling. thats when i was told of the food contamination. he was given two shots and told to GET OFF OF REGULAR DIET and was told to shift him to DIAMOND adult cat food sold at the local Feed Store located on Mchenry Avenue in Modesto, ca. I am a prior resident of MOdesto, ca. the whole ordeal was absolutely heartbreaking to witness and my cat had gotten sooo thin you could see his spine and hip bones due to not having any appetite EVEN AFTER WE CHANGED THE FOOD he was timid in trying.

After numerous calls to pet hospital they robotically would respond in just watch carefully and wait till he begins to eat and become stronger. All we could do is pray and love our baby! We were just happy we didnt lose our baby like so many other pet lovers. I am so glad that these companies are getting what they deserve every one must stand up not only for our beloved pets but for our children family and pet lovers everywhere. Our PETS ARE INDEED OUR FAMILY!

I have (well had) 4 inside cats and 1 outside cat. I have been feeding the 4 inside cats purina kit & kaboodle for about 2 years now, and my outside cat just eats a cheaper brand of whatever I buy. In the past month and a half, I have had 3 cats to die. One of those whom went in and out. That was the first to die. Took her to the vet and said it was some kind of poinsoning, but didn't know what. She died 1 day later.

The next cat was my baby. I noticed she wasn't looking very well, so I took her to a different vet, and he said he really didn't know what was going on. I told him about the first cat and that this one was urinating blood and couldn't quite make it to the litter box. He treated her for a kidney infection and she died at 11:00 that night. That was all in two weeks.

Not thinking of bad cat food, I continued feeding them the same kind. Two weeks later, I noticed another cat not looking well. I noticed blood in his urine also. The following day, he died. This was yesterday(10/13/08). I have one inside cat and the outside cat left.

My last inside cat is now loosing her hair on her back and rear legs and tail. I have not seen any of the other symptoms on her yet. I have changed her food, (but bagged some of the other to keep in case I need it for something). My outside male cat that eats the other type of food, there has been no sign of anything on him. I am just concerned about what could have happened to my 3 cats in less than a month and a half.

I had my cat spayed the other day, and to my horror, the vet informed me that there were mummified fetuses inside her. I had never heard of that, so I googled mummified fetuses and found your report on Newfoundland dogs who were fed Purina dog food and produced mummified fetuses. I have been feeding my cats Purina Cat Chow ever since the melamine contamination a year ago. I am wondering if my cat's problem is related to the Newfoundland issue?

The consequence was that what should have been a routine spay procedure turned into an extended operation. My cat is still very sick, and not eating well at all.

I changed my dog's food to Purina One Natural Blends Chicken & Oatmeal Formula and she became fatally ill less than a month later. She suddenly and mysteriously began to shiver uncontrollably, she started vomiting, she became extremely lethargic often hiding under the bed and non-responsive when I called her. I took her to the vet two times, the second visit resulted in emergency surgery. She was ultimately transferred to a critical care animal hospital for around the clock care until she died two days later.

My beloved Maltese, Dorrie, died at age 5 with vet bills totaling $2800.

I've had cats my whole long life and fed them what I THOUGHT was Premium Grade Cat Food. things like Fancy Feast and their dry affiliate.

After the initial wet cat food recall, I took my cats off of Iams Pouches and put them exclusively on Fancy Feast. I should have know, because my cats had severe bad breathe, really foul smelling stools, vomiting, etc.

And then, my otherwise healthy STRICTLY INDOOR 8 year old starting becoming very lethargic, vomiting nasty smelling bile mixed with food, etc.

After several vet visits, tests, etc....He was diagnosed with IBD, Inflammatory bowel disease brought about by the ingestion of BAD FOOD. It was so advanced that he couldn't keep anything down ever though he was constantly hungry. He lost over 5 pounds in less than one month. It was PATHETIC. The food literally ate away at his intestines to the point where he could not digest ANYTHING anymore, even good food. He was put down in less than 3 months after diagnosis.

I Will NEVER EVER EVER AGAIN by a a commercially produced pet food. Now my cats.....my NEW cats, that is, eat a strictly all natural diet. Petropics makes an all natural line that is free of any of the poisons in Purina foods. That, combined with food for human consumption is all I will ever feed my cats from now on.

Do NOT be fooled by those bag you see in the stores these days that SAY all natural. They aren't. That is big corporations attempt at fooling you into thinking you are giving your pet good food, when in fact, if you read the ingredients, it's the same CRAP!!

There are many GOOD pet food brands, like Indigo Moon Solid Gold, Wellness, Tiki-Cat, Innova, Castor & Pollux, etc. Just go to google and search for All Natural Pet Food, and make these bastards pay for the loss of our beloved friends.

If it were our children, they'd be in jail right now!!!

My Pom has been throwing up off and on for the last month. I have been searching the website for possible reasons. It started off with him peeing excessively and then I saw blood in the urine. I took him to the vet and they tried a couple of antibodics. The second one seemed to work. He was back to his old self. He has been eating Beneful made by Purina for about 2 1/2 years but he never ate alot of it. I just thought he was picky about food. He may eat about 10 pieces of day. He was still growing and was healthy.

I bought some beneful last month and decided that he needed to eat more dog food so I didn't give him anything else. No treats or anything. He started throwing up, peeing, losing weight. Last month when we went to the Vet he weighed 5 pounds. Now he weighs 4.7 pounds. Tomorrow he will get blood work done and x-rays.

After readng some of the complaints, I am worried that I will lose him. He has all the symptons that people are explaining. I have not contacted Purina because I didn't even think that this could possibly be the problem but now I don't know.

I own and run a 200 sow farm. In June 2007 I got tired of my pigs being sick and decided to spend the money to have the pigs and feed tested. I called the Oregon Department of Agriculture and they started testing feeds. It turns out that the pigs had Chronic Selenium Toxicity. Not from a bad mix, but from grains grown in high selenium states such as South Dakota. I have test results from aborted fetus liver, many sow livers, maybe 100 blood tests, Official feed tests from ODA, and more tests from other farms, including goats and cows. Confirmed diagnosis from my herd Vet, Top Vet at Oregon State University, and top expert Nutritionist/Research Scientist in the country, of Selenium and Swine, at Ohio State University. All collaborated to get the diagnosis right.

They are all in agreement, and I have others test results from CA and MT. High Protein grains (soybean meal, Canola) grown in high selenium soils in states like South Dakota, is well known to be dangerous, but the animal food companies don't test it, ever. They go by 40 year old book values for determining Selenium content of grains and as a result many animals are being slowly poisoned. Especially in the States West of the Mississippi. The Grains grown in South Dakota and other Plains States is cheaper and closer to save the companies shipping costs. Selenium Toxicity is well known and well researched since the early 1800's.

Chronic Selenium Toxicity can mimic a very long list of ailments and diseases. We tested for diseases, but my herd was already certified against diseases (one of a handful in the country. I lost over 100 sows due to damage. I am the first in the country to figure this out and I have the attention of the National Pork Board. The problem is people are not requesting selenium tests on their animals, and the Vets aren't thinking of it either.

I will be happy to help you bring a class action against the whole feed industry for lack of testing. Because they cannot show me any tests they have ever done on grains, even though they know very well what can happen with selenium. I have already brought a suit against two very big companies. Court date in January 2009. But, I would like to see this problem of mysterous ilnesses of animals brought to the attention of the world. I have read about the Nutro illness situation and I can bet nobody has thought to test for selenium levels in the animals or food.

We had been feeding Purina Cat Chow Indoor Formula to our cat for a couple of years. Suddenly she starts vomiting several times a day and can't keep the food down. We just figured she was sick, but then after a few days we would wake to find that she raided the trash can and after eating that food she didn't throw up. So we fed her some tuna and she kept it down, but would not touch the Purina any more. We have switched cat food brands to something more like Science Diet, and still have some of what we believe is tainted Purina which we are considering sending off to our local University for testing. We are grateful that our cat is still doing well however.

Purina Pet Food Illnesses and Adverse Reactions

To all those who are experiencing adverse effects (illness, vomitting, diarrhea from feeding your pets Ralston-Purina pet foods:

Further to my previous email, I have critical information for you. I met with 3 FDA investigators the other day and they were tremendously helpful and concerned.

I learned a few things:

1) Purina will only do a physical anaysis if you submit a complaint to them about a product. What this means is that they will not analyze for content, but look simply at the appearance of the product. After I sent them samples of the poisoned cat food that induced violent vomitting in as many as 21 cats in the immediate area, they determined that it looked normal.

2) Purina is required by law to report complaint incidents to the FDA ... UNLESS THEY DETERMINE THAT PRODUCT IS NORMAL. Therefore, no complaints regarding any Purina products have been reported to the FDA.

3) If your pet is experiencing illness as a result of ingesting any Purina product, you must contact the FDA directly as Purina will not examine for anything but it's visual appearance.

4) It is imperative that you contact Walter Osborne to register complaints at walter.osborne@fda.hhs.gov, referencing Docket #2007N-0487 to have the pet food more thoroughly investigated and to have it analyzed for toxic contents.

5) CRITICAL - the more incidents reported directly to the FDA, the more credibility it affords them to pursue criminal action against Ralston-Purina.

Like most of you, Purina pet food and products have been a staple in my pets' diets for many years, and their reputation always led me to believe that they produce high quality products. Not the case!

Last year my cat, Topey had to be switched off of Purina Cat Chow because of crystals in her urine which resulted in her frequently urinating small amounts of bloody urine. Went through a couple courses of antibiotics and it came right back. She was switched to Iams Low PH and since she has been fine!

NOW- my other cat, Sidney is sick and I am worried. I kept her on the Purina Cat chow as she seemed to be fine on it and it was cheaper. Probably a stupid idea! Now I also noticed that the PACKAGING was changed a couple months ago when I purchased a new bag. Apparently I am not the only person that has had an animal get sick since Purina changed the packaging? She now has developed a rodent ulcer which is eating away at her upper lip. She went through a month and a half of steroids and now its coming back again two weeks after the steriods have stopped. The ulcers can be caused by food allergies, other allergies etc. So now I have purchased Hills Z/D Low Allergen, another expensive food- $22 for 4 lbs- in the hopes that she will be able to get better. I wonder if it could be related to their new packaging? Was it changed because the packaging is better or was it cheaper? Probably made in china!!!

Both of my cats are indoor cats and there's noting else I can see that has changed that could have caused this. Hopefully the new food will help Sidney's ulcer. I think the more expensive foods pay off in the long run with reduced vet bills!

We recently switched our two cats which have grown up on Purina Cat Chow. To Friskies(made by purina) indoor cat formula. After about one week my 9 year old cat is now dead. This cat has never been outside, had been full of life up till this morning and now I am questioning what could have caused this. I have heard about these recalls and as of now I am really distrurbed at the amount of reference to Name Brand pet foods.

This has forced me to tell my 3 year old daughter about death. And put an overall somber feeling in this happy home. I hope that these posts are read by the masses with pets and something is done. I am sure that our animals are not being fed with quality ingredients.

Death to my cat. Which was healthy until 1 weeks worth of this food.

My cat is also throwing up all the time and eating only Purina food and my Mom said her cat is too. I'm removing it as soon as I get home but I am keeping it, I have regular cat chow and one for sensitive stomachs. If my cat gets sicker or dies I will take them apart.

My cat is throwing up daily repeatedly, I never questioned the food because I trust Purina, I'm a fool apparently.

We changed our 4 dogs food to dog chow. All of them started to lose fur, when brushing them it would come out in masses. The fur was all over our home. The dogs once had beautiful soft fur, now had thin course feeling fur. One developed a skin infection and had to be treated by the vet. I can see one dog having trouble but not 4. The quality is not there. We notice their fur, but what about their health in general what was this food doing to them. We changed back to Iams and now the fur is coming back.

I opened a new bag of Purina Cat Chow indoor formula. My husband came home and found her vomiting over the next couple of days. Vomiting became severe and after many tests and medication we are up to $1600 and she still is not better. There are no new items in the house...plants etc. nothing!! I am very worried.

I've been in touch with them over the past three weeks, and although they initially were very reluctant to pursue this matter, they have become increasingly insistent that I let them look into it, and do not contact the FDA or any governing agencies until they have had time to check this out further.

In the meantime, how many cats will suffer and/or die because of consumption of this product?

The quick story is that about three weeks ago, I bought a 4.5 lb. bag of Kit & Kaboodle for my three cats of various ages. All three exhibited immediate and subsequent violent vomiting. The vomiting ended quickly as soon as the food was removed.

After talking initially with Purina about this incident, with little concern on their part, I notified my vet. His assistant, upon hearing the story, was startled. She is a major animal lover and has horses, dogs, etc. and part of her menagerie includes 14 indoor cats. She recalled that in late March of this year, she had bought two huge bags of Kit & Kaboodle, had fed it to her barn and indoor cats and all 14 indoor cats experienced violent vomiting and diarrhea as noted by the Veterinarian himself. She wasn't certain how the barn cats responded as they are somewhat feral.

It should be noted that although she discarded the opened bag, she still has one unopened bag of Kit & Kaboodle in the trunk of her car.

I reported this to Purina and they became more attentive to me and referred me to their home office in Missouri ... they stressed however, that I not contact anyone but them about this matter. They also asked for the vet's assistant's phone no. so they could call her immediately, as well as my vet's.

This was last week. I spoke to her yesterday and she said that she had not yet been contacted by Purina. But she said ... in telling the story to her daughter and advising her daughter not to feed her own cats this product, her daughter responded, Mom, don't you remember? I told you that I bought a small bag of Kit & Kaboodle last month and fed it to the cats. They all got massively sick and threw up.

I contacted Purina yesterday with this update, and again gave them the assistant's phone no. and the times she could call.

The assistant had a message when she got home from Purina (they did not call at the requested times) apologizing profusely for this situation and requesting she call them back.

Doubting very strongly that this is a coincidence, I bought 3 bags of Kit & Kaboodle at two different stores this morning. All, of course, remain sealed and unopened, and two are the same batch no. as the original one I fed my cats.

Although, Purina has been contacting me regularly as of late, they are still very evasive and have directed me to discard some of the material I have concerning this incident. They also informed me that while they were able to listen to the tape of my second conversation with one of their employees, the first I made to Purina on August 27th, 8 days earlier, has disappeared. And other such inconsistencies and the like have occurred.

I have emails between myself and Purina. The last one sent yesterday advising me to wait for the results of their physical analysis which they are supposed to contact me about this evening. I'm also quite disturbed that their investigation of their product revolves only around what they call a physical analysis, whereby they just look at the kibble's physical appearance and do not perform any chemical analyses of the contents.

I am not an investigator so I'm at loose ends as to what avenue to take next. I've contacted Action News and the woman I spoke with considered it newsworthy and said that someone would be contacting me later today, if possible. Are you interested in this potentially alarming story or do you have any ideas who might be?

I hope that no one else has to experience this problem and I caution people feeding their pets this product!

I paid over 150 dollars on medicine and new food to get rid of his tummy issues along with sleepless nights and worried days at work wondering if he had made a mess of my apartment.

I switched from Purina Cat Chow to Purina One Indoor Cat formula to reduce hairballs. My cats LOVED it. A few months later, tho, my 9 year old male in perfect health started having seizures. After about a week, he was at the vet for observation when he hemorrhaged out of his nose and mouth and died. 8 months later, another cat, also seemingly the picture of health, had one grand mal seizure and died. I finally realized it had to be the Purina One that I switched to, after a third cat had a petit mal seizure. Since I switched back, no more seizures.

We lost two beloved members of the family very suddenly, and might have lost them all.

Was feeding my dogs Purina One Lamb and Rice. I noticed that the packaging was a new design. Both my dogs got mild diarrhea. My boy stopped eating all together, but my girl ate his too when I wasn't looking. She got severe diarrhea, but his stopped when he stopped eating the food. I switched to a different type of Purina food for them. Was wondering if anyone else is having similiar problems with this?

My cat was diagnosed with FLUTD (urinary blockage) due to high levels of magnesium in Purina Indoor Cat Chow. He remains catheterized at the animal hospital.

As of now, vet bills total at least $300 and may be more if surgery is required.

My dog developed severe diarrhea while on Purina Pro Plan dogfood. We took him off the food and it went away. We gave it to him again and it came back. We no longer feed this food and never will. Also a dog at the Clarke County Animal Shelter where I work died from toxic poisoning. She had nothing but Pro Plan and Pedigree dogfood.

The carpet and floors had to been cleaned several times. My dog ws sick and uncomfortable. I am not looking for any monetary reimbursements. I want the food checked.

my dog who is only 3 years old has gotten deathly sick with no recovery,my vet has done full blood work ups, x-rays, biopsys and stomach operation.she has found no know cause of his illness except that he has eaten a recalled dog food "ALPO prime cuts"we have spent over 2200.00 dollars in trying to cure him to no avail.

we are keeping him alive by syringe feeding him chiken broth the money we continue to spend at the vets office is ever growing.this company has caused my dog to slowly die and recalled thier product after it was too late.we are probably forced to put this beautiful 3 year old siberian husky to sleep.this company should respond with waht they are going to do with what they have caused my poor pet and our economic liability .

We believe that contaminated dog food may have caused the illness and eventual death of our three-year-old dog. It all started in early November 2007 when we began to notice some minor gastro-intestinal upset mainly in the form of gas and excessive thirst. Because the problems were sporadic and minor at first, we didnt pay much attention to them. Our dogs normal diet consisted of Purina One Chicken and Rice Formula dog food and table scraps, which we thought might be at the root of the problem.

Later, it was suggested that it might be related to the contaminated dog food scare that was widely reported on the news earlier in the year. Since Purina was not on the list of potential contaminated dog food, we eliminated it as a possible reason for our dogs digestive complaints.

His symptoms slowly worsened until in January 2008 he began to have chronic diarrhea. At this point, we took him to the vet and after numerous visits and extensive testing including blood work, x-rays, ultrasounds and biopsies; he was eventually diagnosed with canine lymphoma. By the time of this diagnosis, the cancer had spread to all of his major digestive organs and one of his kidneys had stopped functioning. We had to euthanize him in March of 2008, only four months after his initial symptoms.

Since his death, no one has been able to offer us a logical explanation as to why this happened to such a young dog. After scouring the library and internet for some answers, we finally came across several stories from other dog owners whose pets suffered after eating contaminated dog food. All of the stories were so similar to our own dogs story that we could no longer ignore the possibility that the Purina dog food caused his death. Most frightening were the similarities in the symptoms, the eventual kidney failure, the reports of dogs becoming sick within the same timeframe, and the fact we had just opened a new bag of dog food in November when all the trouble started.

After much research on the topic, we finally feel we have some answers as to what happened to our dog. Unfortunately, we will always have to live with the regret of blindly trusting Purinas brand name and relying on them to care about the quality of the ingredients they put in their pet food products. Please advise anyone you know who owns dogs to be careful, very careful about what they feed them.

I have two indoor cats, Max and Sophie, respectively 6 and 5 years old. I have fed them with Science Diet food most of their lives with no problem. Both cats have always been healthy, at least until recently.

While on vacation a few months ago, I bought a bag of Purina dry food since I did not have access to Science Diet. Both cats were instantly hooked on it. I switched to Purina after that since they seemed to like it so much. Their behaviour around feeding time was comparable to a drug addict. They would both cry, jump and harrass me until I finally fed them. Looking back, I should have known something was not right...

A couple of months went by and both my cats gained a significant amount of weight even though I never increased the actual amount of food I was giving them. They were both still very obssessed with their Purina food and both were fatter than ever. I also noticed that their water consumption was through the roof, especially Max. He would drink in a day what he used to drink in a week (1 bid dog's bowl a day!!!). Sophie also drank more, but not as much as Max. Sophie was at her heaviest.

Worried about the alarming water consumption, I took Max to the vet and was told that he had diabetes.

I immediately trashed the bags of Purina that were in my house since I knew in my heart that it had something to do with it. I switched them both to Science Diet's Nature's Best dry food (all natural) and noticed a DRAMATIC change right away. Both cats are not so obssessed about their food, they no longer cry before I feed them and, most importantly, Max no longer drinks a huge bowl of water everyday. Their water consumption dramatically decreased and they no longer urinate as much. I'll take Max back to the vet very soon, hopefully he won't be needing insulin shots.

I don't know what's in Purina's dry food but I I might as well have fed my cats with Burger King and crack cocaine everyday. The change in their behaviour was very scary and I will never change their diet again.

By the way, Sophie has lost a few pounds (again, without changing the amount of food) and she's looking great.

We had Newfoundland Dog that we bought from a reputable breeder in Aug. of 2007. The puppy was 7 weeks old at the time we brought her home. We started her on Purina One upon recommendation of vets, advertisements and the good name of Purina. We gave her either Purina One or Purina Pro Plan, depending on which one was available at the time we needed it.

In March of '08 we started to notice a signifecant appetite loss. She was also peeing in her crate which was unusual for her. I took her to our vet thinking she might have had a bladder infection. He tested her urine and it came back fine. At that time she weighed 74 lbs. Three weeks later, with an even more significant appetite loss I took her back to our vet at which time she had lost 7 lbs. One week later she had lost 5 more lbs.

At that time our vet did blood work that indicated she had kidney failure. There was nothing that could be done to save her and we had to put her down. While this was going on, I was given the name of another breeder of Newfoundlands who had done some research into Purina One and the resulting problems it had on her dogs and the dogs of other breeders she knew. I feel that there is sufficient reason to suspect that Purina One &/or Pro plan is the reason our dog suffered from kidney failure and had to be put down. I have kept the bags of food that she had been eating.

We had to put down our dog. The initial cost of purchase was $800. We also kept current on all shots and routine vet care that was needed. there was the cost of testing to find out what was the cause of her not eating. and the cost of putting her down.

Our Pure Breed Bichon Frise died this morning after being hospitalized at Foster Hosp. of Tufts Vet. Ctr. for 6 days. We buried Cody this afternoon with questions in our hearts of what went wrong, we provided every opportunity for our wonderful pet to recover. Because of the GI symptoms, N/V, diah. that Cody most recently experienced after changing his dry food to Puriea lamb and rice formulation I am convinced that Cody died from his dog food and associated electrolye imbalance that resulted from this injestant.

Cody became deydrated, required eclectrolyt and fluid replacement and surgery due to a questionable bowel obstruction, which never was the case. We paid $5000.00 to help our beloved pet recover and you are responsible for our loss. Your disregard for the products you provide has caused our family unmentionaable heartache due to the loss and death of our pet, Cody.

A pet puppy sells for $2000 and show puppies generally go from $3500 to $5000. Minimum loss is $16000 from these 4 puppy deaths.

Molly is the first dog I've ever had. We adopted her in early October 2007, from a local shelter. She is a three year old beagle. We fed her Purina Dog Chow (in the green bag) as well as periodic dog treats. She does not get human food, with the exception of a baby carrot now and then when I'm feeding the guinea pigs.

After two months, she began having seizures, two in just two weeks. In addition, her stool was not consistent, sometimes normal, sometimes runny. She also scratched at her nose quite a bit. We were very worried. Fortunately, her previous owners had left her veterinary information when they brought her to the shelter. I called to see if she'd had any previous medical problems. There were none that they knew of; Molly had only been in for routine vaccinations.

After the second seizure, I did some research online. I discovered your site, and decided that Molly may be reacting to the dog food.

I did some more research to locate a quality dog food. We switched to Eagle Holistic Chicken and Rice. It's much more expensive but worth every cent, in my opinion. Since the switch, all of her symptoms have vanished. Most importantly, she has not had any more seizures, and it is now the end of March 2008.

I never contacted Purina about the issue because until time had passed, I wasn't sure that the food was the cause. Now I am certain.

I have had three dogs die after eating the Members Mark Exceed Lamb and Rice dog food which is made by Purina. I also have two dogs that experienced some of the same issues as the ones that died but was able to take them off of the food before it was too late. They each were suffering from kidney failure. However, they are still alive but no longer eat Members mark Exceed Rice and Lamb. I called several times after each one died just to make sure their deaths had nothing to do with the food. Each time I was told there were not any claims or current recalls with that food or anything to be concerned about.

We have lost three dogs, two dogs will never be the same, we have had to tell our three year old daughter three times within about a years time, three of her dogs have died and have spent thousands of dollars trying to figure out what happened to the dogs so that we do not have to go through this again.

Purina Brand Cat Chow. Best By: May 2009 Lot 73201087 0647L09 Bar Code 17800 45065. Our very healthy cat is fighting off sickness we believe is caused by this cat food which states it Helps support a healthy heart and Immune system. Cat tested. Cat-approved, great taste. He is an indoor only cat. He has has become lethargic, vomiting extensively and has diarrhea. He was just fine until we purchased a small bag of Purina Cat Chow Complete Formula, at the local store until we could get to town to purchase his usual food. We immediately removed the food and pray he will recover quickly.

I believe Purina's products caused the death of our dog. Our dog was a healthy 8 year old poodle. It was right before the Thanksgiving of 2005 that I noticed one evening the dog was not his usual self. He was just walking around slowing and I could see that he was breathing heavy. The next morning when I awoke to let him out he was breathing heavier and wouldn't get up. He had no energy to walk. I had to pick him up and I immediately took him to the vet. As soon as I got there and they took his vitals they rushed him to their emergency room, he died 10 minutes later. The vet couldn't explain it, and suggested that an autopsy be performed in order to know the cause of death. The results came back and my vet said he died as a result of a fungus. The vet said our dog could have gotten it from playing in the dirt. It didn't make much sense to me, since our dog was well trained to stay out of the flower beds and would seldom be outside alone.

About a month or so later, I read an article about the recall of Pet Diamond Foods and it was then that I thought it could have been the dog food. But my dog only ate Purina Dog Chow, it's all I ever fed my dog. I remembered that I had purchased a new 20 lb. bag just days before my dog died. I also know that I also poured it in a plastic container to keep it fresh. I remember when I disposed of it, the container was still nearly full. Even since then, I've lived with the thought of the possibility that I may have killed our dog by feeding it Purina Dog Chow. Also someone told me that during the same time period, a city police dog had also died under similar unknown circumstances and I even believe they purchased dog food at the same Wal-Mart store in town where I always purchased dog food. I never have tried to confirm that story, just something I remember hearing about. I don't buy Purina Dog food anymore, but's that because we don't have a dog anymore. Maybe one day, and when we do, I do know one thing, I'll never be able to feed it Purina Dog food, I'll always be too scared to.

Let me begin by saying that I've had my my cat George since he was a kitten. He is now approaching 12 years old, and has NEVER had any health issues. Not even a cold. I've always tried to feed him different kinds of food, so that he could have some variety. About a month ago I started feeding him Purina Deli Cat which turned out to be a huge mistake.

A few days ago, I noticed that my cat wasn't quite himself. He wasn't eating or drinking, he was moving around really slow, sleeping a lot and making several trips to the litter box. The following day he didn't seem to be any better, so my husband and I brought him in for a vet visit. Upon examining him, the vet asked me what I was feeding him. When I told her that I had been feeding him Deli Cat for the past month she immediately knew what the problem was. She then proceeded to tell me that Deli Cat is the absolute worst food that I could have fed to him. It is made of nothing but JUNK, and the bone matter that is in the ingredients crystallizes in the bladder and creates a unrinary tract blockage. My cat still remains in the animal hospital on a catheter, and I was advised today from my veterinarian that he will need to have surgery and stay in the hospital for an additional week thereafter. This is absolutely infuriating! I cannot fathom how this company is able to distribute their products and put them on store shelves with a clear conscience. I feel that at the VERY LEAST they should be liable for the veterinary bills that my husband and I will incur as a result of all of this. Any assistance that you could give me regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Cat was Hospitalized with blockage and catherized, remains hospitalized with a catheter.

PURINA CAT CHOW - SALMONELLA SYMPTOMS. December 1, 2007: opened a bag of Purina Cat Chow Complete Formula (dry)18 lbs, bar code 17800 45573 with no expiration date (bag included can of Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys best by JUL2009 - still unopened). My indoor-only cat exhibited severe salmonella symptoms, not renal failure. I removed the food. After vomiting, loose bowels, hiding-out for four days with only token amounts of water and tuna juice, he perked up and wanted food. Purchased small bag of Purina Cat Chow Complete Formula - 3.5 lbs (best by April 2009 with numbers 72841086 1432LOG). He ate 2 TBSP, and within ten hours again had salmonella symptoms. Removed that food, and three days later he rebounded.

I am now feeding him small amounts of expired Whiskas pouches while seeking food I can trust - and keeping my life going as well. Purina should be ashamed for putting owners through this by selling tainted food - and nothing said about it.

Cat has been very, very sick - I have been very busy cleaning up vomit & seeking safe food. The cost of food lost is nominal. I just want people to see they are not alone. I still have the highly suspect bags/food.

I fed my dog Purina dog food, and she was vomiting and started to have seizures. The vet said that she had liver failure; she had been a healthy 2 1/2 year old female. I spent over $500 on the vet bill plus $250 for euthanizing her as well as cremating her. She was a part of our family. She was placed to sleep on Dec. 23, 2006.

I was by myself at the time; my spouse was deployed, and I was 6 months pregnant with our first child. I had to make the hardest decision to put her to sleep.

I believe my Shih Tzu puppy was a victim of the pet food poison. She died on October 31, 2006 and an necropsy report indicated kidney failure due to poison. She was a previously healthy dog in a home that did not have any rat poison (or other form of poison) placed around.

I have been feeding my 9-month-old German Shepherd Purina dog food for the last two months. I bought a new bag one week ago and 6 days later my dog was so sick I thought she was going to die. I took her off the Purina and switched to a totally different dog food and within 8 hours my dog was completely back to normal. I am almost positive it was the Purina dog food that caused the sickness. I have not contacted Purina but am certainly going to. I strongly urge people not to feed their dogs Purina.

After the recall which did not include Purina Cat Chow, in 10 days of eating that food our cat was dead. I have picturess of him well and a daily pictorial of his decline and death. I have his remains in deep freeze just in case. I saw the picture of the ill cat on the website and this was exactly how our David looked. I used to work in a vets clinic and this illness was like nothing I've seen in 10 yrs. as a vet assistant.

My son has ADHD, Bipolar Disorder and Aspergers Syndrome; we gave him the cat to help teach him responsibility on the advice of his doctor. He is inconsolable. We cannot put a price on the cat or the lack of daily impact he had for the good in my son's life. I just want all cat food tested U.S. wide.

My cat had to be put down, because of kidney failure from eating Fancy Feast cat food. She was the perfect example of bad food because she was only 8 yrs. old and was a house cat.

Fancy Feast was not on any recall list. When I called the 800 number on the can I was told that some of the wheat glutten might have come from China and was referred to a claim agency. I filed a report with the FDA and they are looking into it. No recalls yet on Fancy Feast!!!!

I have vet bills, and had to buy special food for cats with kidney problems. I suffer from the guilt that I killed her by buying her the most expensive food in the store. Food that is advertised with a beautiful white cat eating out of a crystal dessert dish. I cry everytime I see that ad.

I think the people responsible should pay. If we hit them in their wallets, they may think twice about the suffering they have caused us. I have nightmares about what I feel I did to my own cat. If only I had bought some other brand of food.I miss her terribly. She was my Baby. She was part of my family.

The loss of a beautiful, loving, trained cat that brought much happiness to my family was taken from this earth because of the tainted pet food he was given that was purchased at Fred Meyer's. Just like many Americans around the country that lost their beloved pets due to the tainted pet food from Canada/China.

I really think that Purina Dog Chow is contaminated and should be tested. Each of my two dogs were VERY ill durring the begining of this year (2007). After which all the pet food recalls emerged. However, since Purina Dog Chow was not on the list I figured it must have been something else they had gotten into.

Each time, a source for toxins could not be determined, and I kept thinking the only thing they'd eaten had been the food, it had to be the food. NOW a couple months later, and still only feeding Purina Dog Chow my dogs are haveing vomiting episodes since purchasing the current bag of Dog Chow. I am switching dog foods immediatly, but would like to know if the food, or what in the food is making my dogs sick!!

We too have had problems with Purina pet food. The last bag of Purina Cat Chow that I purchased at our local Wal-Mart has large clumps of food with some brown material stuck in it. I saved the clumps just in case our cats get sick.

So then we went back to Wal-Mart and purchased a bag of Purina Special Care Cat food (thinking that the additional cost ment a better product).

Our cats who are not picky eaters are refusing to eat the new food too. What is going on? Is Purina pet food safe?

Besides our cats, we also have dogs, cattle and horses on the ranch. I don't want to have to worry about if the pet/livestock food I buy might harm my animals.

I am praying that my animals' health is not being harmed. I think that our cats' refusal to eat the Purina food is their way of telling us that it is not good for them.

We looked for the food we were feeding her on the list of recalled foods, but never saw the Purina One products.

We went on vacation, and on our return June 29th noticed a dramatic weight loss. My wife took her to the vet, where she was x-rayed and had blood work performed.

It was determined that her liver was almost non existent, that it had essentially withered away. Her gums were yellow, her eyes were faded and the whites were yellow, as were the inside of her ears.

The vet recommended putting her on a special Prescribed Liver formula food. She was given at the maximum, 6 weeks to live. She refused to eat any of it. She had actually stopped eating her food altogether.

We began making her meals of cottage cheese, tofu, beef broth, carrots and peas. She ate a couple of the prepared meals, and then turned her nose to that as well.

A week after having her diagnosed with cirossis of the liver, she could no longer tolerate ice cubes or even water.

We had her put down on July 24th where she weighed 68 lbs. She didn't deserve this. We miss our pretty girl.

We have adopted a year old female black lab, and will no longer feed store food. We are going to stick with Canidae Foods, as recommended by our local Pet Store Green Dog.

I do not want my new dog to suffer like my Rot/Shep did.

I read that breeders are complaining to Purina about reproductive problems after their dogs ate tainted dog food with Purina labels. This is also my situation, not only did my female have reproductive problems,she had a tumor that grew to the size of a volleyball in less than a week and killed her leaving the one puppy she had orphaned.

I contacted Purina months ago and they have really not been cooperative. I have spoken with their insurance claims people but nothing has been offered except my vet bills. This is totally unacceptable. Then I read of others who have complained to Purina of the same issues. Must be some confusion, Purina claims they have had no phone calls pertaining to reproductive problems. That is a lie.

I happen to have tainted dog food and a letter from them asking me not to go public with this.

I read this article on purina pro plan and I have also been feeding this food for years. I have goldens and Japanese chin. Last year I had a multitude of missed breedings, deformed and dead puppies, or puppies that died suddenly with no reason.

I quit feeding pro-plan for a while but I did not like the physical results on my dogs with the other food. It caused staining, horrible stools, and sores on their bodies.

I switched back.
So far, I have had healthy litters on the pro-plan. I did have a few puppies autopsied but the autopsies really didn't tell us much. It was strange things like clogged fluid vents in the brain, heart defects, even just death with seemingly no cause.
I don't know if it was the proplan or not and I never thought to associate the two because I have fed the food for so long.

I am considering changing foods though. Especially after reading this.

I will say, that among dog exhibitors, it was rumored (and it was only a rumor) many-many years ago. If you wanted coat on your dog feed pro-plan but your fertility rates would probably go down. Now I know there are many chemicals that cause excess hair growth and they do give them to dogs (despite them being poisoness and illegal according to AKC rules) to grow coat. It used to be more common in 10-20 years ago than it is now. The most famous of those chemicals was arsenic.

My situation wasn't so bad. We ran up about $300 in lab tests. Don't think there's any legal remedy necessary in my case but thought the Purina One connection might be of some interest.

I am a professional dog breeder of Newfoundlands. I first noticed something was terribly wrong when I had a deformed litter in January. In my history of breeding, which is twelve years, this has never happened to me. I also bred five females in February, and none of my females took. Usually, at least two to three take.

My male Newfoundland, Doc, also began having severe skin issues. I know it was all food related. God only knows what toxins went into the Purina. I am simply grateful that none of my dogs died. However, I took a poll in a chat room I belong to regarding people using Purina, and several responded with similar issues; however, two women lost their Newfoundlands. They (their Newfs) were found dead with no prior warnings.

I have lost many puppy buyers who were counting on my puppies. I have a stellar repuation as a breeder, and it simply broke my heart to tell them that none of my females were bred. I'm a very educated woman, and as I said, have never had so many misses, besides having a deformed litter.

My dog Saba ate one of the recalled Purina canned dog food. Specifically, ALPO Prime Cuts with Beef (Product Code: 11132 00360)

My dog, Saba, passed away from several health complications within three weeks of eating the Purina ALPO food . Just two months earlier she was checked by the veterinarian and was said to be in great health. I took my dog to the vet immediately upon noticing signs of health issues: loss of appetite and diarrhea. Despite aggressive diagnostic and treatment efforts the Saba's health deteriorated. I was told by the vet Saba's kidneys and liver failed in addition to congestive heart failure.

The cost of Saba's treatment was over $1,500 but despite all efforts Saba passed away less that a month from eating the Purina ALPO Prime Cuts with Beef.

Two cans into a new case of Fancy Feast gravy elegant medley chicken florentine my cat became very ill (3/23/07)foaming at mouth projectile vomiting, trouble using hind legs, and very skittish, within 24 hours my other cat had less severe symptoms but similar -- lot of lip licking, not wanting to eat, gagging. Stopped the food, both seem to be doing better.

Vet charges came to $482.61

A blood sample was tested for kidney failure and results were okay. She was provided another food that subsqequently was on the recall list. She had diarrhea. After consultation with the doctor, she was removed from that food - Purina canned special cuts.

The vet bill was approximately $150, a great deal of time spent worrying, and going back and forth to stores to return and purchase new food.

In an effort to limit any exposure, I cooked for my Peaches for three weeks! She appears healthy.

until her surgery and now she's on a Perscription food diet: Royal Canin Urinary S O (previously called Walthams)

I'm upset!
Even though this surgery happened several years ago, no one ever mentioned it could have been because of the dog food, and now it's all over the news. Seems to me that this could have

been going on all along (the additives of melamine for profit) and dogs/cats have been harmed/killed all along, but it has just now been discovered why!

The family pet (2yr. cat) was being fed, purina, kit'n kaboodle food. Sparkles begin vomiting, refusing to eat and drink. Meowing as if, she were in pain. She was taken to the Vet and hospitalized for two days where tests and fluids were administered. After nonconclusive results, and a deteriorating condition the vet recommended we put her to sleep. And we followed the recommendation because we could not afford anymore testing.

This was one of the most difficult decisions we have had to make as a family. And I personally carry the guilt of not being able to afford the possible medical care that could have been provided. It was awful to see our family member suffer, especially if it was due to a preventable situation.

My nine-year old, seventy pound dog Chuck died on March 6, 2007, after one day of illness. I notified Nestle Purina when the Menu pet food recall was announced. My dog ate Purina Alpo Prime Slices and Purina One Senior Dog food. The cans of Alpo he last ate were from plant 1159. This is the same plant identified in the Purina recall. My dog food had a February date--prior to the date of Purina's recalled dog food. My dog's autopsy reported that the cause of death was likely a toxin. I provided the vet the dog food for further testing, and he is doing other lab work on my dog's organs. I called Linda back and left her the information from the autopsy, but she did not call me back. Nestle Purina knows that the problem is greater than they are reporting. Chuck trusted us, and we, in turn, trusted Purina.

This has been a very sad experience. Chuck died so fast that we couldn't even get to a vet on the second day of his illness. He died in our arms. Our costs in money is less than $500, but our personal costs are much higher. This is the only animal that I have lost to anything other than old age. I don't have words to express this loss!

I have spent over two thousand dollars attempting to safe my dog. Today is her last day as she is being put to sleep this afternoon.

I have always had a perfectly happy, healthy, and extremely energetic dog. That is until recently. I have always fed Oliver Pedigree Small Crunchy Bites dry dog food. With all the panic over pet food recalls, I have been extra careful not to feed him anything else, since Pedigree insists that their food is safe.

Over thr past week my healthy dog has turned extremely lathargic, depressed, and sick. I took him to the vet thinking maybe he had gotten bit by a tick or something. The blood work was negative, along with the xrays and urine dip.

He is getting sicker everyday despite all the medicines and treatments. Has Pedigree and Purina (dog treats he eats also not on list) throughly tested all their products?

I went in to purchase cat food. I found a sign posted covering the cans of Purina Friskies, fully stocked on the shelves saying; “Purina has joined the recall. The Purina products have the deadly whey gluten and Animal Kingdom recommends a natural diet for your pets health. A natural diet is the only diet that you can be certain is safe.” A sales girl now comes right over to stop me from putting any Friskies in my cart and lead me to the natural and twice as expensive cat food. She had back up with her when I questioned her, the other sales girl went as far to say that she lost her cat this Summer to the to the tragedy. They are trying to claim that this food contamination has been going on since then and all the pets that died since summer died as a result of bad food.

I fed my cat PURINA ONE Natural Blends, adult dry chicken and oatmeal formula and she has been vomiting. Is there a problem with this food too? Purina has not gotten back to me. How can I get a honest answer from this mfg.?

We have been using Purina dry Dog Chow for the past year and have had no problems until October 2006, which is when the tainted pet products were released and our cocker spainel had her first seizure in the same month. Since then,she has had another seizure in March,which lasted longer than the first.We also started to notice a very large rash that covered her entire stomach and seemed to get worse as time went by. We took her to the vet and they ran a blood test on her and check-up,telling us she did not have worms or seem to have any other problems to cause the seizures and told us it might be epilepsy but he was not sure.

As far as the rash went, her white blood cell count was sky high and she was very sick. He thought it might be an allergy but was not sure on this either and decided to put her on antibiotics for a week. After giving her the antibiotic for a week, her rash did not seem like it was getting any better.We have seen the pet food recalls on the news and have also noticed the list growing everyday, so we decided to take her off her dog food to see if this helped at all. The rash has cleared up alot in the past three days,since taking her off the food and she seems to feel alot better...not sleeping all the time like she was.

I don't know if the food caused the seizures as cockers are known to have epilepsy but the date when she had her first seizure dates back to the same month that the tainted pet food supposedly hit the shelves. I just hope if there is something wrong with this food, they take it off the shelves.

Spent almost $300 on testing for the seizures and the rash.

We have 2 mini dachshunds and a maltese and a maltese dachshund mix. All are fed Purina Indoor Complete dry dog food. They have progressively massive amounts of water and are lethargic - 4-6 gallons of water daily - and are urinating. We took them off the dry food and started feeding them steamed chicken and rice. Symptoms are improving.

When I could not get through by phone I emailed Purina pet foods but they have not answered. I was feeding my cat PURINA ONE NATURAL BLENDS dry food until I read the label and saw wheat gluten was an ingredient. I asked if it were safe,and if not why had it not been recalled. No answer, I called Kroger where I bought it and the manager said he could not get through to Purina either.

He advised me to stop feeding it to my cat and said he would take it off the shelves of his store. I have stopped but I worry about those with cats who have not read the label; and, since the food has not been recalled.

So far my cat is in good health but it is because of my own vigilence with no warning nor withdrwal by Purina. However, it may be safe. I asked for information and got none, nor could the manager of Kroger.

I have always fed my 7 year old cat wet canned cat food manufactured and distributed by Nestle Purina. To date these brands of cat food have not been indicated in the massive pet food recall, however I highly suspect that my cat's death was a result of something other than normal circumstances. My cat died on March 6, 2007, before any public knowledge of tainted pet food. I did not have an autopsy done before burial.

My cat died on March 6, 2007 for no apparent reason. He had no noticeable symptoms, and he was fine when I left for work that morning at approximately 7:40 A.M. When I returned home that evening at approximately 8:00 P.M., he was dead. He had no visable signs of trauma, injury, or sickness. I am still experiencing tremendous sadness and grief due to the loss of my beloved pet.

My dog had kidney failure- from contaminated food.

In the middle of March our 1 yr old cat got very sick, lethargic, vomiting etc. We took her to the vet, they kept her a day gave her IV etc and did not know what caused her sickness. She came home and began to recover. We had been feeding her Purina dry food and some Purina Kitten can food. At that point we stopped giving her the Purina with all the news of the Pet food recall.

A week later our 12 year old cat became sick with the same syptoms. He was being feed Purina dry food and Purina canned food special diet. We took him also to the Vet and again were not able to get a clear answer as to what was wrong with him. Both cats are inside cats they never go outside.

The Vet thought that perhaps they had contacted a Feline flu which is airborne. Our cats do go out on a screened in porch so it was possible that perhaps a stray cat could have given it to them. After both cats seemed to have recovered we felt that it was safe to feed them their Purina again as it was not on the recall list. Almost immediately after feeding our 1 yr old cat the Purina she again became ill, she started vomiting constantly. My wife was up with her all night.

The next day my wife took her to the vet and they gave her a shot to stop her from vomiting. Of course they wanted to take her in and perform more tests etc, but we have already spent over $1,500 in vet bills and no answers. The only answer seems to be stop feeding them the Purina.

Approximately $1,500 dollars in Vet bills

Our dog died unexpectedly about 10 days prior to the pet food recall. She was eating Purina One Weight Loss Formula. I have read of others experiencing the same thing. Purina One might also have problems.

My dog suddenly died of kidney failure after eating Purina One Healthy Weight Management. It was a quick and sudden death and at the time there are many recalls from dog food causing kidney failure. Purina has not recalled this product. I have tried to contact Purina for 4 days and the phone number is busy.

I have spent almost 3 thousand dollars trying to save my best friend. I believe there are many other cases.

Our cat died because of the pet food problems. We had to put our cat down last Weds. before the news reported the problem with IAMS Pet food. We have the chart and the Vet. report showing the high toxicity level in the blood and urine. Our cat was the pet of my 2 year old son Tyler who is devastated. There is no question that the food in question was at fault, we have the receipt and UPC symbol showing that this was the product responsible.

I contacted IAMS and have heard nothing back. No surprise.

My 13 year old cat died within a week of changing her food. She ate Purina Cat Chow her entire life and I switched her to the Purina One Healthy Weight Formula. She threw up and stopped eating. I had to put her down. The food was purchased 1/07 in Phoenix, AZ.

For the past several months I noticed that my cats' health was declining. They began to urinate frequently. One died several weeks ago. The common denominator is Purina Cat Chow and Purina Kitten Chow which I just recently stopped feeding them as I suspected it might be making them sick. This outrages me that a compnay can sell a product that harms our loved pets. How could this happen? My pets are sick and dying because of corporate greed.

My cat died and others have become ill from eating Purina Pet Food.

I purchased Purina's Friskies Special Diet for my cat last week. She was in perfect health and as usual, ran to her cat dish as soon as I poured it into her bowl. When I got home after work she was vomiting and could barely move. She died a couple hours later in my arms having a seizure. I had this cat nine years and loved her very much. I wish I hadn't gotten her this food. If this particular pet food can potentially kill an animal they should not have it readily available on the shelves at the grocery store.

at a local PetsMart.

that day to get his usual food.

I noticed the inside of the bag seemed kind of
webby, but thought maybe the inside plastic
liner was deteriorating. I fed Sat.PM meal and
Sunday AM meal to my dog. Before feeding
Sunday PM meal, my instinct told me to look
closer in the bag with a flashlight. I was
horrified to see there were little white worms

in the food, which I assume were maggots.

been real webs after all.

I was grossed out and felt terrible that my
dog had eaten 2 meals that may have
contained some maggots; or who knows

what else.

I purchased a Bag of Purina One, Adult Healthy Weight Dog Food from the Pet Store. After 4 days of feeding my dog this food 2 times a day, I noticed that there was something mixed in with food. upon taking a closer look I could clearly see that there was dead flying ants (insects) mixed in with the food, and not just one or two, it looked like a colony, webs and ants. then I realized why after feeding the dog the food for the last few days, he had been reluctant to eat it.... This is something I am not very happy about, I do have the Nearly Full Bag, Ant Colony Included.

Not sure of any consequences as of yet.. But I am pretty sure my dog was not too happy having to eat bugs for 4 days.

I purchased the ususal brand of dog food from wal-mart (ol roy crunchy bones and bites) fed my dogs around 7pm and the next morning my AKC german shepard was DEAD! He ate 100% of his food. Our border collie ate 30% and he was and still is very ill. one sick alley cat who is now dead. I called the company and they pretty much denied that their product had any involvement. I was compinsated for the cost of the dog food, which i felt like was not enough and i have yet to cash the check.

Come to fine out, purina makes ol roy dog food for wal-mart. I sent a sample of food to the company and they checked it...which consisted of smelling and feeling the texture of the food. Of course it passed their test. I was told they did not have the facility to chemically analize the food. PURINA of all dog food companies should have a way of chemically testing the food. I have since found out in my research that purina has indeed had many recalls over the years due to toxins in the product. I think I need to be compensated for the loss of a beloved family pet!

3 weeks ago i purchsed 2 bags of purina cat food Indoor Formula and inside each bag was a coupon for a dollar off on my next purchase of Indoor Formula Cat chow, the problem I have is that each coupon was out of date, the expiration date was for DEC.31,2003 AND i just bought the food in April, 2004..so this did upset me somewhat.

I bought Deli-Cat for my cat to try. The food made her very sick. She vomited numerous times. I now have red stains on my carper. I have tried numerous products, but nothing will take it out. My carpet is ruined.

I was told by the doctor at the cat hospital that Deli Cat has excess magnesium which forms crystals in cat's urine, which then build up and clog the urethra.

I had been feeding deli cat to my cat for almost 5 years. He became very ill, would only lay on his stomach on the floor, would not eat or use the litter box. his abdomen became very swollen and he was howling in pain. He was at a cat hopital for 4 and a half days. He required surgery, and had to endure a catheter for 3 days of it. The hospital told me that he almost died. The total cost for all of the treatment was almost $700.

My cat has gotten very sick after eating Purina Deli-Cat. Vomiting is the major symptom. He is now in the hospital with liver and pancreas problems.