Whiskas Cat Food

My mother's beloved white cat passed away yesterday. She had been feeding him Whiskas Temptations treats anytime he wanted them but this time was different. He had eaten more than he usually eats and became ill almost immediately. He became lethargic and would no longer eat food on his own. He had trouble using his back legs and his breathing became labored. He had to be fed softened food and water with a syringe.

My mother took him to the vet who took x-rays and blood tests. His creatine levels were very high and his red blood cell count was very low. The vet told her that he had some type of autoimmune system illness similar to leukemia but was not leukemia. This was attacking his liver and kidneys causing them to fail. They had no idea why this illness suddenly appeared. He had been very active until he had eaten the treats. My family is convinced that Whiskas Temptations Cat Treats are the culprit of the sudden immune system failure. Your company needs to look into these complaints and destroy this product. You have no idea how much pain and grief you have caused families because of your negligence. This cat was my mother's whole life.

On buying my usual cat food from supermarket yesterday, I was quite sick to find one of my packs of cat food smelled really bad. When I opened the packet, it was awful, just like something had died. I have not opened the individual ones as I did not know what to expect. I was going to take them back to the supermarket but could not take that kind of smell back in. I could not even put it in my bin, so had to burn it. The other packs are fine so I don't really know what it was that made it smell. The packet was quite wet when opened; it could have been blood. Really disappointed.

I had an offer from my local grocery store for triple off $1.00 coupons. I chose Whiskas Dry Cat Food as one of the items that I would use a triple coupon. At the check-out, the coupon would not go through. A front-end manager came over and I was advised that this coupon was a 'do-not double' coupon and could not be used as a triple. Nowhere on the coupon was this stated. I was advised that this was embedded in the bar code. If this is true, I find this practice deplorable. I specifically bought this item to go along with the triple coupon. If I was not watching the cash register, this would not have been caught. If the grocery store is incorrect, I would also like to know so that I can bring this to their attention.

We left to go out of town Friday afternoon with our cat happy and healthy. We returned Sunday afternoon with him being very sick. We took him to the vet and within 24 hours had to euthanize him due to severe Acute Renal Failure. His creatinine levels were up to 7.7 (normal high being 2.5). After searching our house for clues as to what happened, we found a bag of Whiskas Temptations Treats that had been clawed and torn to get into. There were no other signs and after doing my own research, I am convinced this was the cause of his death. It has caused our family tremendous grief and heartache. Please, please look into this so no more families have to suffer like ours have.

My cat is 17. She started vomiting, with diarrhea and peeing all over the house. She stopped eating too and was losing a lot of weight. I took her to the vet but cannot afford all the tests they wanted to do and settled for an X-ray. They could only tell me that her kidney was shrinking but that could happen when cats get older. They gave me pain meds and anti-nausea meds and told me to feed her more canned food as I usually only gave her a spoonful at dinner time for the dogs. So I gave her more canned food and took away her dry food.

When she started feeling better, I gave her back her dry food (Purina Special Care for Urinary tract) and gave her the Whiska's treats. Within a couple days, she started getting sick again. So I took away the dry food again since she wasn't eating. She started feeling better again, so I thought it was the food. Then I just fed her the canned food but started giving her the treats again. She went back downhill again, so I have stopped the treats and believe that is the problem. She has been feeling better ever since but once in awhile will throw up but she is still eating.

I think she lost some eyesight and lost some of her balance. She went from 13 pounds down to 6. She no longer has diarrhea and uses her cat box where before she was going all over the house. Each time she got sick, I thought it was the end as she looked so miserable but just when I thought I'd have to euthanize her, she would recover a bit and start eating the canned food. Since I've only been feeding her canned food, she may have gained a few pounds back but I don't think she will be back to normal. It started in the Fall of 2011 and it is now February 2012.

I have been unemployed and can barely make my house payment so I cannot afford to take her to the vet. Is there something else I can do that doesn't cost much money? I want my cat back to normal. She is a house cat only, not outside at all. She no longer plays and only gets up when she's hungry. I feed her about 5 times a day now about a big forkful. She will eat that for a couple hours each time nibbling a little at a time. Right now she's not getting worse but not improving much. What can I do?

They're throwing up; have bloody diarrhea and very sick. Do not ever give your cats these treats; they are very, very bad for them. They get bloody diarrhea & very, very sick. After a $250 dollar vet bill, we stopped feeding them those cat treats and we only feed them wellness food and spring water. Now they are healthy and have no problems.

I have been feeding my cat Temptation Cat Treat for the past 3-4 years and recently he has developed severe urinary tract/kidney problems. There is a great deal of blood in the urine and no matter what we tried (antibiotics, diet change) it is not stopping. I am certain it is because of the treats because our cat is obsessed over the treats and we have been giving in to our cats' constant demands to eat more treat. If we do not feed him the treats, he will go "on strike" and refuse to leave the feeding area where we usually distribute treats. He will complain and claw like a drug addict. These treats have animal digest and I am sure there is nothing healthy about these treats.

Temptation Cat Treats are dangerous to the health of our pets and needs to be notified. My cat is in serious condition right now and we are certain it is the treats that have caused the damage.

I opened a tin of whiskas cat food,It popped and product bubbled out of tin,it absolutely stank,We had to open all windows and doors as well as spraying air freshner through the house to get rid of the smell. There was no damage, but after paying $3.50 a can I do not expect the contents to be rotten. I buy 10 cans of wkiskas a week, as well as cat biscuits (whiskas) and am now a bit wary of opening another tin for my cats.

My 4 year old cat is in the animal hospital with kidney failure that is believed a condition caused from bad food. After reading your other complaints I seen a pattern of the illness and the whiskas temptations. I am making this complaint in hopes that the whiskas food company will check out this food and pull it off the market. I have also been feeding my cat friskies & 9lives canned, and Friskies dry.

I feel this problem that happen last year is not over just brushed under the carpet. Tainted food is still out there and pets are still dying. I hope your group can bring up awareness to help fix this problem.