Friskies Reviews

My 9 year old cat has been in perfect health his whole life. About 2 months ago he started becoming lethargic and anti-social, stopped eating and drinking and lost a significant amount of weight. I assumed it was because of the newborn baby we just had. I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with pancreas, liver and intestinal damage and a grim prognosis. After $5000 and 2 weeks of me forcing pills down his throat, it turns out it was from the Purina Friskies wet food. He is still in poor health and I fear for my younger cat and other people's cats. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT IN ANY VARIETY, IT CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!!! A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SHOULD BE HAPPENING!!!

I have been feeding my cats Friskies for years. One cat has been throwing up and not being active. Now his sister is throwing up! My other three seem to be fine. Is there something going on with this food? Is Purina aware?

I had been feeding about 20 cans of Friskies canned cat food a day to various house cats, barn cats, and feral cats. The cats had always been healthy and good eaters. In the past few months, I noticed the cats were leaving the wet cat food on their plates. Thinking they didn't like a certain flavor or variety, I tried others. Same result. Cats seem lethargic and disinterested in eating. I noticed some cats were vomiting. I lost a couple cats in this time period, that had otherwise seemed healthy---alive one day, dead the next.

Bought 60 can box @ Costco last weekend. Smelled something rotten on the ride home. Next day 100s of fruit flies flew out of the box. Employee at return desk said she saw maggots in her own returned box. I'm wondering if the cans exploded from bad processing and attracted the bugs. I couldn't get a batch number because I immediately tripled garbage bagged it for return to contain the bugs. From the conversation I had I'm guessing they will be remove the whole lot. The company should have recalled it by now but all I found online was this thread.

Have been feeding Friskies to my cats every night for years. I have noticed my older boy has been a lot less interested in eating lately and they have been acting starving by morning. Last night when I went to feed them I found a chunk of sharp plastic in their food... I was so glad I squished it up and noticed! I will not be feeding Friskies to my boys anymore especially after reading up more on the recent problems! Batch number 6052.

We used to feed our cats Friskies canned food variety flavors. We have 4 cats. 2 are older and two younger. The older ones were vomiting and having diarrhea. One that I have had for 16 yrs was dehydrated and losing weight. All of them were vomiting and got to the point they wouldn’t eat the food. So we changed to fancy feast and all cats started doing better. Then my husband decided to go back to fancy feast. I have seen my 16 year old cat go back downhill again. He is lethargic, skin and bones, vomiting again as well as diarrhea. The other cats are getting where they just won’t eat the food. Even the new kitten. Something is definitely wrong with this cat food and cats know it. We are going back to fancy feast. I have been crying so much today about my sabre because I’ve had him so long and worried I might have to put him down.

Friskies Tasty Treasures: w/Ocean Fish and Tuna; w/Chicken and Tuna - newly added Scallop flavor - cats will no longer eat. Friskies Tasty Treasures: w/Chicken in gravy; w/Turkey in gravy - newly added Liver flavor - cats will no longer eat. I have been using many of Friskies brands of cat food for several years with no problem. The new "flavors" are a DEFINITE MISS. I can see those little added white bits, but what the hell is in them? Even Cabernet, who will eat almost everything and only eats canned food, turned his black velvety nose up at this new recipe!

I have fed all my cats (plus all the ferals I feed) Friskies wet food for years. These past few months they are refusing to eat it and I have wasted so much money on this canned cat food that has had to be thrown out. I hope it's not poisoning them as so many reports reviews have stated! Much of the food has been ordered online so I have no paper receipts. Nestle-Purina..PLEASE check your cat food and find out what's going on! It seems like all varieties are affected! I'm afraid I now need to switch to another brand. Please heed your customer's complaints! Also they DO NOT like the scallop flavor added to the seafood nor the added liver flavor to the poultry.

Updated on 09/21/2019: I wrote in a few days ago about our cat becoming ill with similar symptoms as other cats that are being fed Friskies canned cat food "Shreds" variety. I believe my post is still in Moderation, but I have an update to the cat's emergency vet visit... He is much better now, after an overnight stay at a Veterinary Clinic in Long Beach, CA. He was treated for dehydration and vomiting, but his bloodwork and toxicology were all negative, X rays showed no severe intestinal problems. However, the doctor said "No More Friskies!" (He said it was "basically junk food".)

I have always fed my cat both Friskies dry and Friskies canned cat food. The last bunch of cans I brought (shreds style) seemed to be more watery than usual when I opened them. My cat has become sick and dehydrated after eating them for a few days, and my small dog (who constantly steals the cats food) has also been sick. I threw all the unopened cans away, but my cat is still quite ill! My dog appears to be recovered after 2 days of intense shaking and "panic". I feel they were both poisoned. Those cans of Friskies appear to be what they ate in common.

Sept. 5, 2019 I fed my cats Friskies canned Seafood and Chicken. They are vomiting and not eating anything. This is very scary. I bought it at Walmart in Indiana in the 40 can purple box. They are completely lethargic. All animal food should be tested before distributing for animals to eat. Calling my vet.

My cat is 5 years old and I also have a six-month-old. I have always given my cats Friskies food dry and canned set up until now I have not had any problems. Recently I decided to try Friskies surf and turf dry cat food. To my surprise within a week both cats had diarrhea, and was vomiting. They also stopped using the litter for urinating and bowel movements. Yes both cats have been litter trained ever since I've had them so that is not the reason. They both seem to be avoiding the litter like the plague so to speak. After talking to the vets I decided to put them back on their regular food and see if that helps. I was so happy when they both started using the litter again and the diarrhea and vomiting had gone away. I do not recommend the specific Friskies blend to anyone that loves their fur babies.

My healthy cat ate one can of the Mariners Catch Pate, Batch number 1157. Purchased at Costco, she vomited a few hours later. I wasn’t too worried as she can sometimes react this way, to changes in diet. As days went on, she stopped eating her regular food and became dehydrated. One week after she ate the food we took a trip to the vet and hope she continues to get better. With all of the customer feedback about this product the company should recall.

I have fed my cats Friskies for years. No issues. My son bought a variety box of the little bits in gravy. Had one of the numbers that was giving everyone issues. I saw the many remarks left by people and had him stop giving it to them. Was only a few days. Slowly they started to change. Was laying around, didn't want to eat, and then got so they didn't want any attention and then would separate themselves from each other. Today my son found 2 of the 3 dead. Somebody better look unto this!!!! Something is horribly wrong here!!

I have spent hundreds at the vet trying to figure out what is wrong with my cat. No vomiting or anything but so lethargic, sleeping in the litter box?? Peeing outside the box. Staying in one room. I am googling Friskies ingredients so I happen upon this site and yep this just started this food. Good deal from Amazon, $18 for 32 cans. Exactly when my girl got sick and my cans are 1167. We have to do something. I am going to write a review on Amazon to warn others and I believe we need to force Purina to recall. Hopefully this doesn't get deleted: **, please email if you want to do something about this.

My cats don't always like the cans of Friskies cat food I buy, sometimes my dog gets what's on the plate. I have noticed my cats haven't eaten very much the last few days, but my dog has. The day before yesterday my dog started throwing up. I thought it was because he didn't eat anything the night before. Now this is the third day he has vomited. My cats have vomited in the past but I thought it's because one of them ate too fast. I have fed my cats Friskies for many years but not anymore. I'm making my dog a vet Appointment asap.

For the last month of my cat's life, I fed her 22 cans from a case of the Friskies Pate mixed flavors. She got sick and refused to eat it in early July. I started feeding her baked chicken and hamburger and beef soup broth and she recovered. Then I stupidly gave her the cat food again and within 3 days of starting it up again she died. She was old, but in a very good condition for her age--still agile and vocal at age 19 until the last dance with Friskies cat food. If I ever get another cat, it will be fed NO commercial food at all. You can't trust any of these companies to put pet safety over the almighty dollar.

I have many cats ranging from 2 years old to 14 years old. For 14 years I have been feeding them Friskies canned food and dry food. Two days ago when I opened up 4 new flats of 24 cans (4 different flavors) I noticed about 2/3 of the cats didn't want to eat the food. It was hot so I thought maybe they weren't that hungry. That night & the next day same thing- I kept switching the flavors around. I knew something was wrong because they LOVE TO EAT. So tonight I thought "maybe I should check online to see if anyone else is having this problem" and I hit paydirt. 3 of my cases are plant #1159 which many people have singled out as one of the offending plants that is making their cats very sick, but the other 2 cases are #1169 which no-one has mentioned (or I haven't seen it yet reading thru everything).

I’ve purchased Friskies wet for probably 30-40+ years, no problems before. My Cat Toby loves it twice a day. I got full cases from Chewy. He would not eat most of the cans. I put it down, he sniffs and walk away (these are favorite flavors). I just threw them out. I don’t force him. He is not finicky. Something not right. I took photos of some cans and codes. Other cat Sasha did eat some and threw up across the kitchen. Bought more at Meier. Toby would not eat a couple fish flavor. I looked at these new cans. Same numbers. 1157. 1159. 1161. Toby has refused at minimum 30 cans that I tossed out. I’m so glad I did not let him eat it! It is tainted somehow! I now have to find another wet food after all these years! I would just die if my Toby died.

I have a 1 year old cat and a 14 year old. I typically never give them wet food but I wanted to treat them. I got them Friskies Prime Filets Chicken and Tuna Dinner in Gravy and I gave them each about 3 tablespoons of it. A day or so later my 1 year old began vomiting repeatedly and it looked like there was blood in it. My 14 year old vomited only once. They both seem fine now but the only change has been the wet food. I've seen people talking about how this food can be poisonous and make cats sick. My food is batch number 1161 and I will not be feeding them Friskies anymore. It may be just a coincidence but I'd rather be safe and give them something that doesn't have such a bad reputation.

My furbabies had been eating Purina Friskies wet cat food and shortly after my purchase my 2 Senior started Vomiting and Diarrhea, sometimes missing the litter box! I heard about cats getting sick after eating this product, read some seriously bad reviews, I immediately stopped feeding them this garbage and I will be returning all unused products. Moving forward my cats will not be fed this garbage ever again and Once they stopped eating it all their symptoms have improved!!!

I have 2 momma cats that have both given birth in the last 6 weeks plus their kittens. I purchased 3 40 can variety packs this month. First, 1 of the momma cats started going outside the box which isn't her usual behavior. She clearly had uncontrollable pooping issues that were foul smelling, off color & runny. She was born in my house and has never been outside. I started trying everything as within a week they were all sick. Looked for recalls and didn't see any. Finally came here and discovered there are many sick kitties from Ocean Whitefish & Tuna. I had ordered these cases by mistake as I usually feed the Friskies fillets. I have taken them off wet food all together as I can't afford to replace the catfood till payday and the problem is slowly clearing up. I am so disappointed in Friskies. They should be ashamed of themselves for not recalling these cans. I will never buy their products again.

I foster kittens for a rescue and there are kittens located at 3 locations. We noticed some similar symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, not eating. Kittens were getting very sick and nearly dying from dehydration and lethargy. From reading the reviews here, we concluded that the only similarity among the 3 locations is the food we feed them and the plant numbers are 1159 and 1161. We changed to a different food and the symptoms have stopped. I have concluded that the food is poisonous and it's too bad that Friskies will not look into this more based on all of these reviews. They are indifferent and do not care and refuse to take any blame. I will never purchase from this company again.

I read a warning about Friskies canned cat food with identifying numbers 1157, 1159, and 1161 making cats sick. Fortunately, our cats haven't had this problem, but those same numbers are on the cans we've been feeding our cats. So I called Purina and was told that those numbers are plant numbers, not batch numbers. I don't know how many plants Purina has, but apparently, at least three of them are producing contaminated food. I asked the Purina representative to report this problem to her superiors, but she just kept repeating that there is no recall. We are no longer feeding our cats Friskies.

I have been notified the batch numbers ending in 1161 1157 and 1159 have been tainted. Why has this not been recalled? I have been feeding my cats this for years is the only kind they like. Now I have to experiment to find them something else which is going to cost me money!

I have 6 cats from ages 13 to 1. Have always used Friskies wet food. Last week one of my cats started peeing on floor. This week all the cats are just laying around (unusual) & 2 of them are throwing up....about 2 hours after eating. Checked food. It's batch #1159. After reading reviews on this site & others I will never use this food again. What REALLY gets me is the company refusal to acknowledge there might be something wrong with this particular batch. They are basically calling us all liars.

I have 3 cats and the youngest (around 2yrs) came down with horrible diarrhea a week ago. He was contained for almost a week while I worked to treat him. I noticed my next cat (3yr old) was showing signs of diarrhea last night and then just now my 10 yr old cat just projectile vomited. When the youngest started I thought he may of eaten a little bug since he likes to hang out around the back door and he was the only one sick. Once my oldest threw up I looked into the wet food being that’s one thing all three have in common and sure enough after reading the reviews my batch ends in 1159???? They need to issue a recall because obviously there is a problem! I’m returning what’s left to Walmart today.

I have 2 15 year old cats. That have always been skin sensitive allergies. Even tried making our own cat food with directions from vet. Finally Friskies wet food twice a day and I always leave dry food out by Friskies for them. I'm so happy and relieved their skin is clear, weight perfect, health is amazing. Vets and other people can't believe they are 15. They play and run around like they are one. I recommend this brand and company 100 percent. Sandra

My babies have been eating Friskies canned 3 days a week for 10 years with no issues. Recently after purchasing a 40 pack I noticed Kurtis, my 9 year old boy would not eat it, and then after the other finished, some of them started vomiting, and this was more than the occasional hairball, then I noticed the runny stools in the litter box, and it just got worse. Some had got so bad (diarrhea) after eating the Friskies canned chicken and gravy batch 1159 that they stopped being able to make it to the litter box and crapped all over the floor. I just had to wash ** off the back of my 24 lb Boy. After finding this site, I checked my batch number. Sure enough, 1159. I'll be contacting Purina, parent company of Friskies, at 1-800-778-8864, and see what they have to say. I will update the status.

I have been feeding my cats Friskies wet food (and dry food) for over 13 years. I have always wondered why they only eat the gravy and waste so much of the fillets or shreds (pate is sometimes okay). Today I poured the leftovers in the sink instead of the garbage can like I normally do. When I tried to mash up the fillets small enough to go down the drain I realized the fillets are like TOTAL RUBBER! I will definitely look for a better wet food (Fancy Feast is much better) and will never feed them Friskies wet food ever again.

My cat is almost 12 years old, I fed him Friskies Beef Shreds almost his entire live, since he liked that flavor the best.I knew something was very wrong when he started puking more and more. Then he refused to eat or drink at all. Then I saw bloody diarrhea. I panicked and took him to the vet who suggested I change his nutrition. At first I couldn’t believe that this food could have caused all of these problems. When I stopped feeding him the Friskies and started feeding him Royal Canin 12 plus... he miraculously made a rapid and complete recovery.

My two cats love Friskies Surf and Turf hard cat food but they both run around like crazy and their feces smells utterly awful. I'm afraid I'm going to try another brand.☹️ So unfortunate, because they simply love it. I honestly don't even know which brand to even try. Sassafrass and Swishy are two year old females. Suggestions please?

We have 2 indoor cats and 3 outside we have adopted. Over the last month all have become sick throwing up and diarrhea. Trying to figure out what is going on we realized the food we were feeding them was the issue. Realizing the common denominator in this illness was the food we decided to research the Friskies canned food. Immediately the exact symptoms and experience was right in front of us through other's reviews. We immediately reached out to Purina Friskies and was completely shocked at the disregard for what is going on with their product and the denial that there is a problem.

I've been buying these cans for years. I'm now buying the 12x can cases of Tasty Treasures with Cheese and with Bacon. In the past month, 1 of my 3 cats started refusing to eat it after vomiting a couple of times. Now in the past week the other 2 have stopped eating it as well. I Googled for recalls and happened upon this site. I'm in Canada. My cans are coded with "1161", not 1159 like others have reported. I let my sister know because she feeds her cats the same stuff. She has 1159 cans and barfing cats as well.

Friskies wet cat batches 1157 and 1159, have made my feral colony sick and lethargic. I called them and informed them. They don’t care... They need to address this issue publicly... Purina is contaminated.

We had 4 cats Scruffy, Pusspuss, Fat Cat and Zorro. Zorro and Fat Cat refused to eat the Friskies can food. Unfortunately Scruffy and Pusspuss ate the FRISKIES can food. Within a half hour of eating the food we took scruffy to the vet because he was vomiting violently and was wobbly. He died. He was old so we thought it was just his time. BUT Pusspuss ate the same food. She too started vomiting and had diarrhea. We took her to the vet and she had to be hospitalized. She is still not 100% well. We still didn't attribute it to their food. Then 5 days later we feed all 3 cats a can of Friskies. Pusspuss immediately became ill and so did Zorro. That's when we knew it was the food. I will never ever use Friskies again. We lost our poor Scruffy cat, almost lost Puss and have a huge vet hospital bill.

I just adopted a stray cat and the vet says he’s healthy and fixed. He’s about 2 years old. So I bought Purina Friskies like everyone else did because it has been around for years and it’s affordable. My new kitty started vomiting immediately on the first can of white fish. I did a search and found this site and I am simply disappointed in what isn’t being done to prevent more pets from getting sick. This has been reported since April 2019. I recently purchased a 24 pack of Friskies pate and checked the bottom of every can and they are all ending in 1159, irregardless of the flavor. Best by April 2021.

I have fed all my cats Friskies for years. Last October 2018 I lost 3 cats in less than 4 weeks. I believe the new Friskies had something to do with it. I will never use Purina products again. I wish I could give them zero stars as that is what I think they deserve.

I have a 14 year old cat and a 9 week old kitten. I give them both a primary wet and dry food daily (Soulistic wet food. It is amazing.) and rotate secondary brands because my 14 year old can be picky. I tried Friskies Meaty Bits in Gravy. It has been a week. A few days ago my kitten's hair started falling out in patches. My first thought was allergies, and I assumed it was a young kitten ringworm situation since my older cat was perfectly fine. Then day before yesterday the kitten started vomiting. Then yesterday my older cat started vomiting and looks so sluggish, I got scared. Thankfully I feed my cats a variety of foods or they could already be worse off than they already are. I am still monitoring them, but just found this page filled with terrifying reviews for this brand. This batch is also 1159. Friskies should be avoided at all costs.

I recently had a horrible experience with this brand. I have 3 cats which 2 of them are kittens! I feed them with high quality dry food and I give them Friskies canned food just once a week. 4 days ago I started to provide wet food along with dry food. As a result, all of them were eating mostly this wet food for 4 days. The second day the one which was eating more wet food began vomiting and having diarrhea. The 3rd day the other 2 got severely sick. Throwing up 3 times and diarrhea. They were perfectly healthy indoor cats. I'm taking them to vet tomorrow. I hope some cat lover sue this company.

Just some background before getting to the nitty-gritty of the problem: We have had cats as part of our family for more than 50 years. They have thrived on Friskies and all have lived to between 16 and 19 years of age. Currently, I have a mama cat and her 5 babies who are now almost 5 years old. We didn’t know the sweet, starving, abandoned cat we decided to call our own had kitties stashed somewhere. We found them one morning sleeping with her in the box we set out for her on our covered deck. We estimated they were about 2 months old & trapped them so we could get them to the shelter to be spayed & neutered.

I been feeding my rescue cat Friskies for about 3 years, all of a sudden he has diarrhea and pooping all over my house. He doesn't appear sick but he will smell the food and now walk away. Batch 1159.

Used this product for years without a problem, but this batch made three cats dangerously sick. One lucky cat refused to eat it which was very strange at the time, but it’s the only one that didn’t get sick. It must have recognize it as being bad. That particular cat always has a ferocious appetite which made it very strange that it would not eat it. Two cats have somewhat recovered after 4 days, but a third cat is still very sick. For the most part he refuses to eat but when he does eat, vomiting follows what little he did eat.

Do not buy this product!!!! My happy healthy 1 1/2 year old cat ate a can of their product after eating it for ages for breakfast and a few hours later just died on my floor. He became extremely sick and in the few minutes it took me to find a 24 hour emergency vet he howled his last howl and gasped his last breath. I'm infuriated! 1 star is beyond what they deserve!!!

I believe we are another victim of these rotten "1157" and "1159" batches. ("1161" maybe?). Back on December 25, 2018, one of my cats got really sick, vomiting and later diarrhea and refused to eat after that for a week and was feeling lethargic at all time. Considering the Christmas to the New Year time frame, this was a real NIGHTMARE. Two vets didn’t find anything after a series of blood and feces tests and thank God she started to feel back to normal after a week and got her appetite back. Even from the beginning, I was sure there was something with the food. I was suspicious of both “Chicken and Tuna” and “Turkey and Cheese” cans. And now I am hearing about these 1157 and 1159 batches, as I gladly saved the remaining of that week’s food, guess what? 1159! I am very furious. I really want to know what kind of legal actions can be done against these evils.

We have used Friskies for years. In Dec 2018 we had to send one of cats to the bridge, she was so sick. My other 3 cats have been vomiting and now wont eat. My dog use to get a spoonful of the Friskies mixed into his food and started to have seizures, now on meds for the rest of his life. My cats are inside cats only. I live in Canada and when I phoned the company they blew me off. They don't care. Canada does not have recalls for pet food so they are getting away with this. In the past 2 weeks I have spent over 3000.00 on vet bills but nothing is showing up. Looking for lan to test this food. Please don't use this food.

I've had numerous trouble with Friskies and Fancy Feast giving it to my cat SPECIFICALLY ON THE LABEL 100% NUTRITION. First problem I had was I put the wet food on a plate 5 years ago. Come back to see 30 minutes later uneaten and fly larvae all over the food protruding out. Chalked it up to a bad can. Next time years later was broken can in a box again. Suspected shipping then found few cans months later. Cans unsealed properly, no dents. Obviously threw them out. Few cans upon opening suspected mold, strange discoloration. 6-8 months from 2-3 days ago she wouldn't eat the food half the time unless it was covered with gravy sauce hiding the actual scent of the CRUDE products. LOW QUALITY yet 100 nutritious.

I stayed with a horrible ex boyfriend just so I could afford enough quality cat food for my cats. Meanwhile, the late great grumpy cat was fed Friskies by her very greedy owner who made ** from her deal promoting Friskies. Poor grumpy cat died at only 7 years old from a UTI. The crud in Friskies surely ruined her health. Do not feed your cats cheap crud like this. And you have money and are being this cheap, shame on you.

I have been a loyal Purina Friskies user for years and have had very few problems with the brand, until now. I have a 3.5 year old kitty who, very suddenly, got extremely sick over the weekend. She went from being a happy, healthy feline to being bright yellow with liver levels through the roof. After her ultrasound came back clear, I've been looking everywhere to try to figure out WHY my baby has gotten so sick.

Both of my cats are ill after eating Friskies Liver & Chicken Dinner Pate, purchased in a 32 can case from Walmart. I came online to see if there were any recalls and found others having issues with cans from batch #1159. One cat is lethargic, the other cat has been vomiting non-stop since feeding last night and had to go to the vet for fluids. They are inside cats and there is nothing else that could have made them sick this fast.

Cat has been throwing up multiple times a day, just got to the point of it being too much and something is definitely wrong. Of course I switched her to Friskies this past 2 weeks! After reading all the other horror stories on here, she will not eat this product EVER again. I will be returning it to Sam's Club and spending more money on better food. My cat is my child and it kills me that I have been poisoning her with this garbage! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

I have always fed my cats a small treat in the evening of canned food because they primarily eat dry food during the day. About 3 weeks ago I purchased 4 cases of Friskies canned pate chicken and liver and started feeding it to them. Everything was fine for a few days and I noticed that they were eating less during the day and wouldn’t even finish the small amount of canned food I gave them. I had no idea it was the food so I continued to feed it to them. Friskies has always been what we purchase because it is a reasonable price and I have 12 rescued cats to feed.

My two cats have loved Friskies wet cat food for years and up till last week were eating fine, then abruptly lost their appetites and starting having diarrhea. Both are strictly indoor cats and my entire house is cat proof and safe so I know it's their food. I checked the cans and the lot number were 1159 and 1157 just like other people had complaints with. I have stopped feeding Friskies and cooked them some boiled chicken breast with some plain white rice in the broth water and the diarrhea has stopped so far but they still don't really have an appetite. My boy used to love dinner time and be so excited and now has hardly much interest in food and that is not like him at all.

We are currently fostering 4 kittens and we were given a case of Friskies Mixed Grill to feed them. We mixed the food with formula to wean them to food and one of the kittens spit out a black piece of plastic. I was like wtf?! So I look through the rest and saw a bunch of black specs throughout the food. Then we decided to carefully look through the can and found more black plastic along with hard chunk of metal. Idk what the hell is going on in the processing plant but this is serious! Thank god that kitten spit that piece out. She could have choked or gotten very sick. Needless to say we are not using this poison anymore. However it saddens me to think millions of animals are eating this food and owners not even realize what's in it. Back in 2015 someone else mentioned finding black plastic in the food which is scary to think this has been going on for years! Stay away from this crap!!

I have been feeding my cats this food for nearly 20 years. All of a sudden a couple of month ago, both of them seem to not want it. Both of them were barfing after barely eating any, one was getting diarrhea. They don't want to eat any of the flavors any more. I have been throwing out so much food lately, it's ridiculous! What did you do to the food? I use to divide one can into 2 meals, twice a day for my 2 cats. They won't even eat a 1/2 teaspoon of the stuff now, even the favorite flavors they won't touch. I've had to switch to a different brand because this has become such a waste of money, 3/4 is going into the garbage. Sorry Friskies... but we are no longer a fan of your products. Very disappointing!

I have three cats, and for years I have been feeding them the Friskies Dry Cat Food. Their favorite has always been the red bag called 7 Favorites. Suddenly they will not touch it. Not at all. Did you change something? It's sad to see the cats hungry and not eating. Now I am in search of a food they will eat.

Fed cat Friskies Ocean Whitefish and Tuna, product #1159. She stood in front of us and lifted her left front foot in a position like she was going to pounce. Her foot was stuck and started to shake. Then her left foot popped up and started to shake. We held and comforted her. This happened about two hours after she ate. She wouldnt eat it or another can different flavored Friskies food type same 1159. She is still lethargic but eating people food.

Two of my three cats need powdered medicine in the mornings, so they have to have some wet food every day. I have been using Friskies canned shreds and pate for 2 weeks after old brand, Whiskas seafood varieties, was discontinued. Everyone barfing, someone has started peeing on the dining room rug, and my boy who poops outside the box d/t constipation is now worse than ever. I'm cleaning up huge messes every day. Stopping this food and trying something else.

I’ve fed my cats (2) Friskies Buffet shreds & gravy meals for 10 years. Then about 2 months ago the 13+ yr old started having major diarrhea, took him to the vet. She tried antibiotics, probiotics, and a few cans of a prescription diet... His diarrhea started to slow, but now that he is back on Friskies it's back. Last week my 10+ year old started mucous vomiting and diarrhea. Tomorrow we are buying different cat food. Something changed with the formula and it's making these precious cats sick.

I switched to an all wet diet for my cats due to them being a little heavier. Switched to the Friskies Pate. All three cats ate it because there wasn’t anything else and I cut out the dry. They have always ate Friskies wet just mixed with dry. Then my one boy got extremely ill. Started vomiting and having skin issues. He was scratching himself raw. Over $600 in vet bills I was at a loss and so was his vet. ** and antihistamines, bloodwork and specialists. It was the food. All three cats have lost significant weight. I was killing my cats by feeding them this crap. I’m sick to my stomach about this. I will never buy cheap food again.

We have 2 adult cats and one kitten that eat Friskies wet food daily. The adult cats have been eating Friskies for about 7 years with no problems. About mid February I noticed that all three cats began eating their wet food less and less until I was gradually throwing out more than they were eating. I tried switching flavors around and still ended up with same problem. A few weeks ago the oldest cat who is 14, started vomiting until we had to take her to the vet. After nearly $700 of labs and x-rays they can't find anything wrong. She has not been eating now for 2 weeks even with trying medications to stimulate her appetite. She is wasting away and we can't figure out why.

I have three cats, all different ages. I just purchased new 48 packs of each pate and shreds; I like to mix them all up so they don't get the same thing each time. I have always fed them Friskies canned food without any issues in addition to dry food. This last week I noticed that no one was eating the wet food, not even "Miss Piggy" who will eat anything. I also started noticing diarrhea in the litterbox and someone was throwing up in the litterbox. I kept trying different flavors; all seemed to have the same results except that the throwing up now was not limited to the litterbox. My cats do not go outside so I know they were not exposed to anything from that and the dry food is from the same bag so that is not the problem. The only thing different is the wet food. I now have 3 sickly cats and am hoping they stopped eating it soon enough to not do any lasting damage to them. I am afraid I will have to end my previously happy relationship with Friskies wet food.

I agree with so many posted. Something is different about this food. I have used Friskies for years with an occasional picky eater. I bought the boxes of wet food...turkey/cheese/ Chicken..a variety. And two of my cats have vomited all over. My senior and a 1 year old. Found wet poop in the litter box. What the heck? Just spent 50.00 on numerous multi packs so I don't run out. Chewy.com was wonderful. Refunded my money without asking. Switching but feel I have to warn others. Something is wrong with this food.

Our cat has eaten Friskies wet food on the weekends up until two weeks ago. After eating either meaty bits chicken and gravy, gourmet grill and gravy and/or beef and gravy, he has had severe vomiting and couldn't keep food down. He would turn away his favorite treats and lose interest in eating, which was a huge red flag. I am so thankful that I came across this website and stopped trying to get him to eat other flavors of Friskies canned food.

I have always fed my cat Fancy Feast. Decided to try the Friskies with extra gravy pate. My cat barely ate one can and he became violently ill, vomiting and diarrhea. Had to take him to vet. I am very upset that Friskies is not doing something about this. I have a whole case of this cat food. At this point I think Purina really doesn't care because they are making their money by people unknowingly buying their pet a dangerous food. I think people should completely boycott Purina until they realize our pets are part of the family and they are poisoning a family member.

Hello, my cats have always liked Friskies till about a week ago, all the sudden they either won't eat the wet food or will lick and walk away. It does not matter the flavor or type. And they started developing vomiting and wouldn't eat. I remembered the symptoms my youngest cat had in 2017 from Fancy Feast which made her deathly ill and rushed to the vet at 3 am. I immediately started looking to find out if anyone else is having the same problems and wow glad I did. My cat's food was refunded at Walmart and now she and the other cat is back on Healthy Gourmet Blue Wilderness. It's 1.22 a can. Same amount of food as Friskies but free of by products and preservatives and artificial color and flavor. Beyond is also a great option as well.

After eating only two cans of the Friskies ocean white fish shreds all four of my cats are deathly ill! They vomit violently & just lay around; now they won't eat or drink anything at all. They have been eating this type of canned food for years, now suddenly they are sick. I called the company to report it & she kept trying to blame my cats. Said they were probably eating too fast! No they were healthy & happy just two days ago until I bought a new box of this crap. It was the 32 box of ocean white fish, turkey & beef shreds. I don't know if the other flavors are tainted as well, all I know for certain is the ocean white fish is. The rest is hitting the trash right now. I bought mine at Walmart. If you have this call the company, they are refunding my money & I am changing brands of cat food.

Lot 1159 made both my cat very sick. Please call and report your sick cats to Purina and give them the numbers off the can. They will not do anything about the poisonous cat food unless they hear from consumers. Also report to the FDA.

I have had 2 cats for about 6 months. I’ve been feed them Friskies for this whole time. They loved it! Devoured every meal. As of March 25, 4 days ago, something changed. They don’t want to eat it, sniff it and walk away. Now, they have lost weight, vomit everywhere, and won’t eat anything at all (not any kind of food!!!). After taking them to vet, talking to my sister) who also has cats, feeds her cats Friskies AND is having the same problem (SHE HAD TO TAKE HER CAT TO THE EMERGENCY VET AND SPENT $1,200.) I decided to do some research and came across all these people who are having the same problem I am. FRISKIES NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING! There is something wrong with the food!!! Throw it away!!! I will NEVER from them again. Unacceptable.

My cat began vomiting frequently a couple of weeks ago. I was accustomed to the occasional "hair ball" ejection, but these was different. Thin, thick, clumpy, loose. I began to find puddles and piles of vomit in many locations. The only thing that had changed in her environment was that I had started giving her Friskies Party Mix "Beachside Crunch" cat treats. I discontinued giving her the treats three days ago, and there has not been another incident of vomiting.

I switch our cat from Fancy Feast to Friskies multi pack, at first she loved it but after a about a week and a half I noticed she was only licking the juices and not eating the food. Soon she began to meow very strangely and started to vomit almost immediately after licking even just the juice. The only time she has ever had any issues is if she was given Friskies (she has tried Friskies in the past with the same result but until this most recent issue I didn't realize it was due to the cat food). We will be switching her back to Fancy Feast and never use this brand again.

I would like to warn others about Friskies soft food. I switched to Friskies soft cat food for my kitties in December 2018, my kitties would vomit, and my one kitty also had violent coughing episodes and lost a lot of weight. In February my cats would not eat the canned Friskies cat food anymore. At this point I thought I should go back to their previous food so I switched back and the vomiting stopped, and the coughing episodes also stopped. I will never give them Friskies. I had tried it due to the cost, but I rather pay more for the food than pay for vet bills. I also rather have my kitties not vomit and feel awful. Please be careful if you feed your kitties this food. Watch your cats carefully.

As a disclaimer, I’ve fed my cats Friskies in the past... No problems. However, our current cat, we pretty much have just fed Fancy Feast until about 3 months ago, and we switched to Friskies. The last three weeks, she was having increasingly softer and lighter colored poops... To the point where it became light beige, pure liquid explosive diarrhea (like she couldn’t make it into her litter box despite trying to) on Friday night. She was also getting sluggish and leaving food behind. It actually occurred to us it might be the food so immediately switched back to Fancy Feast... And by Saturday night, she was passing formed and proper colored stools again.

My cats have always been gobbling down the Friskies I gave them. The last few week, they barely touch it. Now I have a houseful of cats that have diarrhea and are vomiting everywhere. I called Purina and apparently they aren't aware of any animals getting sick. Am I the only one that called to complain? I had both lots ending in 1159 and 1157 that came in a case of 48. Into the garbage they go! I just hope my cats recover from this.

I have been feeding my cats and fosters Friskies for years. I opened a new 32 pack and put it out, usually all the food is eaten and my dog comes behind and cleans up. My cats all ate a few bites and left it, my dog wouldn't touch it. ALL cats constantly vomiting and diarrhea and a bit lethargic. I went on the Friskies Facebook page and see the others had the same problem. I then posted to one of my groups and see the same. I called Friskies and got a generic prompt. The food ending in 1159 needs pulled! I've been told that 1157 is making kitties sick as well but I didn't have those.

With amazement I read through the many detailed reviews. My finding this page was through a search to see if Friskies had been recalled. I have 8 cats all of who have had excellent health with no backgrounds of any medical issues. In the past 10 days I have fed Friskies wet/canned food. These normally hearty eaters would not finish any of the tried varieties. They eat it but don't clean it up, leave some of it. That's a first with this crew. In addition all have lost considerable weight, lost their glossy coats, look poorly and are now having skin irritation.

I have 3 cats, two of which are 16 years old and have, for most of their lives eaten Friskies wet cat food, especially Pate. One of them is losing a lot of weight, and is current with his vet appointments. This isn't acceptable!! The other 16 yr. old (we call him the piggy) will eat a little bit and leave the rest. What changed about this cat food?

I have 4 cats who were happily eating Friskies chicken dinner with garden greens. This was in a can with an orange label and now that they have switched to a brown label not one of the four will eat it. I then tried a few others types, shreds, fillets, etc. They ate it for a bit and then quit. What the heck Friskies? After reading the previous reviews, I am throwing away the remaining cans and will research a better brand that will not harm my pets.

I have been noticing over the past couple of months that my kitties have been refusing more and more to eat Friskies canned cat food. Every week I would go buy their favorites and at each meal, I might get them to take one or two licks and then walk away. I hadn't even considered it might be the food until I noticed my 17 yr. old Kiki had been losing weight and was barely eating. I took her to the vet and he couldn't find any reason for her to be losing weight. He even ran bloodwork on her to check even though she had already had her bloodwork done in January and it was fine. The bloodwork came back fine again. She is down to 6.5 lbs now.

I just noticed it has raised it's price $2.50 per 20oz container. This is completely outrageous. I can no longer afford to buy this product. The cats like them, but now I can't pay that anymore. Please tell me where I can get them cheaper. I am 74 yrs old and on limited income. Please Help!

As of today, March 18, after many years of buying Friskies canned wet food, I will no longer be feeding my 3 cats Friskies. As with other reviewers, within the last few months, my 3 cats will no longer eat this food, mostly the pate and shreds. They are completely disinterested. I end up throwing most of it away. One of my cats does eat small amounts and has recently thrown up shortly after eating and has had diarrhea. What happened?

My cats have little or no interest in almost all of the regular Friskies wet foods, except for the whitefish & sardines flavor. I have noticed a change in the quality of the flavors (and contents?) from the past. My cats never eat any of the solid material, only lick the sauce if they eat it at all. I have been taking care of cats for over 30 years. Prior to the reviews I just read, I have discussed the quality of Friskies with a neighbor who has cats. We have previously come to the conclusion that Friskies is poor quality. We have both decided to try and get away from Friskies which is not easy as there are few competitors in that price range.

I have been feeding my indoor cats the Friskies Indoor style wet canned food for several years. The first time they changed their label I noticed more moisture in the food, and that was a good thing since one of my cats does not drink enough water. However, since this most recent "label redesign", my cats are less interested in the food, and in particular, walk away from the Homestyle Turkey Dinner recipe. Did the recipe change? I'm tired of throwing it away. Also, what happened to the plain chicken variety (without the Turkey)?

I have always fed my cats the Friskies Gravy Sensations at dinner time. Up until a couple months ago, this was fine. A couple months ago the branding/design on the outer box changed, but the pouches inside were still the same so I figured it was just a packaging change and thought nothing of it. However, now I see that that roughly coincided with when my cat started throwing up his entire dinner shortly after eating it - and I mean his ENTIRE dinner. I thought I was being paranoid but seeing all these other reviews has pushed me over the edge. Goodbye forever, Friskies.

Pate - Chef’s Dinner. Have fed all varieties to all my 4 cats for a long time, but of late they have not been that interested. On Sunday, March 3rd - opened a new can of Chef's Dinner and gave Molly 1/4 of the can. Less than an hour later she was dead. Needless to say, I am done with this brand of cat food. Bottom of the can reads - Best by Nov 2020 - 83201157153851111 or 83201157L53851111.

I have always fed my cats Friskies canned cat food until today March 06, 2019. Toward the end of year 2018 my cats started rejecting some flavors of Friskies. Now they are actually getting sick. One completely stopped eating and has diarrhea. One other ate and immediately threw it all up. I fed tuna to the one who would eat. I am changing brands for good. I pray that neither cat dies.

I have been giving my cat Friskies for a while now. It's cheaper than her Lives. For the last 3 days she has vomited, had Diarrhea. Today she vomited some more but it was all brown liquid which means earlier in the day when she vomited she got all the food out. I had changed her food to 9 Lives again and being she is still sick she isnt keeping anything down. She drinks a lot of water. I gave her a lil milk to help calm her tummy. My daughter in law just lost her cat a few days ago. Her cat did the same thing then had a seizure and past away. He was also on Friskies. I put 2 and 2 together then researched Friskies for recalls. Nothing... But found this site and good lord all our cats are doing the same thing. I'm praying that this will pass as she is back on her original food. We will see. She is going to get a 1/2 can of 9 Lives to start for dinner. Praying that she will be ok from this point on. I WILL NEVER EVER BUY FRISKIES AGAIN!!

I feed my cats Friskies pate. The vet found a pile of bone shards in my cat's stomach. I came home and went through the pate and found hard, sharp bones an inch long. I need to get the rest xrayed now. My cat may require surgery to remove them. He has lost one pound since September 2018! Vomiting without production is why I took him in!

Our two cats have eaten wet canned food Friskies since we've had them (~10 years). As of the last month, one then both of the cats started vomiting after each meal (AM and PM). My husband correlated starting a new box of Friskies from the pet store with the timing of the episodes. Our big tomcat was also noticeably losing weight and looking more gaunt. We started feeding them Science Diet dry food to see if it stopped and instantly they stopped the vomit and diarrhea... We will no longer ever feed our cats Friskies. I will also be contacting Friskies to complain and report the illnesses.

I've been feeding Friskies to my cats for years. But sick animals became a trend in my house. I had 4 cats, Jules, Chubby, and Missy Moo. I also had a senior dog named Bo, who had a habit of eating the Friskies anytime I turned my back. Jules had been drastically losing weight, the vet couldn't determine a cause and accredited it to old age and muscle deterioration. In October 2018, Bo suffered a stroke and died. Two weeks later, Missy Moo suffered a stroke and developed kidney failure, and a week after that no matter how much Jules ate, he withered away to skin an bones and died. Chubby was quickly heading down the same path as Jules and he was becoming extremely thin. The only commonality between them was the consumption of Friskies.

I’ve been in rescue for over 21 years. I’ve always bought Friskies canned. I have 7 of my own cats. I split 2 cans between my cats in the morning. I always buy turkey fillets. Won’t buy beef as that’s a guaranteed puke fest. I’ve had to re-think the whole Friskies thing. I’d rather spend the extra and get quality canned food. Not worth jeopardizing my cat’s health. I’m done with Friskies.

I've always had cats and they have always gone crazy for Friskies, any flavor wet or dry. We recently had a litter and I used the same weaning diet I did with all my other litters. Milk mixed with Friskies pate. At first I just thought these kitties were extremely picky. They would only eat seafood flavor I had at the time, no chicken or turkey or beef flavors. Momma cat started having mucous-y covered stool/diarrhea. Bought a 32 can box of seafood flavors. Gave them the salmon flavored one day and all of my cats pooped pink diarrhea all day. Also since I've switched them to Friskies dry (were feeding them Costco brand), now my cats vomit all the time. Constantly waking up to piles on the floor. Something has definitely changed. After reading these, and even reading a few were babies have passed, I'm throwing it all out and boycotting until Friskies does something!

All my cats ate Friskies since 2014. Lately, they sniff and walk away from it. It's cans with new labels. My cat used to love Friskies Indoor flaked fish. I got 2 cans a few weeks ago. When I opened both, it was not flaked fish at all - I don't know what it was! Weird big chunks of meat with holes in a greenish brown sauce. Both cats sniffed, refused to eat and walked away from it. I took photos of the can, threw food out, and contacted Friskies who said it "could have been a manufacturing error." Something has definitely changed with Friskies and their reply guessing what happened, is not acceptable. My cat got sick 5 days later and I had to take him to the vet. I will NEVER buy Friskies ever again...

Despite what their website says, Friskies canned pate cat food obviously did change when the label did. It no longer has much of a smell when opened, and a cat won’t eat what a cat can’t smell. There are no juices around the edges or in the bottom of the can. It is a dry plop of “play dough” stuff that has made all my cats vomit and none will now eat it. All flavors of pate. I’ve fed this for years. I buy a couple of boxes at a time. I’ve tried to work with this new situation for weeks. I currently have 12 cats. I also have cans that are double stamped with pink dots! From what I’ve read Purina is aware and ignoring. Please write about and report this as much as possible!

Feb 11, 2019 - Last 6 weeks at a Stop&Shop in West Haven, CT their prices went from 20 cans/$10.00. Then jumped to .60 per can and yesterday it went to 10cans/$8.00. That’s .80 per can. What is going on?? Is there any control on pricing because .80 cents a can for Friskies is outrageous, what is going on? .50, .60 .80 in 6 weeks??? Any answer?

I have been feeding my cats Friskies dry with canned cat food for years. I noticed a change mid-summer 2018 when they would eat then have massive projectile vomiting. One cat had bloody mucus covered stool. Like the other reviews, once the label changed again in late 2018, it got worse. I took them to the vet and they all check out. On January 2nd, my beloved 18 year old died from not being able to poop. I have another 21 year old cat who is vomiting daily. The younger cats are barely eating the food and when they do, they vomit.

Twice now I’ve boughten Friskies can cat food. First time I opened a can and found it half full. Thought maybe it was just that one, but know it was the whole bunch! Very unhappy and will never buy their pet food again!?? And will definitely spread the word around.

My cat normally is very impatient about getting her nibble of canned food each night -- but just recently she's dramatically reduced her consumption and did not touch last night's offering. Oct 2020 date.

I used to feed my cats Purina indoor formula. Well, had to change because of the price. So I started Friskies Seafood Sensations in the bag, dry. They seemed to love it. The next day, didn't want anything to do with it. They graze now, just enough to make their bellies not hurt. The canned makes them sick. Fancy Feast, makes them sick. They won't eat any other cat food I have bought, but they will eat the dry Friskies SS. But I end up having to clean it off the floor after they get sick. I called them the end of the summer, they said nothing has changed to their formula, but those cats smell that something has changed! Going to buy them some tuna and boil them some chicken now.

My rescue kitten, Arthur, started on Friskies wet food in October. He was perfectly fine eating it - had a good appetite, was gaining well and very healthy. I don’t know what has changed starting January 2019, but every time I feed him the same food he’s always had, he vomits and also has diarrhea. He now hasn’t eaten in two days after the last bout of sick stomach. Taking him to vet but I’m convinced, after reading other reviews here, that’s it’s the food. Who is monitoring these reviews in order to create a report to the company?

Much like others over the last while my cats (and my brother's as well) have started to refuse to eat Friskies canned food, even the formerly popular Fancy Feast. They were rejecting some flavors at first but now it is all of them, eating at most half of what they are given. One cat throws up whenever she eats the chicken pate.

I have eight cats of my own and feed cats in a colony. Friskies has always been reasonably priced. I go to the store today to restock and from last week the price went up $0.16, I drive to another store and the price went up $0.10. What happened in a week that the price of cat food jumped? Is it because you changed the label on the can, I don't eat the food but I seriously doubt that you changed the quality of it. It's just making it harder for people who try to help the animals that have no homes, feeding them is becoming too costly. Are they going to starve out on the street. Very sad!

I volunteer at a cat only rescue. Since we opened our doors in 2006, we have been feeding Friskies to all of the cats every evening as a snack to administer Lysine without any issues. Over the past 3 weeks we have noticed an increase in soft and loose stools, and in the past week, a large number of our cats (15-20) have had episodes on vomiting and loose, watery diarrhea. One of the cats had bloody diarrhea and vomiting and was ultimately diagnosed with an upper GI bleed. Once we stopped feeding Friskies, the vomiting has decreased to only one or two episodes per day in each of our cat rooms (compared to the 10-20 episodes per room 10 days ago). This situation has been extremely upsetting both to the staff and the cats as we have tried to work through this and ensure the welfare of all of our cats and kittens.

You are not putting enough gravy/sauce in the pate food anymore. It's extremely dry and my cats no longer like it. I'm also paying a lot more now for new packaging but poorer quality food that my cats will no longer eat. I will switch to another brand.

Our cat has always eaten Friskies canned food but, for a few months now, this being January 2019, he eats it and within 5 minutes is throwing up. He eats dry fine. He's never had this problem. It breaks my heart to hear him cry for his canned food but I'm afraid to give it to him. He has been Vet checked and is healthy. What did they change in their food that so many cats are getting sick?

We have 6 rescue cats and have been feeding them Friskies shreds up til this label change recently. We usually go with chicken shreds and this month also bought the bits. The 2 that loved it are the sickest. One (Samwise) isn't eating anything, now, and was previously vomiting. The other one lives up to his name, Pippin, and has elevenses on everything, but within last night started vomiting like Linda Blair on Exorcist. We are watching Samwise to see if we need to take him to the vet and switched to our backup brand of 9Lives.

It is 1/22/19, and it broke our hearts to write this Friskies review. We are a multi-cat family, and all our cats are rescued cats. One of our cats who we rescued three years ago from an abused community had always eaten Friskies only, because it was the only food he could get from that community before, especially Friskies pate. From October 2018, we noticed that he started to eat less and less when Friskies first changed their label look. Then he and other cats started to have diarrhea and vomiting problems. One cat by one cat who ate Friskies had these symptoms on and off. But since he only ate Friskies, he was affect the most and started to lose weight and appetite. He still told us he wanted food, but he ate very little of the Friskies cans we gave him. In November, we noticed though the symptoms were less obvious, his weight loss was too much and too rapid. This was the time we noticed Friskies secondly changed their label look.

I'm so grateful I came across these reviews. I have been feeding my cat Friskies can food for about a year and never had any issues until a few weeks ago. I noticed he started having loose stool and has progressed to diarrhea and pooping outside the litter box. I stopped Friskies for about 2 days and he immediately started going back to the litter box. I put him back on it thinking it was just a temporary thing but the diarrhea and not using the litter box started again. I noticed he experiences these symptoms about 2-3 hours after eating the pate or meaty bits. I will for sure stopped feeding this food and switch to a better brand.

Around mid Dec 2018 our youngest cat would try to buried the cat food bowl every time we put out the wet food. About a week later we noticed the older cat would walk away from some flavors of her wet food as well. At first I thought it was maybe a bad lot of food, so I bought a new lot from the store. The younger cat won't touch it and the older cat will attempt 1 or 2 bites then walk away.

My poor Darthy who is black short haired cat, is recently have fart poop problems, leaving stains on sheets and when farts some poop comes out. Family is disgusted. Never had problem with food till now. I buy all the variety you offer and now he's suffering??? Disappointed. I will no longer buy Friskies.

You are not putting enough gravy in the can cat food, pate. Very dry. This is getting to be a huge problem. Cats hate it! When it comes to the shreds, there's gravy, but they hate the shreds. This is extremely annoying.

I have been feeding my cats Friskies cat food for years. Recently, my cats are refusing to eat the food. I have one "dainty" eater and one that will eat just about anything. Both cats are refusing the food, all wet/canned varieties. My voracious eater has been vomiting and has very loose stool and very vocal. I will be changing the food and on to the vet if his health does not improve. Something is definitely wrong with the food or at least different. I have been noticing a difference in my cats' eating habits with Friskies in the past 2 weeks or so. Please avoid this food for your cat's sake.

We manage a 20-cat feral cat colony. I've used Friskies wet (pate Poultry Platter and Supreme Supper) successfully for 10 years. However, in the past couple months, the cats have stopped eating more than 50% of any feeding. (No change in the number of cats.) Sometimes they ignore it completely, even when they're clearly hungry. Some scratch dirt on it before walking away without taking a bite. We have never had problems with vomiting, but have had numerous instances on our driveway & porch in the last month. Also, cats have always left our property during the daytime, but during this same time period many have been lethargic. They lie for most of the day in their beds or under the bushes.

Since they have changed their formula, my cats and throw it up and runny stools even the feral ones won't eat it. If you know cats they can't take change in their diet. I have been using this stuff for over 7 yrs. Cats are picky, I wish you would have let us know I would have stocked up. I keep trying other brands but no go so far. Might have to let them go. I can't keep feeding them tuna. It's no good for them day in and day out, but being spaded and neutered they need wet.

I have 3 cats. They have been eating Friskies canned pate for over a year. I would give pate to them in the morning. So every morning they would be waking me up because they wanted that pate, they gobbled it up. Well in the past couple months they've been eating less and less of this food. I've been throwing at least half of it away. Well recently my one cat has had a bit of bloody, mucus stool, my other cat, who we rescued 4 months ago has been having seizures, and our other cat has been past few days, not eating, not drinking as much, sometimes hiding, lethargic, no energy, and he has lost weight in the past few months. All 3 of my cats now have medical problems. I wish it had not taken this long to figure out that it's all connected to the canned food, I truly believe that now, after coming across these reviews...which I am so grateful that I did... All these cats having medical problems, and all eating this same food.

I have 5 indoor cats, all in which have been eating Friskies Pate Wet Food for years. About 6 months ago, 1 of my cats stopped eating the wet food completely, would just turn his nose up at it and try to cover it as if it were something in the litter box. I didn't understand what was going on. Now, all my cats are refusing to eat the wet food. They will pick at it and lick the juice, or simply walk away, but will not finish what's in their bowl. Also, they have been having mushy stools and vomiting more so than they ever had (not hair balls).

I just recently bought a new bag of Friskies dry food and everything has gone downhill since then. I have a 2 year old cat and had a 3 month old kitten eating the same food. About two weeks ago my kitten started having diarrhea, vomiting and was extremely lethargic. I brought her to the vet and they put her on antibiotics thinking it was a parasite. We brought her home later that day and she was back to normal. Fast forward one week and the symptoms started again but worse. She wouldn't move and couldn't meow and was in critical condition. We rushed her to an emergency vet clinic and she had a seizure on the examining table and died. We were very upset about this due to having no answers as to what caused all of this and being out $400 (also she was a bottle fed kitten so we were very attached).

I was a little worried when the company changed the label that there may be other changes as well. My cat was sick for the last two days, vomiting and then refusing to eat it. Literally running away from it. I tossed it and bought another brand. He’s fine. I can’t find the receipt or I would take the other cans back, but maybe I’m saving another cat by throwing them away.

We’ve fed our indoor cats Friskies wet cat food for many years. A couple of months ago, our cat got really sick. Took him to the vets for $600 in testing and meds. Changed foods and he recovered. We put him back on Friskies a couple of weeks ago and now he’s really sick again. Never feeding this food to any animal again. All his blood work come back good. The vets were quite stumped as to what the cause was. Now we know.

Friskies Tasty Treasures/Friskies Classic Pate /Friskies Indoor has gone DOWNHILL. My 16 yr old cats (2) have eaten Friskies for their whole life and now they won't touch it. I know my cats. I pay attention to them. Something has changed with the canned cat food Friskies. At first I thought it was Chewy selling expired or low end food for a profit. I bought the same food at store and same result. My cats won't touch it. They lick the sauce and then leave the majority of the food on the plate. I am so frustrated over this because cats get very skinny and fragile when they are old and this bad food has been going on for few months now and I don't think it's going to IMPROVE. It's all about MONEY for the company. I'm sure they are downgrading the quality.

I've fed my cat Friskies canned food for a long time, but over the past month or two, my cat has begun refusing to eat the Friskies canned foods - nearly every flavor. It just sits in her bowl and she won't touch it. Curious, I decided to purchase a couple of other brands of moist food to see if she would eat. This worked like a charm. Not only did she eat, but she licked the bowl clean and wanted more. Friskies, what have you changed? Whatever it is, it's not working. Clearly there are many consumers noticing the same issue since there are numerous recent reviews/complaints about this same problem. I hope you're listening, Friskies company, and will do something to correct the problem. My cat's nose knows what's good for her; therefore, I'll be purchasing my canned food from your competitors.

I had a few of the old cases of Friskies pate (48 cans each) but just ran out. This was the only cat food my cats have ever known. Costco switched to Friskies in the bright GREEN boxes and the cans each have a stripe on them. No idea why the company decided to switch boxes. When I started "trying" to feed them the food from the new packages, at first I thought they were not very hungry. But this is TWO cats. My cat is not ashamed to indicate, by a scraping motion next to the dish, that the food needs to be buried in their litter boxes. My garbage disposal is getting clogged with what amounts to full cans of Friskies. I've seen dried vomit on the garage floor and cleaning out the litter boxes indicates that at least one of them has the runs. The only thing that changes was the packaging and labels on the pate. Tell me a fantasy that NOTHING has changed with the product in the past couple of months.

My 2 cats have been eating Friskies Pate Seafood for years. At night they get 1/2 a can each mixed with warm water... They have always loved this evening meal. In the past month or two I noticed they would leave most of it in their bowls and it was dried out by morning. One of my cats has been vomiting, my other cat started having horrible diarrhea. Her stools were solid after eating her Iams dry food during the day, but I didn’t put it together until after a $300 trip to the vet that showed her blood work to be perfect. Her weight was down from 17 lbs (yes she was overweight) to 10.8! She was prescribed meds that didn’t help. So I started giving them Iams day and night. Vomit gone. Diarrhea gone. I won’t ever feed it to them again. Something is wrong Friskies, figure it out!!

I have been feeding my rescued cat for a year now. I feed her Friskies pate. Recently she will not eat it not even her favorites. She has also thrown up and is drinking a lot of water. Just read other reviews and am certain the food is not good. The last can I opened was completely covered with green mold. I thought is was just a fluke. I googled recalls on Friskies cat food. There was nothing to be found. I just read all the info about this food. I immediately threw out the Friskies and gave her a different brand. She ate it all. Looking back over the last few months my cat would sometimes vomit after eating and yes it looked like brown pudding. Thanks to all of you, I have put everything together and I really do think this food is contaminated.

We have been feeding our cats Friskies for years. Just last week they started getting sick after eating and some of our cats have just refused to eat. We have 4 indoor cats and many barn cats. This is not isolated to one or two animals. Before this over the last several months we noticed that our cats have started becoming more and more picky about eating. We didn't think too much about this as cats are picky. Now we are rethinking what might have been going on. I am sorry to write this review but I feel it is important to get this information out both so people stop feeding their cats this food and to let Friskies know something is very wrong. I don't like that I have to rate my experience because Friskies has been very reliable until now. I am upset that this has happened but I don't want to hurt a company that has otherwise been considerate.

Updated on 01/17/2019: One of our cats has since passed on after becoming ill like the others. WE NO LONGER BUY OR USE ANY PURINA PRODUCTS. Since switching brands the remaining cats have now recovered and are healthy again. When 5 cats turn their noses up to the same brand of cat food (Friskies), you know something is not right!!

I changed cat food from Fancy Feast wet to Friskies, due to financial issues. I started slowly just supplementing every other can. My cat was hesitant on eating but started eating since he was hungry. A few days he started to act sluggish and started to drool severely where his whole side of his face ear & neck was soaked. Not normal at all. Brought him to the vet $465 later. Blood labs (liver, kidney etc) & X-ray came back all normal. Stopped feeding him Friskies and gave him Fancy Feast instead for a few days. Not knowing that it could be the cat food I gave him a can of the shredded chicken & gravy and guess what he started to drool & have nausea all over again. Enough proof for me... I tossed every can right into the trash.

We’ve been buying Friskies canned cat food for our cats for years. Recently our cats have been eating very little and barely touching it. One of ours has even started vomiting a couple of days ago. I’m seriously thinking about changing brands. My cats are part of my family.

I have been purchasing Friskies canned wet food for several years, specifically the cans of Chicken in Gravy and various variety packs of Meaty Bits and Shreds. However, this past week, I purchased a Chicken Lovers 32 Can Pack that was clearly contaminated. First, my one short-haired tabby seem to display symptoms of urinary blockage (i.e., would not allow me to pick him up, loss of appetite). I took him to the vet and after an overnight observation, was told that everything was fine with his urinary tract but that he lacked an appetite. The cost: $200 (although the health of my cat is priceless). Then, the next morning my orange tabby became extremely ill. Puking, diarrhea, and a lack of appetite. And my long haired cat also would not eat. All three cats have become lethargic, barely eat (wet or dry food), and continue to have runny stools. I am hoping they recover in the next week. It has been very stressful.

One of my cats began throwing up daily, then after every meal. We changed food, took her to the vet for $600 worth of normal test results to no avail. Finally, after 1.5 lbs lost, the vet prescribed antibiotics. After a few days, the cat was back to her normal self, but our other cat got sick. We reintroduced the Shreds and both cats got sick again. I think some contamination has occurred. I've reached out to Friskies and am awaiting a reply.

I've been feeding my cats dry and wet Friskies for years. Around a month ago, one of my boys started getting frequently ill vomiting/bloody diarrhea. Later I took him to the vet for a costly visit and was prescribed meds for IBS. I asked if I should look into changing his diet, and they originally said that shouldn't be necessary. Fast forward a month, I open up a can of extra gravy filet and the next day his symptom's return in full force with more excess vomiting and diarrhea. I once again go to the vet to get blood work done, and when the results return the doctor tells me that my boy's liver value is almost triple what it should be! He immediately advised me to change his diet, and now that I look at all of these reviews it seems like it is a big possibility that Friskies has made my cat very very sick costing me over $600 in vet bills.

I have two adult cats. After eating Friskies Pate they both got diarrhea, and vomited a lot. I took the male cat to the vet/doctor and this cost me $435.00 dollars. And the cats hate the medicine that the Vet prescribed.

I have four cats and have fosters many others. Feeding time was never an issue till this year. Gravely disappointed with both 9 lives and Friskies cat food. It almost seems as if they are produced out of the same factory. Never had a problem until about a year ago. My cats aren’t eating any of the pate any more. Two of them are constantly hungry begging for something else and throw up often.

I just saw somebody say that they have fed their cats Friskies for 6 years, and now their cats won't eat it. The food the past month has looked totally different. Filmy. No one cat vomits and other tapeworms

Maybe it's time to go to the competition?

So my cat loves cheese. I find Friskies has a wet canned food 3 diff flavors all with Cheese in them. I only feed him 1/2 a can in the morning and the other half at night due to he gets Natures Choice Grain free mixed with Iams High Protein grain free bag for bag into an airtight container to last him most the month. I then purchase his 9Lives which he has been perfectly fine with but my vat gets cheese as a snack with his dog sisters and loves it. So this was the whole big reason I decided to purchase the Friskies with Cheese!!

My cats have always loved a fresh can daily, and snacked on it all day. Now they only nibble at it once and won't return to finish it. After a couple of hours it starts to stink up my whole house. What's up with that? I went to store and bought a couple of single cans (same brand) to see if the same thing happened, NO! it did not. So, something is wrong with the production of the 48ct case. Maybe the cases are sitting in the warehouse too long or the stores are not rotating their stock. BEST BEFORE; APR 2020 8096 4749 09:37 LO4 8127. I'm not saving money buying by the case, if I'm throwing out 3/4 of a can a day. Now I have no choice but to throw out the remaining cans in the trash (10). SAD.

I’ve been feeding my two older cats Friskies can pate for years and the past two years have been purchasing the cases of it at Costco, which comes in packages of 48 cans. My cats have had some loss of teeth (incisors) and hair loss in patches which I’ve attributed to old age and being indoor/outdoor. Vet checkups are clear of diseases or other illnesses. The last several months of feeding them their nightly can of wet food they’ve occasionally turned their noses up at it (it’s usually the Mariner's Catch or Salmon Pate - Mixed Grill seems fins) and left in their bowls.

My 4 cats have eaten Friskies canned Pate food for years. Starting a couple of weeks ago, they have either turned their nose up at it or had diarrhea/vomiting. After reading these other reviews with similar problems, I am switching. I wish pet foods were held to the same standards as human foods!

We had 3 cats in our household & all have been fed Friskies canned wet/dry cat food. 2 cats died of a mysterious allergic reaction that caused hair loss, tooth loss, weight loss, vomiting, bad breath & diarrhea - the 3rd cat was very sick w/ the same symptoms. We tried a variety of products including Purina Sensitive Stomach for our remaining cat without improvement until we settled on Hill's Science Diet Sensitive Skin & Stomach. She improved significantly. Not putting 2 & 2 together, I happened to find a leftover can of Friskies while cleaning & decided to give it to her for a "treat". Within a couple of hours, my cat had a 4" x 2" area on her neck where all the hair was gone, was red, inflamed & oozing serous fluid.

I am so glad I found this website and saw others were having the same experience with Friskies canned cat food (in my case, specifically, Poultry Platter Pate). I've been feeding my 2 cats the Friskies Pate for a couple of years and they were OK with it. They also get Royal Canin kibbles (Selective Protein or something like that!). They love the Royal Canin. Over the last year, I have been throwing out at least 50% of the Friskies because my cats would not eat it. A couple of times, I wouldn't put anything else out thinking they were just being fussy cats. Now I feel horrible.

For years I have fed both my cats a tablespoon of Friskies Pate in the morning. They have Royal Canin SO dry all day. Several months ago they both starting throwing up. First it was the older cat who is 13. Everyday occurrence! Then the 9 year old. I initially thought hairballs. I tried Fancy Feast after getting some free cans and all throwing up stopped. I am grateful that I didn't feed them a larger amount after reading other reviews.

Our cat has been eating this brand of food for almost all of her 12 years and loves it. She turns her nose up at more expensive brands. We noticed recently that all the flavors in the 5.5 oz cans have less meat and more gravy. We suspect that Friskies is recently trying to boost their profits.

Poultry Platter Pate, Turkey and Giblets Pate I KNOW are toxic. They favor the non-fish ones - Supper Supreme, Mixed Grill, Country Style Dinner, Beef - all Pate style. I have been feeding my cats Friskies wet cat food for several years. But then both my cats were getting sick fall of 2017. I had a suspicion it might be their food. I looked for a recall and found some negative reviews on Amazon of their dry food so I switched their dry food to a super premium Acana which they love.

Well I opened up a can of Friskies' "Mixed Grill," this morning for our cat and set it down for him to eat. He ate half of it, so I picked up the can to stir remainder, in the can and I found what looks like two lengths of "aluminum wires," inside the can, so I'm not sure if our cat ate any of it or not. We'll be calling them today with our findings. Mainly it's an F.Y.I. for people who buy Friskies canned food, it's a good idea to stir the product up first to make sure this doesn't happen to your pets!

My dog is 130 lbs and ate no more than a spoonful of the Mariner's Catch Pate. Two minutes later, she dropped on the ground and stopped breathing. We did CPR on her to no avail and she stopped breathing. Tongue turned blue and she wasn't moving or responding. Thank God, my husband got behind her and put his arms around her to do CPR because we were finally able to get her to breathe again. She was dead for at least 2 minutes before we could resuscitate her. Got her to the hospital and her liver enzymes were highly elevated. Could have been an allergic reaction, could have been something in the Friskies. She's alive, but that bite of Friskies cost us $1,300.00.

I have 2 cats that are indoor only that I've been feeding only can food to per recommendation of the vet for the last 3 months & they were doing great previously, eating great, no problems with appetite or otherwise until about a month ago they both started refusing the food when I changed food brands & started feeding them Friskies brand. Most recently what I noticed most issue with is Friskies Pate 32ct variety pack Poultry favorites. I bought other variety packs just prior & I've been throwing most of it away & thought they were both being picky about the flavor & figured they'll eat when they get hungry enough.

I have been rescuing and fostering cats for years, and have had more than I can count. Friskies has always been my food of choice for my cats They love the turkey and giblets especially. That seems to be the most popular for the widest range of cats. When I get a can that is extremely moist and has juice in it, it is eaten readily by all cats. However, every time I buy a can or a case I am taking the risk that I’m buying cans of food that no longer have that excess moisture and liquid. Those cans of food are completely wasted because the cats don’t want to eat them. Because I buy in such large quantities, that ends up being an extreme amount of waste.

We have multiple cats indoor and outdoor and they all love it. Perfect size and variety of flavors. Not too dry, not too moist. The perfect crunch for my cats.

I have 3 finicky cats who disagree on even the most expensive (store bought) food but they all love this brand and all of the varieties. It is a fair price and most importantly my cats are healthy.