Iams Dog Food Reviews

I have been feeding my eight month old GSD puppy IAMS puppy food for the past five months with no problem. The last bag has caused diarrhea every two or three days for the past two weeks. At first I thought he had found and eaten something he shouldn't have but despite prevention of that he is still having diarrhea. I am convinced now it is this lot of dog food. I will have to switch brands now for his protection.

Sadly I will be throwing the rest of the new bag of Iams Lamb and Rice away. We have 5 healthy dogs ages 1-12. After feeding from this particular bag the last 2 days our dogs have been suffering from terrible diarrhea. Our oldest Lab is the most affected. We have fed Iams Lamb and Rice for 10 years... We will be switching! Our dogs have had nothing new in their environment or diet... It is the food! I will have this confirmed Monday morning at our veterinarian's.

My 3-year-old Golden Retriever has always had to eat Iams because of anal gland problems. We bought a new bag 2 weeks ago and she has been vomiting with blood. We have had her at the vet 3 times. She refuses to eat the food.

We have been feeding our dogs Iams naturals for over two years and since last month, around July 22nd, this food has been making them have diarrhea and throw up. We had no issues until recently like many of the previous reviewers and I want Iams to step up and take responsibility. My dogs have ruined a wall and my carpet because this poorly made pet food. There is no telling what this food has done to my pet's health and I am furious. Don't offer to send me a coupon because I will not ever buy Iams again and I will tell everyone who uses or considers using your product to read about what a terrible product you produce. We fed this to our dogs because we figured something labeled as natural would be better than our previous brand and now our dogs are very sick and our house needs some serious attention. You should be ashamed of yourself to allow a product like this to be sold to people who only want good things for their pets.

We've been feeding our cats IAMS Purrfect Delights Chicken-dulgence pate for a couple of weeks now without incident. This morning, however, we woke up to a house full of bloody vomit and poop. Throughout the day, we've seen the two cats and one dog (who eats the cat food leftovers) vomiting up blood tinged bile. If it was just one pet, I might think they ate something they weren't suppose to or that they were having some terrible GI problem. But when all three pets, who ate the same food last night are sick, the only think I can think they have in common is the Purrfect delights cat food (with an Apr. 30, 2015 expiration). The cats have stopped vomiting and seem to be doing a little better, but the dog just threw up again.

I normally buy my dog a more expensive grain-free food but found myself short on cash. After considering more affordable options, I chose to go with Iams Grain Free Naturals. I very gradually changed my dogs food and he very gradually became ill. Now that he is only eating Iams, he has terrible diarrhea and vomiting. I am going to have to get his old food and put him back on it. I'm looking at probably having to take him to the vet if it doesn't stop soon. I will never buy Iams again. I have read reviews of grain-free naturals making dogs sick for months and it's still on the shelves! I know a number of dog owners and will be sharing my experience with them to save them from going through it, too!

BOYCOTT IAMS. My 9 year old cat has been eating Original Iams Dry cat food all his life. Iams changed the ingredients and "improved" it. Now my cat won't touch it. At first he ate about half the small bag, because that's all he had. Then he started getting sick: won't eat, gets very tired easily, won't play and lies around the house. In general he just feels bad. I have spent over $500 on vet bills and they can't find anything wrong with him. The vet thinks the "improved" Iams is the cause. It may contain lead. BEWARE OF IAMS!!!

I switched my dog to iams naturals and she was vomiting for over 2 weeks. It cost me 300 dollars at the vet, not to mention the suffering that my dog had to go through. Her stomach is 10 times thicker than it should be because of the irritation caused by this food. I have started her on a probiotic and she has not vomited today, thank God. I am weaning her into another food, and I am trying to heal her naturally so she can improve her health as it was before this nightmare. This never happened with any food that I have given the dog before. I am very unhappy!

I am FURIOUS!!! My almost 9-yr-old mini schnauzer has been eating Iams mini chunks for 8 years. Four, yes, four days ago, I bought Iams Healthy Naturals b/c I thought she would like the chicken. For 2 straight days, she has been vomiting what looks like bile (yellow) & has diarrhea squirts pretty much constantly as well as being so uncomfortable that she can't sit still. I'm looking at these reviews & I got as far back as Jan. of this year, 6 MONTHS of complaints about dogs have n/v/d w/ this dog food. So everything my dog is going thru is completely unnecessary but Iams has just decided to sweep this under the rug until they sell all this type dog food & if dogs suffer (or die), if we have to pay vet bills for dehydration & have our carpets replaced, they could care less. Well, Iams, you have just lost another customer (you obviously don't care). Don't you dare even THINK about calling to offer me a coupon. It's insult added to injury!!! And I will never use it b/c I'm done.

Over the last few months I keep finding these white chi junks of what looks like grease balls in the Iam's small cans of Chicken Pate cat food. I never out them in my cat's dish, but I am concerned about what it is and the fact it is "filling the can" but not with quality cat food. Can someone tell me what this is? My cat is a Maine Coon cat and Iam's is the only food he can tolerate and not get sick. However, I am concerned about what Iam's food has looked like lately. I have attached a photo of the can I opened this week and the white lump.

My cat refuses to eat Iams Purrfect Delicacies and he's never, never been picky before. I've tried two different flavors and he would rather starve than try it. He gave it a sniff and had a lick of some that I put on my finger for him, but then he walked about 5 feet away and is watching the plate of food like it's evil. In desperation, I pretended to eat some of it and did try a little bit of the chicken since he always wants to eat what I eat. Weird, I know - but what's weirder is that *I* immediately got a sore throat from trying about 1oz of it. I can't expect him to eat it now. I should have known better than to buy this stuff because it was on clearance.

I have a very picky eater and was glad when I found Iams Sensitive Chicken flavor. He ate it very well and didn't bother his skin. Now since the change he won't TOUCH the food at all. Urrgghh. The only one you carry now that is compatible for sensitive is Salmon which is not an option. Now I'm the hunt for new food.

I had recently switched to Eukanuba by Iams last month thinking that I was feeding my dog a better food (since he is part of my family). I had been feeding him Pedigree. It has been almost 2 months now and there is still plenty of Eukanuba left. I have a Chocolate Lab that LOVES TO EAT. He was at a very healthy weight. Since switching to this horrible food my once lively dog has become very lethargic and not eating and has developed a very bad odor, his urine smells very bad and his stool also smells very bad (worse than usual). I bought the large bag due to the fact he is a large dog.

I have fed my dogs Iams for over 18 years. This last bag my 2 year old dog has started vomiting and has bloody diarrhea. My son had his dog hospitalized last week with the same symptoms. She also eats Iams. I did call Iams and was told there was no recall even though the FDA gov website says there is. Wanted to know if anyone else has suddenly experienced these problems.

I bought Iams for the first time and thought I'd try it out. After 1 week of eating it, my dog has nasty diarrhea. At first I thought it was a bug so I contacted the vet and did what was told of me. I fed her rice and gave her water after 24 hours and when she started acting normal again, I thought it had passed. I fed her some of the Iams food since she seemed ok again, but then she erupted diarrhea and started vomiting. No food has ever done this to her except this nasty brand. This company should be shut down. The stress it has put my dog and my family under is too much. For me to take her to the vet it cost us over $200.00. And they found nothing. I'm putting her back on her old diet. Seeing her in pain was too much for me. Shame on this company.

I had been buying my cat the 2.9 lb size of Iams Active Health Indoor Weight Cat food since she turned a year old and we transitioned her from the Iams Kitten Food. She has been healthy and happy and will turn two in Aug. 2014. I buy her Iams at Wal-Mart, and was very unhappy today to pick up the small bag (usually $4.99) and find that just since last week it is now the same price as the larger size, @ $6.47. I found a clerk and demanded an explanation but was only told that all the prices are changing. Just wondering what's up, if this is not a mistake by the store or if I may have to consider switching her on to a more affordable food.

We have a 5 year old female puggle. A couple years ago, our vet mentioned she was a little overweight and recommended IAMS weight control food for her. Now, after 2 years on this food, 3/4 cup twice a day supplemented with green beans, she has almost doubled in weight to almost 50 lbs. The poor thing can barely walk. I thought this food was to assist in weight control and drop weight. Apparently, with all the added cornmeal and other junk in this food it is doing the exact opposite. Don't give her table scraps or a lot of dog snacks and she goes for walks daily. Looks like I will need another brand and hope she doesn't have anything seriously medically wrong because of this. Thanks

I have three dogs my vet recommended I start giving Lamb and Rice formula to, so I picked Iams. That was about three months ago I began feed them your product. Since then the last 2 big bags of food I bought, they have been vomiting and having diarrhea. That has been over the last 2 weeks. Something is seriously wrong with your food. I thought they had parvo due to their symptoms but they have all been vaccinated. It was not that, it is your food. I'm very upset that I trusted your products for my dogs to get extremely sick.

Since IAMS has made the natural bags Dog food, the 12 lbs cost the same as the regular bag 15-17 lbs. Now the bag has just 9 lbs same price. 24 lb cost 30 bucks. Bag just went to 17 lbs for 30 bucks same label, but the company didn't think anyone I give everyone would notice. Nothing special, but keep making the bags smaller and smaller. In a matter of months, not year.

Our 2 goldens have been raised on Iams. They now get the senior formula. We decided to have them try the "all natural" chicken & veggies kind. They have never turned down food in any way. They started getting sick and lethargic on this and refuse to eat it. They actually started whining... Something is wrong with your food!!!! We are now in the process of switching brands after 11 years. Send out a recall!!!

I have been feeding my 4 dogs IAMS mini chunks for the past few years with no problems at all. Within the past few weeks, they are refusing to eat it, or are very reluctant to eat, and in just the past few days they are vomiting and/or have diarrhea the past few days. I see from the other postings that others are having this same problem in the same time frame. Why hasn't IAMS addressed this or issued a recall?

Both of my dogs became sick and experienced diarrhea and vomiting green bile after eating Iams Healthy Naturals Dry Dog Food. I took them off the dog food, and then they began to experience it again when I tried to put them back on it. The dog food was purchased from PetsMart, on Arroyo Grande in Las Vegas, NV. My dogs used to happily eat Iams without any problem at all. Now they will not touch it. Taking into consideration the previous recalls that I have learned about in addition to my dog's illness, I am very dissatisfied and disappointed and adamantly feel that the quality of their food has deteriorated and taken a serious dive downhill. It is sad that I can no longer trust this brand, nor recommend it to anyone.

I have been feeding my two dogs Iams Sensitive Salmon Dog Food for 2yrs now but recently both have become very ill with diarrhea and vomiting. They are my babies and hate to see them sick and noticed they have been rejecting their dog food. So I searched the web to find out if there were any recalls and to my surprise I found this site with multiple complaints about the same thing and sad to see those whose dogs have died due to tainted dog food yet no recalls??? REALLY?!?! Anyone who is a dog lover understands that our dogs are like our children and finding out that these dogs have been subjected to tainted food is horrible and again I say... NO RECALL?!?

Both my dogs have been ill for weeks. I have been to the vet for antibiotics and anti-diarrhea medication twice. We finally figured out that it was the food because they would get better on the restricted diet and relapse as soon as we started to wean them back on the food. I checked online to see if there was a recall on the food like there was last year and found there wasn't. It does seem that there are several other people experiencing the same type of symptoms on here. We are using the adult chicken flavored mini chunks... same food we have been feeding them for years. I would hope that if there is something tainted in the food that people would be notified. We are going to discontinue use immediately. We are considering making homemade dog food from now on just to be safe.

I've been feeding my cats Iams for the last 6 years, but they've been sick starting immediately after re-filling their feeder with a new bag of Iams Proactive Health (Indoor Weight and Hairball Control). I know the bag is not old because it has the new packaging. They were throwing up all of their food and one had diarrhea. I just replaced it with a new bag of the same food and they seem fine now. Seems like Iams had a bad batch of food out and it made my cats very sick!

Where can we send a sample of food to have it tested? My dog was very ill with liver issues and thousands in vets bills after consuming this food. I have a small amount left and would like it tested to see office if it was toxic. Thank you for your input.

My dogs have been eating Iams for several years. I recently changed to the Iams natural and they have had diarrhea and vomiting for the past few days. Today they both just refused to eat. They wanted nothing to do with the food. It has been in their bowls for the entire day. I decided to search online. Thank goodness I found this info. No more Iams for my dogs. It would have been great to at least put on the bag there were new additives.

I have a boxer puppy that is almost a year old. I started buying Iams because that is what the breeder was feeding her. I switch all my dogs to this but have found it to make the little ones very ill to the point of death. I am very unhappy with Iams and I intend to switch to Blue Buffalo. I hope it is not too late for my little dogs. I have nothing nice to say right now. I can't even get a coupon from Iams or anything. I hope that someone will respond to this message.

I own 2 dogs. Scooter is a 14 year old Shih Tzu and Benji is a 4 year old Maltese. We recently moved from Boston to S. Carolina 6/13. We had a visit with our new Vet. The animal care tech. asked what food they were eating. I told her Iams dry mixed with Mighty Dog. She frowned and told us that Mighty Dog was loaded with fat and that perhaps we should switch to Iams canned instead. So, we slowly changed over their food to Iams dry mixed with Iams wet. So since about August last year they have been eating this. They both have had diarrhea off and on intermittently. I contributed it to maybe a change in the water.

Well, last month I bought Pedigree for my dogs. I had been feeding it to them for quite some time when I bought a large bag for the first time from Walmart which caused a severe reaction in one of my dogs. So, I decided to try Iams, which I had used in the past with success. I tried the Lamb and Rice formula. I bought the biggest bag on April 9th from Petco. My dogs refuse to eat it alone, even my dog who picks up twigs and eats them. I am at a loss. I cannot continue to waste money on dog food. I thought I would be safe with Iams but I have to add cooked rice and chicken in order to get my dogs to eat this. I feel like I have to buy wet food in order to get them to eat. At that rate, I would have to feed them 2 cans each a day to get them to eat. Does anyone have any dog food suggestions?

Bought a new 40 lb bag of Iams Mini chunks last weekend, 4/5/14 from Murdoch's. My dogs have had nothing but diarrhea all week long. I have Italian greyhounds, a red heeler and a chihuahua. They all have had diarrhea. I won't feed this anymore. My hounds have never had a problem with Iams till now. I have warned my friends. Sad...greed.. Won't buy Iams products ever again.

I have used the Iams naturals lamb and rice formula for over a year now with great results and this weekend purchase a 30lb bag that said "new look and improved formula", started my dog on it two days ago and he has had diarrhea for the last 24 hours.... I switch to Iams because it was gentle on his stomach. Now I will be looking for another brand that doesn't have all the additives. :(

I have just watched a undercover footage of cruelty that I have never seen before in my life. The world should see what I saw today. I cannot do anything to stop Iams abusing these innocent animals. Just remember there is a God and his day is coming.

We bought a 30 pound bag of Iams active small chunk for our 7 dogs. We wanted to feed them healthier. 5 of them started throwing up and diarrhea ever since and 3 of my dogs are 11 years old. This is not good for them. We are not happy. I guess we have a large vet bill coming and never buying Iams again!!!

I guess I am one of the lucky ones. I only used a free sample of their poisonous so called food and that was enough to make my cat Zazzy sick. I thank God that we didn't buy any of that stuff they call pet food. I think it is time to BOYCOTT Iams, they are pet murderers. I have been paying a lot of attention to the responses that others get from the company and if computers could write I'd have to say that is what was answering them because all of them were the same just a few words different. Down with the pet murders close up shop. I have an idea, why don't you people who run the place and give the orders... you eat your own product and let's see what happens.

I have a 6 year old female cat. I bought a bag of 3kg. IAMS Proactive Health Adult Norwegian Salmon and Chicken. Yesterday I was about to feed her, when I noticed a wooden chip (spine), very hard, coming out of one of the pellets. I took it out from the pellet and tried to bend it with my fingers. I could not do it. Of course, I took pictures of the wooden spine before eliminating it. This is totally unacceptable. I paid 13 for this bag and my cat could definitely had choked with that wooden chip if I hadn't had the luck to see the wooden chip before serving her meal. Of course, I'll never buy IAMS or anything related to IAMS again. For that same price, you may get superior quality foods with no foreign objects inside it. I tried calling to the telephone line which appears in the cat food bag, but had no luck contacting anyone.

My cat had been on IAMS weight control formula with and without hairball remedy (bright blue bag) for about 2 years and it worked great - helped reduce her weight from 15 to ~9.5 pounds and held steady. Also added Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys with wild rice to fill her up and slow her eating down, together they worked like a dream until this past November. Then she began acting weird, very hyper after eating, itching, etc. Then her stool began changing - rotating between being normal to fat huge (like a dog), from regular brown to light-like putty -then back again. But still "formed". This was after the IAMS weight control kibble recall. But we thought we were "fortunate" in that our bag dates were not on the recall list, not even close in date of mfg.

My 3-yr-old Lab has just died. The vet said it was rat poison. The weird thing is that our dog is in a fenced in yard or in the house at all times. There is no rat or any other poison inside or outside of our house. We have 2 dogs. The only difference between their lives is their food. Our other dog eats soft food because she is older and her teeth are not strong enough to eat kibbles. The only thing we can figure is that our IAMs dog food was somehow tainted. We are crushed over the loss of our otherwise completely healthy beautiful Chocolate Lab. I will never buy Iams products again. After reading the 400+ complaints on this website I am convinced it was the Iams dog food that killed my dog and broke my heart. We have used Iams faithfully under the misguided impression that it was a SAFE quality product. You should be ashamed of yourselves. I have no hope that this complaint will cause any real turmoil to a big company like this, but I do hope in writing this it can help to warn other dog owners so that they (and their dog) do not have to suffer a loss like I have. I only wish that I had seen this site sooner, then maybe my dog would still be with me. :*(

My two dogs became ill within hours of eating this dog food. It started with diarrhea and then they began vomiting. The next day they had blood in their diarrhea. We have returned the dog food to the store. I will NEVER buy Iams Brand Pet food again.

Recently I switched from another brand to IAMS thinking they were comparable. It is causing my poor dog diarrhea and find similar complaints on this website. I will NEVER buy this brand again. My dog is 15 years old and something like this could jeopardize her life as well as her health. Iams should determine what is causing this problem. Coupons to buy more food that will hurt my pet is NOT a solution.

Our dog Iams Smart Puppy, then we switched him to the Proactive Mini Chunks. Soon thereafter he began experiencing bouts of diarrhea, which sometimes turned bloody. On several horrifying occasions, it seemed like he was going to bleed to death. We thought the problem was the dog, that perhaps he had some weakness or flaw which would render him unable to live healthy life. After researching online, we began to suspect it was his food that was making him ill with increasing frequency. We switched to a "five star" food recommended by Dog Food Advisor and within a week his diarrhea and occasional vomiting stopped, and he actually WANTED to eat.

A friend of mine has a new pup and has been told that Iams is a bad choice. I disagree. I have been feeding dry Iams to both cats and dogs for many years and have absolutely no complaints. My pets have been very healthy and energetic, particularly my Jack Russell! I make a point to store the bags of food in a cool, dry place (indoors) and sometimes mix it with a bit of canned food. I do not feed my dog any table scraps or human food (except carrots for a treat or cooked chicken from time to time.

Just recently I have bought a few of the IAMS woof delights for my dog for an occasional treat. I was attracted to the fact the label said it was gluten, filler, corn, wheat and soy free. I also took an IAMS woof to a friend of mine to try for a treat for her dog as well. Her dog became horribly ill, diarrhea, vomiting and shaking. I felt bad but told her I didn't think it was the food as I had given it to my dog a couple of times before.

We got our dog a bag of Iams Proactive Health mini chunks. After he started eating this bag, he became sick with vomiting and seizures. We finally narrowed it down to your product. I thought Iams was suppose to be a good brand but after this and reading other reports, I was wrong. Never again will I buy your product.

My 7 year old cat recently switched to Iams senior cat food pouches... chicken with gravy. I purchased a large batch of this online from Pet supermarket. He is now suffering acute hair loss on his stomach and inside of legs with very sore red skin and blisters. He is in a constant state of agitation, constantly crying out. It's very distressing. It's the weekend and I can't take him to the vet until Monday. Can you please get back to me as soon as possible? I need to know if any other similar problems have been reported in the UK?

Just recently, we lost our family dog after feeding her Iams. We also found a disturbing trend that others have lost their dogs this week after feeding their pets Iams. I am calling our vet to see if there has been an overwhelming pet deaths. I just want to know why Iams hasn't been recalled and warn others not to feed their beloved pets Iams. I am also contacting the news stations to make sure none has to lose their pets.

I have been feeding Iams to both of my dogs since they were weaned from their mom. They were always very healthy and happy. I always believed if you buy good quality food for your pets, they would be healthier. Recently, I tried Healthy Naturals with wholesome Chicken plus Vitamins, minerals, and Amino acids. They seemed to enjoy the first bag and so this month, I bought another bag for them. They started throwing up shortly after eating. I do not mean a small amount. I was amazed that such small dogs could throw up that much. It continued for a day and a half.

We bought a 50 lb, 1-6, Proactive, Chunks and left it in a cool place in the garage. The bag was supposedly good until 2014. Few weeks after and about half way through the bag, we notice about 5 lbs of food sort of musty and/or rotten and sort of glued together. Some days before, our dog had started to vomit blood and had diarrhea. We took him to the veterinarian where he was treated for dehydration caused, more than likely, by bad food. We called IAMS and suggested we send them sample of the food to which they advised to just throw it away.

I want to thank all of you for taking the time to write these reviews. I am so sad to hear about all your fur babies getting sick!! I have been thinking about changing my English Mastiff Iams as he just seems so sluggish all the time!! I am now convinced I am feeding him poison from Iams dog food! Good bye Iams!!!

My dog died on September 24, 2013. He was a beautiful, healthy, happy dog up until Sept. 20/13 - the day we opened a brand new bag of Iams Proactive Health Mature Adult (29.1 lb) bag. I live in Toronto, Canada and the recall from August was never issued here, even though our Iams products are imported from Cincinnati, Ohio. Therefore had I known of it, I never would have purchased this food. My dog ate 2 meals from it on September 20/13 and then refused it the next morning. By the nighttime, I couldn't understand it so I coaxed him into eating this food for dinner by adding water and sitting by him. That was at 7:00pm and by 3:30am, he had thrown all of it up. He then continued to throw up all through the morning and throughout the day, to the point that he was throwing up foam and saliva.

Three days after starting a new 46LB bag of proactive Health Lamb Meal and Rice Formula, my dog started throwing up, had diarrhea, and would not eat at all. Within a day he had blood in his stool, and then for days he would just put out blood when trying to go potty. The vet put him on medication, gave him liquids under the skin, did blood work and x-rays, didn't find anything and nothing seemed to work. After being hospitalized and given medication and fluids intravenously on the sixth day, he was sent home with instructions to take him to the veterinary hospital to see an internal medicine specialist. Being Sat, we had to wait till Mon to do so.

We changed my dog's food to Iams on Saturday and today is Tuesday and our perfectly healthy miniature schnauzer is at the emergency vet for vomiting and bloody diarrhea. We will never purchase another Iams product. I just really hope that our pup will be ok. Something needs to be done about these pet-destroying products.

Last night, we bought a new bag of Iams Proactive Health Mature Adult dog food, 15lb bag, UPC 19014612062 from our local grocer. It is the ONLY food our dog ate last night. This morning our dog was very ill, so we took him in at 8 am to the vet. Immediately, the vet suspected salmonella poisoning. Our dog had a high fever, diarrhea, and was extremely lethargic. He kept having stomach cramping, as if he was going to throw up. We had to leave him at the vet's all day to be hydrated and hooked up to an IV of antibiotics. We picked up our dog at 4 pm. He is still very lethargic and still won't eat even white rice that the vet recommended. Out of concern, I googled "Iams dog food" and "recall" together and was shocked to find so many complaints and so many items on the IAMS dog and cat food recall list since August 15.

We bought our dog, Lily, a new bag of Iams, same food she had eaten for 10 years and we noticed that she was leaving most of the food in the bowl. Within days, she was sick, vomiting and diarrhea, so we took her to the vet. The vet thought she had eaten something bad, so he treated her with antibiotics, activated charcoal and rehydrated her. We brought her home, fed her again and she just got sicker and sicker. Took her back to the vet again, tried it all over again, but she lost so much weight that we had to put her to sleep. This dog was a companion to our son with Special needs, never left his side. The pain and loss our family experienced was and still is enormous. I can't believe we lost our beloved Lily.

3 of my 4 cats ate Iam's dry cat food. Shortly after opening a new bag of Poultry dry cat food all three cats became sick, could not eat as their throats literally could not swallow, it was as if their throats were burnt. I checked the numbers on the bag and both sets of numbers matched the recall. I took one of my cats into our vet as the other 2 disappeared, one for 3 days and the other for 8. Tests came back neg for salmonella but my cat had a temperature and was dehydrated. He started to growl and hide from us and he is the most loving cat. The other 2 cats came back, thinner and not wanted to be touched.

We have been feeding our Boxer Iams Healthy Naturals Lamb & Rice Formula for about the past 3 years. About 4 days after opening a new bag last month, our Boxer was vomiting non-stop, upset stomach, would not eat for days. After a trip to the vet where they could not determine anything but give anti-nausea meds, antibiotic, and Pepcid and bland diet for a week to be on the safe side....she was good as new. Slowly started introducing her regular food again.... Same thing all over again.

I work at a veterinary hospital as an assistant and knew from day one I would feed my great Pyrenees puppy Eukanuba large breed dog food. He loved it. For six years that is until Proctor and Gamble took over Iams/Eukanuba. I thought nothing of it since the food he was on was not on the recall list. But shortly after P&G took over and the recall he started to refuse to eat his food. Looking at me with his big brown eyes he backed away from his bowl. I talked to him and coaxed him to eat. He did reluctantly drooling and foaming at the mouth the whole time. Thinking it may just be that bag which I had just opened I returned it making sure that the next bag was from a different store and had a different lot number.

3 of 4 dogs eat Iams Proactive Mini Bites. 1 dog eats Purina dog chow. 3 dogs sick from Iams. I called and was told the product wasn't part of the recall (mini bites). 1 dog taken to animal hospital and was diagnosed with symptoms pointing to salmonella. I will not use any of these products from this company again.

After reading these comments, I am devastated and even more concerned that the dog food I fed my beloved Doxie may have contributed to her death. The day I opened my new bag of dog food (2nd 15-lb bag I've purchased of this type -1st without incident), one of my dogs became ill (Thursday, Aug. 22). After a week of ups and downs, with all the symptoms others are describing, and much misery on her part, her whole body just shut down, and she left us yesterday. One of the vet's first concerns was that she was poisoned or ate contaminated food due to the blood test results. I will be investigating this much further and contacting the company, as the lot does not match what is being recalled but is in the same range of manufacture.

My beagle, who only eats Iams dog food, has been violently ill. I bought the green bag of Iams at the Target in Malvern, PA. She is a very light weight beagle and cannot afford to lose any weight. I walk her on leash and she has never been out of my sight. She will only eat dog food so I know it is your food making her ill. I have contacted my vet. I am so disappointed in your product and you better hope that my dog survives. I will never ever buy your products again and I will tell everyone I know to do the same. I can't believe how many dogs are experiencing the same issue. I will be going back to Target for a copy of the receipt, and by the way, every dog owner I know stores their dog food in a container so no one would be able to send you the bar code from a bag that was discarded weeks ago.

From the day I picked up my beloved kitty at 17 weeks of age from a highly reputable breeder who advised using IAMS foods, that is all she has eaten her whole life until about 2 weeks ago. She had already started acting strangely, trying & sometimes succeeding in vomiting, then having litter box accidents like never before. Then I heard about the recall & compared the information on the Orange Bag w/ the numbers on the FDA site. Horrors! I took the bag back to Walmart after photographing all pertinent information & posting it on my Facebook page to warn all my readers. It gets worse.

I normally feed Purina one cat food and natural, but I bought the Iams with my older cat in mind to try new brand and she liked it but the others did not.. When the recall came out I did not pay attention because I forgot I had the Iams. It wasn't til Saturday that my 18 year old cat started vomiting and refusing to eat or drink and she had awful retching usually foam and a little water.. I then remembered recall and looked up the brand and it is on the list for salmonella contamination.. She passed at 3:00am this morning after suffering a horrible painful death. I am unemployed and could not take her to the emergency vet because we couldn't afford to. I still have the cat food and was wondering if there is some place that can test it to see if it actually was salmonella or if she had other issues. She was declared in great health on June of this year by my vet. Has anyone else complained of death from this particular cat food?

After feeding my Australian Cattle Dog Proactive Health Dog Food on August 17th she started to vomit, then start to have loose bowels which in the next couple of days turned to bloody stool. After 3 days, I heard about the recall and immediately stopped feeding her IAMS. She remained lethargic, would not eat, continued with horrible digestive weakening ordeal. I have since then taken her into the family vet. As of yesterday, she is showing signs of feeling better and I have started to feed her Adult Pedigree dog food.

I purchased Iams Dog Food before this recall and I get two different kinds, the Naturals which is for my older dog and the Active Formula which is for my 2 year old Greyhound. Both dogs got sick and started Friday, it is now Wednesday and they are still not well. The older one won't eat and the younger one is vomiting and has diarrhea. My older one has this as well, and he won’t eat at all. I am taking them both to the VET to hopefully get something to stop the vomiting as they are losing some pounds. Also the VET mentioned they may have to keep them to make sure they are not dehydrated. Is IAMS going to help me pay this bill? I don't know, but I have changed foods already.

We bought some Iams Hairball Control cat food at our local Walmart, several weeks ago. We have 5 cats and all they will eat is Iams dry cat food. This has been the first time we had a problem with the food. We have been cleaning up cat poop and throw up all over our house. We have used a little over a half a large bag. It was time to pick up more, like to keep it on hand don't want to run out. We went to Walmart to buy some and we could not get any because it was in recall. Well if it was recalled, is that why my cats have been sick? The store told us to contact Iams because they would not sell it to us. This really has me upset. My poor cats have been sick and it had to be from the bad food we bought in this last bag. How would you like to get up in the middle of the night and step in throw up or runny poop? We rescue cats and do we need to change to a different brand of cat food. I always thought Iams was the best for the cats, for this is what we have used since we first started to take in these babies. I have to find something to feed them other than Iams at this time because I can not have sick cats. My problem is they are so picky that Iams is the only thing they like. What can we do?

We have only fed our dog Iams dry dog food since he was a puppy. Never gave him table scraps. Only rawhide & ice chips on occasion as a treat. He started throwing up & having loose stools & then quit eating altogether. Took him to the vet 4 times in the span of a month & 1/2 to do blood work & all kinds of testing. He lost 30 pounds in the span of 4 months until we finally had to put him down. My husband & our 2 boys (ages 4 & 6) are heartbroken. Heartbroken & really angry after seeing the recent recall. Chopper was a family member & a member loved by our entire neighborhood. Cannot believe what I am reading about so many similar stories. Wow. Shocked.

I recently bought Iams proactive minichunks. I fed it to my bullmastiff and rottweiler. The bullmastiff, who will eat any dog food, ate it and threw up sometime later the same morning. The rottweiler did not want to eat it at all. She sniffed it and looked at me. Normally I have no problems with my dogs eating their food. I did not feed them anymore of that food. I went straight to the store and bought something else. Have not had any problems with the replacement food. It was not Iams or Eukenuba. I still have the bag of food but now that I'm sure it was the food I guess I'll throw it away as soon as I'm sure my dogs are alright!

Update on the pug and chihuahua from yesterday: The pug's diarrhea has become completely blood and mucus. I have taken samples and pictures and spoken to a vet. We will be seen in the morning for tests and an exam. It is sounding an awful lot like salmonella, even though my bag was not recalled on the latest list. I really hope IAMS responds to this. I have called and left messages with corporate. I've never seen my babies this sick before. Neither of them have left the house since they started on IAMS and have had no other changes in diet or activities. This is so disturbing. I hope no other puppies become ill.

I have a 5-year-old Chihuahua and a 4-year-old Pug. They are both taken to the vet regularly and have no health problems. They have never been on IAMS before, but we decided to give it a try after seeing it at one of our preferred pet stores. We slowly introduced it to them, as we do with any new food, and they almost immediately began having diarrhea. The diarrhea has become so bad, they drink constantly and are extremely lethargic. The pug is also vomiting.

Iams Proactive Health - I have been buying Iams for my dog for 2 years and never had a problem. I bought a new bag of food for my dog a few weeks ago and when I first gave it to him he snubbed it which for him was very strange. He did finally eat it but whenever I would give it to him he would smell it and walk away. He did eat it so I thought he was being finicky then he started vomiting 4 or 5 times a day and I started to wonder if it was the food. I bought a bag of Blue Buffalo and the vomiting stopped. I tried giving him some more Iams and although he didn't eat it at first but did pick away at it. I can tell he does not feel good after eating the Iams and will not feed him it anymore. What the hell is going on with that food?

What is going on with Iam's Dog Food? Both my cocker spaniels are sick. One has raging diarrhea and the other is throwing up. They do not eat anything but Iam's. We've had this problem before but not to this extent and tests showed nothing. Tomorrow we are going to vet. Nothing better happen to our two precious pets. Question for IAMS - Are ANY, and I mean ANY of the ingredients in the Mini Chunks Dog food in the Green Bag made and/or purchased from CHINA??? We demand answers now - these pets are our family members.

My 5 year old French bulldog was very healthy all these years, On Monday 12th August, I received an emergency call from the owner of the recognizable Dog Hotel where my dog was boarding, my dog was taken to the Vet and they found out he has acute pancreatitis caused by the IAMS food given on Sunday (the healthy food I brought with me to the Dog Hotel had finished and they gave him IAMS Pet Food). My dog is in very delicate situation and I am very concerned for his health he has been very sick for 4 days and it is not improving. Please contact me, I need to know who is taking responsibility for this.

Update to my 2012 post in which I described the problems with 2 of my cats after feeding them Iams healthy weight formula. As I previously posted, lost 2 of my best buddies within 2 days of each other. Now, almost a year later, my little man Murphy is dying. He has a mass in his stomach area just like my sweet O'Malley. Taking him to a specialist in 2 days to see if we can save him. I honestly, truly believe the food changed my cats' metabolism or chemistry. I feel this will be the 3rd cat I will lose simply because I decided to feed them the "better" food. Iams should be more responsible and stop "apologizing" to all posts. If they cared they would recall their products.

We have a Pitbull and a Pitbull and Australian Shepherd mix. We have been feeding them the Iams ProActive Health MiniChunks dog food and recently they both got very sick and started having bloody diarrhea and vomiting and refusing to eat. We took them to the vet and their tests came back negative for everything so the vet decided to just prescribe them an antibiotic and it cleared everything right up and they started eating normally again. They then again got sick after eating the Iams. Everything cleared up after switching brands.

I feed Iams Weight & Hairball Control to my three cats. I've always considered Iams to be a superior brand of animal food. (I feed the Senior Iams to our 14 year old dog, and this is the food that seems to be best for her.) Two of our cats are doing fine on this food. However, one of our cats gets severe diarrhea with the Iams food. He seems to have a chronic case of diarrhea while on Iams. I accidentally bought the Purina Hairball & Weight Control, and the diarrhea cleared up.

I have been feed my lab Iams ProActive Health Chunks (green bag w/ orange stripe) for the past 2 years. WHERE has it gone in the stores? I emailed Iams and they seem to act dumb about why I can't find it. It isn't in Petco, Petsmart, Walmart, or Target. Always used to be. The emailed response said it was at those stores in the 60134/60510 zip area, and it most certainly is NOT. I just stumbled across this site and I'm wondering what kind of coverup is going on by Iams. Why is there a HUGE number of illness in the last two months w/ this food? You (Iams) are obligated to tell us if there was a problem with the food.

I started feeding my GS puppy Iams and he has been sick since. Today he threw up numerous times until his entire meal was out. I have not given him any more. He seems to already be happier. Praying he will get over this.

I too am concerned after reviewing several reputable dog food review websites. The horror that went through me that just stopped me dead in my tracks. I have also noticed the foul smell and requiring to purchase more food because it was spoiled. I also noticed that the supposedly fresh dry food that my two pups will leave in the bowl for a week. I always am giving them canned food, but they treat the Iams canned with the same urgency as the dry food. And Dear Dena RVT, if you really had a "high level of nutritional expertise" then why don't you use this to bring your products up to maybe a 4 or 5 star rating? If you really appreciate people postings, then why comment with the same lame answer that you can't even feel sorry for what your company is doing or providing?

I am concerned and frightened at what I am reading about Iams pet food. My two small dogs have been eating another brand up until recently, when we switched them to Iams. After a couple of weeks, the dogs have been experiencing diarrhea, vomiting, and have been lethargic. We've switched to other brands before without experiencing this. We are switching to another dog brand immediately. My only hope is that this has not hurt my dogs permanently. To all consumers - stay away from this brand!

We have a small Pom (4.5 lbs.). He was doing very well on this food (for 2 years) until about 2 weeks ago. He developed diarrhea and was given antibiotics and the diarrhea cleared. The bag smelled slightly off (it had been open for about 3 weeks) so I discarded what was left.

Iams Weight Control Hairball Control cat food - I purchased Iams for a 7-year-old overweight cat. The first bag was fine. I purchased a second large bag and now my beautiful cat is sick with uncontrollable diarrhea and loose stool. After two thorough check ups with the vet, he concluded it's the Iams. After six years of purchasing your products, I'm done. There are way too many similar complaints on this board. And this isn't the first round of vet visits for the same issue. Don't apologize and send me the same form apology letter you post all over this board. Just get your act together. Defenseless animals are suffering at your hands. It's absolutely criminal.

We have a Labradoodle that just turned 5. After feeding him Iams the entire time, both dry lamb&rice mixed with Iams wet, he has stopped eating. Several times in the past year, I have had to just throw the food away. I have tried another food and he still won't eat. Turns out Rudy has canine lymphoma, a terminal cancer. I was told to take him off all store bought food. That made me wonder. I noticed him sick last month and had to throw the food away. I truly feel in knowing my dog that there is something in that food that makes them sick. My best friend, my buddy, my pal will most likely not be here in several months. If I could turn back time, Iams would have not been part of his life. I am trying just chicken and rice for now. Something definitely changed in that food.

I have four small elderly dogs. One of them started with the bloody stool. I finally figured out which one, but shortly after, 2 more started with the same problem. I feed the green bag for toy breeds. The fourth dog has not gotten ill because he is the only dog who does not eat the Iams. He no longer has teeth so he is on a special diet. The other three all have the bloody stools. The mess this has created in my home and the sad condition the dogs are in is alarming. I finally threw the food out today and am hoping for healthy recoveries.

My two cavaliers were having bloody stool and diarrhea. I was worried and took them into the vet to see what was wrong. Tests were done and no parasites. They were given special probiotics and antibiotics. I knew something wrong when they wouldn't eat anything. Still were having diarrhea, then vomiting and lethargic. We took them back to the vet and it was discovered that they both had pancreatitis. They had to stay in the hospital with pain meds and IV for two days. Finally, I found this page about the dog food from Costco! Then I knew how they got sick.

I have fed IAMS for multiple years now and have been quick to recommend their food. At present, I have 6 dogs terribly ill from the last batch (3-26 lb bags) from Target in Mesquite. I have all 6 dogs suffering from diarrhea and 2 are vomiting. I NEVER feed my dogs anything other than dry dog food. They have never been allowed table scraps, etc. I have no doubt this food has made them very ill and the Target I purchased the product at is refusing to refund my money because I put the food into my Blitz feeder and 2 Sterlite plastic totes that I normally store their food in.

I have been feeding my GS Iams Proactive Health chunk for over a year now, but after opening the last bag, he has become sick and refuses to eat. He is lethargic and has diarrhea. He will eat other food but has been turning his nose up to this bag. My minpin swooped in yesterday and took his food when I was not looking and she is now sick. Something is wrong with this food. I will be posting this on FB to let the animal community know there is something wrong with your food.

I opened a brand new bag of IAMS Proactive Health Small Toy 3 days ago... Day one, she vomited in the evening then has had diarrhea once a day since after she ate... It is a green bag as well as fellow person spoke about on here earlier. Is there a recall or are there others out there with sick pets as well? Vet checked her and says she has no parasites so it has to be this food!!

Our 1-year-old Black Lab is now very sick as well - vomit, diarrhea, and acting lethargic. She was sick Saturday and Sunday after opening a new bag Saturday morning. I finally got her eating boiled meat and rice and drinking water again by Monday evening. She was good Tuesday on the meat and rice. I bought a new bag (same big green Adult Chunks) and fed to her this morning (Wednesday). Now she is vomiting and has diarrhea throughout the house again. Then I see this website with all the complaints. Wow.

I just called IAMS and submitted a claim. I am being sent a full refund on the last bag of food. I have 3 small dogs (2 Chihuahuas and 1 Italian Greyhound) all in which have never had any stomach or bowel issues until the last 2 bags of IAMS. I took them to the vet and nothing is wrong. No worms, parasites or suspicious illness. Vet suspects bad food or something they ate. They have no access to anything toxic. Just their fresh water and dog food (well dog food might be considered toxic at this point). I am dealing with 3 dogs all with diarrhea at the same time and it's not pretty. Cleaning up after them is wearing me out, but most importantly, their health has declined. Dull coat, some vomiting, diarrhea and weight loss on all 3.

I have been feeding my miniature Dachshunds IAMS their whole life. Two bags ago, in the very first bowl of a newly opened bag, my one Doxie started vomiting and having diarrhea. I immediately thought it had to be the food, although the other dog didn't seem sick. It took her a week, and feeding her chicken rice and pumpkin to get her straightened out. We finished the bag. I had chalked it off as a stomach bug... UNTIL we opened another bag. The first bowl again, the OTHER Doxie gets sick, and starts vomiting and having watery diarrhea with blood in it. It took me 5 days with a syringe, persistence, water and household cures for diarrhea.

I don't know if Iams dog food is the cause or not, but after feeding from a new bag of Iams (green bag large chunk) for a week, our yellow lab female began refusing to eat it. We pour our dog food into a tote and throw away the bag, so I don't have a batch number. It was purchased on May 16th at Bomgaars in Alliance, NE. She has been on Iams her entire life of 8 years and has always been a very good eater. She had never refused a meal! But after a several days of refusing to eat (I even tried mixing it with broth, softening it with water, etc., as I thought maybe she had a sore mouth or throat from chewing a stick or something like that), I finally gave up on her food and offered her different food. She did eat, but was not acting right.

Yesterday, my daughter was advised by her vet to switch her cat from Iams Hairball and weight control formula as it has been implicated in pancreatitis in cats. My cat, Belle, was a long term user of this product. In November of 2012, she was hospitalized with severe vomiting. She had an operation and was diagnosed with pancreatitis. This cost me five thousand dollars. My cat resins unwell and on medication. This food should be taken off the market.

Like so many of the others on this site, I bought a bag of Iams about 4-6 weeks ago and as soon as I opened the bag and fed it to my dog, she had diarrhea and vomit, including blood in her stool. She then proceeded to refuse to eat for for the next week. This is the food she has been fed for the past 7 years or so. I kept trying to coax her to eat it until I saw this site. Don't do it. Get your dog a better food and they will have no more problems. Very disappointed to waste money on food I had to throw out, but glad my dog is healthy again.

I was shocked to find this site and see so many people having the same problem with Iams food. Both my dachshunds got sick after me opening a new bag of food a couple weeks ago. They had diarrhea and then constipation to the point where they were unable to potty. The vet checked them for a variety of things and treated them for possible infection - worms and dehydration. They both refused to eat, which if you know dachshunds they ALWAYS want to eat! After a few days, they ate rice and chicken. It was over a week before I mixed canned food with the rice. Then I went to Petco and purchased a new bag of Iams. When I opened it, it had webs and worms in it. I returned it to the store and the man said to get a new bag (no apology!). I opened the new bag in the store just to check and moths came flying out!

We recently purchased Iams Weight Control for our dog. We have been feeding her that particular food for several years but this particular batch, we believe, gave her the runs and made her very ill. When we fed her another food, she will eat it. When we put the weight Control back in her bowl, she refused to eat. The batch # is 10715956, created 04/17/13.

I bought a 15# bag of Iams Adult cat food at my local Pet Supermarket today. My cats have been eating this for a very long time. As soon as I opened the bag, I noticed that it looks totally different, not nearly the same shape or size (MUCH smaller) than what I am used to seeing. I immediately returned it to the store for a refund. I won’t have a reaction because I returned it before feeding to my cats. Has the formula/appearance been changed or is it just the wrong food? I wasn't about to feed it to them... not knowing what it was. Please see pic. The food on the left is what was in the bag. The food on the right is what they have always eaten.

We have fed our cat the proactive health indoor weight and hairball care blue bag for 9 years. He was extremely healthy prior to this last bag. He threw up every time he ate his food, he has lost so much weight, and he has difficulty walking. I immediately took him to the vet in mid-April after a full day of heavy abnormal vomiting, and then again in early May. All tests came back good (blood test, thyroid test, heartworm test and urine test, etc). No apparent issues. I did not consider the possibility of contaminated food until I put him on rice and chicken for the last week and has not vomited once. He won't eat much but still hasn't vomited. Then I looked up recalls. There may be something wrong with this batch. Please contact me. I have spent near $1,000 trying help our special family member. We don't want to lose him.

I purchased a 50 lbs bag of Iams ProActive Healthy Weight dog food (blue bag) at our local BJ's on May 20th. Almost immediately, our normally hungry all the time Labrador Retriever stopped eating. When I was able to coax a little bit of food into him, he would later vomit. He acted fine in every other way so we decided to try a different kind of food. He ate it right up. Just to be sure, we put Iams in his bowl again this morning and he refused to eat it. But at the other brand, without reservation. We have never had any issues before with this brand, but there is something definitely wrong with this batch of food.

I have been using this product for a couple of years now and it has greatly reduced my indoor cat's vomiting episodes. He seems to be healthier than ever. My problem started when I was given a rescued baby bird to raise. The way you feed a baby bird is by soaking dry cat food until it is mushy and mixing it with boiled eggs. You mash this up really good and kind of roll it into pellets to feed them. Okay, so you have to keep this in the fridge so it will not go bad. Then you scoop a small amount on to a paper plate and heat in micro for 3-5 seconds.

Like another reader said, we recently bought the Iams from Costco large chunk in the green bag. My dog has eaten this same food for years but absolutely refuses to eat this food starting immediately when I opened the bag. Something is wrong with this batch. I don't know the lot number, but I bought 2 bags at the same time and they are going back. I will stick with Iams; I've been with them for years, but listen to your pets people. If they won't eat it or start to have odd symptoms, pay attention and take action... with any food or treats!

I recently picked up a new bag of Iams from Costco. Large chunk in the green bag. One dog turned up sick with runs and blood. We took her to the vet and tests were negative for anything. Got special food and she's fine now. My other dog, however, has the runs now too. Iams is the only thing in common. After searching today, I see lots of others are having the same experience. This is the last bag I'll buy. Swapping to local organic food companies that care about product over profit.

So I have had my four dogs on Iams Proactive health for about six months. I just bought a new bag on 5-3-13. Within 24 hours of feeding my dogs the new bag, they were all sick with diarrhea and blood in the stool. The fist dog to get ill was the smallest of my four. So I took her to the vet but they couldn't find anything wrong with her. When I brought her home, I found all my dogs had a mess of diarrhea and blood in their cages! At that point, I realized it must be the food that is the one common factor. I will never buy this brand again and will spread the word on what it has done to my babies! Iams proactive Heath (green bag) #31014173e6us30940 exp: 11Aug14

I started feeding my 3 cats Iams healthy naturals dry food. I started last year. I buy 2 bags at a time, but for some reason the first bag I opened halfway through, my female cat was very, very sick for one week. Now my bobtail, he is very, very sick. My other male cat is now getting sick. I called a vet and they said to check if there is any recall on the food. My cats are indoor cats in my household. It's just me, my husband and our 3 cats. My cats do not go outside. My one male is 11 or 12 years old; my female is 4 years old; and my bobtail is 5 years old. They have never been sick a day of their life. But they are very sick now. I just changed their food after reading about Iams' 362 complaints. My cats are vomiting and have diarrhea. My cats are my children.

I bought Iams Healthy Naturals with wholesome chicken on 4-27-13. After feeding my two dogs this food, they both began to have severe diarrhea and vomiting. Their symptoms seem consistent with salmonella infection. I obviously stopped feeding them the food immediately, but they are both still very sick and lethargic. I have used Iams products for a while, but I will never buy Iams again. I am just hoping they will come through this with no lasting ill effects.

My boxer rottweiler mix has a voracious appetite. I switched his food from Pedigree (which he liked) to Iams. I did it slowly, incorporating the new food over the course of two weeks. Oscar started picking out the Iams kibbles. When it was only Iams in the bowl, he refused to eat. I had to bribe him by crushing up crackers on top. Even then, he just tried to eat around the food. He also started having loose stools. After going through almost two bags of food, he had pretty much stopped eating. I switched to Nutro cold turkey and he gobbled it down with gusto. His loose stool went away. I threw out the remainder of the Iams food. I think he was trying to tell me something. I'm glad I didn't continue to make him eat the stuff. My vet also told me that it is one of the worst food brands out there. Pure junk he said. Do yourself and your pet a favor - don't buy Iams. It's crap.

We have a Shih Tzu puppy and have been feeding him Iams! He started backing off the food and began vomiting and having diarrhea. We became concerned and now working through this with our vet. We stopped feeding him Iams in order to try and get him well, along with the treatment he is receiving from the vet. I hope other pet owners will find out before their pet gets sick.

I have two friends both of whose dogs are on Iams weight control. One was diagnosed with an enlarged spleen which upon removal weighed 6 lbs. as opposed to 6 oz. which is normal. The other's dog has today been diagnosed with an enlarged spleen. Has anyone else had this same issue or heard of anything like this?

I had a Boston Terrier named Nala. She was my childhood dog and best friend. She was a very healthy dog. Always was. We started feeding her Iams after seeing ads. After a short while, she began to get sick, puking and having diarrhea. Soon she was too weak to eat. I held her in my arms as she died. What ever you do, don't feed your pet this brand of food.

I started feeding my dog Iams dog food and she began to get real sick. She stopped pooping and eventually I had to rush her into the emergency room where they did x-rays on my dog and found that the food was just sitting in her stomach. Her stomach was massive. She was completely backed up from the food. $2,400 later, my dog was okay to come home and she finally started pooping (although the food really screwed up her stomach and was vomiting for weeks). At the time, the vet was not completely sure if it was the food that caused this. But I recently started giving her some Iams food mixed with this really expensive food, and sure enough, within two days of eating it, her symptoms started again. Thanks Iams Food. You should have to pay my ridiculous vet bill.

After feeding my dog Iams Prime Naturals, I immediately knew something was wrong. She didn't even want to touch it and after she did, she began vomiting and got very bad diarrhea even with blood at times. I will never touch Iams dog food again and I will make sure nobody I know does. You should be ashamed for letting poison go out on the shelf. And all of your replies are heartless and uncaring, offering distraught pet owners to waste their time talking to your automated machines. We want justice for our loved ones' pain and suffering. Take down P&G. Put a stop to Iams and take this poison off the shelves!

I gave my dogs the Iams Healthy Naturals Dog Food UPC # 1901402103. It made both dogs sick, diarrhea everywhere when I came home. I was very upset about this, my poor dogs. This dog food should not be on the market.

After switching to Iams a year ago, my Shih Tzu is hospitalized with severe life threatening pancreatitis and kidney infection. He does not eat human food and refuses it. He only ate Iams dry dog food for small breeds and Iams dog treat bones. His illness is as bad as a human that eats fatty foods daily... fast food for example. We are at risk of losing him and have spent thousands trying to save him. All because we wanted the best dog food for our dog. He is only 7 years old and should have a good number of healthy years left. Now he's at high risk. Very upset with Iams quality.

I used to give my cats Iams a few years ago and there were never any issues. Their vet said it was good; and since they seemed to do well on that food, I didn't change it. It wasn't until I took in a couple more kitties that I had to switch to a cheaper brand… Purina One. But I noticed they threw up a lot and one of my older cats had diarrhea. When I heard about Purina brand treats and some of their pet food causing illness in dogs and some cats, I switched back to Iams. The vomiting stopped, and my other cat's diarrhea did too… for a short time. Then they all started having diarrhea.

My AKC registered standard poodle was pregnant with her second litter of puppies. There was a waiting list for her puppies. I gave her Iams canned food 12 days before her due date, supplementing her normal diet. The following morning, she started having diarrhea. I thought it was a change in diet but later in the day, she started having dry heaves, so I called the vet. He couldn't find a reason for this but thought maybe it was morning sickness. The next day, she died. Do I think the food had something to do with it? Yes. She was perfectly healthy until eating the food. Her system suggests food poisoning. Why can't dog food manufacturers be held responsible?

My boyfriend and I got our Bonny as a puppy (Golden/Great Pyrenees mix) a year and a half ago. As some of you know, Goldens are very easy to train; Great Pyrenees, however, not so much. Because our Bonny has both breeds in her, she's great at some things but not so great at others. In order to train her, we used to carry a couple of the Iams Proactive Health Biscuits with us daily, broken into little pieces, to reward her for doing something well.

We had been buying the Iams Sensitive Naturals small bag when our one dog started itching badly. It seemed to be working and the scratching stopped. We had to get more food one day and our store was out of the small bags so we spent the money to get the big bag thinking it would be the same. Boy, were we wrong. After just a couple days, they started to have really loose stools and would even poop in the house and their tummies sounded gurgly. We began to think it was the big bag so we looked closely at the food and it looked odd, like stuff was trying to grow out of it. We have gone back to the small bag and are hoping things will get better. It looks much better. I think there is a bad batch going around.

When I got my first puppy, I wanted her to have the best. At that time, I thought that was Iams dog food. After a year on Iams without any problems, I moved her to Iams adult food. After a year on that, she developed bladder crystals and was forming bladder stones and was urinating blood. My vet suggested switching her food. I switched to a lower quality food, and she got better. She has not had another incident since. I will never recommend Iams to anyone that loves their pets!

Our dog has been eating BJ's Holistic All Natural dog food for years, and I made the mistake of trying to save some money and bought IAMS Lamb & Rice Formula. Soon after, she started scratching her ears and underbelly a lot. So I took her to the vet and was told it was environmental (no fleas or anything). We took her off the IAMS food and back to BJ's brand. She stopped scratching her ears and would occasionally scratch her belly. So after a month, I fed her two meals of IAMS to see if it was the cause of her scratching. Sure enough, after two meals, she was back to scratching her ears and belly vigorously. Any vets out there with any thoughts of how long this will take to get out of her system or what she may be allergic to?

I had switched to the Iams Healthy Naturals because it was cheaper. What a mistake! My dogs have constant diarrhea and throwing up. Their stomachs are constantly grumbling and passing gas all the time. My older dog is lethargic. Do not even try this dog food! I will be switching back to Blue even though it's going to cost more.

I had been feeding my dogs Authority (Grain Free) for the past few months. Unfortunately, Authority does not make a large size of this food, and I have 2 large dogs. I switched to Iams Healthy Naturals with Whole Chicken. I did mix it with some of the Authority. Both of my dogs got sick after one feeding. Now, I have a $30+ of dog food that I am unable to feed my pets. You could hear the stomach gurgling on my 100+ dog, and my smaller dog threw up.

We have a 3-month old black Labrador puppy named Jasper. We have spent over $600 on vet bills already for diarrhea. He has been on antibiotics ever since a week after we rescued him. Finally, yesterday, the vet suggested we take him off the Iams food. He seems better today. It is a shame that you trust a name like P&G, and my little puppy has been very sick. Not anymore. Iams will never be in his food bowl again.

I have been feeding my cats Iams canned food since we brought them home from a local shelter. Recently, I purchased a case of filet Tuna since they only eat the filets, no pate. They both began vomiting after eating and have severe diarrhea and really bad gas. I assumed they just got into something but they are both indoor cats only, so I have watched them both closely. I just got up and again, there is vomit all over the carpeting so I decided to google "problems with Iams pet food" and found this forum. I know there was a problem a while back but I had no idea it is still a problem. No more Iams ever. I just hope my pets will be okay.

OMG, I had no clue this dog food was causing pets to get sick! Maybe if Iams would have recalled it, maybe my sweet baby girl Pebbles would still be alive! The food I was feeding her was Iams Weight Control (blue bag) when out of the blue, she suddenly fell ill. After she ate, I let her outside and she had diarrhea. I didn't think too much about it at first. About 1/2 hour later while outside with her, I noticed she was just laying on the porch not moving much and seemed somewhat lethargic. I called her name and she could barely lift her head to look at me. I went right over to her. I knew something wasn't right. I tried to get her to move and she couldn't even get up. I scooped her up and rushed her to the emergency vet hospital because I knew something was wrong with my girl.

I have to say that I am totally appalled by Iams handling of this issue! Hundreds of sick or dead animals, and the best you can do is reply with a form letter?! Why have these foods not been recalled?! I, like so many of these other pet owners, thought I was doing a good thing for my pets by spending the extra money on Iams. Apparently, I was wrong. My dog has been having stomach problems ever since I opened his new bag of large breed chunks. Vomiting, horrible diarrhea and the sounds coming from his stomach literally kept me awake even when he wasn't being ill. I called our vet the very first night and checked online for a recall.

We switched to Iams while searching for a better dry food that our rhodesian would like. After two feedings, she became severely ill. She had uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhea, skin reaction (hives), and swelling gums (her face blew up like a balloon). We controlled this anaphylactoid reaction luckily with antihistamines. Beware of this trend as many other owners are obviously having the same occurrence.

I changed dog food from Iams in red bag lamb and rice to Iams weight control blue bag. That very night, my dog was vomiting nonstop. Also, she had diarrhea with blood in her stool coming out like water. We had to rush her into emergency to have her rehydrated. She had to be put on several different medications as well, including anti-nausea. The doctor said it could have been a change in her dog food, which was purchased at Walmart. After blood tests, stool tests and x-rays, we still had a very sick dog for 7 days and a vet bill close to $800.00. Lesson is, don't switch dog food and buy premium product at premium stores. I am saving the bag just in case you want to contact me; also the remainder of the food. Both of my other dogs threw up that night as well, but they barely ate any of their food. My two other dogs are finicky eaters the one who got severely sick is a 6-year-old, stocky, healthy lab.

When my cats were little, I tested different brands of food and they seemed to like this blend the best. They have been eating Iams for three years. Last week, one of my cats suffered from severe vomiting and diarrhea. The second cat soon displayed similar symptoms. After a day and a half, they did not improve. We noted they got sick a couple of hours after eating. They indicated they were hungry, so I put some food into a bowl to test their reactions (we had been trying to find the source of their illness). They turned up their noses at the food immediately.

On Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, my dog Sally (Lab) started vomiting an hour after she was fed. She has 2 feedings because she is an older dog. I have had her on Iams Pro Health Diet Formula for about 2 years. I just opened a new bag that day. When she was fed at supper, the same thing happened one hour after she was fed. This is a dog that can eat anything and has a stomach of steel. She very seldom gets ill from anything she eats. By Dec. 31, 2012, she refused to eat her Iams in the morning. She was very sick all day and stayed to her self in a quiet place. I tried feeding her again in the evening and noticed how she turned up her nose at the food. I have another dog that is on different dog food, Summit (Lamb and Rice). I tried to give her some of that; she ate it! No problem. I then fed her Summit in the morning on Jan. 1, 2013, and by evening she was completely well, full of energy and wanted to play!

I just saw a video of some of the dogs at an Iams testing site. I am shocked and saddened that a pet food company would be so inhumane - one look at the body language of the dogs tells me that they are petrified. One dog seemed to have gone crazy at the sight of a human. Why do you suppose that is? I do not think that any study of animals in these conditions would be valid, considering the cortisol levels in their bodies. Do you even know what that is? If people knew what you are doing, they would not buy your products.

My husband and I purchased Iams ProActive Health Ground Dinner Chicken and Rice to replace my dog's dinner for a few nights until I could purchase her normal dinner. The can was kept on a shelf in the pantry and she had the dinner on Friday, October 28, and on Saturday, October 29. On Saturday, our Westie vomited some of her dinner and was not interested. By Sunday, she was lethargic and not interested in eating her dinner or drinking. On Monday, she was urinating blood and vomiting brown. We were unable to take her to the vet due to financial restrictions at the time.

Our 11-month-old healthy Goldendoodle became very ill about 2 weeks after we changed his food to Iams ProActive Healthy Dry Puppy Formula Food. He slowly started to refuse to eat his food and refused to go up or downstairs (which we later figured out was due to abdominal pain). Finally, he stopped defecating and drinking water, so we took him to the emergency vet. All tests were normal, so they put him on an anti-inflammatory painkiller. This has helped him tremendously. We took away the Iams crap and replaced it with the original, cheaper food we were giving him. He has started to recover and eat more each day. Iams owes us $412 for our vet fees! Don't ever feed your dog Iams, ever.

Iams Pro-Active Health - I wish I had read these reviews sooner as it would have saved my 13-year-old lab, Rogue, from illness. About a month ago, I took Rogue to the vet for what I thought initially was a UTI or leaking bladder and a slight anxiety issue that developed over the course of about a week. Rogue is an older dog, but she has always been very healthy with no major health concerns, and I thought this was probably just the first sign of her aging. The vet found an elevated level of white blood cells, but no other issues. Rogue was not lame, nor was she "acting sick" in any way. She was given antibiotics for 10 days. Around the end of these 10 days, the bladder issues had started to subside but still hadn't fully gone away, and she woke up one morning with a massive hematoma on her left ear. I called the vet and took her back.

I purchased a bag of Iams the other evening as temporary feed, because I ran out of his regular feed and my local pet store was closed. I chose Iams because I assumed it was the lesser of the evil compared to the other store brands available. Two days after feeding him this dog food, he began simply vomiting the food up, and nothing else. As the day progressed, he began throwing up a dark brown substance, which after researching, I came to find out was digested blood. While researching, I came across this site where other people were experiencing their dogs getting sick from Iams feed. Finally, he ended up throwing up plain blood and I took him to the local emergency veterinary clinic. While I cannot fathom a dog throwing up blood from simply switching his dog food, the veterinary doctor assured me that it was likely caused by the switch to the lesser quality food. I have fed my dog Purina feed before when I ran out of his brand without any issues. This is why I am drawn to the conclusion that this feed is very inedible, and should not be allowed for sale.

My dog has been eating Iams since she was a puppy and we have never had any problem with digestive issues till recently. Has there been a change in the ingredients? I know it is the food because we stopped feeding her Iams and just fed her my ground beef and rice mixture, and the diarrhea stopped. Please let me know if there has been any change in the ingredients.

We have been buying Iams for about 6 months on the recommendation of our vet. They have sensitive tummies, so we have fed them the lamb and rice formula. We have had no issues up until this last week. We bought the large bag at Walmart, which is where we normally get it. But when we filled their bowls at first when they smelled it, they turned their noses up to it. They eventually ate it throughout the day. Our youngest boxer got sick first - she experienced extreme diarrhea and vomiting. We thought she might have gotten into something in the yard, because the food had never made her sick.

Over the summer, my totally healthy cat suddenly got violently ill and was vomiting everywhere. I took him to the vet and got him subcutaneous fluids. They could not find anything wrong with him, except that his stomach was very tight and upset. Then in mid-September, the same cat suddenly and for absolutely no explained reason got severe kidney failure. It happened out of nowhere, and I think I had just opened a new bag of Iams dry cat food. Thank God, I am a powerful energy healer and was able to bring my cat back from the brink when he showed almost no improvement after two days of hospitalization on IV fluids. However, I am now over $5000 in veterinary costs into this nightmare. And my poor cat is getting poked with needles on a regular basis, because we are still giving him subcutaneous fluids regularly.

Update on O'Malley and Tom: They both died just over two weeks ago. I will never forgive my self for changing their food to Iams indoor weight formula. I have spoken several times to Iams, but they are resolute in their defense of their food. But I have to wonder, why did they both get sick at the same time just after changing their food? O'Malley and Tom were both loving, happy kitties until then. They should not have suffered and then died. Shame on Iams! God, I miss my love bugs!

I have a 4-year-old white shepherd. I have fed him Pedigree up until 2 weeks ago. I just happened to pick up a bag of lams dog food for dogs aged 1to 6 because it was supposed to be the best dog food available. That's when the diarrhea started. He wasn't the same energetic dog anymore, wasn't eating very often and when he did, the diarrhea was explosive. He couldn't hold it and would just go anywhere in the house. I switched to another brand yesterday and already there is a difference in him. I will not waste my money on Iams brand dog food again.

On September 8th, 2012, I purchased a $38 bag of Iams ProActive Dog Food Lg Breed for my 2-year-old Labrador retriever, who has been eating Iams since she was a puppy with no problems. When I opened the new bag of dog food and poured some into her bowl, she took some bites, would spit it out, and eventually snubbed the rest and never went back to eat it again. My husband and I assumed she was sick, took her the vet, which ended up being thousands of dollars to have tests ran to find out what is wrong with her. I think it is her dog food because they cannot pinpoint what is wrong except for the fact her white blood cells are high, her lymph nodes are enlarged, and her liver is mildly enlarged.

I have fed my nine-year-old Australian Shepherd Iams since she was a pup. Last week I purchased a bag of Iams Active Health Senior Plus for large breed dogs that was on sale. I just opened it a couple of days ago when the last food ran out. She snubbed it at first, but finally ate a couple of bowls. We came home last night to explosive diarrhea - some with blood in it. She had two more episodes last night and this afternoon. After reading these reviews, I fear it is the Iams; it’s the only thing that has changed. Are there any recalls?

We've always fed our Border collie mix, now 14, Iams dry food. In August, we couldn’t find the usual active maturity, so my husband bought an Iams mix for seniors. Our dog started refusing to eat, but eventually did eat hours later. He was happy to eat people food or dog biscuits, so it didn’t seem like an appetite issue per se. We mixed the new food with our old bag of Iams to get him to eat it. He became thirsty after starting the new bag of food and would have loose stools.

We’ve been using Science Diet. It was running low, so my husband went to Wal-Mart and got the Iams Pro Health Mini Chunk because he thought it would be the same. It's been 2-3 weeks now, and we have bloody diarrhea poop all over the place, and our older dog is having issues pooping all together. The only change was the food. I checked recalls and see there are none, but my UPC is 4 digits above the recall. 52 are the last 2 numbers; the recall was on 48. Please check and get this poisonous garbage off the shelves!

Our poor Bernese Mountain dog and now our 10 month old puppy have been so sick with diarrhea. We finally have put together why! It is their Iams dog food. This past Monday, our poor Berner, Otis could not stop having diarrhea. I went to bed, but could smell from upstairs at 4:00am that he was still sick. Imagine my shock when I came downstairs to see blood puddles everywhere! I thought he was about to die! I had to take the day out of work to take him to the vet and then come home and steam clean the entire first floor carpets in our house.

Two weeks ago, I had decided to buy Iams ProActive for my puppy who is 8 months old. One week later, he started to throw up and had diarrhea at the same time for 2 days. When I searched over the internet, I found that other people got exactly the same issue with their dogs. I thought that since Iams is so expensive and recommended by the veterinarian, my dog should be fine. I was scared for my dog; I could not sleep because I had to bring him outside every 30 mins. I stopped giving him this dry food and he ate only rice for 2 days. Now my dog is feeling better and I have changed his food for a brand with natural ingredients. It's a shame that Iams sells this expensive food which is not good for dogs. Please do not give this food to your dog.

Very Sick Dog - Sept 20th, 2012: I am so glad I searched Google and found this site! I have never used Iams Dog Food for my dog because I'm cheap and can't afford it. I typically buy the Wegmans No Name brand dog food. A week ago, I ran out of dog food and picked up Green Bag of Iams Dog food for Miss Ruby Dog. She started having issues with her bowel movements and I thought it might be because she was suddenly switched to the new food. She was having explosive and constant diarrhea. She was obviously in pain and not feeling good as her tail was tucked between her legs for 2 days.

I’m a breeder of bichon frises. I used Iams chicken puppy food on pups, and the first bag was ok, but the second bag of Iams puppy food had different packaging and pro-active on the bag, and what a nightmare, as it nearly killed all the pups. They couldn’t digest the food, throwing up all over the place the bits of food – came out the same way it went in. I will never use Iams again. Thank god I caught it on time. Once I stopped the Iams puppy food, all the sickness stopped. I’ve now got them on Bakers chicken puppy food with no problems at all.

I fed my dogs Iams years ago and then they had a recall. I lost my precious dog to this food. He had all the same symptoms that people are talking about with the Beneful. The problem with the Iams was tainted by products from China. Is this the same problem; they bought by-products from China? The Chinese are killing our dogs and cats and poisoning our children with lead paint on toys. I have made up my mind not to buy anything that is made in China. I think they want us all to die. You all should do the same. I am using Nutrena food now and have been happy. I feed it to my horses too.

I just lost my vibrant 9-year-old cat Steveo. All the symptoms I am reading on this site, all are very similar to my cat. Loss of appetite and vomiting. He died yesterday in front of me, it was awful! I don't wish this on my worst enemy of what I endured, especially my beloved Steveo. Please, if you have your pet on Iams, take them off immediately! Yesterday when my mother mentioned that it's strange how all 3 of my cats haven't lived to 12, where all of her cats growing up grew up to 21, 18, and 20, and she mentioned, "Do you think it could have been the Iams?" It all suddenly clicked for me. My mum continued to say, "I never had my other cats on this food in England."

Our breeder had our puppy on Iams Large Breed Puppy so that is the food we chose to go with for him. He's never seemed to be a big eater and it takes him forever to eat his food, but all dogs are different. Last week we opened a new bag of Iams Smart Puppy Large Breed Formula. Within 48 hours of opening it, he was very whiny and not wanting to eat. We thought he was teething and tried watering down his food, which he did eventually eat. On Tuesday, he started vomiting his food up - couldn't keep it down at all, only vomiting undigested food, no bile. Also, he didn't have diarrhea. Even feeding him a very small amount made him throw up. I began to suspect the food and started doing some research and found a prior recall on the food, but per a phone call to Iams, it didn't affect our bag. They are issuing me a refund. I fed him a scrambled egg per our vet's advice and he kept that down. The vet did some tests and told us to throw the food away, as he suspected that was his issue. We've been giving him a prescription diet right now and he's had no vomiting since we discontinued the Iams. Now reading all these posts, I'm grateful that he didn't get worse. Something is wrong with the Iams food, and they need to do a recall ASAP!

We have a 5-year-old pug named Skooter who has eaten Iams Dry Dog Food since birth. All of a sudden, he developed diarrhea and started pooping in the house which he has never done. Skooter has had diarrhea for over a month off and on! You can hear his stomach turning and churning because it is so upset. We have switched everything in his diet except the Iams Dry Dog Food. After today, we will no longer be an Iams customer. You ought to be ashamed after reading all these reviews. There ought to be a recall along with your shame. No animal should have to suffer, day after day and week after week, because of bad food. When is enough, enough? We even made the choice to pay the higher price for the Iams brand when Skooter was born because we thought it had a good reputation. So much for that idea. More expensive food is not necessarily the best of the best. Get well soon Skooter.