Nutro Dog Food Reviews

With regard to the Nutro complaints, I would just like to make every Australian aware that Nutro Natural Choice in Australia is not affiliated with the Nutro Mars company in America. If you would like to confirm this, please call the Australian Nutro on 13000Nutro. I can also confirm that I have been feeding my Great Dane, who has a very sensitive stomach (allergic to wheat and beef and has had really bad diarrhea on other food), on Nutro Natural Choice and she has become very healthy. Her stools are perfectly wonderful.

A couple weeks ago, my Shih-Poo became very ill with bloody diarrhea and vomiting. She was hospitalized and the vet ran tests that proved inconclusive. The vet could only say that she probably ate something she shouldn't have. She was hospitalized due to dehydration and was given charcoal to absorb the unknown toxin. It was discovered that she had lost 3 pounds. She improved over the next couple weeks and then today, started vomiting again right after she ate the Nutro food. Our lab has also exhibited soft stool, excessive thirst and vomiting but not to the same extent as the smaller dog. I am discontinuing use of this dog food immediately. The first vet bill was $500 to come to the conclusion that they didn't know what was wrong with her. Now I am facing another vet bill if the vomiting continues.

I recently bought a bag of Nutro Natural Senior Cat food for my Siamese. I mixed the Nutro with her Proplan. She has developed diarrhea as a result of adding the Nutro. I stopped the Nutro immediately, but the symptoms have not gone away. I'll be taking her to the vet first thing in the morning. I feel just awful for feeding her this food. I should have read all the pet owners' experiences beforehand.

I purchased Nutro Max Adult Dog Food and Adult Mini Chunk on October 11, 2009 for the first time. Our 6-yr. old Lab started vomiting a few times a day after starting on this food. The day I stopped feeding her the food, she had vomited all of the food 15 min. after eating and was lethargic. The following day, her whole head and face swelled up. Our 1-yr. old Chihuahua refused to eat the mini chunks, finally ate some of our Lab's larger chunks and became very ill the following day, lethargic, vomiting blood, diarrhea, refusing to eat anything. I immediately stopped feeding both of them the Nutro Max food and started with home cooked rice and beef. The next day, the vomiting had stopped. Still, they were obviously not back to normal health (except for a little diarrhea, slow moving and the swelling in our Lab's face) but feeling better. Two days after stopping, appetites were back to normal and energy levels back.

I had reported here my cat's death after eating recalled Nutro Complete Care Adult Ocean Fish Flavor back in early September. I received results a couple of days ago from the Pet Food Product Safety Alliance on the sample I forwarded to them to have tested - and guess what? 2100 ppm Zinc. Wow, my knees gave way and I buckled to the floor. Most certainly this food murdered my cat.

I had fed Nutro Natural Choice for over 10 years with no issues. In April 2008, my Malamute and mal/shep mix, who had never had any health issues, both became critically ill within the same weekend. They had fevers of 105, and their liver/pancreatic levels were off the charts. The vets at the emergency clinic were stumped, only said the symptoms were consistent with poisoning (they had absolutely no access to any poisons). My vet bills were over $2000. My 12-yr old girl died 2 days later, my 9-yr old recovered when I began cooking his own food, but still has intermittent pancreatitis and a head-tilt from the neurological damage he suffered. I've spoken to Nutro customer service reps on multiple occasions. They read prepared statements and lie to me about looking into my case. They want all the information I have sent to their legal department and offer no other recourse.

I have been using the same food (Nutro Max Senior w/ glucosamine) for several years. My dog, a 10-year old boxer, has been having stomach problems off and on for about 2 years. I wrote it off to the boxer breed's tender digestive system. She would eat grass and vomit once a week. Recently, 4 months ago, it seemed worse. I bought a fresh bag about 2 weeks ago. She became ill, vomited, had diarrhea, and just refused to eat the food anymore. It's been one week since she ate Nutro, and is doing very well now. I will never use this brand again.

I had complained before about the death of my 1-year old cat and illness of the other cat after eating the recalled Nutro cat food. Just to update you, my food was tested and had almost 2000 ppm zinc. It's way off from the 250 ppm listed on the bag and the 550 ppm that two Nutro representatives have told me is the maximum found in any of the recalled food. So why is it again that mine had almost 2000 ppm? Of course, no one at Nutro can address that. Slides that were taken of my deceased cat's liver, the only thing that was saved (I had no idea of the recall until after she had passed away), showed that she died from a chronic toxin that poisoned her over a long period of time.

I started posting about my experiences back in February. This condition does not go away. Here it is October and I'm going to speak with a 3rd vet about BeeBee. He had a mild seizure a month or so ago and I brought him to the emergency vet. It was very mild but it was the first one after his big one in May and I panicked. Good thing I did because I found that his blood protein is dangerously low. But he does not behave that way. He is a little droopy and such but once he gets around people he's happy, wants attention, tail is going.

My kitten just spent the day in the vet's office after eating some of the food that was produced after the expiration date on the recall (9-01-10). The type she eats hasn't even been mentioned in the recall - Nutro Max Kitten. After $425 worth of tests, x-rays, IV fluids and medicine, which produced negative results, I decided to look up recent pet food recalls and found this site. The stories from other pet owners are horrifying. Her symptoms were the same, lethargy, throwing up, diarrhea and refusing food. Luckily, we caught it early. The food is probably still on the shelf as I just bought it two weeks ago. They're trying to act like it's not that big of a deal by calling it not nutritionally balanced but it is essentially metal poisoning. All the while, Nutro is giving itself a big pat on the back for the voluntary recall. Nutro denies that any cats have even become ill from the items in this latest recall which as evidenced by the complaints on this site is an outright lie. My vet is in complete agreement that this pet food is what caused my cat's illness.

I've been feeding my dog Nutro Natural Dog Food since he was a puppy. He's 1.5 years old now, and suddenly got a bad case of uncontrollable diarrhea and mild vomiting that lasted weeks. Also, he started getting skin rashes and constant itching. After extensive and expensive tests, the vet found nothing. I moved him off packaged food and onto chicken and rice. He recovered well for over a week. I put him back on his food and the symptoms come back at once. I'm changing his food and I'm relieved to see others report similar issues.

I have been feeding my kittens Nutro Complete Care Indoor Kitten food. Both my kitten have been on this food for nearly six months. One kitten had been throwing up off and on, not realizing it was the food. Once the other kitten started throwing up, I changed their food and the throwing up has stopped. I have made several attempts to speak with someone with Nutro. No one has returned my calls or emails.

My family has a beloved Snowshoe Siamese cat. He is just 16 months of age and for the past 6 months, we have been dealing with urination issues. It took me a while to recognize what could be causing the odor in my home as I never had this problem with a pet before. After taking him to the vet, I was told he had the severest case of a bladder infection and was put on an antibiotic for 2 weeks. During this time, my cat would not move out of a corner in the closet. I thought I might lose him. A month later, things weren't getting better and I found thousands of other complaints about this product. My vet now has him on a stronger antibiotic, antidepressants and has asked me to now feed him Hills Science Diet and things are slowly getting better.

To give you some background, I have had cats all my life (58 so far) and I am very aware of the various health issues a cat can have. What alerted us that there was something definitely wrong was losing 5 cats in less than a year. I have never lost that many cats in that short a time ever! It was also hard to pinpoint what exactly was going on because the vets didn't have a conclusive reason why any of the cats were sick in the first place. One was supposedly due to old age and another was because of a congenital intestinal defect but with the third, there was no rhyme or reason as to why they were sick. They had just stopped eating. That was the key. They had all stopped eating.

On September 27, 2009, I rushed my Yorkshire Terrier, Apollo, to the emergency vet. He had bloody diarrhea for two days. Over the course of three weeks, I was weaning Apollo and my Bichon Frise, Lola, onto the new Nutro Ultra Holistic Superfood. They were eating the old formula for about a year without a problem. Nutro reformulated the Ultra line (adding avocado, pumpkin, and pomegranate) and raised the price. As soon as I introduced the new food (I also mixed it with the old formula to reduce any upset to Apollo and Lola's systems), Lola threw up immediately. I put her back on Science Diet. Apollo was doing okay with it. I noticed he was itching here and there. He was also not eating as much as he normally did. Once the bloody diarrhea started, that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

My husband and I noticed that in your site there were dogs and cats getting sick and dying due to eating Nutro dog and cat food. Our two dogs have been sick vomiting and with diarrhea. They've been drinking water excessively and have had even blood in the diarrhea. They have been eating the food for the past two years and now is when they have been getting sick and having skin issues too. Our 8-month old 5 lb. chihuahua has died about two weeks ago from a bacteria in her liver and she had diarrhea and vomiting. We were told by the vet that she was poisoned or she ate something in the yard. Funny thing is that she was always supervised and has no access to any chemical or poison nor is there anything in our yard that can kill an animal. Our other two dogs that are currently sick with vomiting and diarrhea is Petunia, our female English Bulldog, and Pettie, our Jack Russell Terrier. Also our two cats have occasionally been vomiting and have been going in their box way more than normal. Their stool smells worse than normal.

We've been feeding our dog Nutro Natural Senior food for many, many years. However, over the past year, she has gotten severely ill. She vomits several times a week, has gotten very lethargic and now has chronic diarrhea, which sometimes contains blood. We've taken her to the vet and spent several thousand dollars running tests on her, only to be told there's nothing wrong with her. After researching Nutro brand dog food online, I found this website with hundreds of complaints very similar to mine. I've stopped feeding my dog the Nutro brand food and pray that she will start getting better. If this doesn't qualify for a class action lawsuit, I don't know what does!

My chow/shep has been on lamb and rice for five years running fevers from time to time. It’s gone the next day or so; if not, I take him to my vet. He’s vomiting bile and my vet said give him something at night, but he only does it during the day when he has food. The vet suggested and an acid didn't work; he gets sick once a month (usually 3 piles when I get home). I found out about what's happening - he is off today. Hopefully, the itching he's having goes away.

Oh, my God! I was shocked to read others experience with Nutro. My Amstaff is 5 years old and we've given him Nutro since he was 9 weeks old. I just ran out of food and was looking for coupons as prices went up significantly from the last bag I bought, but I found this site instead. Our dog has been eating Nutro since he was 9 weeks old. Around age 2, we noticed skin irritations like allergies and the vet diagnosed him with skin mites (it’s the breed). The vet prescribed Ivomec (a drug used for cattle and swine) to control the "skin mites,” but on a daily basis. After a year, another vet said to give monthly. Now, it's "as needed" (he's now 5). The vet also suggested changing dog food to lamb and rice. We stayed with Nutro and switched the flavor. He seemed to be doing better (off and on). Just this year, maybe the end of last year, he began vomiting for no apparent reason and gagging like he had a hairball.

We went to Petco to get the usual dog food for my 2-year-old boxer (Iams) when a salesrep for Nutro Max dog food came up to us and started her little salespitch about how Iams has processed meat parts and how that was so bad for my dog and that she had a boxer also and had been giving him Nutro Max. She said she also had switched him from Iams. So after listening to her, we decided to switch and see if my dog would like the new food. After about 2 weeks on the Nutro Max, my dog had 3 seizures and his gums were pale white and had no energy.

My Maine Coon cat, Seamus, has become very ill in the last 2 months. He has spent multiple days/nights at the vet's office for vomiting up bile, not eating, lethargy, etc. After reading the complaints/concerns about Nutro Pet foods on Consumer Affairs, I have become very concerned. When I got him from the breeder in March 2008, at 9 weeks old, she told me to keep him on the Nutro cat food. He has never had anything else until we went to the pet store in June and it had been recalled. Later, when we could get it again, we put him back on it because he didn't want to eat anything else.

I came across some things on the net about the Nutro Max dog food lawsuit. I wanted to know if I had a case or who I would get in touch with if I do. I had my first dog on this food for 8 years and she had to be put down due to some unexplainable seizures and/or brain tumor. Then I got the second dog, and after 6 years on this food, the dog had to be put down for bone cancer. Does this have to do with the food like many of the other cases?

Recently, I had to euthanize my 9-year old Coonhound. She had severe kidney disease. The biopsy of her kidneys indicated repeated small doses of toxic substances. I have feed my dogs Nutro for years. Now, only now, I'm finding out this food is killing pets. I recently went to PetSmart to purchase more Nutro and happened to inquire about whether there were any reported problems from the recall a few years back. The woman told me to never purchase Nutro, that it had actually been recalled more than the one time a few years ago. Why was this not on the news. Why? I suspect Nutro caused my dog's fatal illness.

Our dog has had vomiting problems for years. He has been eating Nutro for years. Earlier this year, the problem escalated to the point where we were considering putting him to sleep. Our carpeting was being soiled daily. He became severely constipated and we took him to our vet. An x-ray was taken and he was sent for an ultrasound. We spent over $500.00 in 2 days and they found nothing to explain his problems. A urine test showed an infection and after 10 days on an antibiotic, he stopped vomiting. A few weeks later, it began again. I took a urine sample to the vet anticipating another course of antibiotics. His urine was clean. He continues to vomit every few days.

My dog is a 10-year old rot/shepherd mix. He was so healthy on Nutro senior for 3 years. 6 months ago, he became sick and highly allergic to Nutro senior and lamb and rice. I could not even pet him because his skin hurt when I touched him. I am very disappointed in your company. Not only did you raise the price, but you have poisoned my dog. You should be shut down and prosecuted for this. I will look into pressing charges against you for the pain and suffering my dog has endured. He is now on Diamond Taste of the Wild and he is 80 percent back to normal.

We bought Nutro Natural Choice Small Puppy Bites Chicken Meal, Rice, and Oatmeal for our Jug (Jack Russell Pug mix) about 2 weeks ago. She was previously on Puppy Chow when we got her and I wanted to transition her to a better quality food. I was recommended by a Nutro rep at PetSmart to try it so we did. Initially, there was no problem. We weaned her slowly off Puppy Chow for about a week or so. Then, we got her a larger bag of food from Pet Supplies Plus. Again, one of the employees swore by it, said, "it was the best you can buy, the dog will have smaller bowel movements due to the lack of fillers, etc."

Our 10-year old Himalayan has been on Nutro Adult hard food for about three years. We began noticing a few months ago that he was having trouble jumping up on the bed, like his rear legs didn't have enough energy. Eventually, he stopped trying to get up. At the same time, he began going outside his litter box. He never did that before. We thought it might be old age. Then a few weeks later, we noticed that he wasn't eating and we were finding vomit in his food bowls. He wasn't drinking either. We took him to the vet and they did bloodwork. The blood work showed a small elevated white cell count. He was dehydrated so they gave him fluids and an antibiotic. His eyes looked a little yellow at this time. The vet was not concerned but we were.

I have been feeding Nutro Choice Adult Light to my 10-year-old Dalmatian for the past 8 months. It was highly recommended by PetSmart. He has since developed severe health problems, bloody diarrhea, bloating, excessive gas, bile vomiting, lethargy, weight gain, excessive thirst and urination, and a fever. He is now at the vet today, and we are hoping for the best. I am throwing out Nutro food after reading all the recent complaints about it. After reading all the complaints, these people at Nutro are poisoners and death mongers for pets.

I believe Mars' "Nutro Natural Choice Chicken, Rice & Oatmeal for sensitive stomachs" made both of my dogs sick. Both dogs ate this food exclusively and up until June 2009, were okay. On June 4th, our 1-year old female bulldog developed a bladder infection (peeing blood) with a high pH level. Our vet treated her with antibiotics & Prednisone. She got better, but it came back in about four weeks. While this was going on, my Bearded Collie (4 years old) was going through bloody diarrhea that wouldn't stop. He saw 3 vets at two hospitals, including an emergency hospital. Every fecal & blood test was negative. They treated for parasites anyway just in case, but no change. While eating boiled chicken & rice, he was fine.

This is an update on my posting of a few days ago. For all of you wondering where to have your pet food tested: I contacted an organization called Pet Food Products Safety Alliance, website www.pfpsa.org. This group has conducted numerous tests on several brands of pet food, and it was very revealing. There is an interesting chart that compares American and European recommended zinc allowances for cat food, and tested Nutro pet foods is way higher in zinc content than those recommended numbers. I highly recommend reading through this site, no matter what brand of food you are feeding your pets. This group is helping me to get my cat's Nutro Complete Care dry food tested, as well as another brand I had been feeding her. Contact them, and they will help you out. They also have recommendations for a few labs if you want to test your food entirely independently.

I changed my dog's food to Nutro Choice adult, large breed. After a few days, the dog started having difficulty eating the food then had diarrhea and bleeding. The dog is in pain and has severe diarrhea with blood. I had to take her to the vet, and I spent hundreds of dollars. I am very concerned about my dog's life, since she continued with the bleeding and with the uncontrollable diarrhea as soon as I finished the antibiotics. I also had the discard in a very nice area rug that could not be properly cleaned. We are exhausted of cleaning the floors every morning, since the dog cannot control itself over night because of the sickness. She never had these kinds of accidents before. Now, we have to get the dog again on medication and pray that our beloved dog will get better.

My two 5-year old plott hounds have been eating Nutro large breed dog food and just lately, both have been lethargic and had diarrhea. So far, no throwing up. I always buy the 35 lb. bag and have two on hand right now. One is not even opened. Pet Supplies Plus won't reimburse me because I took off the proof of purchase tag (buy 10 bags get one free). I won't be doing that anymore. I will switch to Wellness dog food.

My puppy changed to eating Nutro Dog Food and immediately experienced diarrhea. After looking on the web for information regarding Nutro, I learned that many dogs have become ill from the food. I have just changed back to my old food and am hoping she will be okay.

Our lab has eaten Nutro puppy food products all his life. Now that he is a year old, I decided it was time to put him on an adult product. On Sept. 3rd, I gave him his first bowl of Nutro Max Natural. In the morning on Sept. 4th, he had a second serving. That evening, he developed severe diarrhea which quickly turned to watery diarrhea. By 8AM on the 5th, the watery diarrhea was accompanied with bright red blood. He was seen by a vet at 10:00AM. His temp was 104+ but all tests showed no parasites. The doctor believed he had ingested some type of poison. He gave him some shots (not sure what exactly they were), an antibiotic and med to slow down the diarrhea.

I have e-mailed and called Nutro numerous times. I have had no one call me back or e-mail regarding my complaints that I have submitted to consumeraffairs.com and to Nutro itself. I have a bag of Nutro Lamb and Rice that I want tested, but I am unsure where to take it. This company needs to take our complaints seriously before more of our pets die or get sick!

I just spent $800 at the vet on my 3-yr old dog who has been vomiting yellow bile for a month, then drinking excessively, throwing up everything, dehydrated, lethargic, sore all over, just plain miserable. Graham is still very sick, Vet has no idea why. On Wednesday, Sept 2, 2009, he was so sick I was worried he might not make it through the night. I am hoping he is getting better, he is eating again (a new food prescribed by my vet along with many probiotics, antibiotics and pills that suppress vomiting) but he can barely walk, I have to carry him around and hold him up so he can go to the bathroom. The food was around $50 and so far, I have spent $800 in vet bills and I'm not sure he's "out of the woods" yet!

My 12-year old cat had been eating Nutro foods for about 5 years. She's an indoor cat so there is very little trouble she can get herself into. It seemed things were fine but reading all of these reports, I'm thinking twice especially since she died two days ago. Out of the blue. She recently began mewling at her food dish. She had done that from time to time, it became really persistent lately. I thought it was because she really wanted the treats that I had been giving her instead, but she started mewling so persistently, looking at her food dish. In the last few years, she had started vomiting from time to time and the vet told me it was probably stress. The vet suggested that she was probably gorging herself when she ate. I work a lot so she'd often be alone.

My 12-year-old cat had been eating Nutro foods for about 5 years. She's an indoor cat, so there is very little trouble she can get her self into. It seemed things were fine, but reading all of these reports, I'm thinking twice, especially since she died two days ago out of the blue.

My pug puppy is 1 year old and has had a clean bill of health from the time we brought her home. She has been on Nutro puppy food from November 2008 until August 31, 2009 (with no problems). However, when I tried to slowly introduce her to Nutro Mini Chunk, after the first night of adding a few pieces of the Mini Chunk to the puppy food, she woke up in the middle of the night vomiting.

We started our healthy 14 week old puppy on Nutro dry food - Large Breed Puppy. Almost immediately, she developed diarrhea and terrible gas. She’s also somewhat lethargic. We stopped the food after 5 days, and she is already improving on a new dry food. We did not make a gradual change because her symptoms were too severe. Even with the abrupt change she is dramatically improved. I hope there are no long-term problems.

I have 2 dogs, both under the age of two yrs. and have given them Nutro Dog Food for sensitive stomachs for over a year now. Ironically, they both continue to have diarrhea on a consistent basis and it's getting worse instead of better. In fact, my Maltipoo (who is only 1.5 yrs old) never had a problem with her stomach until I put her on the Nutro food because they eat each other's food. I decided to put them on the same food.

I have two dogs, which were on separate foods for about 2 years. Recently, within the last 7 months, they have been on the same food. I switched to Nutro (chicken meal, rice and oatmeal formula). I have had nothing but problems. My lab mix has a sensitive stomach and my cocker spaniel has a tough tummy. But when it came to this crap, they both have had diarrhea, upset stomachs, throwing up, etc. The poor things were getting poisoned. I smelled the food yesterday and didn't realize that it smelled nothing like her food usually does. It smells like a poison was in it. I couldn't believe it. I felt so bad that my two dogs were getting so sick and everything. I just wanted to say that I will never buy Nutro again!

Our family has had animals all our lives and we have been feeding Nutro for over 20 years. However, about 5-6 years ago, our beloved pet died of stomach/liver/pancreas related problems. We were devastated and spent about $10K trying to nurse him back to health before it became too much of a financial burden and we had to put him to sleep. About a year after that, we lost our other dog who experienced a very similar type of sudden degradation of health condition as the first dog. Still reeling from our last vet bills, we simply could not afford to provide the second dog the same treatment, so we opted for euthanasia without the drastic medical treatments.

Since June 18, 2009, my Persian cat became gravely sick and has always eaten Nutro cat food. He experienced sudden weight loss, diarrhea, vomiting, loss of hair, etc. His tongue was extremely swollen, and he was having trouble breathing. His mouth had several ulcers also! Upon taking him to the vet, they did extensive blood work and x-rays. They also gave him IV fluids to hydrate him. I was told I would have to wait for the blood work to come back.

My dog's breed (Parson Russell Terrier) is said to have a cast iron stomach. I bought a case of Nutro Natural Choice Yankee Pot Roast Entree Chunks in Gravy in soft packages and slowly began adding it to her kibble, because I thought it would be easier for the dog sitter to give her (than canned food) when we went out of town. But she's been throwing up fairly frequently, something she's never done before. I eliminated snacks and foods and re-introduced one at a time and it became clear that her vomiting was related to this food. She's gotten better since I stopped given her the Nutro food. She only ingested it for a couple of weeks and seems pretty peppy now, so I hope there is no long-term damage.

My dog, Pablo, has been a healthy 7 1/2 year old Australian Shepherd his entire life. About 3 months ago, I bought a 35 lb. bag of Nutro Natural Choice Small Bites Dry Dog Food and have been feeding it to him every day since I bought the bag. (He previously was on another dry dog food.) Last week, I took him to the vet because he was acting lethargic and was sick (vomited in the house). He never has done this. I paid for a CBC blood panel and other tests to see what was going on. The vet noticed lowered levels of red blood cells and told me just to monitor him and then come back and we would retest. After the retest, I was told his platelet counts were lower and to come in for a cortisol levels test. This is the third visit to the vet.

We have fed our seven year old lab/husky mix Nutro Max since we got him as a pup. We have had some issues in the past with him all of a sudden using the basement as a bathroom. This past week, we just got him a new bag of adult breed. I can't remember the flavor. For the last four days, he has had diarrhea and used the basement instead of his usual spot in the backyard. After reading numerous other complaints on this site, we are switching his food immediately. We also have a cat that we feed Nutro Max and we will be switching immediately. We now have to replace the carpet remnant in the basement, a cost of around $100. At this point, this is the only cost incurred.

We switched our three dogs (two labs and a rot) to Nutro when our vet suggested that we change to a dog food that had glucosamine in it. We did so and within 1.5 years, all of our dogs had to be put down. The first was from bone cancer. The second was a bone issue and the third was also a bone/hip issue with some brain issues. The doctor suggested it was cancer in all of these cases.

Our 3 1/2 year old Miniature Schnauzer suddenly became ill and started vomiting. We took her to the vet and had blood work ran and she was diagnosed with pancreatitis. Nutro dog food for sensitive stomach and their treats were all she had eaten and is what she has been on all her life. She is in the vet hospital now and will be there for at least 3 days. The first trip was $140.00 and I'm not sure what this will be. We are praying there will not be lasting damage, but I can assure you she will never eat Nutro again.

I just read how Nutro cat food's zinc levels were sky high in test results, causing liver damage. I lost my beloved cat Tammy in March. Over her 22 years, 4 months and 1 week life, I fed her Nutro most of the time. She had liver damage and was surviving on little liver function for about 7 years. At about then, she was diagnosed as having only 25 percent function. I kept her alive on love, feline probiotics, and for the last year and a half to two years, injecting water under her skin. I wonder if this food compromised her liver to the point where she was so toxic that bacteria consumed her. The probiotics kicked in many times and gave her renewed and longer life. Tammy meant more to me than anyone.

Never in 20+ years have I had any problems with this brand of cat food. Both of my 13 year old cats have eaten the Max Cat Roasted Chicken flavor food for their entire lives, starting with kitten to the adult cat type now.

I received a recall notice from Nutro Products stating its cat food did not have the proper mix of nutrients. My kitties had been eating Nutro cat food for at least a year, or more. The bag I was feeding them at the time the recall notice was received was dated during the affected period. I switched my kitties to Wellness cat food. In June 2009, one of my kitties developed bloody urine and painful urination. She has been on three courses of antibiotics for this condition since June 2009. After over $700-$800 in veterinary bills, I am told she may have stage 1 kidney disease at the tender age of 3. This problem started very shortly after I received the Nutro recall notice. She was a healthy cat prior to that time with no health problems whatsoever.

My 7-year-old dog has been eating Nutro Lamb and Rice Small Bites all of her adult life. She has always had a problem with throwing up yellow bile maybe twice a week. The vet didn't consider this a problem and had me feeding her three times a day instead of 2. This past June, she became quite sick with bloody stools and vomiting. After all the blood work, nothing came back abnormal - but she did have a fever. The vet thought she may have some type of unknown new dog flu. I put her on the chicken/or hamburger and rice diet. She was on that for 2 weeks with very little improvement. I took her back to the vet and she still had a fever. He thought she may have colitis and put her on the Hills RD canned dog food - that changed her around completely.

Because of the price increase on Nutro dog food, I went online to see if I could find it cheaper. As I scanned my search, I came across this website and started to read the first complaint. I immediately started to get upset, because last year, we had to put our 1-year-old puppy down. He was experiencing diarrhea and vomiting, and he was lethargic. There would be episodes of this that became increasingly more often. We spent $2500.00, testing and trying to figure out what was wrong. They could find nothing; all tests were normal. The vet thought possibly pancreatitis, but the test came back ok. The next step she wanted to take was exploratory surgery to find the cause for a whopping $2000.00. He had been so sick at this point; he's in and out of the vet's office to hydrate him and test him. We made the hardest decision and had him put down.

I had 2 chocolate lab litter mates born 2/12/07. Both of them have been on Nutro Large Breed Puppy and then adult foods since I got them. On July 12 2009, one of them started vomiting profusely and then was taken to the vet when he became lethargic. He was then diagnosed with severe pancreatitis. My 2 year old did not survive the emergency surgery. Exactly 3 weeks later, (almost to the hour) the other 2 year old came down with the same symptoms. I rushed him to the hospital and after 1 week under intense care, he has finally able to come home. There was not a clear-cut diagnosis of pancreatitis, or anything else on the second dog, but his blood tests seemed to have indicated possible pancreatic problems. He remained lethargic and did not eat anything for 4 days.

Our two cats are sisters. We adopted them as kittens three years ago from a local animal shelter. When we adopted them, they were sent home with sample packets of Nutro MAX CAT kitten food roasted chicken flavor. We continued to feed Nutro MAX CAT kitten food roasted chicken flavor for a year and then transitioned to Nutro MAX CAT adult food roasted chicken flavor as recommended. We learned of the recall of Nutro MAX CAT adult food roasted chicken flavor when we went to a local pet store to purchase cat food and found that the shelves were empty. By then our two cats had already consumed an entire 16-pound bag of the recalled cat food.

Just about a week ago, my mother purchased a bag of cat dry food called "Nutro Natural Choice, Complete Care Weight Management Ocean Fish Flavor (8 lbs) Adult Cat Food." The cat only consumed 2 bowls of the dry food, and soon after began puking. I was worried because he was puking like every 30 mins. and doing big meows like I never heard before. I knew right away it was the Nutro cat food that was causing this because it was the first time that he tried this food. So, I did a little research to see if anyone had the same problems as me, and yes, I saw many complaints about the food. I want something done about this because it is inexcusable that this company makes food that's supposed to make cats live but instead they are producing poison. This is the purchase code bar if you need it - 0 79105 20517 7 and the food expires on August 22, 2010. I went to the Nutro website to see if this product was recalled. It was but it had a different code bar. Please do something about this. I don't want any other cat or animal going through this!

Over the past few months, my chocolate lab dog has been very ill. Some of her symptoms were hair loss, lethargic, swelling of the paws and around her eyes, and having trouble walking. My vet did a bunch of test from allergies to skin infections. All tests came back negative. She’s on seven different kinds of medication. So far over the past four months, my bill from the vet has totaled $2,000 and rising. I was at my wits' end and knew in my heart the time was near to put my baby down. I just couldn’t bear to see her suffer anymore. It wasn’t fair to my dog and I was only making it worse by keeping her alive. I just couldn’t say goodbye, not yet.

I have 4 cats and went through a lot of research about finding a good food, but was I ever wrong. As of today’s date, 11 Aug 2009, none of the pet stores here are posting anything about a recall on the Nutro cat food. One store told me that Nutro was adding more flavors to their dog food and were reducing the production of the cat food and that was why they didn't have any. Another store told me they were changing the look of the bag. Not once was I informed about the recall.

My 3 year old pug has been given Nutro products exclusively since she was a pup. This past year she required several emergency trips (4) to the vet due to diarrhea and excessive vomiting. Each time, her blood work showed elevated liver enzymes above the 1,000 range (normal range should not exceed 120). Her fecal tests were all negative suggesting it may have been something she ingested and not a parasite.

My dog was fed Nutro Max Lamb & Rice Formula for about 4 years (until he became very overweight). In 2007, I put him on a low calorie dog food by Royal Canin. In July 2008, he developed a bleeding ulcer from medication and was very anemic. I put him back on the Nutro Max diet because he needed to gain weight back after his surgery. His anemia never got much better and his stomach took a long time to heal. In January 2009, he had a series of tests to find out why his anemia was still a factor. We were asked if he was exposed to high levels of zinc (vet at UPenn suggested zinc toxicity as a reason for his anemia).

My 2-year old Yellow Lab was eating Nutro products for 2 years. Recently, in the past month, she became quite sick and was diagnosed with gastroenteritis, lots of throwing up and diarrhea. She was treated by her vet but then sent to the emergency vet because the throwing up would not stop. She was kept overnight with an IV for fluids and Flagyl. She has recovered but I had to switch dog foods and after two weeks, I am still giving her rice and chicken.

This complaint is about Nutro Natural Choice "Senior" Turkey & Rice (batch 79105 37307 bar code). I should not have to buy inferior food because someone is not doing their job. There had been deaths reported for months. My dog had a horrible seizure and I thought he died in front of me. I was traumatized. He is all I have. I have raised him his whole life. Please test this food. At $1.65 a can - they can poison my dog.

It is necessary to get straight to the point. Nutro’s exorbitant price increase for Nutro Max Puppy food is outrageous. While it was necessary to express my dissatisfaction regarding the excessive price increase with a Tractor Supply representative, it is equally important to share my dissatisfaction with Nutro Products, Inc. As a conscientious customer, it is also my responsibility to discontinue the use of your products.

I had written at the beginning of the year stating all that went wrong with my dog after feeding Nutro but I'm wondering about long term. I have a pug and more recently, in June, I had to bring him to the emergency vet due to seizures. I believe it was February when I stopped feeding him Nutro and he improved but was not perfect. His ph balance was off as well as other aspects of his health. He is now on anti-seizure medicines, Science Diet (he's getting very thin) and the doctor has me give him 125 mg of vitamin C every day because he had bladder crystals and he's trying to keep the ph down so they don't turn into stones. Has anyone had residual health problems that have surfaced after Nutro was stopped? His stool is still loose - seems to firm up with antibiotics and it seems that when I do get him on track if I feed him hard food, like kibble (Science Diet), it just brings me back to diarrhea.

I purchased Nutro Kitten Dry Food. The first kitten that we had, died about 2 weeks after we got it. The kitten had recurring bouts of vomiting, and explosive, often bloody, diarrhea after eating Nutro. There were two other kittens in the litter. Neither one received Nutro Kitten food and survived. We adopted another kitten from the Human Society and gave it the Nutro Kitten food; the same symptoms. We were able to get it to the vets in time, but it was a touch and go situation. Both vets stated that the Nutro Kitten food was at fault.

I purchased a Nutro dog food with glucosamine and chondroitin 40# silver bag. I read carefully all ingredients and was satisfied of the ingredients. Filled my container and tossed bag. Three weeks of use, I saw and noticed a decline in my 10 year old boxer-spaniel X. He is older and the weather was warm so were not immediately surprised with signs of congestive heart failure as others noticed his symptoms and commented on his age and what others had experienced.

We just purchased one bag of Natural Choice Complete Care Senior dry cat food in a 4lbs bag this Saturday morning, on August 1st. We have three cats. They all ate some of it. Saturday afternoon, the youngest cat started have diarrhea. The next day, the oldest cat started diarrhea also. We immediately stopped using the dry cat food. The third cat did not show any symptom of diarrhea. However, all three cats' activity levels were low. After stopping the new cat food since Sunday, the diarrhea on the two cats improved a bit. We will have to see how they all improve.

This is a continuation. I had sent in a complaint about how my dog became ill after eating Nutro Max High Energy. I had called the company to say that her liver enzymes were over 1200 and this is a dog who is not ill. They said because she was 8 years old, she was old and dogs can go into liver failure for no reason. True, but eight is not old for a Jack Russell. Anyway, a week later and no Nutro Max food, her liver enzymes are down to 200. Weird. I asked the company if they can test the food, and of course they can't because I do not have the original packaging. I wish I could find an outside company who would test the zinc levels of this food. I have not given up. In my heart, this food almost killed my dog. She is not out of the woods yet, but she is acting more normal as each day passes. Good luck to any animal eating this food.

I posted previously and wanted to update my story. I have four cats that were eating Nutro dry food. A month ago, one of my cats became ill. She was lethargic and not eating much and her belly was swollen. I took her to the vet and he kept her for some testing, but we were very worried. He withdrew fluid from her abdomen which was blood-tinged. He said we needed to do surgery to see what was wrong. She was spending her third night there when she passed away before surgery. We do know at this point, from looking after her death, that her liver was in a chronic state. Four days later, while in PetSmart to purchase more cat food, I was surprised to find the Nutro aisle almost empty with small recall signs posted. I couldn't believe it.

I have an 8-year old Jack Russell who has been in great health all her life, expect the occasional stomach issue. She has an incredible appetite and has always ripped through her food, unless she had 'stomach ache' and she would just walk away. Three weeks ago, she refused to eat, spitting out nuggets and walking away. She would still knock me over for dog biscuits and people food, but not her dog food.

I have been feeding my cats Nutro products (dry food) for about 6 years, I believe. Recently, one of my cats has begun to produce bloody diarrhea for about 3-4 weeks. She is in constant pain, crying when she uses the bathroom; and she hides everyday in corners as if she is severely depressed or in pain. She also started urinating and defecating in odd places, including our bed.

Since we brought our yellow lab puppy home from the breeder, she has developed a problem with urination and voiding. She has many frequent piddles and soft or unformed bowel movements, yellowish in color. A trip to the vet showed crystals in her urine and a very high PH, the exact symptoms described by several of people on this website. I have immediately taken her off of this food and hopefully she will be okay.

I posted info about my experience with Nutro food and the death of my Chow back on June 2, 2009 and I see the complaints are still coming in! I have the bag of Nutro still. I have called the company many times and they say they have received no complaints, and that there is nothing wrong with their dog food. I don't believe that to be true at all! Something needs to be done before more pets get sick and die from eating their so called good food. Please if you or anyone you know is feeding this garbage to their pets, please take them off of it before they get sick or die from it. My dog died and I believe it had something to do with the dog food. She was a champion and had just turned three years old!

I purchased a box on July 11, 2009 and opened it on July 25, 2009 and found it infested with moths. The box is completely covered in plastic before it was opened. I returned it to the store I purchased it from and they said I could have another one. I asked if I could open it up before I left and when I did, that box was also infested with moths. When they checked the lot number on the two boxes that had moths, they were both the same lot number. I then took the last remaining box off the shelf and opened it and the box was clean. The last box had a different lot number. I am concerned that there are many other boxes out there with moth infestation. I did not get the lot number. I believe it is the most recent shipment since I only purchased them two weeks ago.

I adopted two kittens in November 2008 and fed them Nutro brand kitten food. One of my kittens, Hallie, started peeing outside of the litterbox infrequently towards the end of the December. After, Hallie started to pee on the couch occasionally. When she peed on the futon upstairs, where she sleeps at night, I knew something was very wrong and immediately rushed her to the vet. She was diagnosed with urinary tract infection, as well as having lots and lots of struvite crystals. The vet seemed surprised and told me that urinary crystals in kittens/young cats are extremely rare. I never could have imagined that the cat food was the cause, until I read about other pet owners' complaints against Nutro.

As a follow up to my previous message, our golden retriever refused to eat the bag of Nutro we purchased in June. Vomiting, loose stools and many tests at the vet followed. She has high liver enzyme levels and kidney failure. At almost thirteen years of age, my husband and I feel that she is in God's hand. We did a subcutaneous hydration treatment but she remains very ill. I will always in my heart believe that Nutro Dog food has made her ill. I spoke to a representative at Nutro who never bothered to take my name and said that all of the people on the internet have sick dogs and Nutro is not the cause. I don't believe them for a minute. How can so many pet owners on Nutro have the same kind of problems - liver and kidney failure? If you have any doubt that it is doing your dog harm, please call Nutro and discontinue feeding them this product.

I purchase Nutro Adult Indoor cat food for the first time from Petco, as I was looking for an improved diet and nutritious cat food for my 2 cats. I became aware of the recall after feeding my cats this food for approximately 3 to 4 weeks. I returned the large bag of Nutro and purchased a smaller bag of Nutro in another flavor (Adult Oceanfish). I did notice that there were bags of Nutro on the shelf that had been recalled and mentioned it to the store manager, who stated that he had to check the listing again.

My white Shepherd -Lab mix is dead of lung cancer in November 2008. We also have a black and tan German shepherd who has bone cancer. Both dogs were running around playing and barking but now, after they ate that crap, we had to watch our last dog fight to breathe and live with the loss every day of our other dog! When I found out how sick our dogs were and I read in the internet about this horrible company, I was mortified to think that I fed them this crap. And now, I have to live with this guilt because someone was negligent in their duty or they just wanted to kill our dogs in that case, they should be on trial for murder.

I have been feeding my 12-week-old kitten Nutro MaxCat Kitten for 8 weeks now, and I have not observed any ill effects - which was quite the contrary, actually! I was initially feeding him Purina Kitten Chow, and he was very slow to gain weight. He was also stinking up his litter box 4-5 times a day. Now, he's gaining weight and muscle very quickly and is much more active and friendly, and I only have to clean his litter twice a day on a much more predictable schedule now. The more expensive food seems to be what was recalled. It only appears that my effort to save money has indeed saved my cat.

I bought an 8-week old Weimaraner just a week ago. I wanted to put him on the best food possible and when I went to PetSmart, there was an aisle full of people from Nutro trying to sell their product. They had stopped me as I grabbed a different bag of dog food, and told me about all the good things it has and the bad things it doesn't have. I took him home and he began chowing it down, loved it. However, he got very sick. I called PetSmart and they told me it was just because I switched his food. Keep in mind that when I got him, he was feeding off of his mother and had solid bowel movements. He had diarrhea non-stop so I called back three days later because it even started hurting him to go.

I saw an item on the local news regarding a possible investigation into Nutro Pet Foods and have started to follow up because it immediately struck a nerve. Earlier this year, we started giving our 7-year old Airedale terrier Nutro Natural Choice because of its claim to be an all natural premium product for your pet. We had tried a couple of varieties but all for the large breed and had just opened the 3rd bag for our boy. All of a sudden, one afternoon, he had difficulty walking and was very stiff. He seemed to be trying to have a bowel movement but was in great discomfort. He then just laid down on the ground and could not get up again. I had to carry him in to the house because he could not move.

I have a 6.5 year old female cat that has been fed Nutro Natural Choice Cat Food since we adopted her as a kitten. Two weeks ago, she began acting funny by not eating and isolating herself. This quickly led to vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and loss of appetite completely. We have had her to the vet, and she has just returned home after being hospitalized.

This is in response to the Nutro pet food recalls, most recently, the cat food.

Let me begin by saying for at least 15 years I have fed my cats Nutro products - both canned cat food and dry. They thrived on them. I love Nutro's approach to marketing, nutrition, and price. I recommended them to anyone who asked my opinion. That was until yesterday, July 15th, 2009. Last Saturday my husband went to buy a sack of Nutro kibble for the cats. The Nutro shelf was empty and he asked about it. The woman at the shop told him about the recall and gave him some samples of other foods for us to try. When he got home and told me what happened, I didn't think twice about it. I was skeptical - there wasn't anything in the news about the recall. Nutro being recalled was inconvenient, but we weren't totally out of it yet - we had some free samples in the meantime.

I adopted two kittens in October. After talking to the rep. at the store, I purchased Nutro Max Dry Cat Food. Wyatt especially enjoyed it while his brother Colt preferred a different brand. I just had to euthanize Wyatt Monday night (FLUTD) while Colt is healthy. I didn't know about the recall until I stumbled upon a notice on the internet while researching FLUTD on Tuesday.

My cat has never eaten any food but Nutro Max cat and was eating the Adult max chicken that was part of the recent recall. I took him off the food and at Petco's guidance put him on Nutro Kitten food. I was told this would be the best food for him until Nutro fixed the problem with the adult food. He still became very sick with a blockage that the vet said was food related. My other cat became very ill with vomiting and weight loss but has recovered since I changed food. I spent $2K on my cat's illness. I'm not a wealthy person and I think Nutro should be held accountable.

After hearing about this product on your website, my wife and I finally figured out what was causing our dogs to behave the way they are. We have had them to the vet for blood work. He wanted to put them on meds. They are experiencing high enzyme levels in the liver. One has started stargazing, diarrhea.

We purchased a few dozen 3 oz. packages of the Nutro MAX CAT Gourmet Classics (Beef & Egg Skillet, Savory Hunter's Stew with Venison and California Chicken Supreme Dinner) sometime during June 2009 from a local pet store in 12590. On at least two occasions, our cat became sick and vomited soon after eating and crying in distress (extremely uncommon). On two occasions, she did not vomit but became visibly disoriented, wobbly and dizzy. She was scared to or unable to jump up and down from the couch and bed and acted drowsy. On the first occasion, this occurred overnight and continued into the next day. My spouse worked from home to observe and after continued symptoms, we elected to take her to our vet. After a full inspection/physical, the vet had no conclusive cause (aside from the food our cat had eaten). We discontinued the use of the food and the symptoms dissipated and did not return. We tried once more two weeks later because based on the ingredient list this food should be healthy! However, again our cat cannot walk straight and is clearly disoriented and scared.

I just discovered that other people were experiencing the same issue as I. Our dog appeared on the doorstep in December ’08. We adopted her when no one claimed her. She's an adult who seemed quite healthy until February of ‘09. I had just taken her to the vet for an infected tooth and he had upped her dose of antibiotics. He also suggested I put her on a low-calorie food because she was a little overweight. Because I wanted to get her on a more holistic diet since she was now 'ours', I opted for Nutro Ultra Weight Management.

I switched my dog from Vans to Nutro about 4 months ago. Over the last 3 months, she has been vomiting at least 3 times a week. At first, I thought she was eating something outside that may be the cause. We began to watch her when she is out in the yard and feel it's more related to the food. I thought perhaps it was the Omega 3s and her stomach got overly sensitive to the Omega, so I got on the internet. After reading other pet owner experiences and descriptions of pet issues after ingesting the food, I am convinced it's the Nutro food making my dog ill.

My cat got very sick from eating the recalled Nutro cat food. I have been working with their insurance company, but they said that they would not cover all of my vet bills unless I had a written document from my vet stating that the illness was due specifically to the food, even though they have all of the test results including the test that shows his Zinc levels at 1.9 (which according to my vet is way above normal range of 0.5 to 0.9). I have also asked them to cover the cost of another check-up in three months to see if there has been any residual damage. They do not agree to this.

I have a strange report. I have 2 Greyhounds, both of which are ex-racers. I had fed them Nutro Pet foods since the age of 5 when we got them with no problems. Both of them were healthy happy dogs with beautiful soft fur. However, this past November 2008, our male dog at the age of 12 got extremely sick; vomiting, uncontrollable diarrhea and losing a ton of weight. He had never been sick since the day we got him, so we were pretty worried and immediately took him to the vet’s.

I had 2 very healthy Papillon dogs. The breeder of the younger dog advised me to feed my dogs Nutro brand dog food and I took that advice. I had always bought the smaller bags and there seemed to be no trouble until I got a 40 lb bag. They both walked away from the food and didn't want to eat it. I kept trying to give them the food since it had always been okay and didn't seem to smell rancid. I thought it was strange for them to turn down the food day after day and since they had liked the food prior to that bag, I tried to continue to feed it to them.

I had fed Nutro Lamb and Rice to my dogs for at least 5 years. About 3 months ago, after purchasing a new bag of Nutro Lamb and Rice Small Bites for my 2 dogs, my 8-year-old Corgi-Terrier mix, which always had a ravenous appetite, started vomiting foamy, yellow bile and was lethargic, had loss of appetite, was extremely thirsty, and was very jaundiced. I took her to an emergency vet for blood work, IV fluids for dehydration, and an ultrasound. They told me she had a bacterial blood infection and would need her spleen removed. They also saw problems with her gallbladder and liver. They said it was from something she ingested. I could not afford to spend the $5,000 they wanted for the operation, so I took her home with antibiotics and anti-nausea medication and tried to get her to eat.

Janet ** presented at our hospital with her cat, Spenser, complaining of a loss of appetite and observing pet shaking/trembling. Pet had been eating Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Cat food and expiration date was 6/28/2010. The food the cat has been eating is among the food listed in the voluntary recall recently issued on May 21st by Nutro. The cat required a complete blood count and chemistry panel to evaluate the condition of the pet and bloodwork shows elevated values of cholesterol, creatinine, kinase and a low white blood cell count. We suspect the cat is showing symptoms as a result of the food recall. Diet has been changed and we would expect to see an increase in appetite and decrease in the shaking/trembling the owner was observing as a result of the diet being changed.

The food had no potassium and too much zinc, which created a nightmare for my Show Persian cat. We needed to do a c-section, because we were worried about the kittens. One was born missing a finger and her abdomen was open. The vet stitched her up, and after 4 weeks, she is a survivor. The other kitten was tiny and died a few days later. Nutro is not returning my calls or emails, since I sent them pictures and the amount I feel I should be compensated for.

My 3-year-old Labradoodle has been eating Nutro since she was a puppy because it helped her coat. I just opened a new bag three days ago. Yesterday, she refused to eat the food (very uncharacteristic) and then started vomiting and had bloody diarrhea. She has been so ill and with a fever. She is now at the vet's office with an IV. I had heard of problems with Nutro before, and should have listened. I will never buy Nutro again! I have large vet medical bills but hopefully, will have a healthy puppy after all her treatment!

We had been feeding our three dogs Nutro dog food and, encouraged by the pet food store, changed to the senior brand recently, whereupon all three dogs became sick -throwing up, diarrhea, urinating in the house, etc. After $2,500 in vet bills, and no diagnosis, testing for Addison's disease, parasites, etc. were all clear, our Westie had to be put to sleep due to kidney failure. He had been fine three weeks earlier during his routine exam.

My pug dog is 4 years old and has been eating Nutro small bites since she was a pup. She is also an indoor dog. Recently, I have purchased a new bag of Nutro dog food and after she ate, the next day she began to vomit and had diarrhea. She has been doing this for 5 days and then began to vomit blood.

I had purchased 4 bags of Nutro cat food. I found out today that there was a recall only when I went in PetSmart and saw a sign. I called Nutro and the 4 bags I had were recalled for extremely high levels of zinc. One of my cats passed away 4 days ago. My 3 others are going to the vet tomorrow to be checked and for blood work. Nutro did nothing to inform people of the recall. The company has my email and home address, etc. but did nothing to inform me of the problem. They are also in denial of the sickness and deaths in pets that this is causing. I am thoroughly disgusted that they can get away with this. My family is devastated with the suffering and loss of our pet. Hopefully, the others will make it. It is amazing that nothing was done to notify anyone of this problem. If I had been notified, I would have immediately stopped feeding my pets the food and my cat would still be alive today. Instead, Nutro decided to disclose as little as possible to the public and she is dead.

My two dachshunds have just recovered from vomiting and diarrhea. Jackson developed pancreatitis; however; the younger dachshund, Thomas, did not. I just had recently purchased the Nutro Natural Lite canned food and also the dry--and had been mixing the two foods. Thomas was treated by the vet and was sent on but Jackson spent four days at the vet's office and this was not a cheap fix. However, I am pleased to report that both dogs are doing fine. I have been feeding them boiled chicken and rice several times per day in small amounts. I think that we will be switching to Hills Science Diet.

Our 10-year-old rottweiler has been eating Nutro's large breed weight loss formula for approximately 3 years now. Within 2 weeks of opening our current bag, (purchased 6.6.09), Faust began vomiting after meals. I then switched from the dog food to chicken mixed with kefir. The vomiting stopped. On the occasions (several) that I switched back to the dog food, the vomiting resumed. This past Friday, I contacted PetSmart regarding returning the food, as I felt that it was making me sick. I have yet to have to opportunity to do so. Faust is now in the ICU at our vet for pancreatitis and renal failure. He is receiving IV fluids and pain medication at this time. I strongly suspect a link between his condition and the Nutro brand food I have been feeding him. Have there been other links of this type reported? Do you have recommendations on where to go from here?

Puppies were fine and we went to Petsmart and purchased Nutro puppy food. From that day on, their health declined, diarrhea so severe, vomiting, lethargic, loss of appetite. They became severely emaciated in a short time after all our efforts to keep them alive along with the vet and different types of meds and syringe feeding (food and water), this has been a long and hard heartbreaking experience. Puppies were seen at the vet five times and then was hospitalized for eight nights and nine days (three of them had already died). Puppies had already been and had to return all deposits and one had already been paid for that I had to return money for and now I'm out $1500 per puppy and owe a tremendous vet bill which I haven't received yet. One died at the vet and the vet sent two sicker dogs home and we're doing everything we can but they're just slowly dying and the expenses has totally wiped us out and can't even afford to pay the vet to put them down.

I received a letter from Nutro Max stating that a bag of food I had bought at Petco (with my Petco card) matched with the recalled bags of regular dry cat food. The letter stated there was mineral imbalances, nothing about too much zinc was ever mentioned. My 3 cats had already finished the bag when I got the letter. Luckily, I had already switched to organic cat food because my 10-month old was having bouts of diarrhea and I thought it might be a food allergy. I also took him to the vet where they could find nothing wrong with a regular exam (no blood work because I did not think the food could cause the symptoms). I finally started looking around websites and after reading everyone's stories, put 2 and 2 together.

We have been feeding our two 8-year-old Maine Coons cats Nutro for many years. They both became sick around the same time the recall came out. They were vomiting yellow stuff, explosive bloody diarrhea, and one had anemia. After taking the boys off the food they recovered. The vet bill would have been avoided if Nutro would have been more careful. We were looking at having to put the one to sleep. This has been so upsetting to both my husband and myself, as these cats are "our children" and we thought we were feeding them well. What also upsets me is that Nutro said there were no complaints!

After feeding my cats Nutro Max Cat Indoor Weight Control, she developed liver failure. She is a 6 yr old healthy cat that weighed almost 11 lbs. She lost 4 lbs in a month, vomiting, howling strangely, irritated, and turned yellow on her skin. I quit the food immediately. The vet advised a new dry cat food, and then feed her wet food with droplets of milk thistle. After 2 months she came out of it. She still has another month or so to stay on the milk thistle mix. My vet is a professor of epidemiology also. To date I have spent approx. $400 to get my cat's health back and keep her alive.

I am very concerned about our beloved twelve year old golden retriever, Phoebe. We have purchased Nutro products since she was a puppy. During the past few weeks, she will not eat the Nutro. There has been weight loss and lethargy. Due to our relocation, a new vet has been chosen. Blood tests were taken and the results were normal. After reading the concerns/complaints about Nutro products, I fully intend to discontinue their use. Hopefully, there is just a problem/recall with Nutro cat food, but why are so many people online about their dogs if there is not a problem?

My four-year old cat stopped eating about four weeks ago throwing up yellow bile. She was so sick and yes, I fed her Nutro max cat. Three weeks of rehab and $1000 later, she's starting to look better. I will never buy Nutro again!

We have been feeding our dog Nutro Ultra adult dog food and Nutro Ultra adult dog biscuits for the past 6 months, ever since we got him as a 10-week-old puppy. (We are feeding him the adult food based on our breeder's specific recommendations.) Up until a week ago, everything seemed fine. He had tremendous energy, a beautiful coat, and good stool (though he did have regular gas, but nothing alarming).

This is an update from my earlier post regarding my 5 cats, all of whom became ill after eating Nutro. My 13 year old Ben was the worst. His blood work shows he is suffering from nutritionally deficient anemia. I've already spent over $500.00 in vet bills and I'm not done yet. He goes back next week for follow up blood work, I'm afraid for what it will show.

After a recent purchase of Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice, my dogs became violently ill with a digestive issue that causes explosive bowel movements and an inability to control said bowel movements. Upon taking fecal samples to the vet, it was discovered that they have a serious digestive infection that the vet said is directly linked to the Nutro food. This has cost me time and money and my dogs continue to be violently ill as their system purges the remaining food in their system.

We were feeding our Doberman puppy Nutro puppy food when he suddenly became ill with vomiting and diarrhea. We took him to the vet and the vet said he had a stomach virus. Blood work came back showing Giardia. So the vet started him on antibiotics. He wasn't getting any better. The vet put him on IV fluids and kept him for two nights. He got much worse and we had to be put him to sleep. The vet was surprised he didn't get better once the antibiotics were started. The vet determined that he died from a combination of Giardia and a stomach virus.

We have 7 cats and have been feeding them Nutro Pet Food for some time. In March, a 10-year-old female rapidly lost weight, began vomiting and stopped eating. We took her to our vet who could not find any physical cause. We changed to a different brand of food and she began to eat and over 8 weeks regained the weight she had lost. Another 10-year-old cat began a rapid weight loss at the end of April 2009 and lost 3 pounds in 2 weeks. She had stopped eating, vomited yellow bile and became very lethargic.

My cat Raskal went missing this Sunday morning and I spent all morning looking for him. Around 1130H, I found him behind our couch lethargic and in pain. We spent the rest of the day at the animal emergency clinic. It turns out he was extremely ill with elevated liver enzymes and anemia. This was something that came on very suddenly. He is only 3 and had no history of health problems. He spent the night at the emergency clinic on IV fluids, antibiotics and pain medicine. This morning, I learned of the Nutro pet food recall and confirmed he had been fed food from a recalled bag. I am just horrified. Upon contacting Nutro, they denied my cats symptoms could be caused by their food. However, they said they would pay for testing related to Potassium and Zinc. This incident has cost my husband and I over $1000 so far and this is only day two. My cat is still sick! I have the bag, about 6 pieces of the tainted kibble and all these bills. I feel Nutro Pet food is responsible for my cat's sudden illness and would like to seek legal action.

Their dog food almost killed my dog. My St. Bernard has been eating this food since he was born. Something happened with their food that was not announced, and my Saint dropped down to 90 lb (which is sickly for a saint) and lost almost all of his hair and was very lethargic. I took him to 3 or 4 vets (which was very expensive), and no one could figure it out.

I have been using Nutro Natural Choice Lambmeal and Rice formula for my small dog for the last 3.5 years. Recently this week, he has had non-stop diarrhea for the last 5 days as well as vomiting. I decided to look up some info on the net and found many, many complaints about this pet food, especially since they have sold or partnered with Mars Pet Food. Apparently, they have had to recall the pet food due to possible Salmonella contamination. Presently, my dog is lethargic and can't hold any food in his body.

This is an update of a report I filed on June 5 on this website regarding my cat who had stopped eating, was lethargic, and had been eating Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Weight Management for many years. After we found out about the recall, we took our sick cat to our vet for tests and discovered severely elevated liver enzymes in his blood work and later upon x-ray, an enlarged liver.

I just adopted two kittens and was researching food products to feed them and came across the recall of Nutro for cats. I then began to read about problems with dogs that were fed Nutro as well. My Thai Ridgeback, Jake, has not been doing well lately - some vomiting, diarrhea and lethargic. My husband claims that when cleaning up the yard, the ** smelled "funny" and especially bad. Today, Jake refused to eat. I also have a 2-year old Boxer who has been having gastrointestinal problems as well. After everything I have been reading, I am no longer giving either of them any product from the Nutro line.

I believe Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care made two of my cats very sick. One cat seems to be recovering since stopping Nutro food but the other continues to be very ill and has lost over a third of his body weight. A week ago, he was throwing up yellow bile with a high fever and I had to rush him to an emergency visit. My vet has put him through all types of test trying to find out what could be wrong with him. Yesterday was when I found out about the recall and notified my vet immediately. Hopefully, she can find out the best treatment for recovery so I won't lose him. The recall is for Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Weight Management for the 3lb, 6lb and 16lb bags. However, I have the remains of the 8lb bag which I strongly believe should be added to the list. The expiration date is 7/26/2010. I tried to pamper my pets by purchasing an expensive healthy food. What a mistake! The tests and emergency visits now tally over $900. If he remains stable, he's scheduled for another visit in two weeks to check his weight and for another ultrasound monitoring of his kidney size.

The product was Nutro dried food and it caused ataxia in 19 cats that I know of (5 mine) in SE Qld in 2007. My complaint was #** and Trevor **'s was **. Trevor was paid his veterinary expenses but I am still waiting. It was irradiated dried food and the same problem just experienced in Sydney by irradiated Orijen dried food. Vets are still working on what actually was wrong with the food.

I just read your report about Nutro cat food. I had a cat that died in 2005 from a severe kidney disease and he had been eating Nutro dry food. How long has this problem been going on with the high levels of zinc in the food? We didn't know what caused his problem. That's really sad.

I had to take my cat Ollie to the emergency hospital last month. She and my bigger cat are indoor-only and eat Nutro dry food since last year. Recently, I fed my cats a medium size bag of indoor adult food and started noticing odd symptoms. We had no idea what was wrong with Ollie when we took her to the vet/ER and the vets tested for pancreatitis (but the test came back negative). But now that I read about these symptoms, I realize they are spot on for my cats' symptoms for decreased potassium and increased zinc. Apparently, pancreatitis-like symptoms are the most likely symptoms for increased zinc levels as found in recalled food, so this makes even more sense.

This is an update on my kitty Tigi. I'm sad to say that we had to put Tigi down this morning. He had a kidney shutdown and hadn't urinated for 3 days. My wife and I are so sad today. He was the nicest kitty we ever had and only 6 years old. We're thankful that we got to spend the entire night with him (even though we know he was suffering. We could tell he was glad to be with us, he purred and looked at us.

After feeding my puppy Nutro Max Puppy food, he began getting diarrhea which turned to a bloody diarrhea. He still drank water. He got better when I changed his food and worse again when the food was reintroduced. I feel that his problem is the food. I am stop using it.

I have feed Nutro Lamb & Rice Dog Food for the last 12 years to my dogs. I even demoed for them and really believed in their product. The past few days, my dogs have gone off their feed. One was very lethargic--the one I feed was Eukanuba's Shepherd. He ate the Nutro a couple times. Now, he's not hungry. We just had our elderly pug PTS (many factors). One factor that concerns me was his kidney function, which was not considered important at the time because of his age.

Our cat has blood in her urine, vomiting and a kidney stone. This was after eating the Max Cat Salmon flavor indoor cat food (manufactured by Nutro). She developed these symptoms after being exposed to Max Cat for about 2 weeks. Before that, she was perfectly healthy. We now have over $700 in vet bills. There has been a recall on certain varieties of Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care dry cat foods and Nutro Max cat dry food. I called Nutro today at 1-800-833-5330 and spoke to a Diana. She said that the recall was voluntary and that the pet food was safe. She said that Nutro's cat food had nothing to do with my cat's symptoms. I asked her, if your cat food is safe, why are you doing a recall? She said that they were doing the recall because Nutro wants the ingredients to match what is on the bag and did not want to engage in false advertising.

I read this article on the FDA investigating the Nutro dog food company and realized my dog has the same symptoms as the people in the article. She is always vomiting, diarrhea and has a problem urinating.

Our beloved healthy 8-year-old basset hound developed sudden and fatal illness in January 2009 and died in March 2009. Vets have no explanation of cause of numerous symptoms which included elevated liver enzymes, which mocked hepatitis. Penny was an indoor pet who goes out into a fenced yard with no contact with wild animals, woods, etc.

My Greyhound had loved her Nutro Lamb & Rice. One night she became very ill. She was dizzy and began to vomit bile. I took her to the emergency veterinary. He started her on medication and she seemed to stabilize. I took her to her veterinarian first thing in the morning. He ran test and determined it to be her kidneys. He gave her medication and she seemed to get better over the next couple of days. She was eating boiled chicken and rice (No Kibble) and taking prescription medication but when her veterinarian told me to add kibble back to her diet she became ill again.

My poodle recently became sick with vomiting and diarrhea. He has always been very healthy. I put him on rice and chicken for a day and he got better. I took him to the vet and he said he was eating grass to make himself sick. We changed his diet and I watched him every time he went out so he would not eat anything else. Long story short, he is still sick and I took him back to the vet who said it must be his food. Also, my border collie became ill yesterday also. We have used Nutro for years but this is the first time we have had problems. All signs point to the food. We are now trying bland food and I hope both of them will get well. The border collie was actually crying last night because he felt so bad. I have trusted this food for years. Now, I absolutely do not.

My cat has been vomiting for the past three days. He's in terrible pain. He has never ever been sick before. I told the vet all I fed him was Nutro. Now, I see this recall and realize the food I'm feeding him has an expiry of June 2010. It's the Nutro cat food that's making him sick. They wanted to admit my cat to intensive care at $2400 for the first 24 hours and $600 per day thereafter. I could not afford to do that. I paid $500 and now my cat is here at home vomiting and very sick. This is ridiculous. Nutro has to be held responsible. Is anyone aware of any class action lawsuit?

On June 9, 2009, I switched my puppy food for my 9-month old Pomeranian to Nutro Small Bites Dry food (chicken meal, rice and oatmeal formula) and Lamb and Rice wet food. Suddenly, within hours of the single serving, my dog became sick – diarrhea with blood, vomiting with yellow bile substance and became very lethargic. This lasted for almost three days where she mostly slept, but I was able to slowly transition her to a BARF style diet – fresh vegetables, fruit, fresh organic raw ground beef, cooked fish and chicken.

Shortly after feeding my two dogs with Nutro Natural lamb and rice dry food, I noticed sporadic periods of vomiting. Unfortunately, I continued with the food thinking that they must have eaten something that they were not supposed to. I finally discontinued the food when my dogs became violently ill almost to the point of dehydration.

After 1 week of being on Nutro Max senior cat food, she developed a urinary tract infection for the first time ever in her 14 years. There are red blood cells and crystals in her urine. This week, we have to get x-rays for her. She also has to be on antibiotics for 2 weeks and get a repeat urinalysis. This is very upsetting and I hope that my cat will be okay. In addition to the emotional aspect of this, there is also the financial. We have spent $500 so far in vet bills just because of Nutro's cat food!

Both of my cats have been eating the Nutro dry cat food for 1 year now. One cat is 2 and the other is 6 years old. The 6 year old started developing problems in April of 2009, after eating the recalled food we had purchase in a 16 lb bag. We had bought 2 16 lb bags of the lot # and dates of the recalled food and that is what the cats had been eating for a couple of months. The 2 year old started vomiting and refusing the food and our 6 year old started having motor difficulties, spacey behavior and vomiting.

Nutro Natural Choice Senior Dry dog food has made my mini pincher extremely ill, vomiting and lethargic for weeks now. The only change, I switched his food to Nutro. Huge vet bill and my little baby is still vomiting.

This food makes my dog extremely sick, he has had severe diarrhea for days, Nutro Healthy Choice Large Breed Puppy food, and this makes for costly vet bills!

I have had my dogs on Nutro Max Adult their whole lives. I was happy with the product until this last bag that I bought on June 7th. I bought it and brought it home to my dogs and fed them from it, they immediately began throwing up. I was concerned but not too much so I thought they might have gotten into something.

My healthy five-year old cat suddenly began to lose weight and refuse food. I received a post card from Petco on 6/2 about a recall of the food he eats, Max Cat Adult Chicken. I called Nutro on 6/3/09 and they said they had received no other complaints and that their in house vet would call me. They never called back. I returned the food to the place of purchase and substituted a safe Nutro food. My cat got so sick I took him to the vet on Saturday, 6/6/09. They treated him with sub-q fluids and did a blood panel showing dangerous creatinine and bun levels indicating kidney failure. I took him to emergency clinic and was quoted $1400 IV therapy that I could not afford. I took him home and continued with sub-q fluids until Tuesday morning when he began to receive IV fluids from my vet. He still has not recovered and is at the vet currently. I called Nutro again and they said they would get in touch with my vet today, 6/10/09. I am waiting to hear more about my cat's prognosis.

I just read a report printed in April about this product possibly making dogs sick or killing them. My little poodle died last month after eating Nutro for over a year. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not. I had a blood and urine test done and they said he was diabetic but he did not respond to insulin. He was 14 years old and had never been sick before. I still have the blood test results if it might be of any help.

My first dog Jupiter is almost 2 years old. I have been feeding him Dog Chow since he was a puppy. I decided to get a new puppy from the animal shelter. We went to a pet supply store and there was a salesman there selling Nutro pet food products. He explained to us the benefits of switching and how switching all of our animals, including my three cats to this food would be healthier for them, and they would eat less of it because it is more filling so I was all for it! I had noticed an issue with all of my pets almost after the first week, but I wasn’t sure what the issue was. Jupiter was vomiting and eating grass and had serious gas issues. He was lethargic and nothing like himself. Our puppy was always super thirsty (which I thought was maybe because we tried to limit his water for potty training purposes), but he was really gung ho for it, it was strange. My three cats were urinating everywhere but the litterbox. One of them had blood in his urine and they all started vomiting and had diarrhea. One of my cats started secluding himself for days on end in a cabinet. The thing that pushed me over the edge was when our puppy started having diarrhea and there was a large amount of fresh bright red blood in his stool. I was terrified and so went online to see if I could find a reason and, hopefully, a solution. I found all of these complaints about Nutro and realized that the issue started when I switched everyone’s food! I felt so guilty!

I had fed my two cats (ages 17 plus) Nutro catfood for a couple of years without any problems. However, both started with the vomiting and diarrhea at about the same time and this went on for several months. They had been very healthy, active, and loving kitty cats until this happened. I took them to the vet, as soon as the first episode happened; but he only gave them an antibiotic and told me to keep them off their food until the two problems quit. Shortly after they were back on their food, the same problems reoccurred.

I took my 4 year old Shiba to the vet last Tuesday, the 2nd of June, 2009. When I woke up, she had a fever of 104.5, lethargic, wouldn't touch her food or water and she hadn't been too active or interested in her food the night before. Not eating or drinking is usually common when a dog has a fever, so I didn't think much of it. The vet thought it was most likely a UTI as she isn't spayed and has had one before.

I have been feeding one dog Nutro Ultra. I bought a new bag on June 1st. She had begun having horrible gas, diarrhea, and now vomiting and is up all night with pain and does not want to lie down. She acts as if she is in pain and will not jump up onto the couch (which is her favorite place). My other dog is on a completely different company brand and has zero problems.

I am concerned that the Nutro cat food that was recalled wasn't the only Nutro affected. Are they 1000 percent sure that it was not canned food also? I fed Nutro Kitten canned food that was manufactured during the recall dates of the dry food and also Nutro dry kitten food that wasn't manufactured during the recall dates and I had a kitten get such severe diarrhea that he had to be euthanized, and an adult cat that is having problems too. I'm also fostering and feeding a new set of kittens and a neighbor is feeding Nutro too and the cats and kittens seem to have an allergy that they can't shake. The common denominator? They have been eating the pouches of Nutro all along. I'm wondering if there is something in the food causing the allergy?

I purchased their dry Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Ocean Fish flavor at a pet food store locally, and within 3 weeks, my cat began vomiting. We only learned today about the recall on their food, and have been lucky that our cats did not die from eating it. Our oldest cat has lost some weight, and is very sick. We are switching food immediately, being out the cost of the food purchased.

I came home on 06-06-2009 to find my 4.5 year old black lab/basenji mix dog, Sadie, on the couch unable to climb off to greet me. She hadn't been acting herself recently and had diarrhea for about 3 days. She has had a gas problem that could clear the house! I finally coaxed her off the couch and she couldn't walk well. She acted like she was injured in her hip area. She went outside, suffered from diarrhea again and so after I got her to come back inside.

Back in April 2008, my then 4 year old healthy chocolate Lab became very ill while on Nutro. I don't want to go into the whole story again, being that I posted in June and August 2008, on this site. I have checked the daily postings since June of 2008 and watched in horror as so many more pets became sick and died. This has been ongoing for almost a year and a half from when the complaints started coming in. How can Nutro keep claiming their products are safe? They have just recalled some cat foods stating high levels of zinc, but this has been ongoing for more than a year with their dog foods, containing high levels of copper and zinc? What's the story with this? They kept denying that there was something wrong and now this comes out.

I've been feeding my five cats Nutro dry food for years. In the middle of May, they all started showing signs of being ill. Some were vomiting, some not eating, some were lethargic. My 13-year old Ben seemed the worse. I took him to the vet and she ran blood tests which showed him to be severely anemic due to nutritional deficiencies! I am shocked. He's on medication and of course, I am not feeding Nutro anymore. The cats are now eating but Ben is still very weak and I am very worried about him. I too have called Nutro and am appalled they still claim there have been no complaints about Nutro. If there are any attorneys out there listening, please consider a class action suit. I'm sure you will have many animal parents participating. I started reading these complaints and can't read anymore. It is heartbreaking and immoral for a US based company to not only market nutritionally deficient food but to react with such disregard.