Science Diet Reviews

I have a 4 year toy poodle that just would not eat dog food. It would either make her sick or she just would not eat it, I was very worried about her and just on a whim I purchased a bag of Hill's Science Small Paws and she loves it! This has been a godsend to my family. We love our fur baby, she is a extremely important part of our family and to see her eat something that is healthy and she loves. She is more alert and active since eating Hill's Science. This is a great dog food!

I have been using Science Diet since we adopted our Lab-GSH mix four years ago. It was supposed to be high in animal protein and low on grains. Well, something changed. A month ago, while I was away, our pup had a seizure. Then a couple of weeks later, another. The vet says, genetic disposition, don't worry. But we noticed she is much more picky about eating, and sometimes chooses not to eat. She was also an eager eater. Noticed the composition of the bits were clearly different. Now, she won't even finish a bowl of food, wet or dry. I'm pretty sure something has changed, if I can't see it, our dog definitely knows, and is not happy about it. Looking for something better.

When we made the switch a couple of weeks ago to Hills Science Diet I thought I was buying the best for our puppy. A couple of days after he started eating the food he threw up. I know that is not uncommon when switching foods so we continued to feed it to him. Recently I noticed he was eating more grass and today he wouldn't eat a thing. He was lethargic and overall not well. I spoke to an animal professional who told me some dogs have a negative reaction to Hills Science Diet dog food and to take it away from him. I have now removed it out of my house and started feeding my puppy pumpkin puree to help settle his stomach. For as sick as my puppy was acting - there is no way I will ever purchase Science Diet again.

Best diets on the Market. A must read. Ok everyone I am sure you're thinking no way. Well yes. I have a 12 yr old male Siamese, Balinese cat who is 12 going on 2. I used to have him on other diets, I got him from my vet at 5 yrs old and he was on whatever the cats opened. They had him on Science Diet and he was a gorgeous cat, beautiful fur and healthy. When I got him I decided after all the hype about grain free diets to try them. One is no longer on the market, thanks Smucker's. Because of you I now have my cat on foods that are good for him. :)

I rescued a black Lab back in March. He was having issues with digestion and my vet wrote a prescription for the Hills Science Diet i/d Digestive Care Dog Food. I purchased a 8.5 pound bag of the dry dog food at my vet's clinic. He ate the food for two weeks and had significant approval in his bowel movements and he appeared to be feeling better and having more energy.

After using Hill's Science Diet for 20 years for both my cats & dogs, I am appalled to learn that they outsourced production of portions of their product to China. Many pets died as a result of their greed. What concerns me also is that this product was recommended to me by my veterinarian. I gladly paid a premium for a product that I thought would be the best for my pets health.

My family has had our cats on Science Diet from the start cause my 2 family members work at a vet clinic and get Science Diet at a low cost and my cat was the first to go and he died, no sorry. He suffocated because of a mysterious liquid filled his lungs and killed him and the vet had no clue why he had fluid in his lungs and then the next cat died with a mysterious illness and the next and the next and I never put two and two together that it was the food until I heard a podcast about how bad the food was and it now makes sense that that food will NEVER be given to my now dog and cat.

I have been feeding my dogs and cats Science Diet dry food for a couple of months. The last 2 days my dogs started vomiting undigested food. I thought maybe she didn’t feel good. Now my cat started doing the same thing this morning. I will not be buying any more food from this company!

I cured my cat of diabetes after learning I was feeding him the wrong food. Went on grain free diet and glucose dropped to around the 120's. It was approximately 500. Started him on the W/D because of weight issues and because it was basically grain free. Recently had his teeth cleaned and saw the glucose was over 200??? Looked at the can again and lo and behold there is wheat flour as 7th ingredient. Called Hills and they said the recipe was "upgraded" with wheat flour as of October 2018!!! Upgraded!!!! Cats don't need GLUTEN!!! DO NOT BUY! I have had other issues with Science Diet and have already reviewed another product. It makes me angry that Vets take a kick back from the sales. What are you going to do as one still needs a Vet. I love my local Vet, still makes me angry.

I have had cats for 30 years. Early on I thought it was crazy to purchase one of the high priced foods. But when we were stationed in the Philippines we adopted a Filipino kitten (we already had a 3 year old cat). The kitten was scrawny and bony, and had coarse, wiry hair. I found out those were typical features of those cats. One day as I was leaving the veterinarian on base I saw the vets interacting with some stray cats outside. They were beautiful, soft and healthy looking. I assumed they were not Filipino cats but the vets told me yes they were Filipino cats. I asked why they looked so healthy and they told me it was because they fed them Science Diet. I immediately switched my cats to SD and sure enough, the Filipino cat quickly became beautiful, healthy, and softer than ever. Our other cat improved on it as well.

Over Christmas holidays I noticed my 9 year old Yorkie was drinking copious amounts of water, peeing almost clear, losing weight and some vomiting. Took her to vet who initially misdiagnosed UTI. Not satisfied with the diagnosis I took her back 2 days later and found she was unexpectedly in kidney failure. We had no idea what happened only to find a month later that the ID Science Diet food was recalled. Now here at Easter she is still having kidney troubles and has been hospitalized twice. They need to be held accountable for their lack of testing the products they sell or they need to go into a different line of work.

If you only feed the same Science Diet and don't add table food or treats, the dog's poop is not as strong smelling as from feeding other brands. Have used it for 34 years and every dog we've rescued has been given the same food. None of the dog's have ever had food or allergy issues or stomach problems. The dog(s) seem to eat only enough until they are satisfied and not overeat.

I was recommended by the vet to use Science Diet when I rescued the two little dogs. I have tried changing it a few times but the dogs seem to like it much better than Blue Buffalo. They have the food down and eat whenever they are hungry. I don't trust any company with really being a good product for your dog because they are not required to. Wet food upsets my little ones and so I don't use any of it because I have tried them all. Because I know they are trying to make the shelf life very long so they can ship and forget it.

This is the brand recommended by my vet. We get it at PetSmart, which is fun as the dog like the outing to get it. My dog is old and small and their Small Paws adult is perfect. It comes in a small enough bag, so it doesn't get stale before we use it all.

He seems to prefer Science Diet, and there is less waste in the yard. It is a tad expensive, but the elimination of effort in picking up after him makes it worthwhile.

The food was over processed, had very poor available protein, and because it was sold by a vet, was very expensive. Convinced by the greedy vet we stupidly bought the stuff for years, until our Pekinese dogs developed kidney problems and obesity. We put the dogs on homemade organic foods - mostly whole rabbit meat and within months they were much better. However, the damage had been done and they both died within days of each other. I will never trust a vet or Science Diet again.

We buy ours from Chewy.com and it arrives overnight. Our three dogs love it, one is a Cocker Spaniel mix, the other is a Chihuahua and the third is a Papillon mix. We buy the small dog mix. The vet also recommends it.

Kidney specific food has been a game changer for my older dog. He is having less issues (peeing in the house) and really enjoys the taste of the food (Science Diet) - he inhales it. Great product.

Purchased through the vet office so it is easy to get although more expensive. Not available through any retail outlets locally. Special urinary tract formula. Dog has had two urinary tract infections but none since she has been put on the SCIENCE Diet formula.

I get my Science Diet dog food from my Veterinarian. I have tried other brands from the market and he doesn't like it/them. It's expensive but it's worth it. I have recommended Science Diet to friends with dogs.

Our Bichon eats her bowl every night and she maintains the same weight 13 pounds. She is frisky and she is 14 years old. His smart, protective, LOVING, plays and opens our bed for every night. Bark and very strong, fearful bark "Don't go," when I leave, and then I get a bark, "Like where have you been??" She is very healthy.

Our dog had digestion issues with another good quality food, so we tried another brand. The issues continued, so we then switched to another quality food brand and the issues still continued. Finally we switched to Science Diet and his issues went away.

I have used Science Diet for my 4 rescues dogs, over the last 37 years. All of them lived to their life expectancy, although most to cancer. So not sure if their food is good for them, but they did seem to like it. I believe it's a decent value & haven't heard that they have had any contamination concerns.

My dog is on a prescription diet of venison or fish only and we are on auto ship with this food. He was highly allergic to any dog food with a bird base and was sick the first 4 years of his life. UC Davis animal hospital figured it out and he has been great ever since.

My dog had an upset stomach and had been throwing up. After a trip to the vet, I was given anti-nausea medication and Science Diet Digestive Care i/d with Turkey because it was supposed to be easy on his stomach. The nausea medication was supposed to be strong and vomiting unlikely, but he kept throwing up. He was taken to emergency care where an ultrasound was performed and nothing was found that was concerning. After returning home, he puked another time and in looking into what hospitalizing a pet involves, I found the notice of the recall. My cans were of the right SKU of the recalled product, but not the correct lot number. I stopped feeding him this product and went back to his normal food before he was ill, and he's kept it down. I believe the recall is broader than the lots currently listed on the site. I will be very reluctant to use this brand again as it would seem I've been accidentally prolonging my dog's symptoms by using it.

Hill's wet and dry lamb and rice and senior foods - I have been feeding Hill's to my dogs and cats since I was a kid. Presently, it’s the only food that doesn’t make my dog sick with diarrhea and vomiting. She also has terrible food allergies that present themselves as hives and hot spots. I fed Hill's lamb and rice until she needed the senior food and I still do not have any issues. I did get a few cans of the recall food. I know she must have eaten at least a couple. Thankfully she made it through. She’s ok and still on Hill's and doing well at 12. Most people that meet her assume she is far younger than she is. That says a lot for the brand.

Tragically my Pomeranian, Mr Bojangles is positively a victim of their recall. :( He was put on Hill's Prescription Diet I/D in October because of tummy troubles. He ate 4 affected cases. Had severe diarrhea, vomiting and, at least, two seizures. Copious drinking. Pretty much stopped eating no matter what we offered. He died in my arms January 21st, 2019. When I heard of the recall, I contacted my Vet to see if the cases he ate were part of the recall. They checked their records and found they received a shipment of the affected food in September. Bo started eating it in October.

I lost my two Shih Tzus who developed Pancreatitis while eating WD Rx Food. One died Christmas Morning and the other died January 30th. Their deaths were unnecessary. Hills must take responsibility.

I will never buy Science Diet dog food again. There was a recall recently that their food causes vitamin d poisoning. The recent recall days after my beloved angel died was heartbreaking. She was my friend and family for 15 years. We have been buying science diet Since she was a puppy. The vet recommended it then and even the vet we have now did too.

My dog has been exhibiting symptoms of Vitamin D toxicity as described by their latest food recall, but the remaining can I have is not on the recall list. My concerns were dismissed by the customer service rep I spoke with. I will be filing a complaint with the FDA to ensure appropriate review is taken. Buyer beware, I will not be surprised if this recall expands.

We have been feeding our cat Science Diet for Sensitive Stomach since day one. It was good for 5 years until about 18 months ago. The formula was changed for the worse. Our cat was losing his hair and had diarrhea. He also started to have blood in his stools. We switched the food to grain-free that we purchased from Natural Paws. Our cat stopped having diarrhea gradually and hair loss. What happened to the good formula that SD had for years??

My dog just turned a year old Christmas Eve. She stopped eating her puppy large breed. So we switched it up and bought adult food and a different flavor. She’s not eating it. I feel something is going on with this brand.

I have fed Science Diet for 16 years with no problems what-so-ever. They never had gas issues and their poo didn't stink. I lost my 17yr old Yorkie, Izzy, this year. I got her as a rescue, literally on death's door. She lived a wonderful, healthy, happy and loved life. I also lost my 11yr old Boxer, Wesley, this year. WHAT A HAPPY LIFE that MAN lived!! I miss him beyond words. I still have my 16yr old, Jolie, although blind and losing teeth... Otherwise healthy. She has never cared for wet food so the tiny bites are perfect for her tiny mouth and lack of teeth.

This food is poison plain and simple! My eight year old lab/beagle mix has always had weight and skin issues, grain free all the way. When our vet tech told us grain free was now classified as dangerous because of the recent heart disease link we agreed as a family to switch her over. All went well until we ran out of the old food and could no longer mix the old with the new. Her thirst has become unquenchable, she was leaking around the house (which we thought was a UTI) and I'm talking about puddles. My Dog is modest. She doesn't pee in the house, it just doesn't happen.

Updated on 02/01/2019: Science Diet just came out with a recall today 1/31/19 on their wet dog food. I'm glad I took my dogs off it when I did. This is such a horrible food and people have lost their dogs from getting so sick!

I started my Pug on Science Diet Perfect Weight 2-3 years ago when my mom recommended it. Her Pug was eating another type of Science Diet and enjoying it. The problem with these types of sites is most people don't bother to write reviews unless they've had a negative experience. I suggest trying Science Diet and deciding for yourself based on your dog's experience.

The recommended feeding is 1 can per day for the puppy size - which means food must be divided and stored in the refrigerator. It would be nice to be able to buy smaller size cans. Also an opener must be used on this can. I am trying to switch the little puppy (large breed) to dry as my Vet would like - but the little dog likes the wet food. I spoon the food from the can - bring to room temperature in the microwave, stir in a little water, and add a little dry. This puppy likes the food -- is growing fine with it - has gone from under 4 pounds to almost 12 in two months. I don't know yet what breed he is - only that he will be a fairly large dog. I bought the Puppy Food for Large Breed Dog - but he is not ready for the size kibble - still prefers the smaller, easier to chew bites.

My dog was put on this from his vet. He throws up every night after eating it. And he has hard stools. So I went back to his original dog food and he was always very gassy. No more... the vet put my dog on the diet food 'cause he is overweight and said this would help. I don't agree. He has been sick since day one after eating it.

My puppy ate this product in less than a 24 hour time span. The product contains IRON OXIDE which is a RED DYE. My puppy had massive diarrhea. It was "BRICK RED" in color. I thought it was blood at first sight until I really examined it, and saw that, when smeared it was actually brown. After the first two stools, thereafter, all the stools were completely RED. The stool were also sticky & slimy. Absolutely disgusting.

My 1 year old bulldog had been on Nutromax since we got him so he started to eat tired of it. The first night I noticed I mixed in the Science Diet large breed puppy food and he loved the taste. The next day he wouldn’t touch the Nutro so I just gave him the Science Diet. The next day his balls were cherry red and blistered and after dropping $300 at the vet (where they sell Science Diet) they let me know it was an allergic reaction and to never give it to him again. I’m not sure what it’s like for everyone but my experience was terrible!

I have been feeding my Yorkie and Maltese Science Diet for over two years vet recommended. I have been purchasing the food at the same Pet Supermarket. My recent purchase and it's my last came with worms. My dogs lick their paws a lot. I was told it might be food allergies due to the ingredients that is put into the Science Diet food. No longer buying Hill's Science Diet.

My Saint Shepherd puppy does well with this food. I buy her the Large Breed Puppy type and mix it in with cheaper sweet potato/pumpkin puppy food, usually from Nutro or Nature's Way. She's gaining weight and size steadily with no issues and she gobbles it up. When I rescued her she was on an adult Iams dog food diet and it was causing her vomiting and diarrhea. Didn't help that she had hookworm either. Since being on this food with the high fiber food mix she has stopped vomiting and no more explosive diarrhea.

Hill's Pet Nutrition - My two dogs have been eating this food for over a year. Suddenly today (just opened a new bag) even my very food motivated Puggle won't touch it! Wondering what they changed and will be finding a different food for them.

My two dogs have done extremely well with this food until just recently. They quit eating it altogether. I thought maybe just not hungry. So I mixed some of the good stuff (canned dog food) into it. They still did not eat it!!! Something is wrong with this food, whether the batch or what, I don't care. Petsmart has a policy of returning the food and that's exactly where I am going tomorrow. Good luck to all of you that haven't suffered any consequences due to this food. I'm not taking any chances. To those that already have, I am sorry :( for your loss.

My cat wouldn't eat this stuff and I got her a variety of it I decided to mix in a little of the food she likes but it was too late. Within a few weeks she was dead. My heart is broken. She went from perfectly healthy cat to dead! I'm stuck with all this stuff I'm going to have to sell at a loss. Never going to feed another pet this stuff again.

Ok. I am not sure if this is the food or coincidence. I was advised by my vet to change up his diet because he may be allergic to the existing dog food we were feeding him (was Merrick). My labrador kept getting an ear infection and he thought it was from the food we were feeding him. So we tried the Hill's brand as recommended by the vet (sensitive skin type). One day later my dog in the middle of the night had a seizure (which scared the you know what out of me). He’s only 4 years old and healthy as an ox (96lbs).

I’ve been using Nature’s Variety Instinct for my three adult cats and kitten. Three of which have fur and the fourth is a Sphynx. They THRIVED on this food. I made the huge mistake of wanting to change things up for them so I bought a little bit of Science Diet to do a gradual food change. I did the proper ratio amount maybe even less and that’s when everything went south! My adult cats started drooling excessively and vomiting up yellow chunky food. They all have terrible diarrhea. My sphynx is so bad that it literally just runs out of him as he tries to make it to the litter box. He is bloated and has shakes. The kitten just got diarrhea. I took my cats to the vet and was told they are very nauseated and dehydrated and to get rid of Science Diet immediately! I turned my cat’s lives upside down with this food and would NEVER a recommend it to anyone to use!

I have a 19 year old Boston Terrier/Boxer mix. He went for his annual checkup on May 14 and everything was perfect other than slightly elevated kidney levels. The vet recommended I put him on Science Diet K/D to slow the progression. Right away I noticed that he wasn't having as many bowel movements, he used to go at least twice a day and now he's down to one small bowel movement a day. Just 17 days after starting on 6/1 I noticed blood in his urine, which has continued for the past 3 days.

I have been Hill's Science diet light, small bites dry dog food for the last 18 years & have never had an issue with it ever being bad or making my dogs sick. My first & 2nd dog "both Dachshunds". My first dog lived to the age of 15 & my 2nd one is almost 4 now. My Vet highly recommended it & I have been using it ever since. My dogs likes it also.

I got options when my cat/dog was sick. Science Diet is better re natural ingredients though still contains some preservatives I don't trust much. Availability is relatively good but it's not available in supermarkets (which perhaps is better).

Started out using Purina one then switch to Science Diet gentle stomach good for skin. So far it's been really good. I've been using it for about 6 years.

Science diet has given my dogs more energy and they look healthier. I would recommended this food to anyone. I wish there were more coupons but I am so glad I made the switch!

I've been feeding Hills Science for about five years now after a vet in CA told me it would be better for my Manx who has spinal issues. Since I had another cat I put them both on it. They seemed to do fine until this last year with certain flavors especially tuna. They will throw up then refuse it so I stopped giving it. I called Hills and asked if anyone else complained but they said no. I was told take them back to PetSmart where I bought them but PetSmart said without my receipt I couldn't. I paid cash so they couldn't look it up. For my trouble the rep sent me a $5 off coupon. I'm sitting on two cases of extremely expense can food. Lately they are upchucking the chicken. I moved and have a new vet. Although they use Hills Science too, I was told I can go back to Fancy Feast wet if I want to. I wish I could make their food daily but with my schedule and travel it's not logical.

So my dog was diagnosed with diabetics and skinny. Vet insisted he be on Hills WD ONLY. He isn't gaining weight on it, not regulated and starving all the time even after eating this stuff and is constipated all the time. Looking at the ingredients I am disgusted. This food is so high in carbs and cheap ingredients like sawdust for a filler. How can this be called real food for any dog! How can anyone feed this to their dog and feel good about it? My Vet says there is no other options? There are plenty of better food on the market that are ok for a diabetic dog. You just have to pay attention to the amount of fat, fiber, carbs and protein and make sure they fall within a certain range.

Our dogs would have stomach problems with other food. Science Diet is expensive ($1.90 a can) but they are getting real meat products not garbage from the bottom of the vault. We feel good that we are giving our dogs healthy food which can prolong diseases.

We put our lab on metabolic diet and at first we were pleased that she has slimmed down, however she has developed severe skin issues, odor, dermatitis, and hair loss. I read another review documenting the same issue.

Under my vet's advice we put our dogs on Hill's Science dry dog food for weight mgmt. Within few months the heaviest dog started losing his hair in spots and developed severe dermatitis. The other two dogs had recurrent ear infections. $600 dollars later in vet bills and many thyroid and Cushing Disorder lab tests (which were negative) we switched to a grain free dog food (Victor). All symptoms disappeared and we are very fortunate we discontinued feeding Hill's Science when we did!

Hill's Science Dog Food has been my choice of dog food for my dogs for the past 23 plus years. This has fed my labs, cockers, Chihuahua's, mutts and whomever I forgot to mention. The dog food offers a variety of "types" from diet food to regular to food for the dog's skin condition. I have been well pleased with food. Plus, my Vet also recommends this brand of dog food. As for the value, the cost of a bag keeps going up with the contents shrinking. Therefore, the value is also shrinking. However, I will keep feeding it to my pups at this time.

I feed all my dogs dry food as they feed at will. It is better for their teeth. I always hide a treat in their bowls so this gives them a reason to nibble at will. Science Diet has always been fresh although I would like to see less "meal" and more meat.

Never had a recall that I know of. My dog and cat both eat wet and dry, does not seem to upset them. My dog is 12 years old and my cat is 22 years old.

I sincerely wish there were as stringent steps taken in food for human consumption, their standards are of the highest quality from batch to batch & formula to formula.

I buy Science Diet for my 3 dogs of different ages. They enjoy the variety of flavors and it keeps them healthy and happy. We use dry and canned food of Science Diet.

Science Diet's very digestible, dog appears to enjoy the flavor. She also is very alert and active and her weight is more easily controlled compared with previous formulas.

The Hill's Science Diet WD formula became necessary for our dog’s diagnosis of Diabetes. Very expensive. Purchase by prescription only makes the availability very limited.

This is a great food for my dog because she has food allergies and has severe reactions to the artificial colors and flavors found in so many other dog foods.

Science Diet's made in USA and recommended by my vet. Buy at vets, Tractor Supply or Gebo's. Current dog was already eating Hills Science Diet and so stayed with it. Now 1 yr old and doing great.

I love Hill's Science Diet. My one dog is on the Prescription Diet i/d Low Fat and the other is on the regular Skin and Sensitive Stomach by Hill's Science Diet.

My senior Brittany loves the I/D low fat canned and I/D kibble and is flourishing on it. I have to get Science Diet from the vet's office, otherwise it is often out of stock at online places and have to have a prescription on file.

I have a 6 year old Pom. He has always been very healthy. He is a spoiled baby and I am guilty of giving him too many treats, because of this; he got acute pancreatitis. I have been using Nature's Instinct brand food without any issues for my Pom and my Pit for a few years without any issues. The vet didn't suggest I try a new food, he said if I didn't give him special Science Diet food, he would die. So I bought the ridiculously expensive (for an unnatural food) Science Diet Digestive Care dog food. He gets real chicken every night and the dry food throughout the day, he's a grazer. About a week after giving him this food he has broken out in a rash to the point where he's losing fur, his stool has gotten so loose that there is now blood mixed in it, and his appetite is dwindling everyday. I didn't think it could be the food until about an hour ago when I went to the pet store to buy booties so he would stop scratching.

Fed my beloved cats for 12 years on Science Diet, believing that it was the best food I could buy for my cat’s health. My vets even told me there was no need for anything else, that fresh meat was only a ‘luxury’ food and unnecessary. One of them is overweight and the other has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, and I believe after lots of research that it is because I’ve been feeding them this poison. If you actually look at the ingredients on the packets of their so called ‘varieties’, it’s mainly corn, gluten, carbs and salt. No nutrition whatsoever, like expecting your pet to be healthy by eating carbs and cardboard.

I have had dogs my entire adult life & the vast majority of years (and now) 2 - all rescues - at a time. After trying newer, sometimes better sounding, brands and numbers of digestive and/or skin issues as a result with other food now have healthy, well nourished, active and happy pets with Science Diet beef & vegetables. (I find the poultry in pet foods very poor quality.)

Most companies offer really good deals to attract new customers; these good deals are not available to current customers. Hills Science Diet gave a $49 bag of cat food FREE to old customers! What a good move.

After putting our 7 1/2 mo. Havanese Shih Tzu puppy on our Vet's recommended Hill's Science (Dry Puppy Food Small Breed) after being on their Advantage Line (also Vet's recommendation) and previously Halo, she began to have very soft runny stool and vomiting. One day she pooped 6 times when she usually goes once or twice daily. She also had episodes of gagging/dry heaving. In addition, she seemed to have less energy. No run like hell events Havanese are known to do. Finally after stool tested and taking her Vet prescribed meds (which our plan did not cover), she felt a little better. Fortunately we got credit for our return.

About 2 months ago, my Vet said my dog was overweight. She is a 2 year old Puggle and looks every bit like a pug, short and bulky body. My Vet put her on Hills weight management food. Within 2 weeks of starting the food, she began to pass blood in her urine. With one day of seeing a pinkish tint in her urine, it went to dark deep red. Took her to the vet and she developed a serious Urinary Tract infection. She was given antibiotics and a different Hills diet food that was for Urinary issues in dogs. My dog started to eat the food, but was picking at it.

I have 2 little dogs, both 11 years old. I took my little girl Bella to the Vet for her yearly vaccination and he stated that she needed to lose some weight, so he recommended Hill's Science Diet for her to lose some weight. That was 5 days ago. She loves her food, and ate the required amount the first day, after that she did not want to know about it. I persevered for 4 days and she would not eat it, actually she started to go outside and bury it in the garden which I think it is where it belongs. I thank GOD that she is smarter than me, as she knows when something is wrong with what I was feeding her. I gave her some fresh food on the 4th day as she was starving. My other little dog Toby would not even look at it from the first day, and as he did not need to lose weight, I gave him his usual food.

I have been feeding my dog Science Diet since he was a tiny puppy based on the recommendations of my vet. We started him on the puppy kibble and moved him to the adult food when he hit 1 year of age. The entire time we've had him, he's been very skinny. I have taken him to the vet over and over and asked them why he wasn't eating. His ribs could be seen and his spine was sticking out. I was terribly worried about him and felt like I'd done something wrong somewhere as a dog owner to have him looking so scrawny. The vet assured me that there was nothing wrong and even had me paying for the Science Diet wet foods that are supposed to be calorie dense. Still my dog refused to eat. It got so bad I took to coating his food in peanut butter and standing with him to coax him through eating. It's been a nightmare.

I have been feeding my dogs "Hills" Science Diet can dog food for a few weeks. I just bought a few cans from my vet of the Puppy Chicken & Barley Entree and it made both my dogs deathly sick. They immediately started vomiting and it lasted most the day. At first I wasn't sure what cause them to get sick but after looking at the food it appeared red and smelled differently from the last food I got from Petco. I went back to Petco and bought the same food and the color was light tan.

I have a 5 year old male Beagle "Louie". Louie has always been a bigger size Beagle than the average size... but after neutering (Louie was almost 3 years old) he gained 20 pounds in the first year... and I had cut his food intake in half within 6 months... 1.5 cups of dry food a day!! So I had a good hunch that Lou had/has hypothyroidism. Come his annual vet appt had Lou tested and levels indicated a positive diagnosis... so decided to seek out a "specialist" in this field as a general vet usually knows a little about a lot... so as not to waste time as we all have. Back and forth to the vet with no diagnosis and then they send you to the "Specialist". Anyway meds are not helping. Lou has not lost a pound... 7 months now. Changed to another weight controlled food and still nothing. Vet wants to keep Lou in the meds. Hmm. Why!?? And suggested Hill's Metabolic Food.

This food was recommended by the rescue and vet when I adopted my baby. I had fed Science Diet to previous dogs and was happy with it. However, since there are so many premium brands and formulations around now, I will probably try some to see if she fares any better with them.

I was walking my Cairn Terrier and came upon a fair in my community that had the SPCA there with a dozen adoptable dogs. I wasn't looking for another dog, but my dog was interested so we interacted with 11 small dogs and she didn't take to one of them. Finally I was leaving, without looking at the one large dog when my dog began pulling the lead. Behind a screen was the one large dog a yellow hound dog mix, who was emaciated and was obviously a recent stray addition. Both dogs tails were furiously wagging and I could tell immediately they had some connection. I wanted another indoor dog and not a 50-pound dog that was rail thin and would obviously carry 20 or 30 more pounds.

I had a beautiful active Westies for 11 years and feed him Science Diet Light for years and 6 months ago he had major surgery for bladder stones and was put on Science Diet U/D and ate it well. Then he started having strange actions by not moving like he was in pain and I took him to the Vet and all they did was took blood test and X-rays and found that 7 months later he have more bladder stones. But what I noticed that the canned U/D prescription dog food had a bad smell, but I kept giving it to him and he went into another episode. I rush 190 miles to get treatment and he passed away 15 minutes after a got him there. My other two Westies will not eat the dry or the wet. So I will look for a way to make homemade food for my dogs.

I bought a large bag of Hill's Science Diet Optimal Care in July. My three exclusively indoor, healthy cats have always been good eaters. The first time that I put this out, all three cats ate it. That was it, they ate it once and wouldn't go near it again. A few days later two of the cats started to vomit. All of them were lethargic, wouldn't eat anything and started to lose weight. All three continued to deteriorate. I took them to the vet and blood test showed severe renal failure. So far, we were able to save one with hydration to flush toxins out of the kidneys. One is very ill and still hanging on. The largest, most athletic and also biggest eater, died of kidney failure. In a matter of weeks, my entire, healthy animal family has been wiped out. As you would expect, I am heartsick about this. Please do not buy this food.

I've been feeding my cats the c/d and m/d prescription dry cat food for years, never had a problem with it. A few months ago I opened a bag of c/d for my cat, Sammy, and he refused to eat it. He only wanted his brothers m/d formula. Since he was literally willing to starve himself to death, I left him eat the m/d. I ordered two large bags of m/d and the cats went through the first bag without a problem. I opened the second bag and my other cat, Joey, ate a few bites and stopped and then vomited. Sammy smelled it and refused to touch it. I smelled the food and it smelled the same to me as it usually does.

I have Rottweiler who has a hereditary hip problem. I started to notice she was walking funny when she was about 8 months old. So I gave it a couple of weeks before overreacting hoping that she had just bruised herself. Then we had a snowstorm which was her first and she had a ball jumping around in it. The next day though she could barely stand and she would cry out when she would get up. The next day I made an appointment with an animal hospital in my area which is as I learned highly respected. I assumed walking in that they would want to do surgery to correct any problem that might come up and at that point I was willing to do and spend whatever I had to so that my dog didn't have to live with the pain she had.

I just read these reviews because I was curious if other cats had been having issues with this product. Here's one more story to add to the testimonies: I've been feeding my cat the adult wet food chicken/liver formula since I adopted her 4 months ago. Soon after I got her she was throwing up 1-3 times per week. I thought this was usual for cats and that some cats just have sensitive stomachs. Then, she started demonstrating weird behaviors toward the food. She would sniff it and walk away, or try to bury it without eating, even after not having eaten all day. I finally read the ingredients and realized I had no idea what I was feeding my cat...

I fed my 2 cats Science Diet Canned food for years. In July 2016 I noticed a label changed on the can but didn't think too much of it. Then both cats started vomiting and had diarrhea. I took them off all food until things settled down and then started giving them canned pumpkin and gradually started them on their dry food again (Core Wellness).

I had my dog on Science Diet for over 4 years. 6-8 months ago, my dog started to not want to eat it anymore and my mom said that it stunk and she couldn't breathe around it (she has an allergy to molds). I did not take it seriously. Kept feeding my poor baby this expensive food, because for so many years, it was awesome food. After not wanting to eat more and more, and acting like she just didn't feel well, and episodes of throwing up, walking funny and several visits to the vet, and finally doing an ultrasound on my babies liver and gallbladder it has been discovered that her gallbladder has sludge.

6 months ago I transitioned my rat terrier onto an adult dog food with Science Diet. Gradually I started seeing a decline in her health. I took her to the vet and over 3 months had numerous tests done including labs. She was on 3 separate antibiotics over 3 months. After having a third urine test done which ruled out infection I was told she has liver and kidney disease and was told to put her on science diet KD. My dog refuses to eat it so I put her on homemade food. She has greatly improved. She's vibrant and full of energy and hasn't had peeing accidents. I've read the bad reviews of Science Diet dog food and believe it led my dog's health downhill plus burdened me with 2000.00 worth of vet cost.

I tried ordering off of your website 4 different times and at one time I could find the right food. The next time no. The next time no ordering. The next time couldn't find the food. Next time no ordering. The next time could not order two bags of food. That is totally ridiculous and stupid and I can't imagine putting a site on there that doesn't even work.

My dog, Lexi, was very unhealthy when she was just a puppy. She had to have surgery at just 11 weeks old and we had no idea why. When you're a new pet owner you don't put much thought into buying dog food (or at least I didn't). My veterinarian told me Lexi was having these problems because of a cheap dry puppy food we were feeding her so she recommended Science Diet for a long term diet. Lexi has not had 1 problem since that day and I owe it all to Science Diet. Their food is genuine (as you can see on the label) and I feel safe and knowledgeable that I chose them in the first place.

I adopted my little dog a year ago and he was 11 pounds. They told me he should get down to about 10 pounds and a year later he was actually up to 14 so my vet told me that he absolutely needed to go on a diet and that I needed to get Science Diet metabolic for him to lose weight. I was excited to see him lose some weight and maybe become a little more active again. I am disabled so he does not get a whole lot of exercise but he is a great little lap dog and doesn't really seem to care, which was one of the reasons I decided he was the perfect dog for us. He did well on the small sample sized bag that we were given at that vet visit. His weigh in after the sample bag showed that he had lost 1 pound in 5 weeks and that was great.

My dog was sick. She was eating the grass at our lawn and the vet said that that was a sign that there was something wrong with my pup's tummy, so I fed her Science Diet. She loved it! It was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. After a few days of feeding her Science Diet and the meds the vet prescribed, she eventually went back to normal. Thank you Science Diet! Pricey but it was just for a few days.

My 14 year old Jack Russell developed pancreatitis several weeks ago. The vet recommended we feed him the I/D canned food. He did not like it at all but ate it out of hunger. After a few days on the new food he starting vomiting profusely. I stopped the food and went back to the boiled chicken and rice. At his next check up, she insisted he needed the special dog food and we tried the dry. Since I have two senior dogs, I thought I'd let them both eat it. First day, they gobbled it up. The next day, the JR balked at eating it but finally did. By the third day, both dogs were refusing to eat it. That's when the other dog started vomiting. He felt so bad the entire day. Trembling and grunting with the pain. I felt so guilty that I may have killed my dog by letting him eat this food. They will be getting the boiled chicken and rice from now on. I consider myself a good dog mother and will let others know to stay away from this product.

She had eaten it for a while, and I was puzzled when she became sick. She wouldn't eat anything or drink water. I put crushed ice into her mouth. After a few days, she began to eat things. I offered her Greenies, lunch meat, etc. When I offered her a piece of the SCIENCE DIET, she backed away (that speaks volumes). I switched dog foods, and she eats again but doesn't like her long walks (as she did before). I am really upset about the whole thing. I am disabled, CEREBELLAR ATAXIA, and do not drive - otherwise, I would have taken her to the vet. It was that scary.

My 9 yr old mini schnauzer has been on weight management dog food for 2-3 yrs. Last trip to vet he asked if "Rudy" was drinking a lot of water (NO). Said his kidneys not looking good. Vet said start k/d. After 2 weeks, my dog is sick, lethargic & stares in space. Taking him off the k/d as he's never acted this way before. Hope it's not too late and I've been reading negative outcomes pertaining to this brand.

Our dog became very sick from eating Science Diet. Weak, vomiting. We have lost a family member because of Science Diet.

I bought my first puppy. I heard about all the pet food recalls and was freaked out. So I wanted to trust Science Diet puppy and adult toy breed dog food. They have a new state of the art facility so I thought it would be safe to trust Hill's Science Diet dog food. The whole time my dog was on the puppy and adult toy breed food of Science Diet he had so many soft stools a lot and he would throw up a lot and make a choking noises a lot like he was going to throw up and a lot time he would not eat. Then Science Diet changed the look of the bags on all their products and his stools got very loose. So I brought him to the vet. They put him on prescription Science Diet intestinal food. That stuff smelled so bad. It firmed his stools up a bit but he would poop soft skinny poops and a lot of times he would not eat it. So now on Royal Canin prescription food and he loves the food and has good stools.

MADE MY DOG SICK. If I could have given it no stars I would have. My 9 year old GSD was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease because of her recent blood work results (most likely due to the use of anti inflammatory meds), our vet recommended a low protein, low phosphorous diet. The only sign of kidney disease that we noticed was she was drinking more water. Otherwise no symptoms. I didn't want to change her food but felt I had no choice, had to do what is best for her, so I bought a bag of the Hills KD diet. Opened the bag and couldn't believe the strong odor, her current food that she had been eating for many years has no odor and she loves it. Vacuums her bowl. As bad as it smelled my dog still ate it when I gave her a little to try. So I started mixing 25% Hills to 75% her other food and within hours she vomited undigested food, happened again on day 2, and she was starting to lose her appetite which is very unusual for her.

After feeding our cat who had an episode with crystals in his bladder, which almost killed him, our vet told us he could only eat the CD canned and dry Science Diet. Just recently we have had to return 2 cases of the Science Diet back to the vet. It does not look or smell the same, and our cat does not seem to want to eat it. When we got him to eat a little he began heaving later that morning. We decided not to feed him anymore but we are concerned now because our cat will not eat any of the other CD formulas available.

My wife and I have 2 dogs; an 11-year-old pug Roxy and a 5-year-old German Shepherd Bei Bei. I know I wrote a lot here, but after reading other people's comments and experience with Science Diet dog food, I couldn't sit back and not share our terrible experience we are currently dealing with. We hope someone will read this and the other comments as well, and not feed their beloved pets Science Diet, it will harm your pets!

We have an 11-year old german shepherd and a 5-year old husky. The german shepherd still goes on walks with us, wrestles the husky, but of course is slowing down and showing some definite signs of age. Looking for a good quality food that may give him better quality of life in his last year or 2, AND looking for something the husky would remain healthy on, I slowly transitioned from the grocery store better brand to the Hill's Science Diet for dogs aged 1-6, ingredients looked decent.

I have feed my Yorkie the Small Bites Lamb and Rice for years. He is now 10 years old, so I decided to change him to a senior formula, small bites for toy breeds. This was a terrible mistake. My dog ate it for one week and began throwing up yellow bile followed by blood. He then started passing blood in his stool. I rushed him to the vet where they performed a full panel of blood work and X-rays with no answer. They gave him a shot for nausea and gave him IV for 4 hrs. I brought him home, not expecting him to live. I picked up some can food, hoping he would start to eat again and he did. He regained his strength in a couple of days, so I started giving him the Science Diet again. He began to go downhill again. I changed his food again to Blue and he has totally recovered. Please do not feed your beloved pets this poison.

Rat in Food. I am so grossed out by this that I am having nightmares. If anyone else has found a rat in their bag of dog food please let me know. This rat came directly from the manufacturing plant. No creatures like this live around here believe me.

My two senior dogs have been on Science Diet since I got them over 9 years ago. About 2 months ago we bought a bag of Mature Small bites. The food was larger than usual and my husband even questioned if we had grabbed a bag of regular. We double-checked the bag and it was in fact small bites. At the time we didn't think much of it. About a month ago, one of our dogs, Fudge, had to undergo surgery for fatty masses. He had a full blood work-up because of his age and he was deemed healthy and good for surgery. Immediately after the surgery he was doing great until about a week had passed. He stopped eating, started vomiting and had diarrhea. The Dr's thought he was having a reaction to one of the meds and it was causing an ulcer. They ran blood tests and he had become diabetic and was in renal failure.

I like to give my dogs Science Diet as it's formulated specifically with their size and age in mind and never has harmful ingredients. They like it and are always happy to eat it.

I have been feeding both my cats with Natural Balance for years but, when they both developed urinary problems, I took my vet's advice and switched to Science Diet C/D, transitioning them from their old food. The first day they had the C/D exclusively the older female became lethargic and whiny, has diarrhea, and threw up five times before 1PM. The younger male cat couldn't stop eating it, and he already has a mild weight problem. I have never liked Science Diet because I felt it wasn't very good quality, but I didn't expect it to do this. I'm looking for a new food.

Science Slim and Healthy has natural ingredients and has helped my Golden lose weight as she needed to. It has coconut oil in it which is the ingredient that has helped with the weight loss. My Daisy loves this food.

I love little to no fillers in the food, and my dogs just love it. I use the food because it was one of only two brands highly recommended by my veterinarian, who I trust immensely, and if she says to use it, I use it! She tells me Science Diet is very good because they keep their ingredients consistent, unlike most other brands. My dogs have a lot of energy, are fit and trim and very happy.

I am an 80 year old widow who has always had a cat in my home. My last cat, a stray, lived 19 years and died of old age. This is just to say that I take good care of my pet. In July, 2015, I adopted a 10 year old rescue cat from the Dumb Friends League. She was a wonderful animal and found to be "in excellent health", except from being overweight, by DFL. Two months after bring her home, I opened a new bag of Science Diet Light and gave her 1/4 cup. She almost immediately vomited it up and refused to eat. I let it go for a few days while continuing to offer her food. It soon became apparent that she needed medical help. She was lethargic, continued to, refuse food and became clingy.

I have used other brands but I noticed a luxurious coat growing on my husky compared to the other products I used. It's expensive but worth it. The pet store recommends this for the husky.

Our Cockapoo likes Science Diet Gourmet Chicken Entree for adult dogs 1-6 yrs a lot. We also feed her a dry food Science Diet for sensitive stomach and skin throughout the day which she is less interested in. Primary food is the dry and she gets the canned chicken on top twice a day.

We mostly feed our dogs either Pedigree dog food. Our dogs have never experienced any adverse health problems from. Normally we feed both dry and canned food.

Due to my dog's medical condition my vet strongly advised to switch to Science Diet. It seems this dog food has improved his coat, is more active, enjoys his walk more. Science Diet may be more costly, but the end results are indeed remarkable. My dog acts every day the puppy I once knew. I am not saying this food is a medical phenomenon, but seeing these results, but it made my dog the puppy I once knew. Seeing my dog acting like a puppy once more makes me want to be a little kid again. I highly recommend Science Diet to my co workers, friends and associates.

I use the science diet because of my dog's inability to not eat plastic and other things. Just wish there were more choices than the I/D brand and less expensive.

Raised Pit Bulls, Rottweilers and Dalmatians. No other foods provided the appropriate nutrients as Science Diet. Breeds we raised were healthy and satisfied with dog food selection. Other dog foods were purchased. However, breeds were not fond and would not eat.

I have three dogs. A large breed senior, a toy senior, and a large breed puppy, so I purchase three different Science Diet dog foods. Large breed senior, toy breed senior and large breed puppy foods. All of my dogs enjoy the food, it's easily digested and a nice size.

I add a spoon of wet to her daily amount of dry.. Lately the wet is not soupy enough as it used to be.

Our Dogs were like us (getting old) and our vet recommended the Science Diet brand. Our dogs did not do all that much better on it at first, but then their coats smoothed and they seemed to be able to run better. One of our dogs was a red Doberman and with their bad backs, I would recommend this brand of food.

My dog always vomit or diarrhea when I give him these brands. Always afraid that I will have to take him to the vet. With the Alpo wet he gets diarrhea even when mixed with dry food.

Over the years I have had 4 dogs and currently still have 2. I have always fed them all Science Diet Dog Food and they have always been satisfied with the product. Most of all and also most important, all my dogs have always had a good bill of health when making routine vet visits.

Few weeks ago my brother brought home this food for my little overweight dog. First day loved it but after he wouldn't eat tried mixing with other food but still wouldn't eat. He started hiding the food and going through trash which he had NEVER done before looking for any food. The week after starting he had dropped close to ten pounds even after we began to feed him other dry food mixing in wet food. Currently 10/7/15 he is underweight, shaky, very tired, and has lost control of his bladder.

Our Beloved Havanese Daisy was only 5 years old and she was dealing with bladder stones. They never seemed to bother her and I never would have noticed she was having an issue until I was watching her urinating frequently and had had a few accidents in the house so the Vet put her on the Hills C/D canned dog food, to hopefully dissolve the stones and avoid surgery. So we bought a case and she loved the dog food and actually begged for it (which she never did before). Well after 11 cans (1 can a day) we woke up to find she had vomited all through the house, after being so playful and energetic the day before that we actually thought the food was working. We hoped that this was something that would pass and waited the day to see how she was.

We have been using the Science Diet food ID canned for our dogs. About a month ago the dog wanted nothing to do with the food. I smelled it and it didn't smell right to me. I opened up another can and it was somewhat better. My dog would only eat half of it. He is NOT a fishy eater. He has eaten less and less for a couple of weeks now. He was 26 lbs. and is now 21. I took him to the vet who did a thorough exam and extensive blood work and could find nothing wrong. I knew I had to do something, the dog was crying from being hungry. I mixed up some chicken and rice and he ate right away. This makes me believe that either something has changed in the Science Diet formula or the dog will no longer eat it because some of it was bad. This dog has always been a good eater and never been picky. He has gotten lethargic. Has anyone else had a problem similar to this with this food??? Help?

We got two puppies about a year ago. The lab had constant diarrhea. Explosive. Not pleasant when you are trying to house train when she couldn't control it. We tried adding rice, pumpkin, etc. Things would be better, but not great. And rice has no nutritional content. Tried medication to no avail. We tried Blue varieties. No grain varieties. Nothing worked consistently or well. And her poop reeked. You could always tell her poop from the others because of the smell and the consistency.

I have had Labrador Retrievers for over 20 years. I have always fed them Hill's Science Diet. Not only do they love it, but the quality of this food will show noticeable changes for the better in your dogs coat, eyes, and nose. No other food makes our dogs' coat shine like Science Diet. If you have Labradors, I highly recommend that you disregard most of these reviews and try it. I have never heard of dog food alone causing a dog to die. Once, our puppy ate a third of a 40 pound bag in the middle of the night. He threw it up, and was hungry again 12 hours later. Most dogs love Science Diet.

I am lucky to have my little Min Pin with me tonight. He had been on the Hills W/D since being diagnosed with diabetes. My other two dogs are on Purina Small Breed with no problems. On the second day after starting the new formula W/D, my little guy began having diarrhea, vomiting, and severe swelling in his abdomen and backside (his sphincter went from 1/2 inch to over 2 inches in diameter). I called the vet in the middle of the night, but he asked to wait until Sunday afternoon. When he saw my baby, he immediate admitted him. He diagnosed him with a mass in his abdomen, so I expected the worst. I brought him home on Wed. so he could die at home. But I also started research and learned our experience was the same as others.

I am writing this so that no one suffers such a tragedy. My daughters beloved 7 perfectly healthy yr. old Lab, Shadow died yesterday. She was having to travel for work and left him with me. My vet changed my dogs’ food to Science Diet KD on July 24 and right away I noticed that all 3 had mucus, black diarrhea within 2 days. All three begin to eat grass and had unquenchable thirst and frequent urination and watery eyes and lethargic. I called the vet and asked if this was normal and they assured me that it was. I was bringing Shadow back to his mommy on August 8, and noticed that Shadow was very antsy and I kept having to stop to let him urinate and his thirst was out of control. In fact, my 8 yr. old long haired Chihuahua, Babis who had never in 8 years had wanted to take a drink on any of our trips was acting the same way.

My vet put my dog Lucky on Hill Science I/D. Lucky has lung cancer. I noticed when I fed him the dry food only he would touch it. I mixed regular boiled chicken with it, he ate the chicken and spit out any of the dry all over the floor. I decided to buy both dry & wet and mix it. He ate the wet and spit out the dry. One evening I came home and he threw up pieces of the dry food and a bunch of mucus. This happened twice, so I kept feeding it to him. Now I noticed he is gagging after eating. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the food or the cancer, but I am stopping the food.

My baby is Max, and he is a 7 yr-old Lab. He has always eaten the same food. In March, new bag made him sick, with vomiting and blood in stools. Vet could find nothing wrong. Exchanged that bag, no problems. Next bag okay for awhile, then vomiting. Tossed that bag and bought some from another store. Okay for awhile, then he spit it out one day and wouldn't eat it anymore.

I rescued a Pitbull mix and the rescue was feeding her Blue, some of which was given to me to take home. I took her to my vet and he recommended Science Diet. I transitioned my girl to SD per the recommendation. My baby had diarrhea the entire time and never had solid poops while on SD. I stopped the SD, immediately put her back on Blue: Diarrhea gone. SD might be cheaper but it seems Blue is safer. Happy I followed my instinct.

I got my dogs their prescription of Metabolic about 2 1/2 weeks ago. They have been on Metabolic for over a year. I was told the bag design changed but that was all that changed. Well for about 1 1/2 weeks they grew more and more disinterested. Then my Aussie threw up 3 times the one night. Now neither dog wants to eat the food. The dog that threw up the food has an elevated pancreas reading all of a sudden. They still love the biscuits? Well I called Hills and found out they changed the formula and added flavor enhancers. They didn't change the biscuit formula. I will not continue feeding a food that is causing them to be sick. I was surprised to find other people having same issues.

7/31/2015, noticed all of the Hill's Science cans of dog food reduced from 2.49 to a dollar something in 3 different stores. Hey let's try a can… Both of my dogs are still crapping and vomiting yellow bile along with streaks of blood now, 8/4/15.

We just lost our beloved 11-year-old happy, prissy beautiful Maltipoo. She suddenly started falling, she could hardly walk. She just about would not eat her food. She would drink water, eat her treats and go eat food from my lab's bowls. I have fed her Science Diet her whole life. About two years ago the same thing happened and the vet was able to save her. They diagnosed her with pancreatitis. She was not overweight and had never had a single issue. Then yesterday my son came home during the day and found her lying in the floor breathing hard with her tongue hanging out of her mouth. She was not responsive.

Our dogs have been on this product for over a year. We have auto-shipping each month. We canceled today because the very thing we bought this product for because the reason we canceled. Our dogs started throwing up bits of blood and had diarrhea and were lethargic. I did not know what else to do and talked them into eating it, thinking it could not possibly be the prescription dog food! They became ill AFTER eating the food and when we stopped the food they got better.

My little 3-year old Yorkie became very ill on Friday and I had to take her to emergency. She was couldn't stand on her own two feet, drooling incessantly, and had a crazy look in her eye. She has to get charcoal treatment, IV fluids and antibiotics, and stay overnight. Two days later she still won't eat and won't go near the Science Diet toy breed that she has been alone for her whole. I can't figure what else it could be as we are very careful not to leave anything out.

Our beloved Golden passed in his sleep on 19 July 2015, between 06:30 and 08:00. He has throw up in front of him, nothing digested since the day before. His bi-annual blood and checkup was, as the Vet said, the most healthy 10 yr old he's ever seen. Only issue was he needed to drop some weight. He put us on Hills diet food. He dropped 11 pounds in two months, was looking great but would not eat at times, never for more than 18 hours. We are shocked because he was happy, playing with our younger Golden that night. Some people we have reached out to or have reached out to us said they think Hills could be the culprit. We truly don't know. And I'm kicking myself because when we put the love of our lives on Hills several people, including Petsmart management recommended Royal Canine as a safer choice. We trusted our vet.

We have been feeding our dogs Science Diet RD for years. About a month ago 3 of our 4 dogs began vomiting. One of them seriously, while being fed this food. Almost immediately upon removing them from this food, the vomiting stopped. Unfortunately, it cost us some serious vet bills before we discovered what the problem is. I don't know what Hills has done to this formulation, but whatever it is almost killed my Newfoundland, and cost us a lot of pain and heartache as we tried to get our dogs well again. Needless to say, we are OFF this food forever.

I have used Hills Science Diet C/D feline food for over 10 years. I have never had a problem with it. Recently, on the last bag I purchased- my cats noticed a difference. My older cat has had diarrhea and is vomiting every morning. My younger cat will not even approach the bowl. I think the smell is offensive to her. She did not eat for 2 days and we were about to take her to the vet for examination when it dawned on us - maybe it is the food. We had a little of the old formula and she ate that up.. I called Science Diet and they told me the only change they made was "the flavor". They offered to send me coupons and asked if I had transitioned the food, which I did. I will not feed my cat this food anymore. They instructed me to talk to the vet to see if there may be something wrong with my cats. I know my cats... It's the food.

My 4 year old Chihuahua/Dachshund mix became very ill recently. She was shaking constantly, had no appetite, was lethargic, vomited a few times and had fever. The week before she started showing any symptoms, I had opened a new bag of the Hill's Science Diet Metabolic dry dog food. I did notice the packaging was different and that it didn't smell the same. I bought it at the end of June and by the first week of July she had finished all of the old bag and was now completely on the new bag. She was at the vet by July 13th. She's been on this food for over a year with no problems. I mentioned the differences in the new bag but was told (as far as they knew) only the packaging had changed. After a blood test, the vet confirmed that she had pancreatitis. Besides being a little overweight, she hadn't had any other health problems before that. She had an antibiotic shot and was put on antibiotic pills.

I just got my kitten 6 days ago (at the time of writing this) on July 12th. He's a 7 week old Siamese, and a super sweet, super active love bug. His breeder told me I should use Science Diet, because that's what he has been eating. Up until July 13th (two days ago), it was fine. However, when I woke up July 14th, I was shocked to find my kitten vomiting! He only did this once, but it was a LOT for a little kitten to throw up. I dismissed it, because he acted completely fine the rest of the day. Then, this morning, Prince (my kitten) could not stop throwing up. He must've thrown up at least ten times, and I am not exaggerating that, until there was only yellow bile coming up. I am switching his food IMMEDIATELY and would recommend you to do the same.

I have been feeding my dogs Science Diet light for four years. I bought a new bag of food (the same one I've been buying for years). I would say about a week ago, ever since I started feeding my dogs this batch of food, they've been throwing up.

I've used Science Diet dog food for many years. Currently I am very dissatisfied and not happy with their product. Very upset to find bugs in my dog's food. I opened 3 new cans from the same case and found bugs in 2 of the 3 cans. Returned the full case to the pets store for a full refund.

My 10 year old cat has eaten this "top of the line" food for the past 9 years of her life that we have had her. I never had any reason to switch her because why fix what's not broken, right!! She always had perfect checkups at her annuals. November of 2014 I noticed she was snubbing her food when I fed her (dry diet) I found unusual so I returned to the store and bought a fresh bag.. Same result!! After thinking about this in depth I realized her coat was not as shiny (solid black) as before and she seemed to lie around a lot more and drink less water. She is an indoor cat with all shots to date and we DO NOT miss annual checkups.. Also I do not feed table scraps, treats, etc..

I have been feeding Science Diet to ALL my animals (who are all rescues) since I've had them from puppies/kittens and all have been great on this diet. Most of the reviews I've read have left out pertinent information, like whether or not their animals are chewers or get fed table scrap, and that is a red flag for me to see they are willing to blame a diet instead of taking blame for their lack of supervision. True, not every animal will react to food the same way, but some of these claims are just ridiculous, to say the least.

I have fed Science Diet to my pets for years, exclusively Science Diet. Last dec I found my 10 1/2 year old cat started throwing up undigested food. We fed Science Diet hairball for years. I later noticed in dec/Jan Jaundice at my kitty's gumline, decreased intake and further vomiting of bile. Jaundice progressed, severe wt. loss, and finally death... Broke my heart. I am a E.R. nurse and knew there was nothing to be done, so I made him comfortable... I also have a Siamese 8 yrs old who has also started vomiting undigested food for the past week same as my kitty I lost, and now have a new kitty.. All are indoors, never ever outside.

My pets grew up being fed science diet and actually thrived on it. I don't know but I think they must of changed their formulation last year? Around October first my cat and then my dog started vomiting. I thought it was hairball issues with my kitty but then she had her breasts swell and skin issues. Our little dog started having problems as well. I then thought maybe allergies and consulted with our vet. I changed our flea prevention because that might of been caused by it. The vomiting started happening to both pets just a little at first then large clumps of food and yellow foam. I immediately went online to see if food recall was made and there wasn't any of the types of food they were on. Then I saw countless reviews on here and all were having similar symptoms.

Hill's Science Diet ID Lowfat GI Restore - This food was ordered from Chewy.com Jan 2015. I was told it was shipped directly from Hill's as they just started supplying this food to their customers. Not sure at this point who to believe but none the less I rec' it with an expiration date of June 2013. The bag looked new and the dates were somewhat faded so honestly I did not notice. My Yorkshire terrier who had been recovering nicely for almost a year from a benign stomach tumor began having bouts of diarrhea, nausea and anorexia. I would get her to eat by giving her canned Purina EN which would seem to help but them w/in a few days after returning her to ID it would start again.

We have been on JD for 3 years, although with my new purchase of JD dog food, my 12-year-old golden is not interested in eating the entire amount. The food doesn't have an odor. She is interested in all other food though. We had recent lab work prior to this new purchase and her results were 'perfect' according to my vet. I am concerned that there is an issue with this new bag. After reading all the very negative reviews, I intend to return the remainder of the bag (90%) back to the vet who gives a 100% return. I am hoping my lovely girl doesn't have any further issues. Worried.

If you read my letter about Buddy and how sick he was, please read this. After 1000 dollars between vet bills and medication, Buddy is doing better. The vet put him on Hill's Prescription K/D dog food and it has helped so much, expensive but worth it. They also make Hill's Science Diet for dogs who are not sick. Buddy's white of the eye is still red, trying different drops. His coat is wonderful and he has his pep back. He is still on high blood pressure pills and losing weight also. He is off of the antibiotic and prednisone. He is also now on special vitamins. Remember what I said this dog is only going to be 4 on mother's day 2015.There is a class action law suit against Purina Beneful but they are taking information on Purina Dog Chow, so if I were you I would sign up and let them investigate the food. DO NOT THROW OUT ANY DOG FOOD YOU THINK MADE HIM SICK, CAN OR DRY, KEEP IT ALL.

After visiting the vet with our miniature schnauzer my wife told me it was put on a Hill's Prescription Dog Food. Turns out the stuff cost around $3.00 per can. The dog loved it and all was well, after all it was a "prescription". When we relocated to Florida my wife had the vet transfer the "prescription" to Florida. She said they would "fax it down" so we'd be able to buy it at a vet near us there. This food was costing us around $1200 per year so I began investigating and found that the "prescription" in Hill's Prescription Diet Dog Food is a trademark, not "prescribed" by a vet. Further, because of a cozy deal with vets Hill's sell the dog food at a premium and vets mislead consumers using the word "prescription". To make a long story short, we looked up online what our dog should have in their diet and ended up getting the food at a pet store. Our dog is flourishing on the new food and loves it also, we're just not getting misled by our vet and ripped off any more.

I really liked my vet until he tried to tell me that my dalmatian needed a prescription diet. I mean, come on, the term Prescription Diet convinces pet owners that it is medicinal and therefore necessary for their animal's survival. After much research I found out the truths about a number of things concerning dog foods. But most importantly there are NO ingredients in this food that require a prescription. The term "Prescription Diet" is a marketing term ONLY. VERY DECEPTIVE!!!

My dog was on another food which caused her to become extremely ill 5 months ago. After 1 1/2 months of chicken and rice and too many tests to list my vet prescribed her Hills WD canned and or dry food due to tests showing she requires a diet high in fiber and low fat. She seemed to tolerate the canned food ok. Last night I purchased a bag of the dry WD. I added a small amount to her canned food and no issues. This morning she was given just the dry food, then again for her afternoon feeding.

I can say with each dog food reacts different with each dog. My dog has been on 3 dog food - first Beneful most her life did fine. Switched her to a better brand Blue thinking that’s the best out there. Next I know she started throwing that up all undigested. Now we have her on Hills Science Diet sensitive stomach and skin. Maybe certain ingredients reacts different with our dogs stomach. She is 10 now feeling better - no more vomiting. I would say that Hills is great. I’m sure our beloved animals might just react different just like us - we don't like certain foods, we can express that though. They can’t. So if Hills didn't work try something else. You'll find the right one eventually! :)

Hill's Science Diet Adult Healthy Mobility - As with the other review Konig has been using this since last march. He got very sick and vet could not save him. Went to Amazon to get more information on this poison. Amazon had a note that they were not selling this product to investigate due to customer problems. I called amazon and they said that they knew that it was bad. Big deal they gave me a refund. This would not bring Konig back. My point with amazon is if they knew it was bad they could have sent an email telling me it was bad. If I had been told, Konig would still be alive today.

Mickie a vibrant happy healthy 14 week old puppy came into rescue from a high kill shelter in Texas. He was two weeks old when he came to me with his mom and five siblings to be fostered. Mickie grew into a beautiful healthy boy being fed wellness since he could eat. His new family so excited to get him went through the adoption process and finally brought him home. Their vet suggests science diet as best food choice so thinking they were doing the best for him bought the science diet food.

Our ten year shih tzu has been eating Science Diet for a few years now. He all the started throwing up right after eating it about two wks ago. We assumed he ate too fast or something so we put him on a bland diet of real food (according to our vet's recommendation) and he was fine the entire time (10 days). Then we put him back on a small amount of science diet and he instantly threw it up. We are officially done with this brand. We assumed it was a bad batch, but after reading all the similar stories on here I think it's the brand in general.

I purchased a new brand of dog food called "Science Diet" for my dog Mya. She did well on it the first day but on the second day when I got home from work I fed her her usual small bowl of dry food mixed in with a spoonful of wet food (both Science Diet brand) and 10 minutes later she vomited 5 times undigested pellets and yellowish bile, and then laid on the floor lifeless, unable to stand. Her stomach blew up like a balloon and was very firm to the touch and abnormally bloated. I called her name and she just laid there, she couldn't even stand up. I prayed and cried out to the Lord and waited it out for a few minutes to see if maybe she'd feel better but then her whole body started convulsing.

On 2/8/15 I was helping a friend. She gave my dog a science diet oatmeal cranberry treat. I went to check on my dog to find almost lifeless. Couldn't get up, labored breathing. Had to rush to vet. My regular vet was closed because it was Sunday. So I rush my precious pet Vanessa to an emergency clinic about 45 to 50 miles away. I notice her breaking out in hives and huge rashy welts all over. I gave a Benadryl which probably according to vet saved her life.

We recently switched to Science Diet for my lab to try. She did fine with it for the first few days, that I know of, but in the last couple days, she vomits immediately after eating and refuses to take the food. Reading other comments, I will never buy this brand again.

My vet recommended I feed my beloved cat Science Health Diet light which my cat has loved for over 2 years now. At this point, she refuses to eat it and has been vomiting every night! I'm convinced the ingredients have been changed and I have to say I'm very disappointed! I've been recommending this brand to my friends and family and will not be doing so any longer. This brand is expensive and although I didn't mind paying the price, but to now find out it's not even good for your animal? And to read all these recent reviews? Again, I'm very disappointed!

I have religiously used Science Diet for many years for my poodles. They are quite small and my best friends. Last year, I lost two within six months of each other. Sammy, the older one, had lost nearly all of her teeth in spite of having been fed only Science Diet all her life. She also developed frequent boil-like infections near her anal area that would become extremely painful for her, and resulted in our having to put her in epsom salt baths several times a day. She also suffered terrible bouts of diarrhea and vomiting. We would switch to rice and chick broth with scrambled eggs and she would recover almost immediately.

We have fed our four cats Hill’s Science Diet Original (and some Metabolic from the vet) for many years. In the past they were fine. This past year we are experiencing multiple times of DAILY vomiting of the Science Diet products. This is getting old very fast. I truly thought it was our cats getting sick until I started talking to friends who also feed their cats Science Diet. They were experiencing the same thing. That's when I decided to check for other reviews and this confirmed my suspicions. I don't know what they have done to change the ingredients, but we are not pleased. We are no longer Hill's customers. By the way, I changed their diet to Iams and our cats are fine.

My male cat had a urinary problem that did not require surgery so the vet put him on Science Diet c/d Urinary Tract Health. He immediately gained a ton of weight, and also became lethargic. I thought it was due to some other cause, but when I tried switching his food back to normal after 6 months, he lost weight, and became his perky self again. I need to ask my vet if there is any ingredients in it that would act like tranquilizers. Does it have muscle relaxers in it?

When I adopted my puppy at eight weeks I was given Science Diet for puppies and was told it was one of the best dog foods. My puppy never wanted to eat it and I just assumed he was being fickle. At thirteen weeks I had to start feeding him out of my hand, he ate half as much as he used to even though he's growing fast. Then he refused to eat it, even when he was hungry. I bought him new food a few days ago and he is eating by himself and has become calmer and less aggressive. My sister has my puppy's brother and her dog has also calmed down and seems more happy. Science Diet is terrible and wrongly advertised. The creator funds veterinary schools and research papers/books and has wrongly gotten support from vets! Try anything else and your dog and his belly will be happier.

Let me start off by saying I have been a cat owner for 25 years. We also rescue & care for feral cats in the area. I'd say I'm pretty well educated. We are very good to our cats... Stay indoors... Never leave food sitting out... instead they eat 3 small meals a day. We always feed them the best & about 6 months ago we transitioned to Science Diet (Adult indoor 1-6) because the vet "recommends" it. My cats were all healthy & active before this. Science Diet destroyed their quality of life. 2 of our cats developed serious problems with the pancreas... the female is now on steroids & B12 shots the rest of her life, & the male can no longer digest kibble & has to eat wet food the rest of his life. Then our 2 other males who are only 2 years old also developed issues... one has chronic diarrhea & the other a severe skin problem. Last but not least a little boy we just rescued, he was perfectly healthy when he was astray... But after starting on Science Diet he now has struvite crystals. These were all PERFECTLY HEALTHY cats. I feel like Science Diet is just some scam between a food company & veterinarians. Another money maker.

Since Stanley has been on this food, he has had stinky diarrhea, and really bad gas.

I adopted Tippy from the Dumb Friends League in Denver on 8/22/2013. I ask what kind of food should I feed him. I was told we feed them Science Diet, you can buy it in the store. I did. after I had Tippy about 6 weeks, feeding him only Science diet small and toy breed. One day on our walk, Tippy pooped and when he tried to get back into a walking position, he could not. His paws were actually turned out. He was wobbling and could not catch his balance. He had trouble trying to walk. I picked him up and carried him home, sat him down. He just tumbled over, his eyes were blinking as if he was nodding off. He tried standing and his leg would fold under him. I called the Dumb Friends League and was told I should take him to a vet, since I had had him over a month. They would only look at him If I was surrendering him.

I've been feeding my cat the prescription Hill's k/d in chicken and fish flavors for about a year. I've been very happy with it prior to now, and I buy it from the vet by the case. I just started the first can from a new case of CHICKEN. Within a few hours of the first serving, my cat vomited a little bit. About 12 hours later I gave her a second serving, and she was vomiting within a few minutes and could not keep this food down. I believe there is something wrong with this batch and want to warn others. From a different can from the same case: Best before 11 2016. T0330057A 9453. Note: The fish flavored case I got recently seems to be just fine.

I bought Hills Science Diet Light for adult cats 1-6 and both of my cats are throwing up with one cat throwing up everything it ate within 5 minutes of eating. This is very scary as I am reading other reviews that sound the same. This might need to be food that is recalled.

This morning my cat KIKI vomited blood. I was given the package of the Metabolic Kibble and 3 cans of cat food of the Metabolic dietary food. He had been on Prescription Diet WD for over 10 years successfully since he appeared overweight. Today is 11/07/14. I wrongly started giving the food within the last two weeks. This past weekend when I came home he was very aggressive - unlike him. I noticed he started vomiting liquid yesterday. This morning he vomited blood. I will be taking him to the Vet today. I will stop the metabolic kibble and canned food. And I am very disappointed in Hill company for allowing certain ingredients to be allowed in this food which appears to be dietary stimulants.

I have fed my cats Science Diet for 20+ years. Purchased a new 17-lb bag on 9/8/14. After eating from new bag, cats started vomiting. At first I thought it was normal cat issues. The cats turned away from the food. Would not eat it even though they were clearly hungry. I stopped feeding the Science Diet and no more vomiting. Called Hill's and gave them the product #s. Best before 2016 R 28 8 2153 TG 209.

2014.10.29 - We have two indoor cats who have been fed Science Diet Oral Care Dry Cat Food for the last 10 years, without any issues. I have tried other brands, but this is the one they prefer. I purchased a new bag recently, and opened it yesterday morning. The cats vomited multiple times last night and again this morning, which is truly unusual behavior for them. I suspect something is wrong with the food.

I've experienced what several other reviewers have experienced. I think the food available in September/October 2014 is bad. My cat has been vomiting this food and it appears different. Has this food been tested? Not sure of the order number. One can number is T18323198-9448. If I could have a replacement batch that has a 2015 expiration, that might help since I just bought a 24 can I will not be able to use now.

Your company recalled the Science Diet Adult Small & Toy Breed 15.5 lbs bag SKU 9097, Best Before Date 08 2015 M094. Product Name Bag Size SKU Best Before Date/ Production Code. Science Diet Adult Small & Toy Breed 15.5 lbs. 9097 08 2015 M094. I think you should recall the 4.5 lb. bag. Our rat terrier changed to the adult 1-6 from the puppy (and yes, we gradually introduced it to her) she threw up 5 times, after each time we fed her (which is 1/4 cup a.m. and 1/4 cup p.m.). She convulsed the 2nd night and I laid with her all night.

My Poodle is 10 yrs old. From birth he had a very sensitive stomach and my vet and I worked day and night to get him the right diet and Hills Science Diet Prescription ZD did the trick for 10 yrs. Starting last month the 2016 batches consistency has changed and it's like a can of soft mucky liver paste. I called and questioned why this change. They not only gave me the run around but also my vet with all different reasons why it looks different. They range from trucking way too much to the starch not settling. Well my dog won't eat it---it has made him violently ill and has cost me a huge vet bill trying to weed out any other cause which there is none!!! I was able to get a few cans of the 2015 batch and he gobbled it down with no bad upset. We can't get any 2015 cans anymore. I'm frantic with to do. I'm afraid there is something really wrong with the food and it should be recalled. Thanks!

I have 3 cats. I have been feeding them Science Diet dry cat food since I have had them (3 years). I did not have any problems with this food until last year. Last year my cats began to vomit after eating the food. I went online and began to research and found I was not the only one having this issue. I stopped feeding them Science Diet for a while, but they didn't seem to like any other food. So I purchased a new bag of Science Diet and all was fine. I thought okay, it must have just been a bad batch. Recently they have started to refuse the Science Diet food again! They flat out refused for an entire 24 hours! They eventually began eating, not even 5 minutes later all 3 cats began to vomit!!!

Our 4 year old male Maine Coon needed to lose some weight, so our vet recommended we try a new cat food for him. A little over two months into him being on the Hills Science diet Metabolic food, he developed a urinary tract infection, his first one ever. He was put on pain medication and antibiotics. When he went back three weeks later for a recheck, he now had crystals in his urine. After doing more research I have found out that other pets have become very ill and others have died from like experiences. I have obviously stopped feeding my cat the Hills cat food and will never use it again.

Science Diet Indoor Mature Adult 7+ Dry Cat Food. Same thing is happening to me as another reviewer. Bought a new bag of cat food and cat is turning away from it. This has never happened before. I've been trying to make him eat it for days, poor thing. He'll nibble but then beg for something else. Stamp says expiration Best Before 2/16 R 10 5 0057 TK 191. I just opened a new bag with expiration 3/16 and he's scarfing it down so, think something was wrong with that other batch.

Found mouse in the bottom of bag. We have a 15 year old golden retriever and it made him very ill. We have him on antibiotics.

I bought Hill's Science Diet Soft Savories Chicken and Yogurt Snacks for my dog on Saturday September 6. He initially couldn't get enough of them, and I probably gave him more than I should have. By Friday 9/12/2009 he was listless, not eating anything and when I rushed him to the vet, the vet said he was in kidney failure. Today is Saturday and my poor dog Smiley is still not eating but staying at the vet hospital on an IV in kidney failure. I visited him today and he is still on IV and won't eat.

Purchased "Mature Adult 7+" for our three cats. First bag was okay. 2nd bag... they started to reject it. After a week 1 -- Cat #1 threw-up 10 times in one day, and started to refuse it. After week 2 -- Cat #2 threw up. Concerned that their product may be tainted. No meaningful contact available at Hills.

I just changed my dog's food to the toy and small breed adult food. The bag was the same pictures in recall. My dog is vomiting and lethargic so I checked to see if a recall was in place and it is but not for Idaho. I think it should be expanded to include Idaho as I worry other pets are sick also.

I have a 5-1/2 year old Papillon dog (born Nov 2008) who was diagnosed with multiple allergies when 1 year old and put on Hill’s Science Diet ZD Ultra dog food and allergy treatments. The beginning of June 2014 he stopped eating. At first I thought it was his usual slow down on eating due to the summer heat. But then it went on for a week, and wasn't pooping and drinking water like crazy. Vet found his colon full and cleaned him out thinking that was the problem. Several days later, still not eating. They did a barium follow through and found swelling in a part of his bowel and liver looking strange. Sent him to OSU vet hospital for an ultrasound and scope. Found his liver discolored and strange coloring in the small bowel. Our vet performed surgery to biopsy the small bowel & liver. Ended up removing 20% of his liver which was dead and said the rest of the liver looked like cirrhosis. Also had an infection in the folds of the small bowel.

I have had my 3 dogs on Science Diet Light and then would rotate to can Science Diet. My Pomeranian started throwing up yellow bowel and drinking a lot of water. I took him to the vet. Said he had reflux and put him on nausea pill. The vomiting continued. I looked on website and found these - took him and my other dogs immediately off of Science Diet. Will never use again. My little pom is doing great. This product should be researched and tested more thoroughly. My boxer and other dog is also not eating grass and gassy now.

At the beginning of January, I switched my 11-year-old Pomeranian's food. He started to act sluggish and stopped wanting to eat his food; yet he was hungry for anything else. I thought he was just begging more than usual so I continued to make him try his new food. He started to have slight diarrhea and then was shaking one night. I stayed up with him and took him to the vet in the morning. I couldn't think of what could have happened to my energetic and healthy dog. Then the adventure began:

My vet recommended Science Diet light to help my cat lose weight. I starting feeding her little bits at a time mixed in with her wet food. Her hair started to change, each hair had a black plug at the follicle, a potential indicator of some sort of toxicity. I brushed it off and continued to give her larger and larger amounts of this food and less of her wet food hoping for weight loss that the vet wanted. WITHIN 5 DAYS OF FEEDING MY CAT ONLY SCIENCE DIET LIGHT SHE DIED OF KIDNEY FAILURE. Perfectly healthy before Science Diet.

I have 2 terriers/shih tzu yorkie-maltese mix. They have had a history of pancreatitis so we have always been very strict with their diet, only feeding them science diet dry and can dog food, no treats, We boil chicken or dry dog food is their treat. They got their vaccines: heartworm etc in may 2014, so I don't know if this started things but I stopped the science diet due to the vomiting and diarrhea and gave them boiled chicken and rice. Every time I reintroduce the can science diet they start vomiting and diarrhea non stop. Now after seeing a specialist-vet, ultrasounds, blood test and over 1000.00 later, the one terrier has been diagnosed with adrenal gland problems, bloating and frequent urination.

I gave my Maine Coon only one teaspoon of the wet food for his first experience since my vet recommended it. He was staggering and falling all evening and I refuse to give him any more! I spent $70 yesterday for a bag of the dry and a case of the wet - will try to get my $$ back.

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My dog has been on this diet for several months. She has doing well until the last batch. The first three meals from the bag she threw up. The fourth she refused to eat. It look like she took a bit and immediately threw it up and refused rest. This is a dog that never refuses anything. I gave her chicken and rice and she ate it without throwing up. For several meals she has been fine. I offered the food again and she threw it up. The food in the bag was discolored and the smell was off. I think there is a quality control issue with ingredients. Will be returning and cooking for her until I find a replacement low fat diet.

My nightmare started last month. To make a long story short as possible, I had to take my 13-year-old JRT to the ER vet. He just wasn't acting right. Not wanting to go for a walk, drinking a lot wanting to eat a lot. He was diagnosed as a diabetic, but wasn't responding to insulin. He was diagnosed Monday night. By Friday night, he developed a large lump on his stomach which was in the process of being tested, but by Monday the lump ruptured. He had an X-ray and the lump was invasive and growing so rapidly we were advised it was cancer and he wouldn't survive surgery. He was put down 6/9/14. I figured this was age, even though he hadn't been showing signs of issues.

Recently I purchased a can of Science Diet Minced Gourmet Turkey entree for cats (mature adult 7+yrs). I wanted to try out what I thought would be a healthier alternative wet cat food and my local pet store sold it. I found a large, round chunk of bone about half an inch thick and the size of a penny in the cat food. Either one of my cats could have choked and/or broke a tooth on it. I immediately threw out the can. ( I am curious now as to the company's mincing process) I will not purchase Science Diet again.

I have just purchased a bag of Science Diet - Hairball for my Persian cat. I'm worried about giving it to her due to all the negative reviews. Has anyone had an experience with the Hairball food? Thank you for your help.

Suspicious of Contaminated Hills Science Diet in Florida. My boys are also refusing Hills Science Diet (Ideal Balance) #'s 2278 & 2284. One of my boys (Shih Tzu age 8) has been to the Vet and the cost continues to rise. The question my Vet ask "Has he been poisoned?". So how many pets must die or get ill before more RECALLS are called?

Had been feeding my cat the Hills science diet CD food, the bag I bought in early May. We started to use it when we finished the last bag about a week to week+ prior to my little girl cat's death. In 3 days time, she went from playing, to throwing-up a few hairballs to throwing up bile. Her kidney values were so elevated they were off the charts - my vet called them unreadable. 6-5-14 I held her as she was put to sleep. She was on the CD after trying other choices following her bladder surgery in 2009. The physical test my vet did before the blood work Weds, showed small bladder (not full/blocked), normal amount of stool in colon, she had lost 2 pounds but did not feel thin.

My lab is a year and 6 months and has been on Science Diet food since he was 8 weeks old. On Saturday, May 31, 2014, I purchased a 38.5 lb of large breed dog food. He would not eat the food on Saturday and into Sunday. He would go to his bowl and smell it but just walk away. Finally Sunday he ate a very small portion of the food. On mind he began to act very Uncomfortable and not his ordinary self. He was pacing around the house and mostly sleeping. Later Monday evening, he ate another small portion of food and shortly after began to act sick again. After that I picked up the food and researched to see if there were any recalls. I also contacted his Vet, which said there were recalls but not in Florida.

It started with my mother-in-law. She had a cat that became diabetic and he was really bad. So because we knew the symptoms of being diabetic one of our cats got it. Then about a year ago, our other cat also became diabetic really bad. The only thing in common is the Science Diet.

I woke up early, worried sick about my cat. For several weeks now he has had diarrhea, bloating, and he is very lethargic. It began with an explosive case of diarrhea - large volume of feces with lots of blood and mucus in it. It happened after I switched him to Science Diet Light. When he began feeling sick I figured, even though I transitioned him slowly, that something in the food disagreed with him.

First of all, cats should not live on dry food. Cats are carnivores. They eat meat. Dry food doesn't exist in the wild. For this reason, dry should be occasional if at all. Second of all, cats should not eat grains (corn starch, wheat, etc.). Their bodies do not digest it well. Guess whose products are riddled with grains? That's right Science Diet. Who uses "meat by-products" in their food? Right again, Science Diet. Who received an FDA warning about the havoc its food is wreaking on animal health? BINGO!!! Science Diet.

I had brought both my 8 years old, indoor only, cats to a VCA animal hospital around April 2014 just for a routine check up. The vet did full panels of blood work, including fecal and urinary exams/tests to check on their general health. My female cat came back as pre-diabetic because of the dry food and she was overweight, so the vet recommended a strict wet food only, Science Diet MD feeding plan. My male cat was in perfect health, but she recommended me to add wet food into his diet. When I started feeding my female cat the wet MD food, my male cat loved it too! They both went from strict dry food only diet to a wet food only diet and within a month, their coats were beautiful, and they had more energy.