Hmmm It won't hurt to ask! I know they do housecalls mainly to put cats to sleep (that's what I did with Sunniday -RB) but not sure if they'll do that for other reasons but I'll ask just to see... Thanks.. Keeping fingers crossed that my cats aren't affected by this!!
I agree!! All the mental and emotional trauma from this sucks! PLUS having to have cats be tested for this..
I sure hope not.
One theory is indeed that it is the food...the feeding of predominantly dry cat food and food that has grains and carbs in it. Cats are obligate carnivores, they need meat or fish based protein, not protein from wheat or corn gluten.
Absolutely not...it's more a recommendation for those who feed homecooked or raw frankly.
To be honest- this is difficult for me to determine at this time.. I got them some pet grass recently so I have been finding vomit (which is expected with pet grass which cleans out their tummies). They don't seem letharic and their appetites seems normal..
You have a point but I think that most of us, if not all, did not know that pet food supplied to North American consumers, came from one central company...
That's another thing I wanted to explore- I have NEVER given my cats human food and never given them homecooked/raw chicken, etc... I've looked at some receipes for this for cats but will my cats eat them??? Would it be worthwhile trying??
I apologize if I end up only repeating a previous reply, there are 3 pages of messages since I went to bed at 1 am! Dilute urine means if you could see it, you'd notice it having an appearance like water, not the usual color, and it may not have as strong an odor. You'd also see an increased volume..they will seem to be peeing huge amounts at a time.Originally Posted by Pamela
I'm sooo scared! I just checked and all my nutro wet pouches are included in the recall!! I'll call my vet tmr to see what should be done but i have some questions-
Someone said to look for diluted urine- what exactly does that mean????
Jeez- Nutro is a pretty expensive product and I bought it thinking it's one of the best products to give to my cats!
Originally Posted by xocats
The labs my kitties had yesterday not only caused them pain, trauma and suffering,they cost me $400 plus emotional trauma.
If either one of my precious babies had been injured by the greed of Nutro...
I will be mad.
Of course I am focusing on finding a new source for their food but until there is truth in advertising forced on Pet Food companies....
It will be difficult to know what I am buying.
Dexter & Sadie are really missing their chunks and gravy.
I wish that was our only problem with this.
Still waiting for the lab report.
Oh that helps!! So far the only thing I had heard about this was that there'd be bigger clumps of urine... SO I need to look for urine that appears like water and less odor along with an increased volume of urine then?
Hah..now you know better than to ask for a guarantee that a cat will eat anything you want them to! Sharky has done homecooked diets, as has DawnofSierra...there are many recipes out there...one great book is by Dr.Strombeck who has recipes in many variations (some are low protein, low phos, some are lower in sodium etc.)
We live in an area of California where vet cost are really high.Originally Posted by Pamela
I know how you feel!! I really don't want to take my cats to the vet but I think I will have to if my vet refuses to come to my home or if I can't bring urine samples in to be tested. If that's how much it cost to have TWO cats tested, imagine the cost of having all SIX cats be tested plus all the trauma they and I will go through!!
