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post #31 of 45
3/10/11 at 5:42pm
Old Mother Hubbard was the "mother" company, of Wellness, they made dog food I think, then branched out to the Wellness brand for dogs and cats. I had that part mixed up, Mother Hubbard was not originally affiliated with Eagle Pack Holistic Select.

And Eagle Pack was Holistic Select. Holistic Select was one line of Eagle Pack pet foods.

May not be that way now, but it was at one time, I still have the pamphlet.

Wellpet LLC owns all those now, eh? How disturbing. Wellpet LLC is a subsidiary company of the Berwind Corporation, a mining company.

I'm going to keep feeding the Wellness, but I guess I will stay away from the other foods manufactured by them. Since I like to feed from different brands, partly in case of recalls, no point in feeding Wellness AND Holistic Select, IMO since they come from the same place.
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post #32 of 45
3/10/11 at 6:14pm
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Originally Posted by otto View Post
<snip>Since I like to feed from different brands, partly in case of recalls, no point in feeding Wellness AND Holistic Select, IMO since they come from the same place.
Well... I'm not sure they're manufactured at the same plants. And as they're different formulas, and the other brands owned by Wellpet weren't affected by the recall, it seems to me that feeding them different brands even if by the same parent company does achieve the goal intended when feeding different brands.

But as Tolly needs only chicken, seems there's no point in feeding Holistic Select foods.

Our kitties, on the other hand, seem to have chosen the Holistic Select brand over the Wellness brand (at least in the cans).
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post #33 of 45
3/12/11 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by LDG View Post
Actually, once I started feeding them the Holistic Select, they got picky about the Wellness! That's why I had only the pouches - I didn't bother buying any of the Wellness cans the list time we picked up food! (They still like the Instinct cans though).

And, FYI, the only Wellness pouches I get are the blue/green (Chicken, Crab & Herring), the gold (Turkey & Duck), and the purple (Chicken, Duck & Shrimp). The other ones have potato starch high on the list of ingredients.
Picked up some Holistic Select yesterday, and the cats LOVE it, I can't believe it. They also love Instinct, which I just started using too. I wrote down the pouches of Wellness you use, thanks for all of the info. on this
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post #34 of 45
3/12/11 at 11:59am
Went to the Petco in West Dundee (near where both Feralvr and I live) yesterday and a manager told me that Wellness cans would be restocked today. She said they had to do a count involving all the stores to make sure they got all the cans with those dates, so that is what held up them getting new cans on the shelves.

I had a coupon from Wellness that came via e-mail and had to be used by 3/16. It was $1.00 off a can. They let me take the discount off a pouch.

Robin
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post #35 of 45
3/12/11 at 12:10pm
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Originally Posted by bastetservant View Post
Went to the Petco in West Dundee (near where both Feralvr and I live) yesterday and a manager told me that Wellness cans would be restocked today. She said they had to do a count involving all the stores to make sure they got all the cans with those dates, so that is what held up them getting new cans on the shelves.

I had a coupon from Wellness that came via e-mail and had to be used by 3/16. It was $1.00 off a can. They let me take the discount off a pouch.

Robin
I am on my way to Petco now!!!!!!!! Thanks Robin!!
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post #36 of 45
3/14/11 at 5:30pm
If I only have a handful of cans, is it okay to use them? This isn't tainted food, it's about missing an important nutrient? I rotate Wellness, Evo and Blue Buffalo. In addition to feeding my cats twice daily with wet food, they get about 1/4 cup of dried food for snacking. I'm thinking of using the Wellness a little less in the rotation to offset the deficiency.
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post #37 of 45
3/14/11 at 5:39pm
Because I feed my cats 4-6 brands of canned/pouches food, (different brand every day), as well as dry food, I'm not concerned about this recall, and have continued to feed my cats the Wellness cans I have in the cupboard.

Robin
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post #38 of 45
3/14/11 at 5:44pm
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Originally Posted by tdonline View Post
If I only have a handful of cans, is it okay to use them? This isn't tainted food, it's about missing an important nutrient? I rotate Wellness, Evo and Blue Buffalo. In addition to feeding my cats twice daily with wet food, they get about 1/4 cup of dried food for snacking. I'm thinking of using the Wellness a little less in the rotation to offset the deficiency.
This is from the press release by the CEO of wellness

"Cats fed only product with inadequate levels of thiamine for several weeks may be at risk for developing a thiamine deficiency. If treated promptly, thiamine deficiency is typically reversible."

Here's the link: http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/letter.aspx

You'll be fine if wellness is in a long rotation with other cans.
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post #39 of 45
3/14/11 at 5:58pm
Thanks. I'm going to drop the Wellness frequency in my rotation to be safe. The kitties should be getting enough thiamine from the rest of their diets. Back to increasing the rotation (hence the thread I just started!).
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post #40 of 45
3/15/11 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by bastetservant View Post
Because I feed my cats 4-6 brands of canned/pouches food, (different brand every day), as well as dry food, I'm not concerned about this recall, and have continued to feed my cats the Wellness cans I have in the cupboard.

Robin
I rotate wet food as well, so I was not too concerned if my cats ate one of the cans with the recall date. I did check the ones I had and they all had dates before or after the recall anyway. Except for a few cans of the Core, and I did replace them since I was going to the store anyway. But I really wouldn't worry about it if you feed a variety.
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post #41 of 45
3/16/11 at 10:11am
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Originally Posted by txpersians View Post
Life's Abundance has NEVER had a recall. They make a premium cat food dry and canned. Check it out here http://www.lifesabundance.com/mburton
What's the canned food like? Pate, sliced, shredded, or flaked?
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post #42 of 45
3/19/11 at 8:48pm
Just on the chance any of you weren't aware, Wellness kitten food with the same best buy dates was included in this recall.

Regards.

AC
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post #43 of 45
3/19/11 at 10:29pm
And of course we were included according to Amazon, but it was food already fed to my cats.... so I couldn't exactly return it.




Luckily it was not their only source of nourishment, and especially now we rotate wet foods every meal using various flavors from different brands so they have some variety.
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post #44 of 45
3/20/11 at 7:59am
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Originally Posted by Ducman69 View Post
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Luckily it was not their only source of nourishment, and especially now we rotate wet foods every meal using various flavors from different brands so they have some variety.
Best (safest) way to feed a commercial diet, in my opinion!

AC
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post #45 of 45
3/20/11 at 8:27am
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Originally Posted by LDG View Post
Well... I'm not sure they're manufactured at the same plants. And as they're different formulas, and the other brands owned by Wellpet weren't affected by the recall, it seems to me that feeding them different brands even if by the same parent company does achieve the goal intended when feeding different brands.

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Yeah, I guess you're right. After all I feed both Weruva and Soulistic and they are owned by the same company and very likely manufactured in the same plants in Thailand.

Petite Cuisine also is manufactured in Thailand but I haven't been able to find a connection between them and Weruva/soulistic though the PC good looks almost exactly like the Weruva and the Soulistic.

I'm about to add Before Grain to the rotation, gosh I hope it goes over okay, I bought a case each of three different flavors, Petco is having a free shipping on pet food promotion.
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