Hello! I've lurked about this wonderful site for a long time and finally decided to join it tonight.
I was hoping I could get some advice or see if anyone else had run into the same issue as me. For the last several months I have been feeding my cats Natural Balance canned Duck and Pea as I have an IBD kitty and it was suggested he might be allergic to chicken (I believe this has been proven not to be the case however). I have changed his diet recently but my non IBD female still wants only the Duck and Pea and won't have anything to do with his food. I actually like this arrangement as it gives me control over supplementation for the IBD and his arthritis without wondering if he actually ate it or if she did (she is a bit of a piggy).
I just ran out of NB cans and ordered another case online since no one local seems to sell it. As soon as I opened a new can I saw it was a noticeably different color than usual. It's darker and more reddish/pinkish instead of the usual beige pate I'm used to. Nothing foreign looking in it...no mold or anything. The smell didn't seem rank (anymore so than canned cat food normally does anyhow). So, I didn't think much of it and served it to her highness anyhow. She completely turned her nose up to it. Wouldn't touch it. Needless to say she's mighty hungry right now. So I opened a second can from the case to see if it was the same. It was. Darker with areas that look pink or red.
The expire dates aren't until 2015 and only a month later than the last batch I had. I didn't see any changes on the label to indicate a new formula or process. The cans looked mildly dirty but not damaged or dented. I'm not sure if I should keep putting it in front of her or not or if I should take her cue and bury it like she tried to do. I'm especially concerned knowing NB's history of recalls. I don't know if I want to risk it and then blame myself forever if something happens.
Is there anywhere I can take pet food to be checked for contamination? Has anyone else that uses this food noticed a change in the color? Of course the problem in the meanwhile is how to get my stubborn butted little girl to eat something else instead of just marching around the house voicing her discontent for the slop I tried to server her and the unacceptable substitutes I offered in place of her usual meal.
I really hate to have to change her diet again. She is NOT cooperative about such things. And worse yet, I risk my IBD kitty deciding he wants her food and ignoring his food which is the only food I've had even moderate success with. -_-
He already chowed down on the alternate canned food I tried to give her tonight while his dish sits untouched. Why does feeding a cat have to be so complicated?!
Any thoughts or advice would be welcome!
Thanks!!
I was hoping I could get some advice or see if anyone else had run into the same issue as me. For the last several months I have been feeding my cats Natural Balance canned Duck and Pea as I have an IBD kitty and it was suggested he might be allergic to chicken (I believe this has been proven not to be the case however). I have changed his diet recently but my non IBD female still wants only the Duck and Pea and won't have anything to do with his food. I actually like this arrangement as it gives me control over supplementation for the IBD and his arthritis without wondering if he actually ate it or if she did (she is a bit of a piggy).
I just ran out of NB cans and ordered another case online since no one local seems to sell it. As soon as I opened a new can I saw it was a noticeably different color than usual. It's darker and more reddish/pinkish instead of the usual beige pate I'm used to. Nothing foreign looking in it...no mold or anything. The smell didn't seem rank (anymore so than canned cat food normally does anyhow). So, I didn't think much of it and served it to her highness anyhow. She completely turned her nose up to it. Wouldn't touch it. Needless to say she's mighty hungry right now. So I opened a second can from the case to see if it was the same. It was. Darker with areas that look pink or red.
The expire dates aren't until 2015 and only a month later than the last batch I had. I didn't see any changes on the label to indicate a new formula or process. The cans looked mildly dirty but not damaged or dented. I'm not sure if I should keep putting it in front of her or not or if I should take her cue and bury it like she tried to do. I'm especially concerned knowing NB's history of recalls. I don't know if I want to risk it and then blame myself forever if something happens.
Is there anywhere I can take pet food to be checked for contamination? Has anyone else that uses this food noticed a change in the color? Of course the problem in the meanwhile is how to get my stubborn butted little girl to eat something else instead of just marching around the house voicing her discontent for the slop I tried to server her and the unacceptable substitutes I offered in place of her usual meal.
I really hate to have to change her diet again. She is NOT cooperative about such things. And worse yet, I risk my IBD kitty deciding he wants her food and ignoring his food which is the only food I've had even moderate success with. -_-
He already chowed down on the alternate canned food I tried to give her tonight while his dish sits untouched. Why does feeding a cat have to be so complicated?!
Any thoughts or advice would be welcome!
Thanks!!
