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No,absolutely nothing (she could have gotten into) other than the cat food.
Is there anything else that your cats could have gotten into? I swear this sounds like a poisoned mouse like LDG mentioned. This reeks of warfarin.
You mentioned that this cat chews. Could she have licked something off of your shoes? Like weed killer, fertilizer, etc?
What diagnostics did the vet do? I'm glad she's home, by the way. Hope she feels better.
I put out two different dry foods (which I will now be eschewing) during the day and one small can/tub of wet food in the evenings. Thursday night, I put out their dinner. One of the dry foods they have been eating for weeks and the bag was nearly empty (IAMS Digestive Care, which they actually like), and a newly opened bag of Meow Mix "tender centers" dry. That evening included the cup of Meow Mix "Souffles" Salmon, Egg & Garden Vegetables. Only Knuckles eats the wet food, so one cup is more than enough.
All the next day, Knuckles was not herself, hiding behind the dinner table, and once I coaxed her out, only for her to hide under my desk. She later moved from there only to hide in my bedroom closet (all dark quiet places.) I never saw her eat again that day, and when I called them for "Treats!" before bedtime, Knuckles actually ran OUT of the room rather than to me (and if you knew how much they love their treats, that would really concern you.)
While Knuckles has a "chewing" problem (probably from being separated from her mother too early and not fully weaned)... thin wires and the rare rubberband... I've long since covered every wire in my home with plastic tubing and hide my rubberbands. I have found no chewed wires or missing rubberbands, and her symptoms are those of infection, not gastric upset.
She has never "licked my shoes" and I have not been anywhere where I might have stepped in anything that might have poisoned her. I live in an apartment and work from home, so it is not uncommon for me to not leave the house for more than 24 hours (which was the case that day.)
Based on the doctor's report, I'm seeing no tests for toxins or anything environmental. And as mentioned previously, she had all the symptoms (sans diarrhea) of Salmonella poisoning (and the CDC says many cats won't get diarrhea from Salmonella). I have NO doubt that is what she has/had.
While I first suspected the new DRY food, both cats ate it but only one got sick. But only one ate the WET food and that's the one that got sick, and that wet food contains "eggs", so it's not a stretch to imagine some undercooked egg made it's way into the recipe (when you cook egg in bulk, it can be difficult to ensure all of it was cooked through & through.)
I intend to have both the wet & dry foods tested for toxins and/or contamination.
PS: I once purchased a high quality Organic dry cat food and when I opened the (perfectly sealed) bag, there were cobwebs inside and a moth flew out. "Contamination" isn't avoidable in processed factory food.