Iams
Posted By: catlover on 2006-11-09
In Reply to: this is so not true - please do not start rumors - Iams might have done it in the past but....sm
This is not a rumor, it's fact. I don't care if it happened yesterday or two years ago. It shouldn't have happened at all. The company only changed their testing methods after public outcry against them. It's all about the almighty dollar for these companies without regard for animal suffering.
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It scares me too, I have using Iams dry
for over 20 years with good luck thus far, canned friskies as an evening treat and so far, everyone is still healthy (knocking on wood). I am scared to switch to anything because of all this stuff, I love my cats, don't want to lose them.
I'd give them all IAMS......make it easy on yourself
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IAMS is owned by Proctor and Gamble.
All of their products are tested like she said. What she states is very true!
our dog's brother (our neighbor has him) had Iams DRY food sm
and got horribly sick. This was back in early EARLY February - took him to the vet with dark urine, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, would not eat his food for 3 days, etc. Had always been on Iams Smart Puppy dry food but this was a new bag. Vet did emergency exploratory surgery and biopsies. Found nothing but inflammation. Took him home after 1 week of IV fluids and special food, then she tried MY Iams Smart Puppy dry and he did fine for 2 days. So she went back to the original bag and fed him - 6 hours later he was retching again and miserable. She contacted Iams and they had her send in 2 cups of the food for testing. This was mid-February by now. She has since been contacted by Iams who swears up and down the food was fine (but they said they only checked it to make sure it had the right ingredients in it - did NOT test for contaminants) and said melamine wouldn't cause irritation anyway (hello - let's see how calm YOUR innards look after 3+ days of throwing up and diarrhea). She is absolutely livid at Iams and the runaround and outright lies they are giving her. She still has the bag - I told her to get the food independently tested for contaminants and then tell Iams she needs reimbursement for her $2500+ vet bills. And the kicker is this is the sweetest little puppy you could ask for - her son was just devastated when he got so sick and she feels guilty for feeding this food to him. Grrrr. Gets my blood boiling even typing about it.
Iams and Science Diet are considered quality pet foods and they
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