Remember "pink slime"? The 2012 scandal about feeding us ammonia-treated scraps?

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124. We have cats also. Two of them, the older ones, had problems throwing up, and loose bowls, or

diarrhia. One of them lost one third of her weight, I took her to the vet, they tested her and said she had the beginning of kidney disease. They gave us some food supposed to be for cats with kidney problems. It caused to projectile vomit, so we stopped it immediately. Very expensive btw.

I put her on Natural Balance also, the small, stew cans. She can't digest hard food. I did a lot of research, wondering if I could feed her baby food, beef, chicken. And baby rice to give her something solid.

That was about a year ago. She has gained back three of the four pounds she lost, her fur looks great. She loves the baby food, and I mix the rice with her canned stew, or chicken soup when I make it. I also give them chicken livers, boiled in water.

All of our animals are now off commercial food completely.

I learned that it can cause kidney problems. We have eight, so I make chicken and chicken liver soup to save some money on the canned food.

The other older cat had stomach problems for years, with loose bowls and when I switched her off the regular commercial food, she finally had solid stools and I am assuming, felt a lot better.

Like you I was buying what I thought was a good brand also. And would never have connected my dog's problems to food if that groomer didn't tell me.

Vets don't seem to be aware of it as our vet never suggested it either. And they sell commercial food mostly.

I am glad your Shrimpy isn't having problems. Nat. Bal canned food isn't that expensive either, the hard food is a bit more expensive but if it's just one dog or cat, it's worth it, imo.