Pet Food ALERT: Natural Balance is withdrawing DRY "Venison and Grean Peas" for cats?

To be very honest I tend to agree that it's more than likely people who have changed food quickly.

Anytime that's done a cat is very likely to have an upset stomach.

I can certainly understand though why the pet owners are worried and why the company has pulled the products.

People are scared right now...and rightly so...so anything out of the ordinary is going to be looked into very closely.

I just wish that the FDA had been keeping better tabs on the pet food industry all along...perhaps if they had this tragedy could have been avoided all together.

I just got an email about this too.

The bad thing is....its what I've been feeding my cats.

My 13 year old cat, (my only inside/outside cat) was acting sick

had thrown up a couple of times (not unusual, so I didnt think much of it) sunday morning and was huched up like his stomach was hurting...when I noticed this he was outside.

He headed around towards the front door...a couple minutes later I went around there to go inside, but he was gone and I havent seen him since.

My other cats seem fine, so I have no idea if it was coencidence or not....

ADDED:

*** By the way, this was the 4th, of 5pound bags that my cats have now gone through...so I know for a fact that this was not

from a sudden switch of food. They were all fine up until this weekend. ***

mlb21252… Thank you. I'm still looking for him. I'm going back out to look some more in just a moment...

This is pretty wild. Check this out about the Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea Formula cat food.

Ingredients on bag and in brochure:

Venison, whole dried green peas, venison meal, canola oil, venison liver, natural flavor, phosphoric acid, choline chloride, potassium cloride, sodium chloride, kelp, DL Mothionine, Salmon oil, flaxseed oil, lysine, rosemary extract, dried parsley, taurine, zinc sulfate, vitamine e supplement, niacin, vit b12, lots more vitamins etc.

(almost all ingredients researched by me by the way, 'cause they all sound like chemicals and the research only goes so far. Except "natural flavors", couldn't find that.)

On website now:

INGREDIENT LISTING

Peas, Venison, Venison Meal, Rice Protein Concentrate, Canola Oil, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Methionine, Choline Chloride, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).

Key ingredient change: Rice Protein Concentrate. Also in the dog food and not listed in the wet version of the cat food. (Dog food wet version just says Rice Protein).

Interesting, huh? I switched my kitties to this food after the menu foods recall so I'm hoping the formula change was very very recent and the stuff I'm feeding them now is good. They have been very bouncy and energetic since the switch and look great, so I'm maddened by this recall, and very sad for anyone affected.

Note added 10:00pm: Natural Balance has issued a press release stating that the rice protein concentrate has melamine in it. Odd that it's the same chemical that's in the Chinese wheat gluten, but allegedly sourced in the USA

Thanks for the post! We all need to keep as informed as possible. I'm glad that people are becoming more aware of the the foods they are feeding and the reaction of the pets to it. I just hope though that every time a pet is sick that people don't just blame the food and overlook a vet problem.

Jasmine: did you find your cat????

I just wanted to add personal knowledge that PETS HAVE DIED from this food. The CEo fo Natures Balance confirmed with my vet today that Melamine was found in the foods. Please contact Natures Balance for confirmation if you need.

THIS is sad whats happening to our pets food. WE were better off when we grew our own foods here in the USA.----------I fear if we use that foreign grains in our foods as well.-----------To clear up one thing here it was reported on TV that the wheat products from foreign countries were causing some of the problems with our pet foods.AND in some cases caused death, in some animals.

Thanks for posting and Jasmine I hope that your cat is okay.