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I read and posted on the very earliest threads on this subject, when it was Breaking News... immediately began cooking chicken for my cat. . .I don’t know if I’ll ever feed her canned again. Other than that, her kibble seems to suit her fine.

Same here: chicken for both cat and small dog. As far as the kibble goes, just make sure it doesn't contain wheat gluten. I'd say that's an ingredient to be avoided until this is finally sorted out.

I also agree about the tone of the article. I googled "pet food recall" every morning during this mess and found whatever new info or recalls there were, after checking the ingredients in both the cat and dog kibble on Nutro's website. Given the enormity of the first recall, the inherent inefficiency of any Federal regulatory agency, and the initial suspicion about Chinese wheat gluten (which proved correct), a healthy ounce of prevention and skepticism by pet owners about the safety of any pet food containing wheat gluten might have saved a lot of heartache.

A lot of pet owners listen to their vets and have no idea that wheat gluten isn't a healthy ingredient for their pet food. I suspect that there is a lot of poor people who have dogs that just plain got sick and died and have not and will not be reported. We will hear from the people who are more tuned in to the Internet to know what is going on.

It is very difficult to report anything re: pets to the FDA. This isn't new. A lot of dogs and cats have suffered due to Rymadyl, Lyme vaccination, etc., and in the end these things end up on a site someone sets up to report adverse reactions.

Thing is, if the FDA is going to approve food and drugs for our pets, we need to be able to efficiently report adverse affects, whether we have two feet or four. Again it's a bureaucratic thing, not a Republican thing.

I just remembered the brand name of the food I was feeding her. It was PRIORITY, a new line being marketed at VONs. She was eating WHISKAS for quite a while before that, seemed to do okay, but WHISKAS canned food was phased out of all supermarkets a few months ago.

Well, 3-4 weeks ago, her behavior really changed. She barely moved, was very droopy but still eating. This was about 1-1/2 weeks after she started on PRIORITY, but I didn’t make the food connection.

THANKFULLY, a friend here I mentioned that to alerted me to the first “Breaking News” article posted on the subject. I IMMEDIATELY discontinued the canned stuff even before product names were given and there it was.

I started cooking chicken breast for her. So, she gets it cut up fine and mixed with the broth. As for kibble, I shall take a closer look at the ingredients. She likes the blend of IAMS senior and Purina Naturals.

She is doing MUCH, MUCH better now... playing with toys and everything and she is 15-1/2 years.