Purina One gives cats diarrhea
Veronica Polo
When I fed my cat Purina One (I think it was chicken and rice) It gave
my cat diarrhea. I know it was this, and nothing else, because the
color of the diarrhea matched the yellowish tint of the food. It
stopped feeding it to her, and the diarrhea stopped. When I tried
feeding it to her again a few months later out of curiosity, she had
diarrhea again. At first I assumed it was just my own cats particular
reaction to the food, but I just spoke to a neighbor of mine whose cats
have had the exact same reaction.
Has anyone else experienced this?
-Veronica
Janet Kegg
My two cats eat Purina One regularly with no sign of diarrhea.
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JChrist873
>My two cats eat Purina One regularly with no sign of diarrhea.
Mine too. It's one of their favorite foods.
jill & the gang
Karen Eldred
Although Molly loves the Purina One, I have discovered it seems to make her
throw up pretty regularly so i now only buy occasionally and mix it with
other dry foods. She never had diarrhea from it tho.
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Janet Kegg
Maenad1 (mae...@aol.com) writes:
> If your cat has diarrhea with one food, try another. My cats can't seem to
> tolerate Iams. I feed my guys Science Diet Feline Maintenance Lite (dry)
> and they love it. Purina foods are not known to be the best quality cat
> foods; they have a lot of additives and coloring agents -- these could be
> upsetting your cat's system. Try a premium quality food -- they are
> usually available only at a pet supply shop or animal hospital.
"Purina One" is a premium-type food sold in supermarkets. It doesn't have
a lot of additives according to the ingredients and there are no coloring
agents. I've compared its label with ProPlan (a Purina premium food sold
at petstores) and they are very similar. I feed both to my cats and they
show a slight preference for the Purina One.
Maenad1
Lee Hough
Janet Kegg wrote:
> a lot of additives according to the ingredients and there are no coloring
> agents. I've compared its label with ProPlan (a Purina premium food sold
> at petstores) and they are very similar. I feed both to my cats and they
> show a slight preference for the Purina One.
>
> --
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> Janet Kegg jk...@capaccess.org
> Washington DC ao...@freenet.carleton.ca
company. They hire vets and nutritionists and fund research on nutrition.
Yes, some of their foods have color additives - but not all. Is every food
you buy good for you? The colors and additives are there because people
project their own feelings onto the cat!
I started to use Special Care, on my vets recommendation,when one of my guys
[don't remember who] developed cystitis. Off the subject - the only case of
cystitis I've had here in the last 5 or so years came in the middle of a bag
of scented cat litter [bought by mistake - always use clay, non scented].
Kassidy started sitting in the box, and went to TED that evening [I could
tell he was *not* blocked, small bladder, dribbles]. I changed the litter,
tossed the scented, and he's been fine.
I had tried to feed CD at one point years ago [different cat], but no one
would eat it!
Lee Hough, and
Kinu, Kami, Kalli, Kassidy, Shy, Spaz, Shorty, Omar, Groucho and Tora
Maenad1
<<Is every food
<<you buy good for you? The colors and additives are there because people
<<project their own feelings onto the cat!
No, every food I buy is not "good" for me -- but when a food comprises the
majority of a cat's diet, don't you think it ought to be good for them --
the best quality possible??
<<I had tried to feed CD at one point years ago [different cat], but no
one
<<would eat it!
C/D is a Prescription Diet food made by Hill's (same manufacturer as
Science Diet), and is only sold by vets. It is intended to treat certain
physical conditions for limited periods of times and is not meant as a
general feline diet.
I used to date a guy who worked as an engineer in the nutrition dept. of
Quaker Oats (which owns Purina). He very emphatically told me that Purina
cat and dog foods are not processed the same way as premium pet foods are,
and that I would do well to feed my cats something else. This information,
combined with my own research and what my husband has learned through his
work at the pet shop, is enough to keep me from feeding Purina to my cats.
If you want to feed it, that's your affair, but I've heard too many
negative things about Purina.
Susan
Sherry Laing
In article <4n5pi7$g...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
Janet Kegg <ao...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
>Maenad1 (mae...@aol.com) writes:
>> If your cat has diarrhea with one food, try another. My cats can't seem to
>> tolerate Iams. I feed my guys Science Diet Feline Maintenance Lite (dry)
>> and they love it. Purina foods are not known to be the best quality cat
>> foods; they have a lot of additives and coloring agents -- these could be
>> upsetting your cat's system. Try a premium quality food -- they are
>> usually available only at a pet supply shop or animal hospital.
>
>"Purina One" is a premium-type food sold in supermarkets. It doesn't have
>a lot of additives according to the ingredients and there are no coloring
>agents. I've compared its label with ProPlan (a Purina premium food sold
>at petstores) and they are very similar. I feed both to my cats and they
>show a slight preference for the Purina One.
>
>--
>
> Janet Kegg jk...@capaccess.org
> Washington DC ao...@freenet.carleton.ca
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've had no problems with either Purina One or with Science Diet or
Iams--except I discovered my cats much prefer Iams to Purina One. I
free-feed them dry food in one or two big bowls, supplemented with a
little canned food each day. When the big bowl of Purina One was about
gone recently, I brought home a big bag of Iams, put the Iams in one
bowl, then poured the little bit of Purina One left on top of it; I put
the rest of the Iams in another bowl. A couple days later I noticed that
the bowl with just Iams was half empty, and the bowl with the Purina One
on top of the Iams had been eaten only on one side--the rest of the Purina
was still sitting untouched on the other half, and they were getting at
the Iams by eating *under* the Purina, picking out all the lighter pieces
of Purina to get at the dark Iams pieces. (These are the cats who, after
whining to the whole of r.p.c. that I never give them treats and what
about some Pounce, then refused to eat any of the different kinds of
Pounce that I purchased, at Great Personal Effort and Expense!) Well, at
least their taste in catfood is expensive! --Sherry
(with Ceilidh, Skye, &
Talisker Pippin)
Joan Digney
Veronica
Purina One made my cat constipated to the point that
capillaries were broken as she defecated. I switched right
away.
I guess the moral of this story is there must
be better brands of food out there.
Joan
Winnie Leong
In article <4n8a8q$m...@nntp4.u.washington.edu>, sla...@u.washington.edu (Sherry Laing) writes:
|> In article <4n5pi7$g...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
|> Janet Kegg <ao...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
|> >Maenad1 (mae...@aol.com) writes:
|> >"Purina One" is a premium-type food sold in supermarkets. It doesn't have
|> >a lot of additives according to the ingredients and there are no coloring
|> >agents. I've compared its label with ProPlan (a Purina premium food sold
|> >at petstores) and they are very similar. I feed both to my cats and they
|> >show a slight preference for the Purina One.
|> >
I have no experience with 'Purina One'. But when I first gave
Rusty ProPlan, he stopped using the box. As soon as I switched
back to his old catfood, he used the box again.
TED said Rusty's probably allergic to ProPlan.
The way I clued in to ProPlan being the cause of his not using his box
is that I saw pieces of undigested ProPlan in his stool
on the floor. Sorry, I know its gross.
Lee Hough
Maenad1 wrote:
>
> <<Is every food
> <<you buy good for you? The colors and additives are there because people
>
> <<project their own feelings onto the cat!
>
> No, every food I buy is not "good" for me -- but when a food comprises the
> majority of a cat's diet, don't you think it ought to be good for them --
> the best quality possible??
the cat is sensitive, it could be any change to another food. No one who
knows me would ever accuse me of compromising on the quality of care and
attention my cats or my horses receive.
> <<I had tried to feed CD at one point years ago [different cat], but no
> one
> <<would eat it!
>
> C/D is a Prescription Diet food made by Hill's (same manufacturer as
> Science Diet), and is only sold by vets. It is intended to treat certain
> physical conditions for limited periods of times and is not meant as a
> general feline diet.
> LH - At the time I was trying out the CD, I was married to a vet - I had two
males who had cystitis, but never blocked. I also spent 6 years working in
clinics, and 4 years at Penn working in the vet school...with a multiple cat
household, the other cats did have access to it...but were fed specific meals
at other times of the day.
> I used to date a guy who worked as an engineer in the nutrition dept. of
> Quaker Oats (which owns Purina). He very emphatically told me that Purina
> cat and dog foods are not processed the same way as premium pet foods are,
> and that I would do well to feed my cats something else. This information,
> combined with my own research and what my husband has learned through his
> work at the pet shop, is enough to keep me from feeding Purina to my cats.
> If you want to feed it, that's your affair, but I've heard too many
> negative things about Purina.
>
> Susan
LH - I've had 30 + cats in the last 20 years - mostly fed Purina, never had
any problems due to diet deficiency - go into several restaurant, and the
kitchen staff will in the majority of them will tell you not to eat there.
Also, you should not eat bacon, red meat, sugar, caffine, etc.
Lee Hough
robert a. moeser
In article <4n7u8i$5...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, mae...@aol.com (Maenad1) wrote:
:C/D is a Prescription Diet food made by Hill's (same manufacturer as
:Science Diet), and is only sold by vets. It is intended to treat certain
:physical conditions for limited periods of times and is not meant as a
:general feline diet.
my other cat, Scsi ("scuzzie"), after several bouts with FUS, was
switched permanently to Hill's c/d at the vet's recommendation and
with his blessing.
Hill's s/d, on the other hand, was used on him for limited periods
in the post-attack times.
i have seen a sanctioning of the feeding of Hill's c/d to all the cats
in a household if one needs it and having different food for everyone
would be problematic.
-- rob
Kirsten Sj|stedt
>In article <4n5pi7$g...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
>Janet Kegg <ao...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
>>Maenad1 (mae...@aol.com) writes:
>>> If your cat has diarrhea with one food, try another. My cats can't seem to
>>> tolerate Iams.
We started Spock on Iams kitten food when we first got him, and he loved it
(still does). He was fine on it in the beginning, and then started to get mild
diarrhoea which we eventually traced to _dry cat food in general_ (it took a
long time!) We can't give him any dry food at all without a mild diarrhoea
developing. My guess is that it is too "strong" for his gut.
A few weeks ago there was a big scare here in Sweden about a particular brand
of dry cat food - a bad batch was causing cats to show signs of paralysis. (!!)
I was really glad Spock wasn't eating any.
What do you think of the BSE epidemic? I heard that at least 70 British cats
have succumbed to the feline version from contaminated cat food. I am a bit
worried for Spock, but I think what he generally is fed is from Swedish meat
sources, not imported/British meat (he gets a brand called Mjau - can any
Scandinavians comment on its ingredient sources?).
/Kirsten
& Spock
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