MDIVA - my condolences... I'll notify my friends & family.

My condolences also, sudden events such as these are never easy.

I have tried to look into this a little and the company seems to be blaming the wheat gluten ingredient of their foods for the problem. This would seem to indicate some type of fungal contamination which has been a problem in the past with aflatoxin. One source suggested orchotoxin, if I remember correctly. Symptoms seem to have some resemblance to ethylene glycol (antifreeze) toxicity according to some veterinarian postings on VIN (veterinary information network). The kidney seems to be the target organ or the organ most affected leading to acute renal failure.

Although Hill's products don't seem to be directly affected, they are also voluntarily recalling some of their products (also from VIN).

I will try to keep up on this and post any definitive findings as time permits.

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Thank you all for your condolences, I appreciate it. An update: turns out our cat died not of the food, but of ingestion of rat posion. A neighbor came and saw our cat and noticed the gunk around his mouth, which I took to be the vomitus and said that his cat died the same way a couple years back. He showed us the poision in the alley, sure enough, it looks like pet kibble, but a weird greenish blue color.

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Now on the news there are stories that the pet food recently recalled was tainted with rat poison. So as it is, we were right AND my neighbor was right in speculating how my cat died recently...honestly, who does this kind of f*&^#ed-up pooh pooh?????? WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????? I am overwhelmingly disgusted right now.

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sorry to hear

Yes, it appears as if a type of rat poison is the most likely agent causing problems in the pet food recall. The over-the-counter rat poisons used in the U.S. are not the same as the suspected agent in this case, however. The suspected agent is aminopterin.

The info below is taken from a website for veterinary professionals (VIN) I mentioned earlier: [The wikipedia link above is better for more general info]

There is precedent for companies to reimburse pet owners for medical expenses incurred for these incidents. I would encourage anyone affected by this to look into this possibility.

Again, my sincere apologies to anyone and everyone affected by this unfortunate event.

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Those companies should pay the price, law suit !!!

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I am so sorry to hear about your cat. I would deff sue them, there is a class action lawsuit in the works. Many dogs/cats have died in the past few weeks bc of this.

I know that it wont bring the kitty back, but at least it will, hopefully, make the company check their quality control twice before shipping out their food.

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Thanks again, everyone. There are a couple of class action law suits in the making.

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Very sorry to hear that. Sue, seriously.

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