Area cat Dead after Eating Iams

Was the Iams? Don't know for sure. Cat had never had a problem with kidneys before. They re pretty sure it was the food.

   This is from the AP and is about the number of pets that have become ill or died from the recalled food;
   [linkhttp://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--petfoodrecall0327mar27,0,7093087.story]http://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--petfoodrecall0327mar27,0,7093087.story[/link];

    ALBANY, N.Y. -- Members of a veterinarians' Web site reported at least 471 cases of kidney failure among pets in the 10 days since a nationwide pet food recall and the founder of the site said the total could be in the tens of thousands.

Paul Pion, the founder of the Veterinary Information Network, a Web site of 30,000 veterinarians and veterinary students, said Tuesday the number of reported cases had already grown higher than the 471, but he wouldn't have an updated tally for a few days.

Of the 471 cases reported, 104 animals died, 59 survived and the rest were still undergoing treatment, Pion said. The survey results were earlier reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory last week identified the rodent poison aminopterin as the likely culprit in the scare that prompted the recall of 95 brands of "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food by Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada.

"I'm sure we haven't seen half the cases and if you double what we've seen, it's a thousand," Pion told The Associated Press Tuesday. "If we're only getting 10 percent of the veterinarians, you can do the math."

We're not sure how far this will go, so we are using more dry food in the short term. It's unclear how many brands the manufacturer makes. Be careful.