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Originally Posted by kariered  Update on Chewie:
For the past several days, Chewie had been fine, up until Sunday morning. Exactly one week from the first time he got really sick.
We woke up to Chewie getting sick in the bed (vomiting). He managed to vomit 2 more times after that in the next 10 minutes.
So we started to think that it definitely was something he had been eating. I went downstairs to get myself some breakfast and I looked down at his food dish and I noticed that he had eaten a small portion of his dog food. He hadn't been eating it really all week, maybe a little bit, but not much.
Then I started to think back over the past several months and he hadn't really been eating his dog food much at all. He had even lost a little bit of weight. So then I googled "dog vomits every week" and what came up was something about dog food recalls for Iams.
Now I was aware that some of the food Iams makes was recalled. But the food I had been feeding Chewie was not on the recall list. I had double, triple checked. But on this particular website, the person had said their dog was eating the Iams Prohealth and it had actually killed their dog. The dog's food had been sent off and had come back positive for salmonella.
So we immediately took up Chewie's food and gave him some canned pumpkin. As soon as he ate that (which he gobbled down), he was totally fine.
So we're thinking it was the Iams dog food all along. We are lucky it didn't end up killing him.
Now what do we do? Do I call Iams or the FDA? What do we feed Chewie? I have looked up what dog foods have been recalled and the list is enormous!!! I printed it out and it was at least 3 pages long.
Any suggestions? |
How scary, but I hope you have found the solution to Chewie's problems. Some foods to consider: Merrick Before Grain, Wellness Core, Natural Balance are all sold at PetSmart. If you have a pet specialty store near you: Orijen, Acana, Fromm, Go! are some other choices. Taste of the Wild is available at Tractor Supply, and Kirkland's is a decent choice from Costco.
Make sure you are storing the food correctly too. An opened bag of food should be used in a month. Preferably the bag should be kept in an airtight container and stored in a dry, temperature controlled place. I usually transfer food into a smaller container and wrap up the bag really tight. Always use all the kibble in the container before re-loading so that old kibble doesn't accumulate in the bottom. Wash and dry the container thoroughly before re-loading.
The better the kibble, the fewer the preservatives, and the faster it will go rancid if not handled properly. Rancid kibble will make a dog very sick.