I still am not 100% sure but I THINK these milkbone chews may have upset Jackson's tummy too, but it could've been other factors.
A few months ago, Jackson had an upset tummy and threw up 3-4 times throughout one weekend. It's really rare for him to be sick like that, he has always been able to switch foods easily, etc. But the two things I had done different were feeding the Rachel Ray canned food and feeding MilkBone dental treats. I went to open a new tub of the RR food (I had a box of 8 of them) and the food smelled NASTY, it was like rancid and just... not right. So obviously I threw it away along with the rest of the box. But the ones he HAD eaten were *not* rancid-smelling. It was odd because all the other tubs of food 'smelled' fine and he HAD eaten the RR wet food in the past. But the only two things I could attribute it to was those, so we just stopped feeding both and never will again to be safe. I was prepared to take him to the vet but once we stopped these and he ate chicken/rice for two days, he got better.
So basically I still don't know if it was the milkbone chew or not. It's a shame because, like Nancy said, I liked that they were VOHC approved, but he didn't seem to like them all that much anyway. We do Dentastix and he also gets Purina Chews (also VOHC approved). No problems w/ those. |