That's right. They have made their demands known and will settle for nothing less than more time with their beloved Franny. And anyone who has ever been owned by a cat ... Read More

This is Abi checking out a catnip flavored bubble. - ©Chris Pierce Cats Pictures of the Week are selected from general photo submittals. (I do not accept photos submitted ... Read More

Since most of my readers do not have to have information spoon-fed to them, I will just post the relevant material with links to the sources. Chenango Valley Pet Foods Issues ... Read More

Thanks to a reader for emailing this information from Natural Balance Pet Foods: Breaking Voluntary Recall News: Thursday, April 26th, 2007 Our canned food manufacturer, American Nutrition, from Ogden Utah, just informed ... Read More

Monday, April 23, 2007: China gave the FDA permission to enter the country to investigate the export of contaminated pet food ingredients to the U. S. "The FDA [also] confirmed ... Read More

Q. Are rice gluten, rice bran, and other forms of rice contaminated with melamine? These additional cat food recalls are becoming confusing. Now we're told that foods containing rice protein concentrate ... Read More

The American Bobtail originated in the late 1960s with a male brown tabby kitten with a bobtail found on an Indian reservation in the Southwest U.S. The couple who found ... Read More

Q. I am so disgusted with the pet food industry that I refuse to buy any more commercial cat foods. Why can't I just feed my cats human-grade canned tuna ... Read More

I'm not the only one wondering why it's taking the FDA so long to locate the last two manufacturers who received tainted Chinese rice protein concentrate from importer Wilbur Ellis. ... Read More

I was surfing the Web early this morning, from the new site of a relatively new friend, Martine Carlsen, to the site of a very old friend, Tim Thompson, who ... Read More

My husband and I invited Cousteau into our lives about a year ago after our ginger girl Lali went missing in the mountain area next to our house one night ... Read More

A Reader Asks:One of the foods I feed my cat contains wheat germ, and another has wheat bran on the label. I'm scared because of the pet food recall of ... Read More

In a breaking news story from the Sacramento Bee, it was disclosed that melamine, the toxic chemical responsible for the recall of thousands of pet food products, has been found ... Read More

The Blue Buffalo Pet Food Company has announced the recall of one of their cat food lines: Spa Select Kitten Dry Food. The notice, posted as a window notice on ... Read More

Royal Canin U.S. has recalled seven dog food formulas and one cat forumula (Feline Hypoallergenic HP23™) because of Chinese-sourced rice protein concentrate. The Royal Canin notice did not mention whether ... Read More

It appears that the potential exists for more pet foods to be recalled because of the possibility of contaminated rice protein concentrate. Wednesday, April 18, 2007, Wilbur-Ellis company, an importer, ... Read More

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro met with FDA Commissioner, Andrew von Eschenbach to discuss the latest recall of pet food, this time caused by contaminated rice ... Read More

ninjanun says: We just switched our cat to the Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care based on Franny’s recommendation (the only cat food on the list I could find in my area). ... Read More

The ongoing recalled pet food mysteries deepened today when Natural Balance President Joey Herrick, told USA Today that melamine has been found in its two recalled products, Venison & Green ... Read More

Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Pet Foods has announced the recall of its Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat Foods, and Venison & Brown Rice Dog Foods. The announcement on ... Read More

This is my cat Thomas. We've had him now for a year and he's grown into quite a handsome cat. He's looking out the window at the birds perched on ... Read More

In a press release yesterday, the FDA warned consumers that some of the pet foods on the recall list may still be on retailer's shelves. That organization is also keeping ... Read More

A hearing will be held today at 2:00 p.m. ET in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, will apparently chair the hearing to investigate the ongoing pet ... Read More

April is a transitional month. It hasn't decided if it is really Spring yet, but also surprises us now and then with warm days that sneak a hint of things ... Read More

As new events unfold involving the Menu Foods pet food recalls, the sequence of reported recall news in retrospect becomes somewhat confusing, albeit very interesting. Certainly, during this past month, ... Read More

A stunning odd-eyed white cat, dubbed "Macavity," has charmed bus driver Bill Khunkhun and passengers with his regular "stow-away" habits on Khunkhun's bus No. 311. Macavity hops on the ... Read More

In a press release today, Menu Foods has announced the recall of a number of new products manufactured in its plant in its plant in Streetsville, Ontario with production dates ... Read More

Due to several circumstances, the Photo of the Week that normally appears each Saturday is slightly delayed. I think you will feel it is worth the wait, though, when you ... Read More

The list of contaminated foods continues to grow as veterinarians and consumers demand testing. Sharp-eyed veterinarians treating a sick cat at the Mill Valley Clinic sent three cans of cat food ... Read More

I've seen so many comments, Cats Forum posts, and emails about cats lost to tainted foods from the pet food recall, that it is heart-wrenching. One of the first reactions ... Read More

I'm always a little concerned when the voting is so close for Cat of the Month, because my timing in checking the polls can make a lot of difference. March's ... Read More

I'm bringing yet another comment to the light of day for the benefit of my readers. In my blog entry post, Top Picks of Dry Foods, Connie says: "Please reconsider advocating ... Read More

Since the pet food recall, I've received a number of comments and emails as to why Blue Spa Select has not shown up in my Cat Food Top Picks or ... Read More

CNN broadcasted last night a startling new theory being explored by the FDA that the melamine contamination in the recalled foods could have been placed there intentionally, with the intent ... Read More

Yet another pet food manufacturer has recalled several products due to wheat gluten contamination by melamine. Sunshine Mills, based in Red Bay, Alabama has voluntarily recalled several of its branded ... Read More

Here's a Happy Easter wish to all those who celebrate it. We'll have a quiet day at home, and I might even dye some Easter Eggs, but I'll just admire ... Read More

In a press release dated today, Menu Foods has expanded its pet food recall list to include other foods prepared with wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra, the U.S. and Canada ... Read More

Bringing up from a buried blog comment:I am so sorry about your troubles with your cat. Since so many other posters are asking what they can feed their cats, I've ... Read More

In a somewhat less than forthright maneuver, in the FDA's press conference on March 30th, representative refused to disclose the name of the manufacturer of the contaminated wheat gluten. On ... Read More

The Menu Foods pet food recall of March 16, 2007, has cat lovers scrambling to find "safe" food for their cats. I have been concerned at some of the comments ... Read More

Updated today to add a number of "grocery store" and premium dry brand foods and flavors. While I'd like to be able to include every commercial cat and dog food ... Read More

A reader posted (under the Cat Breed of the Week blog entry): I am surprised that there still is no mention of the Del Monte recall on this site. The ... Read More

The Abyssinian, fondly called the Aby, is a lively and active cat. Many Abysssinians love water. Be prepared to provide plenty of interactive play for an Aby cat, and you ... Read More

As more and more people become conscious of the health of their cats, they find themselves turning toward more natural solutions. The ongoing saga of recalled commercial cat foods has ... Read More

Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide to Chemistry, explains how the combination of melamine and wheat gluten in pet foods might have had a toxic effect on pets eating contaminated ... Read More

According to a press release from Business Wire, Eight in One, Inc., is recalling all lots of Dingo CHICK'N JERKY treats from retailers. The PR goes on to say that ... Read More