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by marylou on April 7th, 2007

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Is fancy feast cat food safe for my cat?

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  • by SAGE2 on March 24th, 2008

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    it's high in fat and calories

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  • by C-Bunny Ninja BOC Princess on March 24th, 2008

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    My cat has been eating Fancy Feast Gourmet Chicken since she began eating and I've never had a problem with her. She has never had any bowel problems or lethargy. Make sure there is nothing else around that your cat could've gotten into.You would be amazed what they get into.

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  • by Designer4theking...loves her kitties on October 2nd, 2008

    Designer4theking...loves her kitties

    Nope, very fatty and lots of chemicals look at the least of stuff and additives. Best bet pet store food not super market food.

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  • by l marems on August 19th, 2008

    l marems

    I nave always fed my cat fancy feast turkey giblets and thought that her throwing and diarrhea up was from old age. I found a stray kitten who was reasonably healthy except for fleas. I began feeding him fancy feast and he began to have the same symptoms as my older cat. Finally it got so bad that he had to go to the emergency room. They couldn't figure out what the problem was. he was dripping mucous instead of normal stools. i was desperate so i changed the cat food to proirity.he almost immediately became better as did my older cat.My older cat hasn't thrown up once or had diarrhea.
    I'm sure it was the fancy feast and have been checking for reacall notices.

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  • by Anonymous on July 16th, 2008

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    My siamese cat had been getting sick (throwing up) near daily on her fancy feast canned diet. She has been on it for years, but has only been getting sick in the last 8 months or so. She would throw up immediately after eating. I assumed it was hairballs or a sensitive stomach and didnt think it was the food. Every time I go to the vet, they say that fancy feast is "fine". The last time I went to the vet, I had the fortune of getting a fill in vet- he was a spcialist in animal nutrition (most vets are clueless in this department) and he said get her off it ASAP. I took his advice and put her on wellness which is no bi product and no fillers or junk. Its been months and she has not thrown up ONCE. I have been reading other stories that are very familiar- the throwing up, the lethargy- she was sleeping all day and I cant think its a coincidence. She is a NEW cat. She has been playing, running around and not lethargic and sleeping constantly. I feel terrible that I was feeding her something that was making her sick for so long- I had no idea. I am so thankful for the vet that told me to stop feeding it to her!

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  • by Anonymous on March 15th, 2008

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    I have been giving both of my cats Fancy Feast for the last four or five months. Now my oldest cat Cocoa who is almost 7 is very sick. He is walking around super slow and acting very strange and lethargic. He won't eat and kind of looks at his food but won't eat it anymore. We brought him to the vet the other day who said she really couldn't tell what was wrong without doing blood work which would have cost me $200 that I didn't have. He is not getting better however so I will have to bring him to another vet I can afford. Coincidentally, when the vet asked me what kind of cat food we feed him, she asked me specifically if I fed him Fancy Feast. I was feeding them that until today. I was giving them the expensive gourmet selections kind thinking they were eating like Kings. Now I feel terrible. I never thought it was his food because how could the stores be sellling it if something was wrong with it. Looking back, he threw up several times (along with my other cat once) since I've been giving it to him, but I thought it was because he was just puking up a hairball because he was eating less of the Purina One Hairball formula I've been giving them both. I wish I would have NEVER switched to giving them both that with Fancy Feast. After reading everyone else who's cats are sick who eat Fancy Feast I am really scared now. I pray he will be okay and everyone who reads this PLEASE don't take the chance on the Fancy Feast.

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  • by Little Miss Dangerous on April 7th, 2007

    Little Miss Dangerous

    Fancy feast cat food does not appear to be on the FDA recall list:

    http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html#recall

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  • by gondola on April 7th, 2007

    gondola

    Fancy Feast is a Purina product and was not affected by the recent pet food recall.

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  • by jtajr on February 20th, 2011

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    I recently rescued a 1 to 2 year old cat and have been feeding him Fancy Feast. I shop at costco and they sell a bundled variety pack of "Ocean Whitefish & Tuna," "Cod, Sole & Shrimp," and "Savory Salmon." The package and the cans all have the word "Classic" on them and the price comes out to about 44 cents a can which is pretty good in my area. His dry food is "Natural Balance - Original Ultra." He eats a lot of both wet and dry. Since my cat is a rescue, he was all skin and bones when I got him a couple of months ago and now he's looking much better - putting on some weight. I've never had a cat so I have no baseline on the lethargy, but he does occasionally throw up and his poop is solid and stinks to high heaven. After reading this string, I'll definitely put switching wet food brands on the top of my list of possible remedies if the puking becomes worse or diarrhea sets in. But I can't help but wonder if perhaps the "classic" varieties of fancy feast are practically equivalent to a different brand from the more adulterated varieties. Maybe it's the gravy causing problems for others.

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  • by heya on January 31st, 2011

    heya

    yah, otherwise they wouldn't be able to produce and market it in the stores

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  • by TheGrimReefer on January 31st, 2011

    TheGrimReefer

    It's safe like fast food and frozen meals are safe for humans.
    There's some pet food brands out there that are nothing but real food. (No preservatives, no diseased raccoon byproduct, no filler, no melamine, etc.) They cost more.

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  • by ginga356 on January 31st, 2011

    ginga356

    had to get back to you. dont know if youll see this message but here goes.
    i took my cat off the fancy feast and she has not vomited or had diareah all over my floor either. everything has returned to naoraml which is a home with two well behaved cats. i dont know if the problem was with the gravy selections with the fancy feast or just the fancy feast foods all together. she has been eating ff all her life[12 years], and has always had oatmeal like poop.....which isnt a healthy poop as im sure your aware of. however it was never a problem fpor her to use her box. however in the last several months she had figured out if she meows loud enough and long enough she would get me to give her more food. this was the real problem as she got an oily greasy overload from the ff. anyways...i dont care to test eother theory i have just taken her off it and she is now tasting weruva canned foods, natural instinct, and bff. she likes them all and shes pooping firm stoo;ls in her box regularly.

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  • by ginga356 on January 29th, 2011

    ginga356

    WELL ITS JUST ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER. I TOOK MY CAT OFF OF THE FANCY FEAST...SHE HASNT POOPED ON MY CARPET OR VOMITED SINCE TUESDAY. MY CAT HAD ALWAYS HAD SOFT POO AS SHE HAS ALWAYS EATEN FANCY FEAST. HOWEVER RECENTLY SHE HAD LEARNED THAT IF SHE JUMPS ON THE TABLE AND MEOWS ENOUGH TO ANNOY ME I WOULD GIVE HER MORE FOOD. THIS WAS THE PROBLEM AS HER NORMALLY OATMEAL LIKE POOP TURNED TO SYRUP LIKE POOP. IF YOUR CAT IS HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE THIS....TAKE HER OFF THE FANCY FEAST. I KNOW WHAT YOUR THINKING[MY CAT HAS ALWAYS EATEN FANCY FEAST..ITS NOT HER FOOD]. I DIDNT THINK IT WAS EITHER. AS A MATTER OF FACT I BLAMED 6 OTHER VARIABLES BEFORE I EVEN CONSIDERED IT TO BE HER FOOD. TOO MUCH OILY FANCY FEAST GAVE MY CAT DIAREAH AND VOMITTING ALL OVER MY HOUSE!

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  • by ginga356 on January 23rd, 2011

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    im almost glad to see the other problems people are having as i am at my wits end. i have two cats, and both are 12 years old. one of my cat eats anything and prefers dry food. my other cat[which strongly prefers fancy feast wet food] has been throwing up and has had diarreah for the last 6 to 8 months. the diarreah smells just putrid as well. she has been pooping outside of the box but still peeing in the box. her stools are always like diarreah [very difficult to get out of carpet]. i am going to not giving her fancy feast anymore and switch to the wellness. fancy feast has infact changed something in their food because i called them. i know their chicken and gravy has something different in the gravy because it says "new" on the can. the can itself says thicker gravy. well you cant make it thicker without adding something to it. this may be the problem. the lady at fancy feast told me their may be an "adjustment" period. well wth!......perhaps she can foot the bill for new carpet! the diarreah is so bad she scooting her butt all over my bed and other things as well. today is jan 24th 2011...starting tomorrow my cat will be switched to wellness...i will make it a point to check back in here to report the changes if any.

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  • by Carol_H6329 on January 16th, 2011

    Carol_H6329

    We fed our cat Fancy Feast for a long time without incident. However, recently she began throwing up several times a day and was very lethargic. A friend recommended a different food so we started feeding her a mixture of Blue Buffalo Wilderness dry and canned food, smaller portions 3-times a day. She has not thrown up since and seems to be more energetic. I'm not sure if we just got a bad batch of Fancy Feast or if they are putting something different in now.

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  • by glamorgirli on October 2nd, 2008

    glamorgirli

    I have a cat with hyperthyroism and she seems to do fine on it, with some other cheaper brands give her dirreah

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  • by wyldefyre on October 2nd, 2008

    wyldefyre

    my cat, who appears fine, eats both their dry and occasionally wet/can foods. He's been on others but appears to like FF best. It IS very fatty and greasy, -the dry even leaves residue on my hands but he gets a LOT of exercise, and is slim and trim, esp. for a middle-ager, and has no vomit issues whatsoever.

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  • by jtajr on February 20th, 2011

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