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It is certainly a concern with me if something were to happen with my animals I would be devastated, we recently had to put down our special needs kitty Wookie that has feline lukemia, Jim is her brother and lukemia free thankfully. I do wonder if the food did something to Wookie but everyone else has been fine but for a minor urinary tract infection in Spotted One, that resolved though the same day I borrowed $400 on my Dad's credit card to take him to the vet. He was FINE as soon as we got home but of course we had anti biotics and pain control and subQ fluids (oh he LOVED(not) those!), and the vet said with all her symptoms it was just her bone marrow stopped working. Wookie and Jim's family history is just tragic I could do a whole story on it!
Science Diet is a concern to me, had major recall issues and is not at all what it's cracked up to be, the vets get A LOT of kickback for using it and pushing it. SOME Rx formulas are valuable, but the CORN is just CRAP. Dogs and cats have simple stomach that CAN NOT digest corn. Period. Ground or not like the SD reps say makes its "good." Ultimately corn is sweet and cheap and it makes a good cheap filler.
Think about what your cat is, a carnivore, why would you feed a lion or tiger corn? You wouldn't! THink about the animals that eat corn naturally, cows, sheep, goats, horses. They all have either a multiple stomach system of 3 or 4 stomachs (Cow+Goats 4) or a specialized organ called the cecum that is specially suited to digest plant material.
Innova though is a GREAT food, I would switch to just Innova if I was you. I am going to go on Innova if I can as soon as these Canidae freebies are up or if there are issues I will be demanding they give me Innova for the Canidae. The best way to judge the quality of a dog or cat food is the first several ingredients, first you want to see a specific meat meal, be it chicken or fish or lamb. Meal means your meats cooked so when your kibble cooks you don't lose the fat and water in the meat and then your meat is actually ingredient #5. So if you see "turkey, chicken, etc" as #1 really thats ingredient #5. You also want to see NO by products as they may contain heads, feet, and intestines of the animal they were from. Meal comes from the meat you and I would eat ourselves. Paul says avoid glutens of any kind.
I hope you don't mind some good hearted education/preaching on this topic! I don't think you'd be here if you didn't want the absolute BEST for your babies. I know my education in pet nutrition has come a long ways since I fed whatever was cheapest that the cats liked at the grocery store.
Whitney, my you have a household! you are one busy gal! i hope nothing ever happens to your animals on account of the foods out there.
Anicka