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CINCINNATI -- A recall remains in effect for more than 80 brands of dog and cat food produced by Menu Foods, a contract manufacturer for Procter and Gamble.

Investigators are studying wheat gluten, a filler for the pet food, as the possible source of the contamination, which puts dogs and cats at risk of kidney failure.

Pet-food stores and veterinarians received calls all weekend from pet owners worried about the recall and possible symptoms of kidney failure“People are concerned, (asking) are there blood tests we can do to make sure my pet didn't get this,” said Dr. Paul Levitaz, a Mt. Lookout veterinarian.

Animals suffering from kidney failure may drink more water or urinate more often than usual, and Levitaz said pet owners should be worried if their pet begins to suddenly vomit, not want to eat or lack energy.

Edie Mosley’s cat displayed some of those symptoms and she discovered it had eaten some of the recalled food.

She said she would take the food back to Kroger, where she’d bought it.

Many stores, including PetSmart, have pulled all of its affected products and posted warnings explaining the recall.

Menu Foods have set up two telephone hot lines that customers can call to check out the recall list, but News 5’s Emily Longnecker reported that she could not complete a call despite repeated attempts.

To find out which Menu Foods products have been recalled, click here.http://www.menufoods.com/recall/

I checked the list right after hearing about the recall. Luckily all the cat food we have had the last few weeks has been fancy feast. I feel bad for the people who've lost their pets.

Woder what was in the wheat gluten that made them sick?

At first, I thought this was going to be something about Beastiality and needed to be locked.

Zombie Starscream wrote:Woder what was in the wheat gluten that made them sick?

Wheat Gluten isn't easy on humans either apparently. There's quite a few people that are allergic to it, and it's a deadly reaction, like being allergic to peanuts. Throat swells shut, hives, etc.

In general, I'm sure it must be harmless, but anything that's causing this much trouble...they need to find a substitute for.

A lady on the news was talking about the recall and said she found it a bit ironic as she buys high end dog food to prolong her dog's life. I have to buy special food for my cat since she's a bit inbred and has digestive issues. Thankfully the brand I buy wasn't on the list.

Autobot032 wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:Woder what was in the wheat gluten that made them sick?

Wheat Gluten isn't easy on humans either apparently. There's quite a few people that are allergic to it, and it's a deadly reaction, like being allergic to peanuts. Throat swells shut, hives, etc.

In general, I'm sure it must be harmless, but anything that's causing this much trouble...they need to find a substitute for.

i very much doubt it's an allergic reaction, as that would mean something is wrong with the pet and not the food(unless it's something in the food that isn't usually there, in which case it isn't a gluten allergy)

my guess is an excess of Raphides, calcium oxalate in particular, which can cuase Digestive upset, liver and kidney damage, and death...

Me and my dad buy Special Kitty for our cat fortunally we buy
only can foods. We buying her Fancy Feast as well.

Well, I guess my cat's okay; not drinking any more water than usual (though she can be a bit picky when it comes to food) and I get most of my food from Purina.

Tammuz wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:Woder what was in the wheat gluten that made them sick?

Wheat Gluten isn't easy on humans either apparently. There's quite a few people that are allergic to it, and it's a deadly reaction, like being allergic to peanuts. Throat swells shut, hives, etc.

In general, I'm sure it must be harmless, but anything that's causing this much trouble...they need to find a substitute for.

i very much doubt it's an allergic reaction, as that would mean something is wrong with the pet and not the food(unless it's something in the food that isn't usually there, in which case it isn't a gluten allergy)

my guess is an excess of Raphides, calcium oxalate in particular, which can cuase Digestive upset, liver and kidney damage, and death...

I think calcium oxalate might be among one of the soluble oxalates. I think one of the places its found is in Rhubarb leaves, and eating the leaves is deadly. Do they add this stuff a lot to pet foods or is it an accidental contamination thing?

wheat glueton was the cause

Autobot032 wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:Woder what was in the wheat gluten that made them sick?

Wheat Gluten isn't easy on humans either apparently. There's quite a few people that are allergic to it, and it's a deadly reaction, like being allergic to peanuts. Throat swells shut, hives, etc.

In general, I'm sure it must be harmless, but anything that's causing this much trouble...they need to find a substitute for.

How long do you think they were using the wheat gluten? If it were relatively recently, that would explain it, but if they have been using it for a long time, then it is more of a mystery to why pets were getting sick.

Zombie Starscream wrote:

Tammuz wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:Woder what was in the wheat gluten that made them sick?

Wheat Gluten isn't easy on humans either apparently. There's quite a few people that are allergic to it, and it's a deadly reaction, like being allergic to peanuts. Throat swells shut, hives, etc.

In general, I'm sure it must be harmless, but anything that's causing this much trouble...they need to find a substitute for.

i very much doubt it's an allergic reaction, as that would mean something is wrong with the pet and not the food(unless it's something in the food that isn't usually there, in which case it isn't a gluten allergy)

my guess is an excess of Raphides, calcium oxalate in particular, which can cuase Digestive upset, liver and kidney damage, and death...

I think calcium oxalate might be among one of the soluble oxalates. I think one of the places its found is in Rhubarb leaves, and eating the leaves is deadly. Do they add this stuff a lot to pet foods or is it an accidental contamination thing?

I'm not a botanist, but i recall that raphides are basically form from the waste substances formed by the plant and being the wheat gluten and raphides are both found in ergastically i don't think it's too much of leap of faith to suppose that the somehow the wheat glutten was contaminated with some, or the raphides not extracted, or the wheat grown is such a manner to increase the concentration of raphides in the cells.

i could be wrong of course

Tammuz wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:

Tammuz wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Zombie Starscream wrote:Woder what was in the wheat gluten that made them sick?

Wheat Gluten isn't easy on humans either apparently. There's quite a few people that are allergic to it, and it's a deadly reaction, like being allergic to peanuts. Throat swells shut, hives, etc.

In general, I'm sure it must be harmless, but anything that's causing this much trouble...they need to find a substitute for.

i very much doubt it's an allergic reaction, as that would mean something is wrong with the pet and not the food(unless it's something in the food that isn't usually there, in which case it isn't a gluten allergy)

my guess is an excess of Raphides, calcium oxalate in particular, which can cuase Digestive upset, liver and kidney damage, and death...

I think calcium oxalate might be among one of the soluble oxalates. I think one of the places its found is in Rhubarb leaves, and eating the leaves is deadly. Do they add this stuff a lot to pet foods or is it an accidental contamination thing?

I'm not a botanist, but i recall that raphides are basically form from the waste substances formed by the plant and being the wheat gluten and raphides are both found in ergastically i don't think it's too much of leap of faith to suppose that the somehow the wheat glutten was contaminated with some, or the raphides not extracted, or the wheat grown is such a manner to increase the concentration of raphides in the cells.

i could be wrong of course

Raphides are found in wheat? So is eating raw wheat bad for you?

not usually but if infected with a fungi they can. course don't go overdoing on the wheat too much ruffage is bad for your colon.

i heard on my local news the cause is rat poisoning

I can't remember what the rat poison is called, but it is of a kind that is not registered for use in the U.S., and it is used to treat cancer too.

here's the info The substance in the food was identified as aminopterin, a cancer drug that once was used to induce abortions in the United States and is still used to kill rats in some other countries, state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker said.