BLUE BUFFALO INDOOR HEALTH CAT FOOD IS BAD FOR YOUR CAT !!!Well folks add another victim to the growing list of sick cats and Vet bills. My short hair white cat w/ gold eyes (ROCKET), is 3 yrs. old. A total “city cat” (indoor). Has never eaten anything other than Blue Buffalo, Indoor Health (sic), well he has crystals formed in his urinary tract, his kidneys are in fairly bad shape, he is dehydrated and his urine output is miniscuel. He is a 18 pd. lean,lanky,lovin machine. Never been sick until today, our vet said there is a recall on this food, when you go to bluebuf.com and click the recall all it does is open up a huge page extolling the virtues of their products. Another example of GREEDY CORPORATE JACKALOPES, who if they harm or kill our pets, we are left in a legal limbo that has practically no recourse for those of us who have to endure these MUDDOBBERS mistakes. Emotionally and Financially, @#@$^%& @#$%*^%$

My two cats are now eating Blue Buffalo. At first they were a bit unsure. They ate another cheaper dry kibble which they loved. However the ingredients were horrible. I don’t put any stock in to vitamins. I would like to see a study which shows vitamins effect on cats/dogs, short and long term. I like BB because it is readily available and meaty ingredients.

Loved reading all your posts. Wanted to share my vast research after spending $5000 on vet bills for my mast cell cancer kitty. It has been a journey for us both but one day [post diagnosis/oncologist/surgery i.e. having kitty's spleen removed] I heard a homeopath on the radio, named Pat McKay. Pls google her. I put her website as a link & hope you will take a few minutes out of your day to read her “free” ebooks regarding animals and their eating habits. For yrs I wondered why my kitty ate so little & was so finicky. He adopted me as a healthy, shiny, strong feral. I truly believe his diet is the cause of his cancer and feed him only raw now. It is not as hard as some of the web info makes it out to be and for the amount of money I’ve spent to extend his precious life, it is worth it to do the extra work necessary to keep him healthy now. It actually costs less then canned & dry cat food. Dry kibble is poison. The reason animals love it so much is the same reason we love fast food. It has addictive, high caloric, non nutritional ingredients. Pat has an amazingly simple raw diet recipe. And she explains why cats are finicky when we feed them different foods. This is not spam. Everything on her site is free. She has 30 yrs experience and my kitty is thriving even with cancer, 5 mths post surgery. Pet food and vets are a huge $ making venture. Pls don’t let your fur baby be a product of the diseases commercial foods incur on our loved ones. I came to this site because I’ve read the ingredients in Blue Buffalo and feel it’s better then most but perhaps after you read about how these foods are not regulated by the FDA and anything can go into the processing of pet food, you will reconsider and take the time and have patience with your animals in the “re-learning” of a healthier way to eat. The reason they don’t take to new foods is because what they are fed as kittens is learned and they just need some patience in changing their diets. It took me 2 mths to get both my cats totally on raw food so do your research. If you can afford the Blue Buffalo, go for the wet and not the dry and be patient while your baby learns it’s safe for them to digest. Much love to you on this amazing journey with such pure positive energy we connect with via our pets. =*^*=

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My 15 year old cat is diabetic and now has cancer. He stopped eating his dry WD cat food. I bought Blue Buffalo Wilderness and he eats very well and has gained weight!

I switched to blue buffalo because of its ingredients. No Wheat, Soy, or Corn. Bad for allergies!! It also doesnt contain any crappy fillers!! Vets push all these supposedly healthy urinary tract formulas, etc that are high in carbs, grains and other unneccesary dangerous toxins. I have a 10 year old himmi whose coat went from dull and greasy to shiny, full and doesnt even knot!!!!! I have 3 other himmis that have much better coat, bright eyes, and the best part, Hairballs are almost none existant compared to daily, I might find one once a momth!! I will never change back to any other brands. By the way all you people out there that swear by ROYAL CANIN–READ THE LABELS, packrd with corn, wheat, and soy fillers and by products etc!! yuck

my 9 yr old nuetered male is doing ok with dry blue buffalo. he prefers it to others so far. for hairball control i get all natural liver treats. his stools get too hard with some foods. 2 yrs on it. cost is a little more but he seems to like it.

Just wanted to get your take on Blue Buffalo Wilderness vs Royal Canin Pea & Rabbit. My vet recommended that I put my 11 year old cat Phoebe on the Royal Canin due to problems with diarrhea and liver issues. He indicated that the limited ingredients would help with the loose stool. I’ve noticed that she has better formed stool when she’s fed the wet version in conjunction with the dry food version of the Canin but that only seems to work for a short while. It worked for a few months but now she’s having prob w/loose stool again. Since it was recommended by the vet I didn’t read the ingredients on the Canin but since seeing the ads for Blue, I’ve noticed that there seems to be quite a bit of grain in the list of ingredients on Canin. I had heard good things about Blue Buffalo and it’s “all natural, no grain” ingredients. Any thoughts on this?

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My 12 year old Siamese cat has food allergies and have tried so many foods, even grocery store brands loaded with fillers and ingredients he couldn’t take. I bought Blue Basics Limited Ingredient Formula for him and he’s had the same kind of stools you described and gas. Yesterday it was so bad, it was everywhere but the litter box. I hope like you I can find a food that won’t cause him so much misery. This in the beginning worked but not for long. Glad I found your comments.
My comments are out of concern for my cat and in no way meant to degrade Blue Buffalo in any way.

I’ve been feeding my cat Luna nothing but holistic dry cat food since I adopted her. She started out with Felidae and it was good. I wanted to try other foods and purchased Solid gold that was good too. However she was getting really fat so I decided to go with Nutro Indoor cat and still the same. Now that I switched over to Blue Buffalo Weight mgmnt all is well. She’s not picky about dry foods but wet foods she is. I tried all wet foods, expensive and cheap, and she likes Fancy Feast, Tiki Cat, and Merrick. I have noticed she won’t eat pate style cat food. It has to be chunky. And yes, I’ve consulted with my Vet and I only allow her to 2/3 cup dry food a day and two spoonfuls of wet a day as well. In between she gets Greenies cat snacks. My girl is a beautiful black cat and her coat is glossy and she’s a healthy 4yr old girl!!

I fed my 4 mos. old kitten BLUE dry kitten food. He loved it, but after a week or two, we noticed his stool was really loose and really smelly. He also had a lot of gas. After switching his dry food (to a cheaper, less “whole food” ingredient brand), the loose stool and gas ceased almost immediately. A shame, because I really like the ingredients. I wonder, however, if the broccoli or berries in the ingredients affected him. (I know these ingredients affect certain humans as such.) I might try to switch his dry food again to the BLUE brand or another brand with more natural (high protein, low filler/carbs, whole foods) ingredients when he is a little older to see if his older system can digest it better then.

Hey there just replying to your post, that is terrible!! It may not be the blue food though, I did alot of researching because my cats are”picky” about what they eat, so I switched up their food a little. Sometimes switching back and forth from food to food is not good for their systems and can lead to these problems (crystals, diarrhea) because the contents of each food is very different, some have higher sodium and wheat content then others. Just saying that maybe a micture of the canin iams and blue was not a good idea.

Hi I have 2 male cats, one is about 2 and the other is about 6. Within the past 8 months I have switched cat food from a cheap purina naturals brand hardfood to blue indoor health hardfood. My cats absolutely love the hard food – and are fond of the wet food as well (although they seem to like the hard stuff more) I like this food – because there is no animal by-product in it (keep in mind animal by-product can be any animal) Also, this food as well as “wellness” brand contain cranberries and its verryyy important if your cat is fixed and more specific male, as it is common for them to get crystals in urine which turn into kidney stones – can result in a very expensive vet bill. The amount of fruits and cranberries in the food keep the cats urinary tract healthy. As well as other benefits to the food. I am a pro-blue mommy

I have been feeding a blend of Iams dry and Royal Canin Oral Sensitive for quite a while. I added Blue Adult Health to the blend. After 2 months, My 9 yr old male had an emergency vet visit showing Struvite crystals and quite a lot of pain (not to mention expensive emergency care). My 10 yr old female’s coat became dull and greasy and she became quite lethargic. I just thought you should know. It seems holistic is a good thing to feed pets, but at what cost to their overall health?
If it had been just one cat with health issues, I would chalk it up to coincidence, but 2…must bee the new food.

I feed my cats the no grain version of dry food. I think it’s better for them as their main dietary requirement is for protein, not grains.

Charles Tinkle: older cat losing weight with no diet change be thinking diabetes melitis or hyperthyroidism. The VET is not just trying to make money–they care about your pet and want them to live a long and healthy life with you.

Janet: Hills does not “pay for the teaching of nutrition” traditionally they were the only ones there that offered any outside information on nutrition. They only talked about how their PRESCRIPTION diets can help with various disease conditions. Now Royal Canin and Purina offer prescription diets as well. Basic nutrition is taught from standard textbooks

My cat, Belle, eats only dry cat food. I used Iams and Science Diet for most of her life. After 12 years, Belle started loosing weight and became very boney. Took her to the Vet and he said she looked like she had Cat Diabetes. He wanted me to put her through many expensive tests and then be ready to give her insulin shots daily. After quick research online, I came across Blue Buffalo. Since Belle has started eating Blue Buffalo she has gained much of her weight back and seems much happier. I’m really pleased. The vet pretty much had her in the grave if I didn’t give her insulin. I know the Vet has got to earn a living too. My vet didn’t mention anything about changing to a better quality food. Glad I found Blue Buffalo in time.

Horrible! I just started feeding my animals the Blue Wilderness Chicken cat food and there were plastic chunks on the kibbles. I’m assuming they were plastic they will be sending me something to send a sample of the food back for testing.

The refuse to contact any of the stores with the information that came from the same factory until they test the kibble. But by that time anyone who buys this will clearly feed it to their cat.

The woman was RUDE, lied about this happening before and refused to give me to a manager.

Horrible service. I’m not sticking with a company that will allow to let their defected items be sold until they are tested.

After using google I’ve noticed this isnt the first time this has happened with them. BOOOO!!!!!!