@countingcrowdsPLEASE BE CAREFUL FOR ANYONE WHO USES “BLUEBUFFALO” FOR THEIR DOGS!!
And cats. Blue Buffalo killed @sidneystrange ‘s cat.
THIS THIS THIS!!
I’ve been telling everyone I know for YEARS not to buy Blue Buffalo.
This is the short story:
A few years ago I took my sick cat, Ankh, to the vet. The vet and vet tech asked what I fed her. I told them Blue Buffalo. They looked like I had just told them I fed her razor blades and cyanide. They diagnosed her with pancreatitis and said that nearly all of the cats they’d been seeing lately with pancreatitis were being fed Blue Buffalo. They gave her medicine and sent her home. Two days later she had a seizure and died right in my arms.
The day after she died Hannibal started displaying the same symptoms she had so I panicked hard and took him to the vet. Got the same meds and the same diagnosis. Luckily Hannibal survived.
I wish Ankh had survived. She was only ten and the best cat I’ve ever had. Literally the best and five years later I still cry when I think about her.
FUCK BLUE BUFFALO.
I don’t know the full story behind the tweets above, but a Google search shows there HAVE been several recalls regarding this brand, especially in 2016. I would absolutely avoid as it is not worth the risk.
Good god thank you so much for sharing this because I’ve lately been considering switching to this brand cus it’s supposed to be so much better than all the others but good god what the hell.
I just did some serious research on cat food because I got a new kitten, and I’m going to add a rec to this for cat owners going “I USE BLUE BUFFALO, SHIT.”
The food I picked for Atem is Triumph Chicken and Rice. It made multiple “best cat foods of 2016” lists, has nutritional quantity enough to be usable across the cat’s life without needing kitten/elderly cat food, has had no recalls that I could find, is grain-free, and multiple user reviews said their cats seemed to enjoy it a lot. (And he’s growing headlong on it.) I got mine from chewy.com, but it’s also on Amazon and I wouldn’t be surprised if Petco carries it.
If you need to switch off Blue Buffalo to protect your cat, look into Triumph. (They also make dog food! But I did not research that, because Atem is not a dog.)
