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Some of the test results on Clyde's kidney tests have come back. Nothing so far to explain what may have caused his illness.
Up until a couple days ago the rash of sickness and death's in cats and dogs across the nation has been traced to wheat gluten extracted from wheat from China. Wikipedia has a good definition of wheat gluten. It is a wheat substitute for a soy substitute for meat.
The vet said that Clyde's illness was similar symptom-wise to to the illnesses found in the cats and dogs who ate the canned or pouched food tainted with the bad wheat gluten.
We have not worried about the dog food scare because we have been feeding Bonnie and Clyde dry Iam's dog food. Well, yesterday the maker of Science Diet dog and cat food recalled their "Prescription Diet" kibble for cats because it might contain the tainted wheat gluten.
I did some google research and found that PETA has been getting many calls from pet owners who have been feeding their cats and dogs dry food and getting sick. Proctor & Gamble makes Iams, and they have been vehemently defending their product. They say they do not use wheat gluten in their dry pet food.
Iams has just been warned about using chromium tripicolinate, an unregulated chemical, in their weight control dog foods. We have been feeding our dogs Iams Minichunks.
It is curious that Clyde got so sick and Bonnie did not.
If it happens to turn out than the Iams dry dog food, one explanation for Clyde getting sick and not Bonnie might be that Clyde is bigger than Bonnie and I assume he eats a lot more.
It will be interesting to see how this all turns out.
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