Well, I've switched to a different brand of dry food for Monty, one that I know is not on the list. But I've been giving him Special Kitty kibble all this time and he hasn't been sick since July. That, as i remember, was when I did buy a package of the sliced meat & gravy for him as a treat. We didn't think the food was the problem, the vet suspected he was a bit dehydrated as it was very hot and he'd also gotten into a fight with another cat awhile earlier so I was thinking of an infection.  They gave him his shots and told me to make sure he had plenty of extra liquids, milk if he wouldn't take water. Which he wouldn't, and that was strange as he liked water but didn't care much for milk. Anyway I started giving him that several times a day with bottled water and after a week or two he was all right. No infection so it must've been not enough liquids the vet said and neither of us thought any more than that about it. But he had all the symptoms of this poison. I think  now the only thing that saved him was that it was a very small amount of bad food -- just one pouch and not all at once as it was not his regular diet -- plus all that milk and water flushed the chemical out of his system. That, and he eats more "people" food than cat food, though I'm careful not to give him "junk" like Cheetos and what-have-you. Mostly he gets meat with the occasional bit of veggie -- he likes green peas and the vet said it was okay if it was limited so he doesn't get too many carbohydrates. Last thing I need is an overweight, diabetic cat.

I hear it sometimes takes a few weeks for symptoms to show if  a cat or dog's gotten any of the bad food. And although the dry food is supposedly safe, and my fuzzy brat didn't get any of the others on the list except that one time from which he recovered, I'm still worried about this. He's due for his shots again soon, think I'll ask the vet to check out his kidneys too, just in case.