Pet Food Recall, or, Why I Like My Vet

[cjsmith]

The pet food recall has now been expanded to include some dry foods, including (notably for me) Hill's m/d, commonly used for diabetic cats.

How do I know? My veterinarian's office took the time to call me. I went in today to exchange a big bag of Hill's for a big bag of Purina D/M.

They're also offering blood work free of charge for any cat who has been eating this food. For me that's all three cats. Little Girl will get blood drawn when she's in for her teeth cleaning (rescheduled due to the Busines Trip From Hell), and the other two will go in the following Saturday.

I'm impressed with my vet.

Comments

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

Our vet is good too. They also had composed a list of clients to call & warn about the Hill's m/d cat food recall. My mother dropped by with the bags of Hills M/D we had just before they were to call us. The replacement food we got is IVD (Royal Canin / Waltham) Calorie Control CC dry cat food for Shadow. (We, however, didn't get any offers for free blood work -- it looks like your vet is going above and beyond the call of duty!)

Shadow is also due for a teeth cleaning. We're not quite sure when we're scheduling that yet.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I think my vet is pretty conservative, always opting to test more rather than less. It makes the place expensive (ouch) but I can see why it would also contribute to them making an offer like this.

Good luck to Shadow on her teeth cleaning!