Hi Lacy,

One of my cats was sick last summer and was doing the lip licking thing.  We took her to a few different vets and they all said that licking the lips was a sign of upset stomach.  We never found out exactly what was wrong with our cat, but they suspected a bacterial overgrowth and she got better after taking antibiotics.

Diamond is in the process of announcing a recall on the following products:

Diamond Dog Wet food (can) 13 oz Lamb and Rice
Chicken Soup for the Petlovers Soul canned wet:

Kitten 5.5 oz
Puppy 13 oz

I just called the 800 number (800-658-0624)  and there is a message confirming it. 

They say that it is because of the rice protein, but I don't see any rice protein in the ingredients

Ingredients
    Chicken, salmon, chicken liver, turkey, duck, chicken broth, whole grain brown rice, white rice, oatmeal, potatoes, barley, egg product, guar gum, flaxseed meal, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, taurine, dried chicory root, carrageenan gum, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, biotin, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite (source of vitamin K), copper sulfate, calcium iodate and sodium selenite.

Thanks Gary.  I will definitely check the lot number ect. 

I feel pretty confident that it is safe (untainted) as it doesn't contain any wheat products, and the only corn product is corn starch (which I'm assuming is used for thickening the gravy).

Hi All,

Thanks very much for your opinions.  We bought about a month and a half's worth on Monday (we found a fantastic sale) before I even posted the question.  They are doing well enough on it that I don't feel bad feeding them the food that we've already bought (It's gotta be better than the Fancy Feast and Science Diet that we had them on and at the very least it appears safe) and in the meantime, there is a place close by that sells Merrick's.  I'll pick up a few cans of that and see what their opinion is.

Thanks again for your suggestions.  It's nice to have a place to share  what we find with everyone.

Those are the ingredients for the the dry food.  I am feeding them the chicken and the lamb canned food.

Chicken:

Chicken stock, chicken, liver, soy protein concentrate, rye flour, corn starch, dicalcium phosphate, salt, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, niacin supplement, inositol, vitamin A supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite, beta-carotene, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), choline chloride, taurine, minerals (zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), magnesium oxide.

Lamb:

Lamb stock, lamb, liver, soy protein concentrate, rye flour, corn starch, salt, pork by-products, dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, barley malt flour, calcium carbonate, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, niacin supplement, inositol, vitamin A supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite, beta-carotene, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), choline chloride, taurine, minerals (zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), magnesium oxide.

Thoughts?

I'm just curious if anyone else is feeding Nature's Recipe canned cat food.  I switched both of my cats to it (one was on Science Diet, and one was eating Fancy Feast.)  I tried Natural Balance, but My older cat wouldn't touch it (My younger cat will eat anything).  They both LOVE Nature's Recipe, and I'm pretty happy with it but still a little nervous about the fact that it's made by Del Monte.  They both get half a can in the morning, and half a can at night with a little bit of Chicken Soup for the cat lovers soul dry food as a snack before bed.

They seem to be doing really well on it but this whole thing makes me so nervous I just wanted to see if anyone had any horror stories that they've connected to Nature's Recipe.

This has been a invaluable website during this recall.  Thanks so much!