Pressure is being put on Purina to remove its brand of cat food, Felix As Good As It Looks, from shelves across the UK after owners claimed the new recipe was making their pets ill. The recipe for the popular food was changed in March 2021, with many cat owners subsequently claiming their pets began experiencing kidney problems, were vomiting and feeling lethargic, reports MailOnline.
More than 28,000 people joined a Facebook group called Cats Recently Affected By Felix Food, and last year the group received more than 11,000 signatures when it launched a change.org petition calling for the product to be recalled. Purina insisted it has carried out extensive safety checks and has not found any link between the product and illness.
Among the owners who claims to have been affected is Julie Ashley, from London, who has five cats, aged 18 months to 14 years. She said she has always fed her pets Felix, but noticed they all started behaving differently in March last year. Julie said her eldest cat was affected the most, describing symptoms such has “projectile diarrhoea”.
