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Old November 12th 04, 02:38 PM
Rob
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Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the other
silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can
looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and neither
of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two
cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering
if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this
stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in the
basement). Anyone else encountered this?


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Old November 12th 04, 04:08 PM
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I suggest that you call Old Mother Hubbard at 1-800-225-0904 and ask
them. Have the best by dates on hand when you call. If your cats won't
eat it you can return the rest of the case.


---MIKE---

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Old November 12th 04, 05:55 PM
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I was looking over the bottom of Wellness cans to sort out non GW from GW
for my cats and I noticed that some of the GW cans appeared rather rusty and
old on the bottom.

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Old November 13th 04, 05:12 AM
Elizabeth Blake
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"Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01...
Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the

other
silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can
looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and

neither
of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two
cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering
if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this
stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in

the
basement). Anyone else encountered this?


I have several cases of Wellness 5.5oz and 3oz cans in different flavors on
hand. Some are GW and some are W. All of the 5.5oz cans are silver colored
and the 3oz cans are gold. My cats have been eating all of them with no
problem. I usually split a 5.5oz can between the two in the morning, and
split a 3oz can in the evening. I used to do another 5.5oz in the evening
but they'd usually leave half of it. They both gobble up the Wellness no
matter the flavor, can size or code.

--
Liz


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Old November 13th 04, 09:56 AM
Phil P.
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"Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01...
Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the

other
silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can
looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and

neither
of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two
cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering
if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this
stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in

the
basement). Anyone else encountered this?



The difference between the "G" and "GW" is brown rice. I think the "GW"
contains the rice - not sure.






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Old November 13th 04, 05:40 PM
Rhonda
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Looks like W or GW is the plant where it is made. Here's an excerpt from
the food tables at http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/jmpeerson/canfood.html:

November 17, 2003. Warning on Wellness canned food: The customer service
department at Wellness has confirmed that the company has been adding
brown rice to their canned foods without changing the label or their
website to reflect this difference. Although they say that this only
occurred with a "test batch" of Beef & Chicken flavor, I have seen
reports that all flavors have been affected, and the problem is
geographically widespread in the USA. People who do not want to feed
grain to their cats, or whose cats are objecting to the altered formula,
should avoid purchasing any cans with a batch number beginning with
"GW". UPDATE, mid-December: Wellness has seen the error of their ways
and has told people that they will be returning to the original formula.
Cans with the GW label with an expiration date after December, 2005
should be okay. Some people are reporting that their cat does not care
for the food made at this plant; others have no problem.

Rhonda


Phil P. wrote:

"Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01...

Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the

other

silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can
looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and

neither

of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two
cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering
if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this
stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in

the

basement). Anyone else encountered this?



The difference between the "G" and "GW" is brown rice. I think the "GW"
contains the rice - not sure.







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Old November 13th 04, 09:34 PM
Rob
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"Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01...
Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the
other silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver
can looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and
neither of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and
the two cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just
wondering if something might have happened again. I have at least a case
of this stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are
stacked in the basement). Anyone else encountered this?


The rest of my cases are all silver cans (with directions printed on how to
open them), they definitely
don't like the gold 5oz cans (which have nothing printed on them). The
stamp on the bottom is very
difficult to read. They are all smeared or missing the top half of the
letters. There is no expiration
date (unlike on the silver cans which all start with W). The old cans could
be a W an O or a V I
think. I'll call OMH on Monday.


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Old November 14th 04, 12:30 AM
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"Elizabeth Blake" wrote in message
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I have several cases of Wellness 5.5oz and 3oz cans in different flavors
on
hand. Some are GW and some are W. All of the 5.5oz cans are silver
colored
and the 3oz cans are gold. My cats have been eating all of them with no
problem. I usually split a 5.5oz can between the two in the morning, and
split a 3oz can in the evening. I used to do another 5.5oz in the evening
but they'd usually leave half of it. They both gobble up the Wellness no
matter the flavor, can size or code.


My cats also eat Wellness, any flavor, W and GW, with no problem. Any
foster cats I've had also eat Wellness with no problem. I'm always
surprised when I read that people have trouble getting their cats to eat it.

Anyway, I haven't totally been following the W/GW situation, because none of
my cats have a grain allergy. However, we have a cat at the shelter with
persistent diarrhea and nothing (tried 8 different foods and several
medications) has been working. Now I'm starting to think maybe it's a grain
allergy. Is it only the GW Wellness with expiration date of 12/05 that has
the rice, or all GW?
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-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
www.kelltek.com
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Old November 14th 04, 12:41 AM
GAUBSTER2
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From: Rhonda
Date: 11/13/04 8:40 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Looks like W or GW is the plant where it is made. Here's an excerpt from
the food tables at
http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/jmpeerson/canfood.html:

November 17, 2003. Warning on Wellness canned food: The customer service
department at Wellness has confirmed that the company has been adding
brown rice to their canned foods without changing the label or their
website to reflect this difference. Although they say that this only
occurred with a "test batch" of Beef & Chicken flavor, I have seen
reports that all flavors have been affected, and the problem is
geographically widespread in the USA. People who do not want to feed
grain to their cats, or whose cats are objecting to the altered formula,
should avoid purchasing any cans with a batch number beginning with
"GW". UPDATE, mid-December: Wellness has seen the error of their ways
and has told people that they will be returning to the original formula.
Cans with the GW label with an expiration date after December, 2005
should be okay. Some people are reporting that their cat does not care
for the food made at this plant; others have no problem.


This just confirms my point about Old Mother Hubbard's products. They don't
utilize a fixed formula. Seems they may have some quality control concerns as
well.
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Old November 14th 04, 02:41 PM
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Now Gaubster, you have destroyed your credibility. Your unfounded
attack on Old Mother Hubbard is not warranted. They did add rice to
their formula briefly (the GW cans) but quickly realized their mistake
and stopped. They were also willing to take back any cans that the cats
wouldn't eat. Other than that I have not noticed any change in the
product (and neither have my cats - one of which (Amber) is very fussy.
You should be more careful in the future.


---MIKE---

 




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