Iams Original

i have seen an iams testing center on YouTube that was very crule, there were dogs that had chunks missing from there legs it was so upseting to see animals like that.

I would like to warn everyone out there about Iams. They are as a company under scrutiny by PETA for animal testing and cruelty. However, in my mind the worst thing is that Iams is made addictive. I used to feed it to my cat, a seven year old neutered male. He became so addicted he wouldn't eat anything else, I would have to go out rain or shine to buy Iams.

Then he got really sick with a bad case of cystitis, crystals in the bladder. He was in agony and trying to pee every 5 minutes, producing drops of blood. When I told the vet he was eating Iams the vet was not surprised and told me horror stories, including one of a dog that developed diabetes due to Iams.

I had to wean my cat off Iams by mixing other food in bit by bit. It was like detoxing a junkie. He also needed veterinary treatment to recover.

Its dangerous to say the least. Don't believe the adverts!

Okay... IAMS is made by Proctor and Gamble.

When I was younger, I saw the adverts for IAMS and really wanted to get this 'good' food for my cats.

I did, but only a couple of times, as it was quite expensive. I remember, every night after I fed my cats IAMS, they were pouncing on everything, attacking eachother, just, going wild.

On the nights I did not feed them IAMS, they fell asleep on my lap, and were very relaxed.

My cousin had a kitten which she fed IAMS. That cat was crazy. I mean, seriously crazy. I did NOT stop moving. It scratched everyone, you couldn't move without it attacking you. I got her to change the cat onto Burns, and the next week when I saw the cat, it was actually chilled out. You could pet it without being clawed to ribbons.

. They have lots of money to advertise because they spend hardly any money on good ingredients. They use the cheapest rubbish they can find.

If you notice, GOOD brands that you can buy in pet shops (NOT supermarkets, never buy a pet food from supermarkets either), are not advertised on TV.That's because they use all of their money on good, healthy products for their food.

ALWAYS check the label, people!

Let's be clear - I have a certain ambivalence towards Murphy - he was a favourite but when you have kids it all changes - this is the reason I want to have minimal fuss when looking after him. This is where Iams comes in - I think I fell for the marketing on this one but have subsequently learnt not to care. It is a great product - Murphy fussed over all sorts of other foods before we bought Iams - I love the fact it is dry and doesn't smell. He has been happy with the same flavour for the last five years so they must be doing something right. However be careful - we took him to the vet for his annual injections and she confirmed that he was overweight - when asked what we fed him she expressed no surprise that he ate Iams - she said 9 out of 10 fat cats she saw ate Iams - now I don't know whether that was because they have a huge market share or whether it is something to do with the food. However when we stopped giving him so much (it is easy to do) we realised it was our fault - you need to follow the portion guidelines even though they appear to be very small.

Although it is good food, my cat Naughty is a slow eater, and she tends to eat a little then goes out to play, then comes for some more. But after a while the remainder of the food tends to dry up, which is a problem that I only get from this brand, and it's overpriced. Naughty actually prefers cat food from Aldi.

Iams Original is a fine product 4 maybe 1-2 cats unless they're very different- especially when 1 is a kitten, a small girl and a large underwieght maine coon- but they seem healthy enough.

Iams Original - The company Iams offers good products, my cats are happy and healthy and that is really what is important to me.