I had to put my 18 year old cat down two years ago because of kidney failure too. But I think it was just cause she was old. Very old according to some.
But the kind of Cat food I have feed them back then was store bought stuff. I stopped giving then that stuff about a year ago and switched to innova. Which is not one that was recalled. They all get 1 tbl. a day and the rest of their food is dry.
When I heard about this I just stopped giving it to them period! I wanted to wait until all this got figured out. Only cause they added more and more cat food names as the story continued. And even though thier food was not made in the same place I wanted to be careful! I can't wait to see what happens with this. You think you are giving them the best you possibly can and then this happens. There is going to be trust issues for a while after all this! I even had stuff made at Trader joes I have to take back. They just pulled their stuff as a precaution. I hopethis gets sorted out. I know how much i care about my animals, I can't imagine those poor people and how they must feel.

I was lisenting to national public radio on Sunday and they said that the company knew a month ago that the food was bad cause 6 of the their test cats died of kidney failure! Nice! They were killing thier own cats! So they knew and didn't issue a warning. A spokes person said they will compensate the people who can prove that their cats died from it. But it sounds like they are just going to compinsate for the medical bills. And how many of those people you think kept the food they fed them or kept the pet after they died. This is going to be a mess I tell you!