Thousands of Cats Paralyzed in China as Suspicion Falls on Domestic Cat Food
🙀OMG!. In CCP-ruled China, even cat food is no longer safe! Thousands of cats mysteriously paralyzed — suspicion points to domestically made cat food!
Recently, mainland China has seen reports of thousands of kittens suffering paralysis in their hind legs. After various medical tests came back normal, cat food became the focus of suspicion among pet owners and veterinarians. Most owners said their cats had eaten the same brand of domestically produced cat food.
Today (July 8), the topic “More than 65% of over 1,000 paralyzed kittens ate the same brand of cat food” became a trending topic on multiple mainland Chinese social media platforms.
According to many consumers, after their pet cats ate certain cat food products, they developed symptoms such as weakness in the hind legs, unstable walking, dragging their back legs while crawling, and incontinence. In severe cases, the cats became completely paralyzed.
After the cats were taken to veterinary hospitals, known causes such as cardiac thrombosis, lumbar spine injury, and neuroimmune diseases were ruled out one by one. Veterinarians and owners strongly suspected that the problem was related to cat food. Some cats gradually improved after switching to a different food.
As more and more cats developed similar symptoms, cat owners began forming mutual-aid groups on social media to share treatment methods and look for the cause.
The organizer of one mutual-aid group said the group had recorded more than 5,000 suspected cases of sick cats. Based on more than 1,000 sample cases, about 65.58% of the cats had eaten the domestic cat food brand Pure&Natural. About 24.6% had eaten Fregate cat food, a brand under GAMBOL Pet Group. Sam’s Club Member’s Mark was also mentioned by some cat owners.
Pure&Natural is a high-end domestic cat food brand in China, with more than 800,000 followers on its Taobao flagship store. On the Black Cat Complaint platform, related complaints have accumulated to more than 100, most of them concentrated from the second half of 2025 to the present.
One cat owner told mainland media that her 12-year-old cat suddenly suffered hind-leg paralysis. After visiting several veterinary hospitals, the veterinarians all pointed to Pure&Natural cat food, which the cat had been eating all along. The fact that the cats gradually improved after changing food also confirmed the veterinarians’ suspicions.
The cat owner said Pure&Natural is marketed as a high-end domestic pet food brand, and its price is not low. While her cat’s illness still had no clear diagnosis, she discovered on social media that many other cats had developed the same symptoms, and many of them had also been eating Pure&Natural.
A cat owner in Chengdu had three ragdoll cats, all of which fell ill one after another within four months. After the veterinarian learned that her cats had eaten Pure&Natural cat food for eight years, the vet suggested changing their food to investigate the possible trigger.
Cat owner Li Saifei’s cat became paralyzed in the hind legs in August 2025 and could only drag the rear half of its body to move. He took the cat for a full examination but found no abnormalities. He then suspected the problem might be the cat food. Before the illness, the cat had been eating Sam’s Club MM cat food. The product’s manufacturer is GAMBOL Pet Group Co., Ltd., which is also the parent company of Fregate cat food.
After switching cat food, the cat returned to normal in less than a month.
In response, related companies have said that their products passed quality tests and that there is no direct evidence proving a link between the products and the symptoms. Cat owners said their complaints have gone unresolved for months. One cat owner shared the recovery process of her cat on social media, but because she mentioned that the “cat had eaten Pure&Natural for three years,” her post was suppressed.
Mainland Chinese netizens have been discussing the issue heatedly:
“My cat ate Pure&Natural for about half a year and then became paralyzed in the hind legs. After switching food, getting sunlight, and taking medicine, it recovered after three months. It really was a problem with the cat food.”
“My kitten ate Pure&Natural. It went from occasional seizures to frequent seizures. The hospital couldn’t find the cause, and it died soon after. It was heartbreaking. We had raised it for six years, and the whole family loved it. We thought we were feeding it good cat food. Who would have known this would happen?”
“My cat had the same problem. It ate Pure&Natural. At the beginning of the year, it started having weakness in the hind legs and could only drag itself around. We tried Chinese medicine, Western medicine, acupuncture, and X-rays, and almost went as far as surgery. We spent several thousand yuan. Later, I saw on Xiaohongshu that it might be a cat food problem, so I switched the food right away. After two months, it recovered on its own. Now it is jumping all over the place.”
“When the Sanlu milk powder scandal happened, I wondered why people would feed the same thing for years without changing it. Now it is the same with pets. Why never change the food? Even a human couldn’t stand that, right? Who eats only one kind of meal for an entire lifetime? I buy cat food for the stray cats near me, and I buy all kinds of brands. Sometimes I mix several kinds together. What difference does it make?”
“I suggest everyone sue the brand together and seek justice for our furry children. Only by working together can we protect the rights of ourselves and our pets.”
A similar incident also occurred in early 2021. At that time, many cat owners said their pet cats suffered hind-leg paralysis, death, or miscarriage after eating cat food made by Haid Group. But this latest incident appears to be on a much larger scale.
Photo 1: A screenshot from Chinese social media. One netizen wrote: “After feeding my cat Pure&Natural cat food for two years, the cat suddenly became paralyzed in the hind legs. I bought Pure&Natural cat food on Pinduoduo. After being fed with Pure&Natural for two years, the cat suddenly became paralyzed in the hind legs.
[Complaint target] Pure&Natural High-End Natural Food
[Complaint request] Compensation”
Another netizen wrote:
“Pure&Natural cat food made my cat paralyzed.
“My cat had always eaten Pure&Natural cat food. It did not eat canned food or other foods, and it had never been sick. From February this year until now, I found that my cat became paralyzed. It developed from hind-leg weakness to being unable to move. The hospital examination showed all indicators were normal. It is suspected to be food-related nerve damage. I heard that many cats became paralyzed after eating this cat food. I also found online that many other people’s cats had the same paralysis symptoms. I am now demanding a refund and compensation for my cat’s treatment costs.”
Photo 2: Several netizens left comments:
Netizen 1: “My cat had the same problem. It ate Pure&Natural. At the beginning of the year, it started having weakness in the hind legs and could only drag itself around. We tried Chinese medicine, Western medicine, acupuncture, and X-rays, and almost went as far as surgery. We spent several thousand yuan. Later, I saw on Xiaohongshu that it might be a cat food problem, so I switched the food right away. After two months, it recovered on its own. Now it is jumping all over the place.”
Netizen 2: “Finally, someone has reported this. My cat is also a victim. Even though it can walk now, it has never returned to its previous condition.”
Netizen 3: “Yes. After my cat ate Pure&Natural for about half a year, it became paralyzed in the hind legs. After switching cat food, getting sunlight, and taking medicine, it suddenly recovered one day after three months. It really was a problem with the cat food.”
Netizen 4 posted a photo of a healthy cat and wrote: “This furry child grew up eating farm meals. It has never eaten cat food, cat treats, or canned cat food.”
Netizen 5 wrote: “Oh my God. Those poor cats.”
7/8/2026
