Pet Food mystery goes Local

Beans is a sick little kitty. One of two belonging to local resident Ramona Lopez:

Beans, 9, has a catheter stuck into one furry little foreleg. She looks thin and her expression seems dour. She is suffering from kidney failure.
She and her feline buddy, KC, also stricken with kidney failure, are resting at the West Valley Veterinary Clinic after apparently eating food that was recalled because of contamination.

KC, a black cat, is normally 18 pounds; he now weighs 12 pounds. Beans, normally 10 pounds, has been reduced to six pounds.

Owner Ramona Lopez, of Lompoc, said her cats appeared to become sick three weeks ago after eating the Special Kitty brand foil pouched cat food she bought from Wal-Mart.