Hi, everyone, While I understand the concern about the Marshall Farms requirement that you feed their food for one year to maintain the warranty, I think you'll find that they won't even ask about that if the issue is clearly not related to diet. OK, it's a while back, but Ryo-Ohki had an abcessed anal gland when she was maybe nine months old. Obviously she wasn't descented properly. I was totally satisfied with the way MF customer service handled the issue. They never asked about food. All the best, Caity and the electrifying eight [Posted in FML issue 3519]