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posted on March 17, 2007 06:53:44 PM new
Our girl gets only hypo allergenic dry food but the news about the pet food recall really made us sit up and take notice. My sister panicked when she heard the brand that she gives her dogs mentioned on a TV newscast. It is not on the web site list of recalled brands so it seems to be OK.
I know there are a lot of you who are as crazy about your pets as we are.
In case you missed the link for the list of brands:
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/index.html
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posted on March 17, 2007 08:02:50 PM new
I've never been affected by a food recall until the last one for salmonella in peanut butter. I was pretty smug because I always buy JIF (which wasn't affected) unless there is a terrific sale. I checked anyway and there it was - Peter Pan with the affected lot number. So glad my kid was on a ham sandwich streak for his school lunch. I threw it out unopened and later regretted it - the homeless scavenge our garbage daily. Should I have layered it with kitty poop?
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posted on March 17, 2007 08:47:44 PM new
Apparently the food that was recalled was only the gravy type with bits of meat that came in pouches and cans. Interestig that my cat was eating one brand on the list in Dec when I took him to the vet. Had extremely loose stools and his UA was not too good. Was given Flagl and cephalexan and put on a prescription diet. Have no way of knowing if the food was at fault but the vet did mention it at the time and this was long before the recall.
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neglus
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posted on March 17, 2007 10:07:14 PM new
In addition to the list at menufoods, Proctor and Gamble announced that it too was recalling some batches of the "Select Bites" and other wet Iams and Euka brands. I just fed my cats a pouch of one of the recalled batches this am (they seem to be ok but I am keeping watch for symptoms).
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posted on March 18, 2007 08:23:39 AM new
Neglus,
I have to ask the question everyone will want to ask when they read the above post:
Why you would feed your cats something that you knew was on a recall list?
Is the potential health risk worth the $1.89 the food costs?
We're dealing with one cat who has the early stages of renal failure now, but he's been on Science Diet prescription food for more than a year now - so it's not from these foods.
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
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neglus
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:04:42 AM new
Wayne - I didn't know it was on a recall list when I fed it to my cats! I am not that cheap!!
The recall list provided at the website did not include IAMS so I thought I was safe. It was only later I learned that IAMS had its own recall.
I used the first pouch of a 12 pouch carton and will not use the rest of the pouches.
PS: AT this point I wouldn't trust ANY wet catfood (or dogfood ) of this type until I confirmed that the brand was safe (don't rely on the menufoods list because that isn't the whole story)
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:08:50 AM new
Here is a link to the Science Diet Recall:
http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/Menu_Foods_en_US.htm
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:12:04 AM new
We ate the Peter Pan Peanut Butter and didn't have any problem. I trashed the rest too then found I could have taken it back for a refund.
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neglus
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:14:42 AM new
The point is, if you are feeding your pet wet food that has chunks of meat and gravy and is not on the menufoods list, be PROACTIVE and do a search of your brand to see if they have their own recall.
ED TO ADD: I see that they have added IAMS and Science Diet to the menufoods list today. That's better!!! They weren't on it yesterday morning when it was first released.
Here is a link to the purina recall:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/purina-voluntarily-withdraw-mighty-dogr/story.aspx?guid=%7BE9BDB7B3-0B54-453A-9D4C-2F20A483CC8D%7D
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pixiamom
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:25:43 AM new
Our local pet hospital has an expanded list, along with symptoms to watch out for:
http://tinyurl.com/2zo9dm
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tomwiii
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:29:09 AM new
Ralphie eats only Eukanuba PATE-DE-PUSSY reduced fat diet for confirmed LARD-BUTTS...
Interestingly, the EUKANUBA web-site has been down for 2 days...
Oh, pooh...
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:46:01 AM new
Has anyone heard of this? I can't believe that this is true. Looks like a scare tactic to get you to buy this "vet"'s products. What do you think? If it IS true for all dog foods, I am going to have to make my own.
http://www.homevet.com/petcare/foodbook.html
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:53:15 AM new
Wayne, if you need help treating your CRF cat or need a perspective in addition to your vet's, don't hesitate to email. Unfortunately we have a ton of experience in caring for terminally-ill fur slugs.
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tomwiii
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posted on March 18, 2007 10:01:18 AM new
Paloma:
Ah, fishsticks and fiddleheads!
As Ralphie & I always say: "Protein is protein!"
Tis why we start EVERY day with a healthy heaping helping of Soylent Green! -- puts hairs on yer chest, right Ralphie??!!
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paloma91
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posted on March 18, 2007 10:09:42 AM new
Tom, Too gross, too gross
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neglus
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posted on March 18, 2007 12:57:26 PM new
Tom -
in case Ralphie eats a REAL Euka dog food here is a link to the affected brands:
http://us.iams.com/iams/en_US/data_root/html/product_article/ProductRecallList.htm
And here is a link to the date/plant codes recalled:
http://us.eukanuba.com/eukanuba/en_US/jsp/Euk_Page.jsp?pageID=MC&newsArticleID=22&intcmp=HM_PRR
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posted on March 18, 2007 07:36:37 PM new
neglus...you are correct about what you said about IAMS. We feed both our cat and dog those. NEWS article had it posted, but ALL DAY saturday...IAMS was NOT on the link that they gave. Shame that one of the biggest companies would take so long to post.
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posted on March 18, 2007 09:27:25 PM new
That article about the ingredients of pet foot is just awful. I need to start making my own dog food and cat food. My pets eart only dry with occasional table food. I always heard don't feed table food to your pets but if it is good enough for me then they deserve a treat ever now and then. So looks like I may be off the hook on doing that. It is a real shame about the pet foods and that recall. I have 4 cans of cat food that the out door cats get about 1 to 2 times a week so it is going back to store.
Mrs Irked likes to cook chicken and beef liver for our dog but we don't always get to do that. I am going to check into making home made dog food. We use Purina and never cheap foods but with all those ingredients I am now paranoid. Looks like it is chick mixed with rice ( human food) this week for out furry friends. Problem is our indoor cat really only likes dried food.
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posted on March 19, 2007 10:54:19 AM new
We had used Alpo and Friskies for years for our 4 cats they lived for 20 yrs. They all died from renal failure and the vet made it look like we poisoned them with this inferior foods we used pointing out the renal failure was from the food.
They did not like that i mentioned they live for 20 years.
That food is like a candy bar to give them, like pure junk food. you must use science diet for a $1 a can to keep them in tip top shape.
After the last one died we found a 2 day old cat in the yard he is 1/2yrs now and he hates all canned cat food, will not look at it. thankfully he must had a premanition that this crap would kill him.
The thing that stands out to me is that these people make the lowest low end and the highest high end foods yet they recalled most of it..
so it is just the same stuff just one cost more than the other
I can't wait till i have to go to the vet to mention to him how impressed i was with science diet cat food.
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posted on March 19, 2007 02:57:04 PM new
It has always bothered me that my lovely ragdoll cat Buddy would only eat dry food. Now, I am glad, it seems that it is only the cans and pouches that are affected.
No, he's not dead, just relaxing!
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posted on March 19, 2007 03:22:24 PM new
Gorgeous cat and on a very nice afghan I might add
neva
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posted on March 19, 2007 03:39:14 PM new
My Salty dog will stick to his yogurt. Loves it and waits for us to finish and licks it clean.
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amber
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posted on March 19, 2007 04:01:11 PM new
Thanks Neva. The afghan is especially for him, it helps keep the cat hair off the bed.
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pixiamom
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posted on March 19, 2007 04:44:46 PM new
What would cat food be like if it was marketed directly to cats instead of to their owners? Chicken, turkey, salmon and seafood buffet would be replaced by Mouse morsel, chipmunk and baby robin flavors.
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posted on March 19, 2007 05:54:51 PM new
pixiamom: yes, you are right. I remember seeing a program on television about pet food manufacturers, and they tested it by how it looked and smelled to the owners. Not really a good recommendation for the pets.
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posted on March 19, 2007 09:38:48 PM new
My best friend Sky had a nice portion of Brisket tonight, she knows good food when she see it. Human food that all the vets tell us not to feed them, and we are supposed to feed them inferior dead parts mixed with garbage? Just who are we going to believe?
My Siamese cat likes dried and only eats a tiny bite of other human food meat about once a week or two. Very tiny bite and if he eats tuna he usually throws up so about once a month he gets a tiny bite of it only.
Amber that is a real cute cat you got, looks about as lazy as our Siamese, he too has his own baby blanket and a pet bed he likes too.
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posted on March 28, 2007 04:16:07 AM new
NUTRO dry dog food has been added to the list.
Here is a link to "safe" dog food _
http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=210nnecessarily
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niel35
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posted on March 28, 2007 04:34:21 AM new
thanks glassgirl - will bookmark this site
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posted on March 28, 2007 12:46:25 PM new
I see this AM that the company in Canada that makes all this pet food changed suppliers and now buys from China. China uses the rat killer to keep the mice out of there stock piles. So I guess this is how it got into the pet food chain??
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posted on March 28, 2007 02:02:29 PM new
Glassgirl, Where did you find the info on Nutro? The page you link to seems to say the dog got Mighty Dog mixed with her Nutro dry. I have searched the net and do not find anything about a Nutro dry recall.
We feed Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice. I dont' see it anywhere on the lists but naturally I worry.
The Nutro site says "No dry Nutro pet foods, biscuits or treats are impacted" and I hope that is true and don't want to panic.
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