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How sad!
...and all the RAW feeding owners breath a sign of relief!
How sad!
...and all the RAW feeding owners breath a sign of relief!
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Funny...Chelsea and I were JUST talking yesterday about whether or not the food Girl was eating for the better part of her life contributed to this.
Connie - top 3 wet and dry foods? What? Innova Evo, Canidae, Solid Gold? Even close?
Funny...Chelsea and I were JUST talking yesterday about whether or not the food Girl was eating for the better part of her life contributed to this.
Connie - top 3 wet and dry foods? What? Innova Evo, Canidae, Solid Gold? Even close?
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I'll subscribe to the subject at Google news. Anyone who gets more info, I sure hope will post.
I think it's not known yet all the foods made from the bad ingredients. But they are not kibbles, I understand ... so far, I'm reading that they are moist (like foil pack) foods.
I'll subscribe to the subject at Google news. Anyone who gets more info, I sure hope will post.
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They released the list this morning. Lots of wet foods - mostly store brand, cheap stuff, but Authority was on there, as was Nutro, Nutro Max, and Nutro Natural Choice. Oh boy....
Glad the brands I would tend to trust weren't listed. Hope no one else on the board was feeding any of the affected foods, either.
They released the list this morning. Lots of wet foods - mostly store brand, cheap stuff, but Authority was on there, as was Nutro, Nutro Max, and Nutro Natural Choice. Oh boy....
Glad the brands I would tend to trust weren't listed. Hope no one else on the board was feeding any of the affected foods, either.
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Just got a new release and it added Iams and Eukanuba.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/17/america/NA-GEN-US-Pet-Food-Recall.php
Just got a new release and it added Iams and Eukanuba.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/17/america/NA-GEN-US-Pet-Food-Recall.php
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Another thumbs up for raw.
Too true! I was at Sam's Club and a local pet supply store this afternoon and I still saw a bunch of folks walk out with Iams and Eukanuba stuff. I'd be a bit worried as the distribution center is in Kansas, obviously not far from Missouri. I forgot to ask the gal at the pet supply store if they had pulled anything.
Another thumbs up for raw.
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There was a long chunk of time between the original vague news stories and the manufacturer's web site with the brand names and the info hotline.... and even that is obviously unreliable, since the Iams and Eukanuba names were in the news hours before they were on the recall site's list .
(I subscribed to a Google alert when I first read about this; every update is emailed to you when you do that.)
I hope this is not as bad as it appears that it will be.
It's scary how slowly this info is getting out. No one I talked to today had heard about this.
There was a long chunk of time between the original vague news stories and the manufacturer's web site with the brand names and the info hotline.... and even that is obviously unreliable, since the Iams and Eukanuba names were in the news hours before they were on the recall site's list .
(I subscribed to a Google alert when I first read about this; every update is emailed to you when you do that.)
I hope this is not as bad as it appears that it will be.
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http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/302424,CST-NWS-pet18.article
Purina, Hills, and Science Diet recalls too "as a precuation."
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/302424,CST-NWS-pet18.article
Purina, Hills, and Science Diet recalls too "as a precuation."
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There was an article about it in the paper here yesterday. My neighbor was really worried because her little dachshund eats Eukanuba (only dry food, though.) I gave her a few of the Nature's Variety raw medallions to try and a little ziploc of Canidae, as a hint.
There was an article about it in the paper here yesterday. My neighbor was really worried because her little dachshund eats Eukanuba (only dry food, though.) I gave her a few of the Nature's Variety raw medallions to try and a little ziploc of Canidae, as a hint.
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This tells me that maybe people who were hesitating have decided to go for it in a way they feel comfortable with as they learn. That was my take, anyway.
Yesterday the butcher at the natural foods grocery where I get my dogs' meat told me that he was grinding up more whole chickens than usual.There was an article about it in the paper here yesterday. My neighbor was really worried because her little dachshund eats Eukanuba (only dry food, though.) I gave her a few of the Nature's Variety raw medallions to try and a little ziploc of Canidae, as a hint.
This tells me that maybe people who were hesitating have decided to go for it in a way they feel comfortable with as they learn. That was my take, anyway.
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yep same article that I saw...saw this one about the same thing http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/
yep same article that I saw...saw this one about the same thing http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/
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In one of the stories, they mentioned Nutro. We feed Nutro Max and Nutro Lamb and Rice. I did some hasty checking but it only applies to canned and foil packed products. That does not affect us. That could be devastating when you have 45 dogs being fed the same product.
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In one of the stories, they mentioned Nutro. We feed Nutro Max and Nutro Lamb and Rice. I did some hasty checking but it only applies to canned and foil packed products. That does not affect us. That could be devastating when you have 45 dogs being fed the same product.
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QUOTE: In an interview with The Associated Press, the chief executive and president of Menu Foods, Paul Henderson, said the pet food showed no signs of contamination and the company cannot explain why the animals developed acute kidney failure and died. END
at http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...ar21,0,5497160.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
QUOTE: In an interview with The Associated Press, the chief executive and president of Menu Foods, Paul Henderson, said the pet food showed no signs of contamination and the company cannot explain why the animals developed acute kidney failure and died. END
at http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...ar21,0,5497160.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
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RAT POISON:
"A spokeswoman for the New York state Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday that rodent poison was found in tainted pet food that killed several animals and sparked a nationwide recall.
A spokeswoman did not identifying the chemical or its source, beyond saying that it's rodent poison. State officials will be releasing laboratory findings later today. A news conference is expected at 1 p.m. EDT
ABC News reported that the chemical was aminopterin, which was on wheat imported from China. Various online medical sources indicate that aminopterin is also used in trials to treat leukemia."
RAT POISON:
"A spokeswoman for the New York state Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday that rodent poison was found in tainted pet food that killed several animals and sparked a nationwide recall.
A spokeswoman did not identifying the chemical or its source, beyond saying that it's rodent poison. State officials will be releasing laboratory findings later today. A news conference is expected at 1 p.m. EDT
ABC News reported that the chemical was aminopterin, which was on wheat imported from China. Various online medical sources indicate that aminopterin is also used in trials to treat leukemia."
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do you suppose that starting vit K immediately if you've been feeding this stuff might be worth it?
do you suppose that starting vit K immediately if you've been feeding this stuff might be worth it?
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I heard on the news that "at least 16" pets had died from eating the tainted food. I'm thinking that number is only the number that died from Menu Foods' feeding test, and is not representative of the thousands of pets in the country that ate it. There has had to have been hundreds.
I heard on the news that "at least 16" pets had died from eating the tainted food. I'm thinking that number is only the number that died from Menu Foods' feeding test, and is not representative of the thousands of pets in the country that ate it. There has had to have been hundreds.
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New finding. ::shaking head::
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6520853,00.html
New finding. ::shaking head::
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6520853,00.html
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