Posted on 04/26/2007 10:08:18 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
In Tuesday’s four-hour session of live-blogging the food-safety hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives – work from which her wrists have yet to recover – Christie found herself typing something we at the PetConnection first heard weeks ago, but couldn’t get confirmation on until it came up in the hearing:
Without Iams, there might not have been a recall at all.
In sworn testimony, Menu Foods CEO Paul Henderson admitted that his company called the recall because Iams told them they’d had enough, that their own quality internal systems had revealed a problem, and that they were pulling their own products even if Menu wouldn’t pull them all.
It was that stand that triggered everything that has followed since. Menu launched the massive and unprecedented recall before Iams could, but only because Iams was ready to do it on their own. Here’s the transcript:
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Forgot to mention... I'm using Innova Evo on my cats. It's not carbohydrate-free, but it has no grains, and it is much lower carb overall than most other stuff out there. And their coat quality has improved. One of my babies is a long-haired red tortoiseshell, and her coat is just awesome in bright sunlight.
I'm starting to make more homemade stuff for my cats (leftover chicken, human-grade on-sale tuna, etc., a few cans of stuff I think is safe for them).
Eventually, I'm probably going to end up biting the bullet, investing in a grinder, and putting them on a raw diet plus Evo.
About 20 years ago, I deliberately bred two litter sisters back to a nephew of theirs, trying to get a bunch of long-haired red tabbies (both male and female).
I bought a case of Science Diet canned food and some of the dry food that came in little round kibbles. I had 13 kittens and two mother kitties, and not one of them would eat the canned food. They would nibble a little bit at the kibbles.
Maybe the stuff is good, but my experience has been that I could never get any of my cats to eat very much of the Science Diet canned food.
OTOH I've had several successive pets (dogs) I've fed Science Diet, and have never had a problem with their accepting the food. I did have a cat who would not eat it, however.
I have had customers tell me they've fed their cats Science Diet for years (one customer claims over 25 years) and swear by the product. It is the dry food, however. Another just this weekend bought a case and swore by the product.
I guess, as in anything, animals can be finicky. Could some of it have been the kittens taking a cue from the mothers?
Bump!
You can purchased Jack Mackeral..... wash it first, because it’s salty, but the Jack Mackeral is low in mercury.. another thing that is good is sardines... for our dogs and cats a sardine a day is good.
Thank you. Me too.
I feed mine the Embark. I don’t see honey on the ingredient list.
Thanks for the ping, Ultra. You’re such a doll, let me adopt ya.
My mistake.
Thank you for clarifying the current situation with Science Diet. Your input is greatly appreciated!
I'm not saying that Science Diet is terrible food. I just could never get any of my cats to eat very much of it; and what they would eat was only the dry food.
The finicky kittens could very well have been taking a cue from their mothers.
They do like tuna--and when the human-grade "light tuna" is on sale, it's as cheap as the dark red tuna for cats, so I give them that too. I've been mixing the stuff with leftover diced chicken.
I also get canned salmon from either the 99 Cents Only Stores, from Big Lots, or other cheap places. They eat a little bit of it (so finicky)!
What they really like in canned salmon is the Wolf & Bear brand sold at Costco.
What they go nuts for is when I get hold of some fresh or frozen wild-caught fish (cheaper than farmed when it's on sale), they get portions too. My significant other can't stand salmon but I love it, and it's a real treat for the kitties when I cook the good stuff for them.
I also sometimes get them sardines canned in water, and they eat those every once in a while. Feeding them fish every day is supposedly not good; but they get the stuff usually twice a week.
I’m glad that not all their formulas contain honey. But the cat formula sure did! Anyway, mine are doing well on Innova Evo.
BTTT for later
Bump for later read.
It fits in well with the evil, stinking mess that rules us and that I am glad to have left....
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