Pet deaths prompt recall of pet food

AP via Yahoo! ^ | 3-16-07 | ANDREW BRIDGES

[bcsco]

If you have this dog food throw is out immediately. Should you have this cat food, utilize your own discretion.

LOL!

Actually, we threw out the cat some months ago (put it to sleep). Best move we ever made :). Now it's just the dog and Science Diet.

[MissEdie]

I'd certainly like to know, I don't have any deer meat to feed my kids, but I'd like to know if Iams is in this recall!

[HairOfTheDog]

Ping!

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[California74]

My cat was diagnosed with a kidney problem last month. He usually eats the generic cat food we get at Ralphs (Kroger). (!!!!)

[gruffwolf]

We got a new puppy in November and before we brought her home I did a lot of reading about the Raw diet (not for me) and other healthy alternatives.

I never knew that wheat and corn, both are used as fillers in normal kibble, can cause serious allergy problems in both cats and dogs. Our last dog had bad allergies and we probably spent $1000 or more at the vet trying to figure out the problem.

And don't get me started on the different meat "by-products" that go into animal feed.

Now we only feed grain-free wet and dry foods that use human grade cuts of meat. The animals love it and we haven't had to make any unneeded trips to the Vet.

[C210N]

I switched to the "BARF" diet for my new dog. Its been working out fantastic. I recommend anybody interested to read the Dr. Billinghurst books on the subject.

If you have not heard about it: its a diet around 60% raw meaty bones - I'm talking raw chicken winglets, necks, and the like. The other 40% is raw/pureed vegetable and fruits and other things.

[C210N]

oh, and in case anybody is wondering about the old maxim "never feed chicken bones to an animal", it MUST be raw. Any cooked chicken bone can easily kill a dog, as the cooking makes the bone brittle and splintery.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Guess I'll feed my girl deer meat tonight.

and if I wasn't 600 miles from home, I'd be feeding my dear meat tonight..:)

[AZRepublican]

Is it the meat or gravey that is bad?

[Uncle Meat]

People were advised to avoid such brands as "Killer Kibbles and Bits", "Roadkill"catfood and "Deadly"dogbones unless it's for a pesky neighbors pet that won't stay away from your garbage can.

[magslinger]

Guess I'll feed my girl deer meat tonight.

I don't know how your girl feels about venison but my wife's cat would insist on it. He's not normally real big on people food (except for canned tuna or salmon) but becomes a pest when game is on our menu.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

"I've been thinking my Kitty hasn't been feeling well lately. He's drinking a lot of water and eats very little after licking only the gravy in his cat food."

Same here, both of our cats have been throwing up and drinking a ton of water the last week. They won't eat their moist food and pick at their dry food. I switched to a different brand of dry food and it didn't make a difference.

Their wet food is "Fine Feline" from Aldi's at $0.23 a can. A good deal and a moist food they seemed to enjoy until recently.

I'll switch them to canned tuna until I can get them to the vet.

One estimate had the Menu Foods recall at 60 million cans!

[Ladysmith]

mark

[PAR35]

I wonder if that explains why the cat barfed on the carpet in 3 rooms, and will only eat dry food these days.

If her brand shows up on the list, the company is going to owe me a carpet cleaning.

[sweetiepiezer]

Thanks.............


BTTT!!!!!

[Dysart]

Is it the meat or gravey that is bad?

"Product testing has not revealed a link explaining the reported cases of illness and death, the company said."

That's probably the best way to answer your question. Don't think they have a handle on this yet.

[PeteB570]

Well, we're safe. Ours comes in the gigantic dry dog food bags. Whatever brand is on sale.

Mutt and Jeff do just fine on that. Maybe the table scraps has something to do with it. :-)

[doc30]

I wonder if this is related to how many pet food manufacturers use euthanized dogs and cats in thier pet foods?

http://www.answers.com/topic/pet-food-1

http://www.petcaretips.net/euthanized_pets.html

[jacquej]

My dogs eat a species appropropriate diet too.

I prefer Tom Lonsdale's (author of Raw Meaty Bones) approach, and do not feed the veggie slop. I don't give any supplements either. I will give them our leftovers, because we eat pretty well, but not in great quantity.

Basically, it is just raw meat and raw bones. Mostly the whole chicken, cut into parts, my guys haven't needed to see the vet for anything in the past 7 years but the legally required rabies shots.

[Dysart]

Well, we're safe. Ours comes in the gigantic dry dog food bags. Whatever brand is on sale.

Don't let Mutt and Jeff read #38, or there may be a mutiny in the PeteB570 pack quite soon.