Rat Poison Found in Recalled Pet Food

[jon1856]

Rat Poison Found in Recalled Pet Food

By MARK JOHNSON
AP
ALBANY, N.Y. (March 23) - Rat poison was found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, but scientists said Friday they still don't know how it got there and predicted more animal deaths would be linked to it.
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[carnation]

My daughter's bichon ate some of this soon after his arrival and went into kidney failure. Luckily, he beat it but we are so angry...

[greeklawgirl]

Glad the bichon is OK, carnation! Our chihuahua eats a special prescription diet which is not on the recall list, but she was in some distress this morning and I took her to the vet just in case. Turns out that she just has a UTI, but we were pretty worried there for a bit. I can't imagine how distressed and angry and upset all those affected pet owners must be. Those poor little munchkins...

[amycat412]

Originally Posted by greeklawgirl

Glad the bichon is OK, carnation! Our chihuahua eats a special prescription diet which is not on the recall list, but she was in some distress this morning and I took her to the vet just in case. Turns out that she just has a UTI, but we were pretty worried there for a bit. I can't imagine how distressed and angry and upset all those affected pet owners must be. Those poor little munchkins...

PUMPKIN MY LOVE!!!!!!

[Jill1228]

What sick bastard would do this?

Glad Bichon is okay, Carnation.

I give my 2 cats wet food about once a week but I am now scared to give it to them

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

What sick bastard would do this?

Glad Bichon is okay, Carnation.

I give my 2 cats wet food about once a week but I am now scared to give it to them

We give ours Friskies everyday and nothing bad has ever happened to them because of it. Don't be scared to do it.

[Scandia]

My mom thinks this is a terrorist attack.

By an individual targeting another individual, or a group targeting the USA because they dislike pets and think having them is a "Western" thing, I do not know.

[PM_Mama00]

I'm just hoping that something doesn't pop up with the dry NutroMax food. It's the only food that my dog will eat. I've never given him wet food because the vet said it's bad for their teeth.

[jon1856]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/23/pet....ap/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260862,00.html
One of my local area papers seemed to point "the finger" at farmers, in China, using the aminopterin as a rat control around their crops/supplies.

Could it have gotten mixed in there in some sort of accident or migration? Humm??????

[Lady Pi Phi]

Mr. Pi Phi and I feed our cat wet food every day. Fortunately we don't buy any of the products that were on the recall list.

Right now there is a law suit against Royal Canin. There is a problem with bouth their wet and dry food. We got our cat from the Humane Society and they feed all their animals Royal Canin products and those are the products they recomended to us. Our cat isn't sick and we only ever bought the one bag of Royal Canin (and that was back in October). We stopped buying it because it was so expensive.

[texas*princess]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/05/pet.deaths/index.html

[UGAalum94]

One of the interesting things about this to me is the range of the products affected. Some of the really expensive "healthy" brands apparently make their products at the same plants with the same materials as the generic store brands.

It kind of makes you wonder.

[Tippiechick]

True, high-quality foods are not involved in this recall.

Why?

1) The really good brands use human-grade ingredients.

2) They do not use large amounts of fillers, like wheat gluten. Most of the petsmart/walmart/etc. brands have fillers as their main ingredients. Dogs only process a percentage (usually from 40-60%) of their food when fillers are used. When high-quality foods are used, the dogs' bodies can use around 90%. The more their bodies can use, the LESS THEY POOP OUT. Your good foods all have meat or protein as their main ingredient.

While you do pay more for high-quality foods, you aren't spending more money in the long run. Since they use so much more of the food for nutrition, they require less. I feed my dogs a fraction of what most people feed their dogs. But, they are healthy and happy.

Some really good brands are Solid Gold, Merrick, Primal, Flint River Ranch and Canidae.

If you absolutely cannot afford these brands, Purina One is the best store-brand. It's better than any petsmart brands.


ANOTHER OPTION:
Buy a bag of chicken thighs. Put them in a crockpot overnight with some brown rice and veg-all. Remove the bones before feeding. This is just as cheap as buying pet food. You just store the excess in the fridge and feed over the next week.

[BetteDavisEyes]

I feed my cats a combination of dry cat food and tuna. They always have plenty of water and dry cat food on hand but in the evening, they get fresh tuna. My poor mom has lots of cats. Technically, she only has 2 but she felt so sorry for all the poor neighborhood cats that she saw roaming around so she started feeding them all. One did get sick but it turned out to be something minor that was easily remedied.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

One of the interesting things about this to me is the range of the products affected. Some of the really expensive "healthy" brands apparently make their products at the same plants with the same materials as the generic store brands.

It kind of makes you wonder.

Hmmm OMG the world is ending.

There are alot of high priced and low priced foods that are made in the same plants. Who cares? It matters what's in the food, not where it's made.

I'm trying to find a revised list that includes dry foods. I feed my dog Nutro Max food and treats. He also gets a Greenie once a week. Anyone know anything?