When the news first came out about this tainted food, I immediately checked out if the cat food I had been giving them was on the list. Thankfully Purina brand friskies cat food is not. I have been giving my cats this since we have had them. I know that 2 cat's in our county are ill with kidney failure and suspected to have eaten some of the recall food.

It's very sad and I fear we are going to hear more about animals getting sick. :( I hope they find the cause and take care of this problem quick. It's kind of scary to think the worst ,but suspision is highthat this was a deliberate act, imo.

Snow4

Yes that would be just devastating .....some people get attached to their pet’s I did that’s why we don’t have another dog...but maybe this summer.... but sad to see anything that lives have that happen to them. Sad..


Rick

that is sad. i have a dog and would be very sad if she got sick. i feel for those people whose pets are sick.

Yup worried

I hope they get sued big time

checked my stuff out to, its sad to see stuff like this happen.

saw an article in the paper that they are covering ALL vet bills related to the tainted food

Yup worried

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Someone is most likely going to be sued or prosecuted.. Problem is, who? Someone or somehow rat poison got into this food. Could go back to the farmers who grow the wheat. (or people who work getting the wheat to the manufacturer. I don't know, but I sure hope they figure it out soon. I just can't stand to think of animals suffering.

Snow4

We checked our cat food and YES we did have some canned food of one of the brands. We didn't even bother to check the date. In the garbage it went. I can relate to the Dog thing Rick, same reason we dont have another one. :(

Perm

We checked our cat food and YES we did have some canned food of one of the brands. We didn't even bother to check the date. In the garbage it went. I can relate to the Dog thing Rick, same reason we dont have another one. :(

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I hope your cat will be ok Perm..

On the dog note, I too, can relate. In fact, the dog you see in my avatar was the last dog I owned. His name was Henry and he was my baby. He actually fell through some ice near a spring on a pond and drowned. I was completely devastated for weeks and I just can't bring myself to get so attatched to a dog because the pain was horrific.

Snow4

I thew away our dog canned food it was on the list now shes back to table scapes and dry dog food. And ice cream cones on our walks that take us buy that store. I don,t know if shes leads the way there or me?

Luckily, we didn't have any of the tainted food. We also used the Friskies for the cats when they get canned food. Our animals, for the most part, eat a good quality dry food. The cats only get a little canned food a couple times a week for a treat since they both drink plenty of water. My big Snowshoe already has urinary problems and the magnesium in the canned food irritates it. Maybe it was a blessing that he has that problem and we never fed the canned stuff. My dog is on dried food only with the occasional table scraps thrown in plus sticks form the yard, of course. :D

Dry food for our little "princess' as I refer to the dog, wife treats her better than I, that's for sure!

WASHINGTON (AP) - - (03/31/07)--Two new recalls were announced amid contamination fears, after federal officials said a chemical found in plastics and pesticides turned up in a key ingredient.

Nestle Purina PetCare Company is recalling all sizes and varieties of its Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes.

Purina says a limited amount of the food contains a wheat gluten from China that was found to be contaminated with a chemical found in plastics and pesticides.

Late yesterday, a dry cat food was added to the list of recalled items for the first time. Hill's Pet Nutrition said its Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food also included the tainted wheat gluten.

Both companies used the same supplier that provided wheat gluten to Menu Foods. The Canadian company has recalled 60 million containers of wet dog and cat food sold under nearly 100 brand labels.

Cats may have a greater sensitivity to a chemical found in plastics and pesticides than dogs. And experts say that could explain why they've died in larger numbers after eating contaminated pet food.

Testing has found melamine in samples of recalled pet food as well as in crystal form in the urine and kidney tissue of dead cats.

But Stephen Sundlof and others are not able to explain why the chemical would have caused the kidney failure seen so far in the roughly 16 confirmed pet deaths, all but one in cats. He says "it has a very low toxicity, at least in rodents."

Investigators are still trying to determine how many pets have been sickened, and exactly what is causing it.

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I have started to give my cats a little tuna fish everyday until this get's sorted out. I"m not taking any risks with new products coming out everyday. I have the dry food for them that they have been eating for quite some time so they will get that and tuna until we hear this is over.

Snow4

they just recalled the"Pounce" brand cat snacks that I have been feeding my Siamese cat, those were old treats though......
hope she doesn't die!!

Frank

Couldn't live with myself if anything happened to this guy !!!

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We checked our dog's food supply and what we feed our frenchies is not on the list. Thank goodness. The wife would go nuts if anything happened to her little babies.

Richard

I know how you guys feel,
my great dane recently(about 4-5 months ago) had 4 great dane puppies and we ket two. They are great pets, and my mom is into showing the dogs, so she will have fun with that!
one boy puppy and one girl puppy great dane really completes our house:
two puppies, one black lab that is 6 years old, the mom great dane, and a cat.
what a house!

Frank