more on the pet food recall

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Does anyone have any new info on this. I feed my cats Iams dry food and the Iams website states that the problem is with wet food only, the dry food is just fine, but PETA says there are now some complaints about pets dying from dry food that have not been announced yet. Iams says that their dry food doesn't have wheat gluten in it, but PETA says that the problem isn't actually with wheat gluten and that this is a lie. This is very scary, I don't know who to trust and I don't know what to feed my cats.

I think some of you make your own pet food. Can anyone give me some info on that? Thanks.

Amy
 
A vet who was interviewed on the news over the weekend specified Royal Canin as a safe brand to feed your pets, both wet and dry. I breathed a sigh of relief since my kitty is on one of their prescription formulas. I also called my own vet and he assured me that this brand is safe. Here's their website:

http://www.royalcanin.us/
 
I am infuriated .. I feed mine a mix of Eukanuba dry (mostly dry) .. mixed w/a little Alpo wet .. well at first Purina (Alpo) was not affected .. they said they manufactured their own .. well Friday it was announced the Alpo Prime cuts were affected .. and sure enough I had some ..

my baby girl got sick .. whiney .. no appetite .. having trouble peeing .. and of course I immediately think from the dogfood .. (she was also going thru a false pregnancy) ..

.. I took her into the vet this morning for test ... he just called and she is FINE .. her numbers showed no toxins .. THANK GOD ..

BUT .. now I have continued to feed the DRY Eukanuba to them . and now IT may be affected .. WTH???

What are you to do ????

the dogfood industry is going to suffer BADLY from this ..

..oh and the news said that the "majority" of this infected gluten crap went to dogfood .. but SOME of it is used for HUMAN consumption .. WTH is this world coming to???
 
What have you heard about dry Eukanuba? That's what I feed my dogs, and the last I heard it was okay . . .
 
MissL ..

From what I have found on the web the dry Eukanuba is supposedly fine .. it does not contain this wheat gluten from China ..

I looked on my food at home (Eukanuba Dry Large Breed) at the ingredients and it did not list wheat gluten .. on their website it state that NONE of their dry foods contain wheat gluten .. and they are standing by the safety of their dry products .. God I hope so!!!
 
Thanks. I know you must have been really scared when you checked the list and found that Alpo was affected, as were many others. Am so glad your baby girl is okay.

IIRC there was a thread on this forum in recent weeks about making your own dogfood, and I think I'm going to do a search for that. I have also ordered a couple of books on it. I'm thinking about making most of it and maybe supplementing with some organic dogfood like Newman's Own. Right now, every time I put food in their bowls I get a little twinge in my stomach and worry that tomorrow's news may be about the Eukanuba dry containing something.

You think you're safe, but . . .
 
Although this is a very serious issue and one we are all just sick and worried to death about. I would not trust PETA as a source of info for this recall. PETA has be known in the past to publish false information. I'm not sure what the best place to get the info would be, perhaps the link that the other member posted is a good place to start. I know that I am considering trying the organic pet food store down the street until all this is over.
 
>Although this is a very serious issue and one we are all just
>sick and worried to death about. I would not trust PETA as a
>source of info for this recall. PETA has be known in the past
>to publish false information. I'm not sure what the best place
>to get the info would be, perhaps the link that the other
>member posted is a good place to start. I know that I am
>considering trying the organic pet food store down the street
>until all this is over.

Amen! I automatically disregard anything put out by PETA.
 
I feed my dog a raw diet. This way, I know exactly what he is getting. There is all sorts of info on the web. Just type in raw diet at the search. Be prepared though if your vet isn't very opened minded, he will reject the thought of it. My vet didn't agree with me on this and every time I take my dear boy to see him, he raves at how clean his teeth and ears are and how beautiful his coat is.

This is a very bad situation and even worse is they put this junk in human food too. Makes me wonder sometimes howcome it seems more and more people have allergies!.....hhhmmmmmm. I really don't believe the FDA either.

I can really get going on these subjects....x(
 
I am a little thrown off by the remarks that have been made that "PETA has been known to put out false information". I have no idea what this is based on!!!
Unlike pet food manufacturers, PETA doesn't have to protect their profit. I don't think they have an agenda on this other than pointing out the obvious and protecting animals.

Whereas I personally think PETA is a little drastic sometimes, I believe it is a good thing that there are people who take a stance for animals and do expose questionable practices!

As we all know, the FDA has not been very forthcoming on numerous occassions and IMO protects anyone else but NOT the general public/consumer. So when it comes to who to believe, I'd say PETA is a safer bet!

As far as the petfood recall goes, I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. Who are we kidding here? What do you think is in pet food that is sold for $ 15 for a 20 or 30 lbs bag? Filet Mignon??

The petfood industry certainly has done an exceptional marketing job, showing pretty pictures of fresh veggies, whole grains and meat, making us believe only good and wholesome foods go into the food for our furry friends!

Nothing could be further from the truth! Let's try moldy grains, rotted veggies, cancerous parts of meat, road kill, euthanized pets, discarded grease from restaurants ..... Just read "Foods pets die for" by Ann Martin and do some research on the Internet.

Come on, people, let's wake up here! This is not an isolated incident, it gets more media attention because the high concentration makes pets sick almost immediately. What about toxins at lower levels or low quality ingredients over a longer period of time?

No wonder that the average life span of pets has declined over the past 20 years despite of better medical care.

Carola
 
Amen Carola! I totally agree. As days and years go by we see our pets and our human counterparts becoming more sick. So what happens when we and our beloved pets get sick....we get prescribed meds that make us "feel better". To cover up our symptons most generally to find they come back.
 
>Don't even get me started on PETA....if you love your
>pet...say no to PETA, because they don't want you to have
>them.
>There is nothing wrong with protecting animal rights....but
>the way PETA goes about it is totally unacceptible.
>
>http://www.animalscam.com/peta_7things.cfm

Whereas I don't agree with all of PETA's practices and recommendations, you should check the reference you are giving. The site www.animalscam.com is owned and operated by a company called Center for Consumer Freedom.

The Center for Consumer Freedom is a front group for the restaurant, alcohol and tobacco industries. It runs media campaigns which oppose the efforts of scientists, doctors, health advocates, environmentalists and groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, calling them "the Nanny Culture"

Now this is the same group that is fighting smoking bans, fighting the organic food movement, is lobbying against lowering the blood alcohol level for drunk driving and proclaims that the obesity epidemic in the US is just a "hype".

Where other than the CCF does it say that PETA doesn't want you to own pets??????

Carola
 
Well according to PETA's website....you can have a pet as long as it comes only from a shelter, it is not caged if it is a bird, it is not allowed outside if it's a cat (unless on a leash) or if it is a dog that is never chained, or crated. And don't you dare breed your animals.....and that comes right from thier site.
http://www.peta.org/about/faq-comp.asp
Sorry,Peta is an extremist group, and I can not condone thier actions.
Like I said before, there is nothing wrong with protecting animal rights, and ending unnessicery animal crurlty. But putting the value of human rights and lives below animal rights is wrong.
 
>Well according to PETA's website....you can have a pet as
>long as it comes only from a shelter

But that's not what you said, you stated that it is PETA's intention to not have any pets at all. What is wrong with advocating to adopt from a shelter? The Humane Society advocates that, the local animal shelter do the same and so do hundreds of other organizations.

What is wrong with advocating not to support puppy mills? What is wrong with recommending not to chain your dog? And by the way, nowhere does it say, not to crate your dog, let's get the facts straight here!

What is wrong with advocating not to declaw your cat? And what is wrong with keeping your cat inside so he/she doesn't get run over by a car or becomes bait for coyotes, owls, etc?

If that makes them an extremist group, well, then I am extremist}(

Noone is putting the value of human life above animals, but what is wrong with exposing unnecessary animal cruelty, i.e. slaying of seals, the transport and treatment of slaughterhouse animals, etc. etc.. I am not advocating don't eat any meat, but for crying out loud, this could be done in a more humane way.

Whereas I have said before, some of their methods are a little extreme for my taste, someone has to expose those practices for things to change.

Carola
 
A few years back, when I was a member of the FIRM Ya-Yas forum, I stopped feeding Iams to my pets when I researched info/video claimed on the PETA website regarding living conditions and testing of live animals at reasearch labs hired by Iams. I don't know if that info is still there.

I am not a PETA supporter but they do make some good points about how we treat the creatures we share the planet with.

My animals get a rotational diet of raw, wet, and dry food.

Susan L.G.
 
>Unlike pet food manufacturers, PETA doesn't have to protect
>their profit. I don't think they have an agenda on this other
>than pointing out the obvious and protecting animals.
>
>Whereas I personally think PETA is a little drastic sometimes,
>I believe it is a good thing that there are people who take a
>stance for animals and do expose questionable practices!


I agree completely!
 
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