Comments on: Recall Update: Monday

By: SmileOnADog

SmileOnADog — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:29:30 +0000

Ally,

I hear you, but it doesn’t sound possible, IMHO. I don’t read all the other blogs, (with my rescues, don’t have that much time in a day), I’m sure others here don’t either , so we don’t know what is repititious. I see no reason anyone tired of hearing about Oprah (which I’m not, by the way. I find it interesting, myself) could just, as soon as you see the word “Oprah”, skip to the next post. Not a biggie.

By: june

june — Tue, 01 May 2007 05:19:58 +0000

Forgot to tell you that the food can be mealy and thick. Mixing some baby food chicken or veal with it helps a lot. Beech Nut is the only brand I use as it doesn’t have the additives. Check the labels.

By: june

june — Tue, 01 May 2007 05:03:43 +0000

Helen In response to Evangers, I feel their food is a large reason that my cat is still alive. She is elderly, is diabetic and has had chronic ear and rear leg problems. I blame yrs of Science Diet , Purina1 before the S D and fancy fst for a lot of her problems. I put her on Ev, her diabetes disappeared, she started walking again, stopped mucosey drooling etc. She also was having tremors that stopped. 2ce I gave her other foods, 1st time S D, sympyoms all returned and she developed a very scary respiratory inf. 2nd time I’d run out of Ev and gave her Friskies for a day and a night. She went into convulsions and is diabetic again. I keep her only on Ev and Felidae. Serengetis for dry as that is the only one that she will eat, she is going great again. Also have another cat that developed Diabetes. same muc drooling and rear leg problem, and he is doing well on the same foods. His diet was mainly Friskies since the recall. Realize that the diabetes can cause some of this but am amazed at how the symptoms disappear when they have Ev. Also blame the foods for the diabetes. Have a great vet for which I am very thankful. I feel these 2 foods are the only answer to the current recalls, if they are recalled there is nothing else.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:09:52 +0000

Lorie - like I said I bought the wheat grass at Wild Oats which is like Whole Foods/Trader Joe’s if you don’t have Wild Oats in DC - I know you have the others (I actually travel out there for business periodically!). Anyway, I normally have a pot of wheat grass growing and they love it. You can buy kits online or just the seeds… all you need is soil and a few days for the seeds to germinate. Of course you’re going to want to watch what kind of soil you use to make sure it doesn’t have anything weird but everything I’ve ever read about wheatgrass is that it does wonders to cleanse toxins from the body.

By: E. Hamilton

E. Hamilton — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:57:21 +0000

There is now an OFFICIAL OPRAH thread, I never want to hear about it again.
Refer everyone and anyone who mentions the “hot” idea that Oprah might want to help us to THAT thread.
Done.
That subject is finished.

By: Lorie

Lorie — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:55:19 +0000

Geez I need to go to bed meant to say prayers

By: Lorie

Lorie — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:53:47 +0000

Amy,

I would like to buy some grass but afraid it is spread with pestickde out here in the DC Metro area need to grow my own. If I bought wheat grass seed do I just plant it in regular potting soil or do I need to buy a special kind that won’t grow poison grass. Probably a stupid question but I am not sure. Glad to hear your kits are doing well, mine have been off all petfood since Friday morning and they seem to be improving each day. Gave pepcid this morning going to see what happens if I do not give them any tomorrow. Chat with you via email at work. I will say prays.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:32:51 +0000

Lorie you have a point however I’m more apt to think the FDA has their heads too far up their collective a$$es to have any idea what’s really going on!

On a separate note - I hope your kitties are doing better! My girl seems so much better today. After work I stopped at Wild Oats and got some live wheat grass which she dove into when I put it by her food. It’s great for clearing toxins from their systems… actually with the threat to the human food supply I might have to start eating wheat grass, too!

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:07:38 +0000

********** What I canâ€™t quite wrap my mind around is, if this melamine â€˜enhancementâ€™ of animal feed has been going on for years, why did our pets only just recently become exposed? Is it that they (whoever â€˜theyâ€™ are) have just now begun to also enhance the export protein compounds? **********

I thought it was the chemical reaction between that and the cyanuric acid that was the issue…..

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:37:17 +0000

Nutro,Iams,Eukunuba,SD, Natural Balance are the food’s most people are saying their pets got sick from. I’ve read alot of people are switching to,Canidae and Natura Pet{Innova,Califorina Natural}

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:31:15 +0000

Lori,I think your right on the money about the FDA. I think there is going to be BIG Time Arrest MADE !!!!!!. To Many Pet Foods were in this Recall And To Many Pets have Died. I’ve also notice the news media isn’t saying much.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:19:43 +0000

And actually when I am looking for discussions on specific foods, I’m finding thepetfoodlist forum very handy.

By: gracesfurbabies

gracesfurbabies — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:01:12 +0000

I agree with moving some of this to the forum and asking people to stick to the d*** topic! It’s much easier to use the search engine there if you’re looking for something specific. I want a thread that’s just about what food people are using and which they’ve had problems with. Think I’ll go over there and start it now.

By: Lorie

Lorie — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:24 +0000

I am going to say something that I may get blasted for, do think the FDA or who ever is squashing the true story is keeping a lid on it, because they know it was intentional and do not want the group who did it to know how successful they were.

Go a head scream at me, it would make sense to downplay it though so they would think it was a failure and not proceed onto the next phase.

Maybe I have seen to many movies.

By: kristy

kristy — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:55:42 +0000

Helen,

I have fed one of my dogs with irritable bowel disorder Evanger’s canned Duck and Sweet potato formula for about a year now. She has done extremely well on this food and has had none of the recurring intestinal disorders she had when I was feeding her Solid Gold’s chicken formula. I also like the idea of knowing that they are the manufacturers of their canned food. I don’t think that they manufacture their dry foods in-house.