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My cats eat Blue Spa Select dry cat food and Wellness canned, which I’ve been feeding them for about two years. I am confident in these companies, as well as many other holistic lines that are often mentioned here (Eagle, Merrick, Solid Gold). I’m not entirely convinced that the recalls are over, which is why a check this site every few days. However, its more out of curiosity about other foods, and not the ones I’m feeding.

My point about overreacting is that there seems to be a general consensus among people that comment here that there is some sort of conspiracy going on, which I do not think is the case. That is not to say that I think it’s impossible for there to be more recalls. However, just because one pet has an adverse reaction to a food, that is not an indication that the food should be recalled.

If you are so convinced that everyone is rigorously testing their product, why the need to come here because you are not convinced there wont be more recalls, your statements contradict themselves. And why would that explain a vet and pet parent testing Nutro food that was not on the recall list after the first recall on 3-16, only to find out it was contaminated resulting in it being put on the recall list on 4-11 and many other foods continually being put on the recall list months afterwards. I also tried to tell them about the food and just got ignored. Im glad you have that confidence the food is safe but I dont and I question if you really feel that way if you have the need to come here to check. I dont know if you have Itchmo’s auto food recall notices sent to your e:mail addy? If not, that might be a good thing to do.

You indicate that the pet food companies wouldnt purposely add these toxins to the food as it would hurt their business and while that may be true, you can bet that once some of these companies found the toxins in their food, they did not do what they could to pull the product off the shelf immediately and even delayed doing so while they were scrambling to figure out how to deal with it so it wouldnt hurt their profit. There are many cases where it has been found they knew about contamination but did not reveal it until FDA or a private vet discovered it, at which point they had no choice. In the meantime, pets ate the food and became ill or died.

Im very glad your pets did not come into contact with any tainted food but that is not the case with many on this site. Im curious, what food do you feed your pets? You say you dont feed Science Diet, Euk/Iams, anything made by Purina or Delmonte, any ‘grocery brands’, etc. That rules out alot of foods that people normally bought before the recall, so Im curious what you feed them?

I’m sorry to hear about your dog. I may have not made myself clear: I do not think that every food is fine. I personally would never feed Science Diet, Euk/Iams, anything made by Purina or Delmonte, any ‘grocery brands’, etc. This is not because I think that they are secretly contaminated, but simply because I think they are poor quality foods lacking nutritional value. I read the ingredient label on every bag, can or pouch that someone recommends that I feed my pet, and I know what ingredients to look for and what ones to avoid. Malnutrition as well as allergies to sub-par products can cause the symptoms you described, and would explain why your dog is doing better on a homemade diet.

And, yes, petslave, I do check here because I am not convinced that there won’t be more recalls. However, I do think that the FDA and PFI are doing everything they can to find out if anything else is contaminated. I do not think that companies are ignoring test results because they want to make money. From a business standpoint, it wouldn’t make sense for them to knowingly poison their customer base.

And Lorie, you have no reason to feel bad for my cats. They are healthier and more spoiled than most people’s children. I have kept up on the recall info because I am concerned about what has happened, I just think that some people here have taken it a bit too far when they start to accuse the pet food companies of purposely selling poisonous foods and not caring about the ramifications.

For real?

Or are you saying this is who THEY are now using??????!

Sorry, I was a little confused reading that post, to say the least :-D

or is someone on the other side eavesdropping

I just did a google search for anymore articles on that mess in Leesburg and no new news so far. I will keep you posted.

Kim,

She had the vet call an oncologist while the cat was under sedation and they said chemo would by 6 mos at best for about 3K and it would be very risky because of the location of the jaw and it has all ready eaten threw most of the jaw bone. Plus he is 11 years old.

I still say the radiocat procedure he had done for his thyroid a couple years ago caused the cancer.

I didn’t do that, and found out only when it was too late that laser surgery - which I never knew was even available for cats - would probably have saved my Bozo.

I mention this because the laser surgeon specifically talked about an example where he’d removed a large portion of a cat’s jaw.

Thanks for the info. Hope kitties stay on the road to recovery, along with mine and everyone else who have suvived this ordeal. Now we just have to hope we make the right choices with the crap we have left to choose from.