More pet food recalls, what do we do?

[Laurie]

So now they have found another ingredient in pet foods that is tainted with chemicals. I’m so nervous about feeding my cat food from the store now. What in the world are we supposed to do? I would be devastated if something happened to my little Hobo kitty! I’m at the point I want to just feed him people food but I know thats no good for him either.

[Laurie]

[Skigod377]

Just switch to dry till the scare is over. Is that an option?

[Laurie]

Yeah but its not just wet food that is being recalled.

[Jodi]

Do you have a link to this information?

[Megan]

What on earth has gone wrong up in quality control?? I hope they get this issue under control sooner than later…

My big Labrador is getting way more scraps than he needs, but he gets sick if all he eats is dry food. He’s diabetic, so he’s got eating issues anyway. We’re mixing in the bare minimum of human food he can keep the rest down with 😕

At least he’s not dead of liver/kidney failure like some of those poor pets.

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I have heard of some people cooking for their pets. Using real, natural ingredients. I don’t have any pets, so I can’t give any working advice on this. Here is a site that may help.

http://www.ability.org/pet_food_cooking_recipes.html

Here are news articles about cooking for pets:
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/11520753/detail.html?subid=22105263&qs=1;bp=t
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17935147/

Hope this helps.

[Tina]

Cooking for your pets is very hard, feeding raw is much easier, as cooking removes many of the nutrients. feed a food with no grains, you have noticed that all the recalled foods first wheat gluten, then rice, now corn gluten. Here are a couple of foods that are grain free:

http://www.naturapet.com/brands/evo.asp
http://www.championpetfoods.com/orijen/orijen/
I feed the Orijen, my dogs are doing very well on it.

BARF pre-mixed food:
http://www.urbanwolf.cc/

If you do go with BARF do not tell your vet, very few will agree with it, because it is very hard to get the minerals and vitamins balanced. You also have to feed raw bones as well, weather ground or whole. It is very costly, 3 bucks or more per pound, keeping in mind it is wet, so a pound isnt that much food. I have fed it in the past, and my dogs still get raw bones, marrow bones, chicken, turkey, lamb, whatever I can find, but getting everything else in balance can be very hard, and it is very time consuming.

[Lupin]

I have the Joy of my cat refusing Human food and everything but Dry cat food and Polar Bears(the Drink not the animal), So far we seem to have lucked out, and my Mom’s feeding My Dally food that scares me already, God I can’t wait to get custody back.

[drag0nfeathers]

Something you can cook for your cat (we did it before and it’s full of protein and carbs) white rice, boiled hamburger, and cottage cheese mixed together. It’s usually a concoction for sick of weak animals, but it’s perfectly safe for them to eat. Though they may gain a little weight from all the carbs.

I’ve just been feeding my cat’s Fancy Feast. (hard and soft) So far it seems to be one of the only petfoods I haven’t seen on any lists and all my cats are doing pretty well with it. There not acting weird or lethargic like it’s comtaminated. It’s realyl scary though. Now we are wondering if that’s why Bubbas got sick in the first place a few months ago!

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[Tiffany]

i would say right now until this all blows over ( if you are really concerned) is feed an organic pet food. organix is one of them and petco does sell both dry and canned, for dogs and cats. the criteria for being labeled “organic” is pretty strict and certainly wouldn’t allow use of melamine or any modern or archaic pesticides/fertilizers to contribute to the growth of its ingredients.of course you still could maybe get spoiled grain… if it slips through, which isn’t as likely perhaps as with other classes of food, but no chemicals will be in there, unless by severe accident. i feed natural balance myself, so this last recall really hits home for me.. gulp! we will see what happens as this all comes unraveled as they trace the rest of the bad batches of this rice protein. here is a good link- a statement frtom natural balance on the scoop as of wed. evening..
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/faq.html

[Arlla]

Hmm…I feed my dog a mix of Canidae and Solid Gold…are these on any recall lists??? They weren’t on the first list I saw weeks ago, but I havn’t seen an updated list…. 🙁

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[Tina]

Not so far, but now that rice and corn have been added to the list of affected grains, I really feel a grain free menu is the way to go.

[bluepony78]

Plese ignore my ignorance. I don’t normally watch the news…

What pet food is being recalled, and what are the signs? My dog started barfing more than usual, he eats Dad’s. I just bought him a bag at Walmart, and there was a sign there about how they are taking care of the situation.

I feel Mr. Kitty Purina hardfood. All the canned food we have is at least 3 months old. It’s hard to feed it to him, with the dog, and the curious baby, and the husband….. 😕

Off to go read the links…

[Starbreeze]

You can go to the FDA website too. I looked last night and Purina was okay. No recalls of Purina food that I could see. 🙂

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