Notice to Pet Owners – Menu Foods Issues Recall for Cat and Dog foods
[Update 3/22/2007 9:31 am PST:] Reports from Yahoo news state that the reason for liver failure is due to a aminopterin type of rat poison. 
More info on the Menu Food Recall wiki (Wikipedia)
Thanks to stendalhismo, and catbuttsquirrelbutt for the lead!
[Update 3/19/2007 11:13 am PST:] Pet owners please be sure to check your food… regardless of how much you pay… Like most outsourced, subcontracted products today even high-end foods may be at risk.
For those on Hills Pet Food’s consumers, click is a link for their Science Diet recalled items.
Also, I apologize for not being completely thorough and listing all of the links provided by our readers. However, peruse the comment section to get more info.
[Update 3/18/2007 9:14 am PST:] In an effort to help limit and dispel any FUD we may create — A few viewers of ICHC shared that according to some news articles, the food being recalled may only be isolated to “cuts and gravy” style food products. See the list below for more info.
An unknown number of cats and dogs suffered kidney failure and about 10 died after eating the affected pet food, Menu Foods said in announcing the North American recall. Product testing has not revealed a link explaining the reported cases of illness and death, the company said.
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The recall covers the company’s “cuts and gravy” style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches between Dec. 3 and March 6 throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Source: Pet deaths prompt recall of pet food (Yahoo News)
- Check if your Pet’s brand of food is affected
- Contact Menu Foods Information Line immediately
Recall Information 1-866-895-2708 - Follow any news and updates about this Recall
Official Menu foods website
News as of (3/17/2007 8:04 pm PST) Animal Owners Panic Over Pet Food Recall (Guardian)
News as of (3/18/2007 9:17 am PST) Pet deaths prompt recall of pet food (Yahoo News)
News as of (3/22/2007 9:32 am PST) Rat Poison Found in Tainted Food (Yahoo News)
Thanks to the can opener and stendalismo for the lead.
Now wtf are they going to do for all the pet owners with outrageous vet bills because of this? Or for the pets that die because of it? I’d have something to say if something happened to my kitty because of their negligence.
Thank you for spreading this list!
this is really disturbing, but not surprising.
most pet food brands have all kindsa junk in it: diseased pig and cow parts unfit for human consumption, dogs and cats that have died at the vet, and moldy vegetable products (hi, cats are CARNIVORES). I believe it’s why so many pets die of kidney failure and cancer and diabetes and the like. It’s basically just trash that’s in the food, even the so-called “natural” brands they sell at specialty stores.
I urge all animal lovers to do some research and find out what they REALLY put in pet food.
The Truth About Commercial Pet Food
I am seriously thinking that I will start my cat on a raw food diet.
oh yeah, and they put roadkill and restaurant grease in pet food, too. yum.
I hope this whole recall at least opens some people’s eyes.
and thank you for posting this!
I have three cats, and two of them (litter mates) got sick recently. Not eating, drinking nonstop, lethargic, etc. We took them in and they’re kidneys were doing badly. Couldn’t explain it, they didn’t get into any chemicals, and even if it was genetic, they are only two years old. Now we found out about this, and it explains it all. We’ve been feeding them Special Kitty food two times a day, everyday, for who knows how long. Our third cat only likes the juices, so that’s why he doesn’t have any problems. Seriously, we thought they got a hold of something somehow, even though we lock everything up, and here we are, making them sick by feeding them. We are def. looking into this, how we can act, because our vet bill was $600 and the food that is now unusable … who knows what that totals to. Unbelievable.
We also have two dogs, and we have some old cans of Award and a few packets of Ol Roy, but those were strictly in case of emergency, so luckily we won’t have to worry about more sick animals.
i smell a class action suit brewing . . . affected parties: keep records and receipts!
* i am not a lawyer; i am but a lolhuman.
Thanks for listing all the products! I have one of each, but none of the food for either!
I was thinking of going to a private maker, and this may push me.
I enjoy your site, and my daughter is an “awwww” freak! LOL!
You have done me a service, thanks again!
Good morning, G*D bless and Maranatha!
tmw
Thanks for the heads up; I’ll help spread it around.
TImes like this, I’m happy to be a tree-hugging hippy. Only Newman’s Own Organic for my kittehs.
Yikes! Thanks for the warning. Don’t want any potential macro material getting sick.
[...] Uh oh [...]
Thank you for the notice.
From what I have read, it is only the wet food that has been a concern. Just thought people should know that as well before you run your furry family members to the vet to be checked.
Sorry copper, but that article is tripe (heh heh). Anyone who recommends feeding (as you said!) carnivores “wholesome homemade and/or vegetarian diets”, and who prefers a “holistic practitioner or herbalist” to a veterinarian has no room for being outraged over anything happening to their pets.
You are right in that this is an outrage, you are right that pet food ingredients should be well-controlled. I’d imagine that this is a nightmare for the company as well, which has essentially been shafted by a supplier that hasn’t put enough care into *its* product.
Back to the article: “Cow brains. Sheep guts. Chicken heads. Road kill. Rancid grain.”
Yes, and? There is ONE objectionable ingredient in there, and that’s the rancid grain (and just *maybe* the roadkill). Put anything else, fresh from the kill, in front of any cat or dog and they’ll gladly dig in and be none the worse for it — don’t project human tastes on an animal. I do not believe we need to butcher extra animals just to pamper our pets with the choice cuts. They’re pets.
Feeding them leftovers, contrary to what the article says, is fine — the “veterinarians advised against owners feeding their pets leftovers!” line in the article is deceptive because that advice concerns cooked, prepared human dinner leftovers, not “the extra bits that happen to be left over from an animal killed to feed humans.” Those would otherwise go to waste, and needlessly so. By the way, humans eat guts and brains too, just not enough to to sell all that the meat industry gets from all the cows, pigs and chickens killed for steaks, bacon and chicken wings. Anyone who wants to treat their cat to a diet that is 100% cat-centered should start breeding songbirds right about now.
There’s even a LOLcat to answer the article’s outrage: “I’m just a cat. Stop anthropomorphising me.”
That being said: Yes, it’s important that pets get food and care they can actually deal with, which does not include anything rotten or laced with potentially harmful ingredients. This is what is the problem, not the idea that tinned pet food does not contain prime steak cuts.
And of course, good health to all kittehs and puppies out there, and fingers crossed that it gets sorted (and costs reimbursed if necessary) soon.
This is a problem in canned food only? The info on the site wasn’t all that clear. My cats all hate canned food, and only eat Science Diet (spoiled kittah).
What a disgrace. I hope everyone affected does sue them.
Rohina– This article says it was all wet pet food, and I clicked on a few of the links above and the package types were all listed as “can.” (Not that I’m not still nervous about giving our dog her dry food, now.)
Well, aside from pure-bred show animals, most pets haven’t got a price tag beyond vet bills. A lot of the food was in packets but cans were affected too. Basically any “wet” pet food should be held suspect.
We feed our spoiledrotten kittahz Wellness, which has no grains and is made with human-grade food products. Kittahz need no grains!!
Kudos to Cheezburger for posting the info; you know we all come here to find pics of cuteness, so thank you for posting where you know we’ll find the info.
We used to feed our kittahz Nutro packets… but once Serenity started over-eating and then barfing, we switched them to Wellness. Thank heaven.
–Elfnow
Thanks for adding this on here. My thoughts and prayers go out to the poor animals and their families affected by this, and thankfully I don’t feed my babies any of those foods.
WithaK:
You are a complete douche.
To some people, their animals are not their “pets”. My two kittehs are my babies, and I would willingly give up my life for them.
May you come back as somebody’s “pet”.
I would have never thought I would see Nutro on that last.
Also, Ed and WithaK, plz not to be flaming here.
My 4 year old died on friday…after 238. vet bill, we had him put down 106 more “pest was a great friend who rode on my shoulders, shared his love with me and we have filled the house with tears. menu foofs must pay,. he was only 4, an indoor cat, and I am pissed.
Ps …on the news it says no cats or dogs reported dieing in canada… I am in winnipeg and bouight the poison that killed my cat at walmart
jim – that seriously sucks ass. we’re all sorry to hear that
cheez – good job on making this into a post. adam’s right – I smell lawsuit(s)
Aw, no. My former roommate used to feed his corgi Wal-Mart and Sav-A-Center brand food all the time, both wet and dry. He never got sick (thank god) but the idea of all those poor animals getting sick and dying makes my heart ache. And from what I saw on that list, it’s not just for people who buy store brand foods. Iams and Eukanuba? Those are pretty well known, higher priced foods. I hope these companies are going to do something to help those poor pet owners.
I assure you, when my fiance and I get our two corgis and a kitten, we’ll research what foods we put into their little tummies.
Anyone knows if this is only US? I live in Sweden. My cats get Royal Canin but I still wonder… I work at a cat shelter here with lots of different brands…
Haven’t heard of this on the news so maybe it’s nothing to worry about in Europe… Any1 nose if it dose?
aww jim sorry to hear that. (im a pegger too!)
i think i’ll keep my cats on dry food until i find a decent wet food for them :/ this makes me nervous
things like this are exactly why i started my cats on a raw diet a few weeks ago… go to catnutrition.org if you’re interested, it’s what got me started. they’re still transitioning, but it’s made a noticeable difference in their health/attitude already. research the facts and come to your own conclusions- – i’m grateful i found out the facts when i did. mah kittahs r 2!
OK: here is the google news link for ‘pet food recall’
http://news.google.com/news?q=pet+food+recall&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en-us&um=1&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title
“Food being sold under 40 different brand names for cats and 50 different brands for dogs is included. The recall covers the “cuts and gravy” style food, packaged with chunks of meat in gravy. … ‘No dry food has been affected, it’s only cans and pouches and obviously not all cans’”
“The Food and Drug Administration doesn’t know what’s wrong with the food”
“It’s still not clear what is causing the kidney failure and fatalities but wheat gluten from a new supplier, has been mentioned as a possible culprit.”
“This recall affects everyone using wet pet food with packaging marked December 3 through March 6.”
“My advice to all my clients and to anybody that’s listening is just don’t feed any of that wet food until we know what’s going on,” said Hutchinson… Try switching to dry food but if your pet is finicky, Dr. Hutchinson recommends mixing up some rice and ground beef or chicken without the skin or tuna.”
symptoms of kidney failure include: “excessive drinking and urinating, vomiting, diahrrea, general lethargy, pets not responding as they normally do”
http://www.menufoods.com/recall
1-866-463-6738
I’m glad to know that icanhascheezeburger.com cares about pets. ^.^
Thanks so much for this, it literally stopped us from giving our pets the bad stuff.
We normally use a different wet food, but keep a stash of the cheap stuff from the Kwiki-mart for when we forget to re-up. Today was one of those days, and we checked it against the list you put up, and sho’ nuff it was on there.
I mention this especially because when we heard the news originally, we checked the usual food and saw that we weren’t affected. It was when we hit the backup, and had second thoughts, that we had to check that too. This site was the one I remembered (because I hit it once a day) so it was much easier to look up. As silly as this place usually is, it also provided a valuable service today.
Thanks from us, our two cats, and a dog who has to have some of what the kitties get.
[quote comment="1654"]Thanks from us, our two cats, and a dog who has to have some of what the kitties get.[/quote]
tht poor loldog eatin tunaz.
n we do care — u peeps puts the lol into lolcats/loldog/lolrus/lolhamster/lolperson!
[quote comment="1626"]I would have never thought I would see Nutro on that last.
Also, Ed and WithaK, plz not to be flaming here.[/quote]
take away their burger karma if u don’t like their comments… i is gonna fade out/hide comments that peeps don’t agrees with, soon.
Humane educator pet food recommendation list
Does anyone know if this problem is anywhere but North America? I live in Australia, so if anyone had any info it would be greatly appreciated by moi and my two furry lolcat friends
The recall covers the company’s “cuts and gravy” style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches between December 3 and March 6 throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Though, honestly, at this point I’d rather be safe than sorry.
Luckily none of my animals will eat the wet stuff. Years ago, though, I had a cat that would get horribly sick after eating wet cat food, so I only fed her dry stuff. All this time I thought she just had a sensitive stomach.
I will definately be more careful in the future in choosing food for my pets. No, it doesn’t have to be prime cuts of meat, but I do expect it to be safe, and better yet, good for them. I wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror if one of my cats or my dog died because of something I had fed them.
Just to clarify, Ed (and I don’t think I was flaming): I think that the article I referred to was proposing things far more harmful to cats/dogs than the food it was railing against (such as putting them on a vegetarian(!) diet and taking them to a herbalist (!!) instead of a vet, for crying out loud!).
I never said I wish any harm on cats, or dogs, or pets on any kind, I just advocate treating them sensibly. That doesn’t mean don’t love them, or even neglect them; just don’t go overboard on the wrong issues and then propose something that really *is* harmful. I love my cat dearly as well, but I know that it doesn’t distinguish between lamb fillet and chicken heads the way I would.
Hold the douche-calling. And if your wish comes true and I do come back as someone’s pet, I couldn’t wish for something better than to come back as the pet my cat is to me; in my book, a pet is something beloved, not an insult. Period.
Re. wet vs. dry. Our elderly lab had similar symptoms about 6 weeks to 2 months ago – lethargy, lack of appetite, vomiting; but she was on dry Iams. Emergency vet diagnosed kidney/liver problems, had her on an IV all night. Anyway we switched her diet to ground turkey, rice, and frozen veg, seems like she is getting better now. But at the time I thought that maybe the Iams kibble was the problem.
Not much of a posting type but feel I must do so now! I LUV this site and come here every day for the fun: I’m recovering from cancer and I really get a morale booster here! – ANYWAY – I have one 15 year old Kittah and have been following this pet food story from the very beginning when I heard it on NPR Saturday morning. There’s a food involved in the recall that I haven’t seen anybody mention here because at first it wasn’t suspected – Hills Science Diet! (CheezB I don’t think you have it on your list either, prolly because it wasn’t known at first!) Some of their canned cat products are involved! Go to their site:
http://www.hillspet.com for a list of the effected products along with item codes. I freaked out when I saw this because all my old girl eats is Science Diet, mostly canned because she has very few teeth. I checked all my cans and thankfully none are from the effected batches. I think I’m going to try something else for her though – I do believe she has a couple years peace and happiness left in her and wouldn’t want her to go thru the kind of thing that’s happening. Well – that’s all, just wanted to let y’all know about the Science Diet connection – keep up the Good Work and the LOLKritters – I luvs U! LUNA )O(
Kudos to you for putting this on your site.
For those in places other than North America asking whether you should not feed your pets these products, think about it. Lots of times companies downplay recalls. Did you notice their March 16 press release says, they were announcing a “Precautionary Dog and Cat Food Recall”. “Precautionary?” Please. That Press Release also says, “NOT FOR RELEASE OVER US NEWSWIRE SERVICES”. Not for release over US newswire services?
My suggestion is be on the safe side. Don’t use any products on the recall list regardless of where you live.
Thanks for listing these. It took me a while to track down this list on my own. Fortunately, my dog eats organic food and it isn’t listed here.
Wow … all my friends who buy grocery store crap are laughing at me now. I would turn my feline nose up at their food: I only get “the best.” I only buy food from pet stores. My friends give Whiskas and Benefit to their cats. I would never!
But now this… hitting all the foods I give that I thought was healthy. Thank you for whoever recommended staying away from all wet foods now — until we know what is going on — and suggested rice with ground beef or skinless chicken. My little girl loves wet food so this I can do for her.
I feel so helpless when these things happen. You just try to give your pets the best because you love them so much. Will be interesting to hear what EXACTLY is in the food and how EXACTLY it affects the renal system.
It really upsets me that some people were doing what they thought was the absolute best thing for their little ones and the pets end up dying (one was only 3 years old!).
THANKS SO MUCH for posting the most complete list I have seen. Thank you for the service you provide.
I has a flavor ….
Jim –
My thoughts and prayers go out to you. I am so sorry to hear this.
Amidst all this fine humor, thank you for posting this information. Please take a bow, well-deserved, for interrupting your regular service for doing this. Thanks again.
Yea see I don’t know too much about this because I am a pretty new pet owner.
to be honez baxter tocher (tangents: LOL ur name sounds like a character from achewood (ps, is a compliment)) it just seemz liked the right thing to dos. thaz all.
Just recently I gave my dog a can of wet food just for a change. She ended up vomiting all over the place for a few days. Luckily I am a vet tech, and kept an eye on her at home. (I also have drugs on hand I can use for her.) But after that I vowed not to give her any more wet food. After seeing this I definitely won’t feed wet food anymore.
All I can say to anyone is that if you see your pet drinking a lot more water than usual, and they were eating that food, rush them to the vet. The sooner you get them in, the sooner they can get treated. Makes all the difference.
Luck and hope to anyone with a pet suffering because of this.
I’m glad your doggy’s ok, natolyi!
poisonmunk, that site (catnutrition.org) is fantastic! I stumbled upon it 2 days ago after I posted the first link I posted up there, and find it to be the best site I’ve found as far as information goes.
very good information about the raw food diet there, which I’m thinking about starting my cat on. There are also links to quality non-crap canned food here that you can buy, since the raw food diet is really impractical for a lot of people.
I was surprised to find Nutro in the list, too, because that is my cat’s normal food (though the dry kind). Seems that even most “natural” brands are made from crap, too, and use the same suppliers as Friskies and crap like that.
and Iams/Eukanuba are craps brands, as is Science Diet. Iams used to be sorta good, but they were bought out by Procter & Gamble a few years ago and now its just junk (which is why you can now them at any grocery store now.)
WithaK, are you a vet or something that gets paid by the companies to sell crap cat food (as most vets are)?
oops WithaK, sorry—-
I just wanna clarify that I TOTALLY agree that feeding a cat a vegetarian diet is TOTALLY stupid. I guess I missed that part of the article
anyway, catnutrition.org and catinfo.org both seem to be great sources of information.
natolyi –
wet food is actually the best food to feed your animals. pets should have water IN their food. in the wild they would get most of their water from the food, not just plain water.
there’s actually a lot more bad bacteria in dry food than wet food. you just have to be careful about your brand choices, and you have to introduce your pet to new food GRADUALLY.
if you suddenly change their food or give them something they don’t usually have, it’s normal for them to get sick and throw up because it’s a shock to their systems.
but you are a vet tech, so i guess you know this
natolyi –
wet food is actually the best food to feed your animals. pets should have water IN their food. in the wild they would get most of their water from the food, not just plain water.
and there’s actually generally a lot more bad bacteria in dry food than wet food. you just have to be careful about your brand choices, and you have to introduce your pet to new food GRADUALLY.
if you suddenly change their food or give them something they don’t usually have, it’s normal for them to get sick and throw up because it’s a shock to their systems.
but you are a vet tech, so i guess you know this
copper, thanks for noticing! i wish more ppl would check it out…i’m gonna send that site an email right now, the lady in charge knows her stuff and i truly wish more animal lovers would take the time to do the research. it was overwhelming to me at first but i am determined and my cats are slowly learning and being weaned off of commercial crap which they are addicted to, much like fast food. my kittah is fat but now not because of fast food kittah crap, he’s just a big boi and i give him homemade cheezburgers which are much bettah than mcdonalds (duh).
otherwise, i feed wellness wet (no grain) and EVO dry food when they won’t have anything else.
kittahs r not vegetarians! “obligate carnivore” is what! i fuxed up not feeding them mice from the start.
again, catnutrition.org . go look! they has a bucket.
I could be making this up, but I thought that dry food was good for animals because it helps keep their teeth nice and sharp and used, unlike with mushy stuff. Yes? No?
I don’t think there will be any lawsuits… Were there any when they had to recently recall spinach, and peanut butter, and green onions from Taco Bell when all thos epeople were getting sick? (I really don’t know the answer to that…)
Accidents happen. It’s sad, but true.
[quote comment="1659"][quote comment="1626"]I would have never thought I would see Nutro on that last.
Also, Ed and WithaK, plz not to be flaming here.[/quote]
take away their burger karma if u don’t like their comments… i is gonna fade out/hide comments that peeps don’t agrees with, soon.[/quote]
OMG burger karma. I had no idea what that was. I’m new to this sort of board. Thank you. you have to introduce your pet to new food GRADUALLY.[/quote]
I agree with these comments. I always thought that it’s good to feed both wet AND dry food. Wet for the extra water, dry for the teeth.
I hope maybe people will read all these comments and consider a different food. ♥.
Wet food is bad for kitteh’s teeth. Yes some kittehs can be dehydrated and wet food is good for that purpose, but if your kitteh drinks enough water (like mine do, with their heads under the faucets), there’s no use in wet food especially if you don’t want to pay for pricey teeth cleanings every year.
And expensive food doesn’t equal good nutrients or necessarily healthier food. Iams is a good example of this. It’s full of the same icky stuff that store brand food is (primarily grains, leftover parts of animals scraped off the meatpackers floor). And I do NOT agree that we should feed our cats the leftovers of animals killed for human consumption. My cat likes to eat earplugs and plastic bags. Just because he WILL eat something doesn’t mean he should. Maybe in ‘nature’ (which is a stupid concept anyways for domesticated animals) cats would eat mouse heads. My mom’s cat ate a mouse head once. GROSS! That doesnt mean I should be ok with it in my pet food.
And some cats live for ages totally healthy on crappy food. My mom’s cat is 20 and has eaten the same flavor of friskies her entire life. I think she’s been to the vet for health problems twice in 20 years. Now my cat (who I picked up as a stray) is on prescription vet food and he has some really terrible health problems. You never can tell what will make your cat live longer.
But I send out my warmest salutations to those people who are worried about their pets right now. Kittehs are babies, thats for sure. It makes me so happy to hear about so many people who consider their pets ‘family’
I am enraged with these people! My cat died from Menu foods negligence; I want satisfaction and more than just the expences of the vet bills. Our kitty was like a baby to my wife and I. Can any one tell me how to keep abrest of information leading to the formation of Class-action law suits that might be brought against these Murderers?
Amidst all this fine humor, thank you for posting this information. Please take a bow, well-deserved, for interrupting your regular service for doing this. Thanks again.
[quote comment="1715"]to be honez baxter tocher (tangents: LOL ur name sounds like a character from achewood (ps, is a compliment)) it just seemz liked the right thing to dos. thaz all.[/quote]
Hey, damn cheek!
I used to be one of those folk who fed my dog “dog food” and nothing but. Now I am amazed that someone who is somewhat intelligent
could be swindled for so long into thinking that any creature, human, dog cat or otherwise, could be healthier if fed nothing but processed food its whole life. Doesn’t matter how lovely or organic the food is, it is still processed. Whole, unprocessed food is always better nutritionally. I eat with that mindset and I feed my best bud the same way. He doesn’t need to eat steak every day – he likes tripe and many other cheap and disgusting things just fine. But he will never be put back on a diet of processed food. He’s a shepard mix, is 12.5 yrs old and is so much healthier than when he was youger and ate processed food.
If this food nightmare gets just a few owners thinking logically about the nutrition of their pets food, then maybe some small good can come of this.
Pet food companies are profit machines, like other businesses. It is in their interest to have you believe that their food is healthier than normal, natural food.
Copper: Thanks for the link. I went to the site and ordered a cat food sample pack.
http://www.trilogyonline.com/Trilogy/Pets/Cats.aspx?realname=40022875&hdr=&cat=0
MORE RECALLS!!!
There are more food recalls, not just from Menu Foods.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/pet.food.recall.ap/index.html
Even a dry food, Hill’s Prescription Diet m/d is being recalled (we feed
our pudgy kitty this, but he hasn’t gotten sick… we really need to
switch to something better for kitties…)
http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/Menu_Foods_03302007_en_US.htm
I’ll post this as a comment on the previous recall post, but you might
want to make a new post so people see it.
Thanks, guys – you really are awesome for not just showing the lolcatz,
but also giving them love and trying to keep us informed about our kittehz
health.
I am sorry to say that for at least three weeks my 17 year old muttlett was eating tainted food. She is 11 pounds and very finicky so, suffice to say, we went through a lot of different types of wet food (since she has lost most of her teeth due to poor dental care prior to her new “permanent home”.) Unfortunately, the only food she was eating at the time, was tainted, and what she didn’t consume her feline friends did… They are all three showing signs of kidney damage… Nothing immediately fatal, just the excessive drinking and uriniation, occassional lethargy, vomitting, etc. It is sad knowing that there is nothing I can do for them now that the damage is done – Just have to adjust and accommodate their “accidents”… I now make their food from scratch… Hopefully it’s safe, since I feed the same meat to my spouse… LOL! Thanks for listening…
i had a cat named Whiskers who i had for 8 years… and he died of liver failure.
thanks for posting this; it’s most likely the reason.. -_-;
More proof that, in the long run, humans have a streak of inconsistency when it comes to research for what the best food is for those they consider their pets.
I disapprove of the idea that processed food- god only knows what, exactly, we put in it- which isn’t even good for HUMANS is good for the animals we care for and love. Pets have been pampered, beaten, or kept alive by humans for a long time. Whether or not it’s been long enough for them to adapt to the stuff we give them and call ‘food’ is a question best left to those who bother to keep track. It certainly didn’t start with them having their meals handed to them- cats, for instance, were kept and, instead of being fed, had to catch their meals. That was essentially their role.
Dogs and cats will eat just about anything when hungry- but it’s important to remember that they didn’t always. We’ve bred them so that they’re adaptable and strong. We’ve BRED them so that they can handle a lot of stuff a human wouldn’t spit at- by constantly feeding them stuff a human wouldn’t find worth spitting at.
On one hand, I think it’s probably a good idea to pamper your pets and give them the love they wouldn’t get if they weren’t in your house or home.
On the other, I think that we may be making them weaker- whatever species they are- by pandering to their every whim.
You really just can’t tell. We humans are jerks when it comes to anything to do with money, and will do whatever it takes to reduce our own costs- if a few animals are killed in the process, so what? I can only hope that anyone monstrous enough to try and duck authority and put foods unsuitable for pet consumption in foods named as suck will burn in whatever personal hell they bring upon themselves.
so what do your pets eat?
i sooooo love icanhascheezburger.com!
i have reccommended this ite to allllll of my m8’s!
being quite young myself ( not stating my age )
i love your site!
I’m terrified. If anything happened to my baby I will sue Purina and friskies.