Pet food recall affect you?[views:7124][posts:94]___________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 12:06am - powerkok ""] I ended up feeding both my cats the tainted food that has already killed at least 9 cats, and has many more on dialysis. Since my Maine Coon is a fat hog, he got WAY sicker than the little runt. Never seen cats puke like that. Ive seen them rocket out hairballs and shit, but this was like REAL puke. I feel bad for the guy, hes all nappy and sick, and is scheduled to goto the vet tomorrow for ball chopping, but I dunno if theyll do it if hes still sick. Any ideas? Anyone else have this happen? All I know is, if he dies, I'll be pissed. No one kills my cat, but me. |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 12:47am - y_ddraig_goch ""] dude Maine coons are evil, my friend had one and it had asthma so it was on steriods...fucking thing was a demon. me and my friends have made up myths about that cat, and how it's spawn live in methuen, tyngsboro, and lowell, all the places it's lived. everytime we drive through those towns we lock our doors and say "fucking herd of xenas might attack us (xena is his cat's name)" |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 1:12am - Niccolai ""] They put cats on dialysis? Seems kindof stupid putting some cats on dialysis, but euthenising 8000 other cats a week. |
| _________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 1:19am - sxealex ""] i hope my dog dies. shes 16 and shitting everyplace. i gotta clean it up everyday like 4 times a day sometimes. shes cool but i have no love to give her. i have like 2 barrels filled with shit in a bag. i think im gonna throw it all at someones house. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 8:37am - succubus ""] nope. thanks to me I buy specialty cat food that the vet first recommended and gave me for free, supposed to be better for them and now i buy it at the pet store. |
| ______________________________ [Mar 21,2007 8:40am - Mess ""] science diet dry food is what i use tastes great |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 8:41am - succubus ""] ^^^^ that's what I use too..i just realized i didn't write in the brand name..hahaha |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 8:42am - largefreakatzero ""] That sucks, no we don't feed wet food to our dogs or cats, dry only. I believe only some wet foods were recalled. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 8:47am - the_reverend ""] carina and my babies we never spoiled with wet food. I refused to feed it to them and when she bought some (cause it was free) I almost flipped! |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 8:58am - hungtableed ""] this is only from wet food right? None of my cats eat wet food. Two of them get the $1 MB shit and the other gets the $25 Hills from the vet. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 8:58am - succubus ""] i spoil them with treats and they don't like wet food so thank goodness! haha |
| _____________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 9:04am - MarkFuckingRichards ""] my family has never given a pet wet food, so we're in the clear, although it scared the shit out of me when i heard eukanuba was one of the brands recalled (we use the dry eukanuba). |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 9:07am - Kinslayer ""] I only give my cats wet food when I get a free sample in my bag of dry food hahah...it's like a treat for them. I buy my cats Purina Indoor Formula and that brand wasnt recalled... |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 9:09am - powerkok ""] ya its even in the high end foods like Iams, eukanuba....etc aas well as the cheaper stuff. Its the wheat gluten that was contaminated. My cat is at the vet now, and the only way to know if hes fucked, is to spend 80 bucks on bloodwork, and 50 to do it. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 10:27am - HailAtWork ""] Iams was high end 10-15 years ago, then a different company took it over and it's now shit they sell in supermarkets. I wouldn't feed Iams to anything. I have a 16 1/2 year old cat who's had CRF (Chronic Renal Failure) for about 2 years, so if it's caught early enough it can be treated, but her disease is from natural aging, I don't know how much they can do for an animal that has kidney failure due to poisoning. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 10:40am - ariavette ""] y_ddraig_goch said:dude Maine coons are evil, my friend had one and it had asthma so it was on steriods...fucking thing was a demon. me and my friends have made up myths about that cat, and how it's spawn live in methuen, tyngsboro, and lowell, all the places it's lived. everytime we drive through those towns we lock our doors and say "fucking herd of xenas might attack us (xena is his cat's name)" we had one.. well still do.. but growing up.. just call him fatty b/c he's like 25 lbs.. but he's a big stupid lazy teddy bear... although one time he brought home a 1/2 chewed baby rabbit and left it on the front step.. which was pretty gross but impressive none the less.. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 10:59am - dreadkill ""] my dogs only eat dry food too. |
| ____________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 11:11am - FuckIsMySignature ""] i feed my cat roadkill...so she's fine. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 11:21am - c.dead ""] Hey man, good luck with the cat. If that happened to me i would be fucking ripshit. Maine coons fucking rule. Love those things. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 1:57pm - powerkok ""] Well, just talked to the vet, and my cat needs to be put down. He has 15x the normal kidney levels of a healthy cat, yet they cant/wont confirm it IS in fact from the poisoned food. I AM ripshit. Now I have to tell my 2 daughters that their 1 1/2 year old cat needs to be killed. Yeah, thats fucking great news. |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 1:59pm - Granny_Monster ""] Awwww, that's horrible. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:00pm - powerkok ""] yeah. this sucks. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:01pm - powerkok ""] The first lawsuit was filed today, and the cat in question didnt even die, it just got sick. I want confirmation on the food, so I can pursue that in the future. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:04pm - Dwellingsickness ""] What cat food brand is the recall from? |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:09pm - powerkok ""] http://www.menufoods.com/recall/ |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:09pm - powerkok ""] basically every brand in the northeast except 15 small companies. |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:13pm - reverend_cziska ""] Wow, I guess the neighbors' kids are going without protein in their diet for a while. I shit you not. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:16pm - succubus ""] Mar 21,2007 1:57pm - powerkok] Well, just talked to the vet, and my cat needs to be put down. He has 15x the normal kidney levels of a healthy cat, yet they cant/wont confirm it IS in fact from the poisoned food. I AM ripshit. Now I have to tell my 2 daughters that their 1 1/2 year old cat needs to be killed. Yeah, thats fucking great news. ~~~~ aww i'm sorry to hear that =( |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:16pm - powerkok ""] They eat cat food? Or wheat Gluten?? |
| ___________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:17pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] :sctachy: That blows... I smell a class-action lawsuit. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:20pm - powerkok ""] I hope so man....this is insane. It really is like a part of your family, cat or not. I hope they at least re-emburse my vet fees. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:22pm - RichHorror ""] powerkok said:Well, just talked to the vet, and my cat needs to be put down. He has 15x the normal kidney levels of a healthy cat, yet they cant/wont confirm it IS in fact from the poisoned food. I AM ripshit. Now I have to tell my 2 daughters that their 1 1/2 year old cat needs to be killed. Yeah, thats fucking great news. Oh man, that is fucked. I would kill a motherfucker over that. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:26pm - dreadkill ""] powerkok said:I hope so man....this is insane. It really is like a part of your family, cat or not. I hope they at least re-emburse my vet fees. man, that really sucks. i feel bad for your kids, losing their pet. :( |
| _________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:27pm - c.dead ""] So sorry man, that is pube rough. I would do more than sue, i would kill. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:29pm - powerkok ""] well...I appreciate the words, thanks. I just hope they take it well, which I am fooling myself. Shit, I dint even take it well. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 2:42pm - HailAtWork ""] That's horrible...sorry about your cat....fuck...I'd be so pissed... |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 3:23pm - largefreakatzero ""] Yeah dude, sorry about the cat. I hate my cats, but I'd probably feel bad putting one down. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 5:00pm - powerkok ""] Well we just went and said our goodbyes to him, and my older daughter took it hard. Not a cool scene. Fucking Livid. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 5:02pm - RichHorror ""] Get paperwork confirming that it was caused by the pet food and drain those fucks of every red cent they have. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 5:05pm - hungtableed ""] shit. Sorry to hear the news man, losing pets sucks nuts. I wonder how many cats/dogs nationwide (or in the affected area) will end up dying because of this? |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 21,2007 5:06pm - RichHorror ""] I'm guessing a lot. I know people in California who had to toss out their pet food because it was on the list. If there's any justice the companies involved will get raped in prison. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 12:21pm - powerkok ""] Well, The gub says that pets are 'personal property' so no financial gain may be had from this. My ? is, if they are personal property, then tell me why I can goto fucking JAIL if I throw it down a flight of stairs !? Would I goto jail if I threw my guitar down the stairs? No. So now they have created a double standard. I am not going to rest on this. I wont make it my lifes fucking mission or anything, and be a crazy 'pet rights activist', but I will see to at least being heard along with 100's of other pet owners that have lost their pet to this. (yes 100's maybe even 1000's by the end of the month.) I read a lot last night on this, and man, lemme tell ya, some people are WAY more pissed off and serious about it than I. And I dont blame them one bit. I listened to my female cat, who reared and raised him since he was a 6 week old kitten, like a Mother, cry for him at 2 am, once the lights were off and she realized he still wasnt there. It made me wanna puke. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 12:35pm - RichHorror ""] So wait, their actions killed possibly thousands of living things and they're not legally responsible for this? What the fuck? |
| _______________________________ [Mar 22,2007 12:40pm - Mess ""] two words... 30/30 |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 1:32pm - dreadkill ""] powerkok said: I listened to my female cat, who reared and raised him since he was a 6 week old kitten, like a Mother, cry for him at 2 am, once the lights were off and she realized he still wasnt there. It made me wanna puke. that is sad as fuck. :( |
| _____________________________ [Mar 22,2007 1:38pm - ZJD ""] That's fucking lame. I would think that even if they did just view a cat as personal property thatg they'd still be held liable and have to pay your vet bills, I mean, if I bought some Pine Sol that had something in it that made my coffee table rot and you could prove that's what it was, I would expect a new coffee table from the Pine Sol company. You're right about the double standard though. We don't need to turn this into another animal rights thread, but I think getting pets should be a lot more like adoption than shopping. If you got poisoned baby food for your adopted baby and it died, well, this would be very different. Sorry about your cat, losing pets sucks, but I can only imagine how much more it sucks when you have kids. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 2:11pm - largefreakatzero ""] powerkok said:Well, The gub says that pets are 'personal property' so no financial gain may be had from this. My ? is, if they are personal property, then tell me why I can goto fucking JAIL if I throw it down a flight of stairs !? Would I goto jail if I threw my guitar down the stairs? No. So now they have created a double standard. This just proves the international jewish conspiracy theory. In all seriousness, sorry about this dude. I know how upset my wife was when her Siamese got eaten, I can't imagine how this must suck for the kids. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 2:20pm - powerkok ""] Nasty.....Fischer cat? |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 2:20pm - HailAtWork ""] Pets aren't personal fucking property, they're family members. You can't "own" another living creature, that's some twisted thinking right there, probably how slavery started. Imagine if this was baby food, and the government saying "babies are personal property". Fuck that. Sue the assholes. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 22,2007 2:22pm - ZJD ""] HailAtWork said:Pets aren't personal fucking property, they're family members. You can't "own" another living creature, that's some twisted thinking right there, probably how slavery started. Imagine if this was baby food, and the government saying "babies are personal property". Fuck that. Sue the assholes. Way to copy my post, mang. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 2:24pm - largefreakatzero ""] I think so -- I found the carcass and it was pretty gored. From what I understand, coyotes don't really leave anything behind, but Fishers do. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 3:05pm - powerkok ""] Ya man, I know a guy that watched his housecat get his neck snapped right in front of him, by a fischer, then the thing flings the corpse, and charges the guy standing behind the front door. Said that if he wasnt currently moving out of the house, the storm window wouldnt have been in, the fucking fischer wouldve jumped right thru the fucking screen in the attack. but it bounced off, turned around, and walked away, without even taking the housecats corpse for food. Those things are no joke. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 5:08pm - RichHorror ""] I just read up on the company responsible for the recall also does cruel animal testing. This is so fucked up. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 6:04pm - HailAtWork ""] I can't believe that's legal...let's torture and kill animals as part of our product testing! What kind of sick fucked up people thought that was a good idea? Probably the same people who test drugs on poor people, U.S. soldiers, and prision inmates. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 6:07pm - RichHorror ""] Regardless, there's a list of pet food companies that don't test on animals at http://www.iamscruelty.com/notTested.asp |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 6:10pm - HailAtWork ""] sweet, Petguard and Wysong are on the list |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 22,2007 8:20pm - hungtableed ""] we will not stop until there is full animal liberation... Penn and Teller have the funniest little snippet making fun of Peta...I'm too lazy to look but I know I posted it here once before |
| _____________________________ [Mar 22,2007 9:09pm - ZJD ""] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ijLulwUTY That's the P&T video. I think it's pretty weak. |
| ______________________________ [Mar 23,2007 5:58am - Mess ""] that was great. fucking faggot PETA douchebags should have apples stuffed in their mouths and thrown on a grill. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 11:43am - powerkok ""] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17754681/ The recall has been linked to Rat Poison. |
| _______________________________ [Mar 23,2007 11:47am - Mess ""] i was just a petco. it looked like they pulled a lot of shit off the shelves. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:22pm - HailAtWork ""] Rat poison...just what I'd want on my food...time to switch to organic pet food people. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:29pm - pam ""] I just tossed a can of Mighty Dog...it says just the pouches were recalled but I'm not taking any chances. Normally I only feed my cat and dog dry stuff. The dog gets Beneful and the cat has the Purina Indoor formula. Kok..sorry about your cat man, I hope this company burns to the ground for this AND the animal testing. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:30pm - pam ""] HailAtWork said:Rat poison...just what I'd want on my food...time to switch to organic pet food people. That shit is double priced and usually not nearly as "organic" as it claims to be. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:31pm - pam ""] crap, Purina tests on animals, too. Why is this shit legal? |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:34pm - DREADkill ""] pam said:I just tossed a can of Mighty Dog...it says just the pouches were recalled but I'm not taking any chances. Normally I only feed my cat and dog dry stuff. The dog gets Beneful and the cat has the Purina Indoor formula. Kok..sorry about your cat man, I hope this company burns to the ground for this AND the animal testing. beneful is awesome |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:35pm - ZJD ""] Since when do people in this forum care about testing on animals? |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:36pm - pam ""] FYI from a website I found: (From a vet/pet food "expert") Good foods: ~Innova ~Nutro Ultra ~Nutro Natural Choice ~Neura ~Triumph ~Wysong ~California Natural ~Natural Balance ~Wellness ~Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul ~Solid Gold ~Canidae ~Royal Canin ~Sensible Choice ~Nature's Recipe ~Any food that contains atleast 40% meat, with no by-products, fillers or preservatives. Bad foods: ~IAMS ~Pedigree ~Purina ONE ~Purina Dog/Puppy Chow ~Purina Mighty Dog ~Purina Pro Plan ~Science Diet ~Eukanuba ~Bil-Jac ~Alpo ~Beneful ~Cesar ~Any foods with by-products,preservatives, animal testers or fillers |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:37pm - pam ""] ZJD said:Since when do people in this forum care about testing on animals? Since it's a fucking disgusting and unnecessary practice. People on RTTP are really gay for their animals, where have you been? |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:38pm - ZJD ""] pam said:ZJD said:Since when do people in this forum care about testing on animals? Since it's a fucking disgusting and unnecessary practice. People on RTTP are really gay for their animals, where have you been? Right here. I know how much most RttPers love their pets, but their pets aren't the ones used in testing. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:40pm - pam ""] So...if I have a baby, and find out that Gerber is cutting muscle tissue out of test babies to examine the effects of the food on them...I should continue to buy Gerber because it isn't MY baby being tortured? |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 3:43pm - ZJD ""] Absolutely not. I'm not saying animal testing isn't stupid and horrible, I think it is, I just was surprised so many people here did too. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:03pm - pam ""] Oh, I get it. You're surprised the scumbags on this website care about things...that makes sense. haha. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:06pm - ZJD ""] pam said:Oh, I get it. You're surprised the scumbags on this website care about things...that makes sense. haha. Hahaha Well I wasn't neccessarily thinking "scumbags" but yes. The general attitude when animal abuse/testing or any animal rights issue comes up seems to be "fuck animals that aren't my pets." |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:09pm - pam ""] RTTP conversations usually involve FUCK niggers/jews/camel jokeys/babies/women/hippies/liberals/fags/human rights, etc...but ask those same people if they have pets and they post pictures of their fluffy white cat names "pookie" or something. It's funny. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:13pm - DREADkill ""] pookie is the worst name ever. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:20pm - pam ""] I'm going to start calling you pookie. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:23pm - DREADkill ""] then i will cut your head off |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:24pm - pam ""] Bring it on, pookie. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:30pm - DREADkill ""] i will sever your clitoris and the cliterati of other women who call me pookie and i will use them as a pizza topping |
| _____________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:31pm - pam ""] You're adorable when you're mad. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:34pm - DREADkill ""] i'm not mad. i'm jerking off feverishly right now. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:34pm - HailAtWork ""] pam said:HailAtWork said:Rat poison...just what I'd want on my food...time to switch to organic pet food people. That shit is double priced and usually not nearly as "organic" as it claims to be. Depends on the brands, it might cost more, but I don't have to worry about animal testing or rat poison...plus I know my cats are getting meat I'd eat instead of beaks, hooves, snouts, assholes, and sawdust. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:37pm - HailAtWork ""] Wysong, Innova, Wellness, and Petguard are the shit by the way. |
| ___________________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 4:44pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] i need to replace the batteries in my cat. |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 23,2007 6:28pm - CaptainCleanoff ""] pam said:RTTP conversations usually involve FUCK niggers/jews/camel jokeys/babies/women/hippies/liberals/fags/human rights, etc...but ask those same people if they have pets and they post pictures of their fluffy white cat names "pookie" or something. It's funny. You forgot HTL. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 24,2007 3:36pm - powerkok ""] My surviving cat is REALLLY not taking this well. She has never meowed once unless shes hungry, and that is a usually a little 'mip'....but the last 2 days, shes been pacing around HOWLING. Shes taking this worse than any of us humans. I feel really bad for her. Goddamnit. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 24,2007 3:38pm - powerkok ""] I hear ya Pammy.....Cats are so un-tr00. You give love and affection to another living thing? Pussy!! Hey, at least I dont pretend to be all metal-tuff. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 24,2007 7:41pm - RichHorror ""] pam said:crap, Purina tests on animals, too. Why is this shit legal? Because animals have almost no rights. Hence the reason why people are trying to get the name pet owner to legally be changed to 'pet guardian' so the possibility of animals having more right as living things can be possible. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 27,2007 4:24pm - the_reverend ""] this lady wasn't so happy... http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news...19e0d1d-67dc-4ab7-911e-cf38390df54e |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 27,2007 4:26pm - hungtableed ""] My cat eats motherfuckin' Hill Presciption Diet because he's got stones. The shits like $25 a 10lb bag. Our other assholes split the $1.50 Market Basket shit. |
| _______________________________ [Mar 30,2007 11:02am - Mess ""] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17870750/ |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 30,2007 12:58pm - succubus ""] PowerK, someone I work with had issues with their cat...kidney failure and they have to give their cat an IV EVERY DAY! Anyhow, they are part of the class action suit and even their vet said not to settle!!! So you should find a different vet if yours wasn't helpful. You should be part of the class action suit. You lost something special and can't get it back, let the fuxxors pay |
| __________________________________ [Mar 30,2007 1:25pm - powerkok ""] Ya I had the tox. report, sent to me, Im expecting it soon. My friend lost his 16 year old siamese, and he has also joined the suit. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 30,2007 2:53pm - xanonymousx ""] i heard on the news this morning that PETA wants to add the dry food to be recalled as well.... |