Pet food recall affect you?[views:7262][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. |