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His temperature was only 93, his blood pressure was only 65, he weighed in at 3.8 pounds and on and on. The "domino effect" was sparked by really bad mouth ulcers, worse than last time. Jeffrey's got new issues that stemmed from all of this, including low blood sugar and some other complicated word related to the liver that I didn't understand.
The bottomline is, Jeffrey's going to bounce back from this. I just feel terrible that he back-slid at all. He was almost at 7 pounds 2 weeks ago, playing and eating on his own.
I visited Jeffrey last night, but for the first time ever they wouldn't give me a little room to visit with him in. Instead I had to go into the back area where they keep all of the in-patients.
"Jeffrey's definitely in a lot better shape than he was this morning," a tech explained. "He's sitting up and very alert, but his temperature started to drop again because he's just got no meat on him. We have him under the Bair Hugger to get him warmed up."
I had no idea what a "Bair Hugger" was and upon hearing the name, I picture a stuffed teddy bear with a hot water bottle and Jeffrey nestled in between. Instead I saw this:
The heating unit pumps warm air into the "balloon" over Jeffrey and basically keeps his entire body consistently warm.
My poor baby!!! As soon as I knealt down I gently said, "Are you my Jiff?" (I call him 'Jiffy' a lot and his response is to typically wave his tail and look up at me.
Jeffrey turned his head to look at me and uttered a very weak, "Woh." That's his sad sound which means he wants to go home.
"I know," I sighed. I placed my hand under his head, which he immediately rested on my palm.
I joined the Menu Foods Class Action Yahoo! Group and am trying to figure out what to do next. I already called Menu Foods which gave me the big fat runaround. So did the Science Diet people. For now I'm going to read everything I can and not jump into action prematurely. I know new stuff is being uncovered everyday and when the time comes I'm going to pursue this with everything I've got.
March 30 2007, 15:00:58 UTC 5 years ago
if you ever hear any more from science diet, might you be willing to post or email their response?
we don't feed any canned products but we are an all science diet house [cats & dogs]. i don't fear our food is tainted but i have issue if it comes from the same plant, and i also just plain have issue with companies continuing to work with menu foods.
samples from the honest kitchen arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and i am going to wait until the weekend to try them [just in case anyone should have any adverse reactions, i can be there]. anyway, it's dehydrated food and all you have to do is add water. it's all human grade food produced in a plant in cali that is used for producing the food WE eat, not other pet foods and as such [sadly] has higher standards. i realize if you have a lot of animals it could get costly but if mine do well i am going to try to make it work. just thought i'd let you know if it's something you'd like to try if you are worried since the recall, like so many of us are.
March 30 2007, 15:36:39 UTC 5 years ago
I hope you can sue the #$%&* out of Menu Foods. Which won't make up for poor Jeffrey's suffering, but may recompense you financially.
It's great that this kind of technology exists to help out sick pets with supportive care and that it's no longer so extraordinary to use it.
Tell Jeffrey to hang in there!
March 30 2007, 16:15:42 UTC 5 years ago
http://www.kentucky.com/103/story/3
"Recalled pet foods contained a chemical used to make plastics, but government tests failed to confirm the presence of rat poison, federal officials said Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration said it found melamine in samples of the Menu Foods pet food, as well as in wheat gluten used as an ingredient. Cornell University scientists also have found the chemical, sometimes used as a fertilizer, in the urine of sick cats, as well as in the kidney of one cat that died after eating the company's wet food."
March 30 2007, 16:22:41 UTC 5 years ago
Pet owners can contact the FDA consumer complaint coordinator at (425) 483-4949 to report cases of illness or death due to the recalled food. Owners must report the specific product name, lot numbers of the product, and provide a veterinarian's report and diagnosis.
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Or are any of your guys on Eukanuba Veterinary Diets Optimum Weight Control/Canine dry, Optimum Weight Control/Feline dry, Restricted-Calorie/Canine dry and canned, or Restricted-Calorie/Feline dry and canned? It contains chromium tripicolinate which is not an approved food supplement.
The FDA considers chromium tripicolinate to be genotoxic, meaning it can damage DNA and cause mutations and tumors. Chromium can affect the metabolism of glucose in animals.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/mar
March 30 2007, 16:57:49 UTC 5 years ago
Right now, the priority is Jeffrey. I'd bet you've got at least a year to do any legal action, probably longer.
Let us know what you find out. Oddly, Miss Abby is having diarrhea again, though it's not any of the recalled brands. Her IBD? Maybe. Most likely, but it's still unsettling.
March 30 2007, 17:34:26 UTC 5 years ago
Another link you may be interested in is Stormy v. Menu Foods--a lawyer in Wisconsin is documenting her case against Menu Foods, which may be helpful to you in some way. She also advises against class action lawsuits...I don't know enough about them to say whether I agree with her, but it's worth thinking about.
Keep hanging in there, you two!
March 30 2007, 17:58:55 UTC 5 years ago
If not, god forbid, nail those bastards to the wall
March 30 2007, 20:23:00 UTC 5 years ago
Please keep us posted. Stupid poison cat food. :-/
March 30 2007, 22:57:57 UTC 5 years ago
i've heard way too much bad stuff about kitties today.
March 31 2007, 21:07:33 UTC 5 years ago
I am also glad you are going after those Menu Foods creeps. That is disgusting. There is an article in our local paper today, actually, about how the numbers are WAY underreported.
April 1 2007, 14:52:36 UTC 5 years ago
April 2 2007, 14:04:34 UTC 5 years ago
Pet Food Recall - Class Action?