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CNN reports on possible health hazards to d*gs from Greenies
CNN has a report today (both a print version and a video report) that says
there have been dozens of cases of life-threatening obstruction in d*gs (including some deaths) that have been traced to partially-digested Greenies. The manufacturer denies that there is any danger, and there was no reference to cats in the report. I have never used Greenies for my cats, and this report is so new that it is entirely possible that it is incorrect. However, I thought I would relay the information to those of you who might be using the product. I would certainly prefer to err on the side of caution. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/14/dan...eat/index.html MaryL |
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CNN reports on possible health hazards to d*gs from Greenies
MaryL wrote: CNN has a report today (both a print version and a video report) that says there have been dozens of cases of life-threatening obstruction in d*gs (including some deaths) that have been traced to partially-digested Greenies. The manufacturer denies that there is any danger, and there was no reference to cats in the report. I have never used Greenies for my cats, and this report is so new that it is entirely possible that it is incorrect. However, I thought I would relay the information to those of you who might be using the product. I would certainly prefer to err on the side of caution. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/14/dan...eat/index.html MaryL I recently saw Cat Greenies in this town, but thanks to what I've learned here, I will certainly not be buying them for our crew. --Fil |
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CNN reports on possible health hazards to d*gs from Greenies
MaryL -out-the-litter wrote:
CNN has a report today (both a print version and a video report) that says there have been dozens of cases of life-threatening obstruction in d*gs (including some deaths) that have been traced to partially-digested Greenies. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/14/dan...eat/index.html A catsitting client of mine gave me a small bag of the feline Greenies treat in December. Just about a month ago, I decided to see if my gang would like them. I was a bit reluctant to give it to them, because of the Diamond products recall, which had just basically given me the willies about packaged animal treats. But I decided to try it anyway, and my cats all liked them. Then, the very next day (mid-January), I read the report about the dogs dying from Greenies. (Not the exact one you're pointing to here, obviously, but it was the same issue.) I was horrified, as you can imagine. Plus, I was leaving for a two-week trip to Florida in two days! So I asked my catsitters to make sure to pay attention in case anyone seemed sick or in pain or under the weather in any way. So you can imagine my panic when I got an email 3 days into my trip, saying that the first 3 people who came to feed the cats could not get Roxy to eat. I was ready to board the first plane home!!! I called around frantically, trying to find someone to go to my house and take her to the vet. But then I called the vet, and described the situation, and they said that Roxy didn't seem sick from that description, and just to keep an eye on her. And she *is* a finicky eater, probably more so when strangers are coming and going. Everyone who came (7 different friends in all) kept notes about Roxy's progress, and I came home to 6 pages of notes they all were writing to each other, about trying different things to get Roxy to eat. I'm sure she ate once they left the house, since she didn't lose any weight while I was gone. And it was fun to come home to 6 pages of notes among all the cat sitters, telling each other what they did to try to get her to eat (heat the food, try different flavors, move the food bowl around, etc). The Greenies went straight into the trash, of course! Joyce |
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CNN reports on possible health hazards to d*gs from Greenies
Takayuki wrote:
wrote: Everyone who came (7 different friends in all) kept notes about Roxy's progress, and I came home to 6 pages of notes they all were writing to each other, about trying different things to get Roxy to eat. This was a project! How amazing having seven collaborative petsitters take six pages of notes trying to get one Roxy cat to eat. Yes, she was quite the little troublemaker! The night I got home, I sat on the couch to read the notes, while Roxy curled up in my arms and purred ecstatically in my face. I would stop reading occasionally to point my finger at her face (which she would sniff, of course), and tell her that this was all about HER, the finicky brat. In spite of her fussiness around food, though, she is the chubbiest of the bunch, so she is obviously not starving to death! Joyce |
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