Euthanasia drug in dog foods

[Pea-n-Me]

Oh I agree that a recall can happen to any food. I was responding to the specific worry of Pentobarbital. Avoiding beef ingredients is a way to address that specific concern.

Still not so sure. There are things going in these foods that aren't what they're supposed to be. They've looked at DNA in some of the foods and found all sorts of things that aren't supposed to be there. Who's to say that something labeled "chicken" may not have something unintended in there as well, even as far as the drug goes.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

My cat will be glad to know his seafood delight pate style might contain Fido.

 

[Magpie]

My cat will be glad to know his seafood delight pate style might contain Fido.

My sixteen year old kitty gets whatever junk food he wants. At the moment, it seems that only the cheapest, stinkiest, pates will do, and even then, we have to rotate the flavours and feed him three times a day. We've a 24/7 Friskies buffet out for the old guy, and we're throwing away at least half of it.

On the plus side, though, the old guy has gained back a bit of weight and the vet has stopped pushing for more expensive tests ("Maybe I missed something on the last round..." "Yes, but if this test comes back positive, will it improve his life in any way?" "No, but at least we'll know!" Yeah, I'm not funding my vet's desire to satisfy her curiosity!)

I imagine his "seafood" pate must contain a bit of Fido, some Bessie, a chunk of Wilbur's butt, and who knows what funky drugs, chemicals and toxins.

I fed him expensive food that we bought from the vet when he was young - low ash, quality ingredients, good for his teeth, etc. Now that he's old, he gets to live on the kitty equivalent of burgers and fries. It reminds me of my mother-in-law's final days, when all she wanted to do was eat chips and ice cream.

 

[leebee]

My sixteen year old kitty gets whatever junk food he wants. At the moment, it seems that only the cheapest, stinkiest, pates will do, and even then, we have to rotate the flavours and feed him three times a day. We've a 24/7 Friskies buffet out for the old guy, and we're throwing away at least half of it.

On the plus side, though, the old guy has gained back a bit of weight and the vet has stopped pushing for more expensive tests ("Maybe I missed something on the last round..." "Yes, but if this test comes back positive, will it improve his life in any way?" "No, but at least we'll know!" Yeah, I'm not funding my vet's desire to satisfy her curiosity!)

I imagine his "seafood" pate must contain a bit of Fido, some Bessie, a chunk of Wilbur's butt, and who knows what funky drugs, chemicals and toxins.

I fed him expensive food that we bought from the vet when he was young - low ash, quality ingredients, good for his teeth, etc. Now that he's old, he gets to live on the kitty equivalent of burgers and fries. It reminds me of my mother-in-law's final days, when all she wanted to do was eat chips and ice cream.

Magpie, we are at the same point with one of our 17 year old cats. They both have always eaten dry, low ash, urinary tract formula for indoor cats for breakfast and canned Fancy Feast for dinner. About 6 months ago, Potter stopped eating. The vet wanted to do this test and that, trying to figure out what was going on. No money for that, we have human hospital bills to pay! Anyhow, through trial and error Potter now gets cheap kitty crunch food for breakfast (meow mix?) and expensive chicken-only cat food (Wellness) for supper. He won't try anything else... and if he had his way, he'd do Meow Mix for ALL his meals! He's 17... I just want to keep him fed, alive, and happy!

 

[tzolkin]

The other link to the recalled dog food is the beef ingredient in both brands. If you are super worried about something like this happening to your dog, stop feeding food with beef as an ingredient. I don't think they use Pentobarbital to euthanize chicken or fish. I use a chicken-based food for mine.

But the issue isn't the beef. (Pentobarbital is not regularly used on cattle.) Its that there are euthanized pets, roadkill, etc in the "meat" from rendering facilities. Chicken based foods also contain protein from rendering plants so those could pose the same risk.

 

[eastendlights]

Yikes, Party Animal Cocolicious is our Frenchie's favorite canned food! I picked it because it is rated 5 stars. Thankfully, he has not had any from those batches as they were produced and sold long before he was born. He eats it along with Fromm dry food.
Jeter is a little over a year old and very picky. I will try to find something else he will eat. Any suggestions for other brands that are grain/corn/soy free? We tried Blue Buffalo and he did not like it.

 

[wilkeliza]

Yikes, Party Animal Cocolicious is our Frenchie's favorite canned food! I picked it because it is rated 5 stars. Thankfully, he has not had any from those batches as they were produced and sold long before he was born. He eats it along with Fromm dry food.
Jeter is a little over a year old and very picky. I will try to find something else he will eat. Any suggestions for other brands that are grain/corn/soy free? We tried Blue Buffalo and he did not like it.

Look into wellness, spot's stew, and natural balance. All of those brands have limited ingredient foods. We are currently on wellness even though they went a through a similar recall as I still find the brand pretty trustworthy and sometimes this stuff is out of there hands.

 

[Tink_83]

Thank you! Just signed up. The human recalls are bad enough, now we have to worry about our pets, ugh!

For any who is interested, the FDA recall alerts provide you with animal food recalls and human food recall (along with medicine, etc.)... I noticed that when I signed up.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

My dog eats roadkill, dead animals, and anything else he can get ahold of anyway. I'll gladly take all the food y'all are throwing away.

 

[maxiesmom]

Yeah. I've realized most pet food recalls have been on beef based foods so now we stick to chicken and turkey with as few ingredents as possible.

Unfortunately chicken is something many dogs are allergic too. Including one of mine.

 

[Alice Sr.]

I switched from Science Diet after two incidences, to Fromm's last year and no issues so far. I like my chances better with local family owned than anything from outside the US (yes I realize the subject of this thread was also US family owned). If I had a dog I would make my own but it is too difficult for cats. Fromm's is expensive but so are vet bills. Thanks @Tink_83 for the FDA info.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I find the whole idea of setting our pets up to be cannibals absolutely disgusting. Soylent Green, one step at a time...

 

[wilkeliza]

Unfortunately chicken is something many dogs are allergic too. Including one of mine.

There are other proteins including fish so I still try to stay away from beef. Thankfully mine aren't allergic.