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Post by Jen on Jul 29, 2010 19:39:16 GMT -5
(copied from my local ferret rescue e-mail list) For those of you who feed chicks & mice to your ferrets, this just out from the FDA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- July 26, 2010 - Biggers & Callaham LLC., D/B/A Mice Direct of Cleveland Georgia is recalling frozen reptile feed (mice, rats, chicks), because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products. Consumers who purchased reptile feed from Mice Direct are urged to contact Mice Direct by telephone at 888-747-0736 from 9:00a.m-5:00p.m EST Monday-Friday or by e-mail at sales@micedirect.com. Here is the website if you want to monitor this or other recalls www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/default.htm
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Post by sherrylynne on Jul 29, 2010 19:50:33 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this! I was going to do it when I got home from work- but you beat me to it
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Post by joolissa on Aug 2, 2010 15:57:30 GMT -5
Hi I wanted to add to this. Mice Direct is starting to voluntarily irradiate their products following this recall: micedirect.com/2010recall/index.htmNow, I don't know very much about the irradiation of food, or pet food, but this was mentioned on a raw feeding yahoo group I just joined and people are not happy and are looking for other places that do not irradiate their products. There isn't much that I can find on google about the whole thing. Some people think it is a good idea, but quite a few people are concerned about the effects the irradiated food will have on their pets. Among other things they are concerned that it will kill beneficial bacteria as well and produce a "sterile gut" in their pet and having to add supplements to make up for it. Another concern was that a lot of the whole prey providers get some of their stock from other providers (Though I'm unsure if this was referring to live animals or frozen), so trying to find out if what you're actually buying has been irradiated might be difficult. Some people also mentioned the Irradiated Cat Food issues in Australia a while ago which "supposedly" (supposedly because it has not been scientifically proven according to what I can find) caused severe health issues with cats and lead to a few having to be euthanized. Here's some links I found about the subject: www.pictures-of-cats.org/irradiated-cat-food.htmlthedailybite.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/what-have-we-learned-from-cats-and-dogs-about-food-irradiation/And part of the wiki article about Irradiated Food: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation#Safety_aspectsNow, the pet food in the Australia incident was kibble and such and not whole prey, so there were chemicals and preservatives involved, but some things I found talked about vitamin breakdown, which would apply to whole prey as well I think. What are your thoughts on this? How might it affect Ferrets or other pets that are being fed whole prey? Does anyone know of any research or resources to post about this? Is it something we should be concerned about? It does not seem very healthy to me. I am looking forward to your opinions on this. - Jools ps. As this is my first post, I hope I have stayed within the rules of the forum! I read them over, but I may have missed something about posting links to stuff like this.
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Post by sherrylynne on Aug 2, 2010 22:59:47 GMT -5
If you want to check out about the thing in Australia with the irradiated cat food, browse through the "Pet Food List Forum". Here is the link to the discussions: thepetfoodlist.com/forums/index.php?topic=817.0And personally, after that fiasco, I'd never feed my animals any food that's been irradiated.
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