Pet Food Recall: List Of Foods Involved, FDA

Many different brands of cat and dog food are being recalled due to reports of kidney failure and deaths. These foods were manufactured by one company named Menu Foods, but sold under a great number of different brand names so you need to check if your brand is listed. You can find information about the specific foods recalled by the manufacturer for cats and for dogs. Here is information on the Purina foods involved, the Hill’s foods involved, and the Iams/Eukanuba foods involved. If you suspect your pet has had problems after eating these foods, the FDA lists phone numbers for each state where you can report your complaint.

You can find out much more on the recall on my Pet Food Recall Archive Page.

Twist ‘n Treat

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Twist ‘n Treat is another food or treat dispensing toy. Not only is it a great way to make your dog work for a treat, it can be a good way to slow down a dog that bolts its food. It doesn’t hold as much as the Tricky Treat Ball or the Brake Fast Bowl, both of which I’ve written about before. With the Twist ‘n Treat, you screw the two pieces together making it easy to fill and easy to clean. You make it harder or easier to knock treats or kibble out depending on how tightly you screw it. If your dog doesn’t know what to do with it at first, make it easy for the food to fall out. Your pup will catch on quickly. They come in three different sizes. When we fill it, we hide it somewhere in the house for Saffron to find giving her a little more work to do. She loves it.

Heated Beds For Pets

We first got one of these heating pads when we had two elderly cats to help them keep warm in our new home that had hardwood floors and not many rugs or much furniture. We put them inside and on top of a small kitty condo we had. I thought the cats would just use them at night, but they ended up loving them and used them all the time. When our older cats died and we’d adopted two kittens, Raven and Sage, I thought I’d put the pads away. But they loved them too. It makes them all melty and happy.

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These are special heating pads that won’t get too hot, are protected against moisture, some stay just above room temperature when not in use and warm up more when a pet is on it, and they have covers that are washable. Ours are similar to this. These are great for cats, especially kittens and older cats. Small dogs would love them too. And a lot of large dogs would like them, especially those with hip problems or old injuries.  Our dog Saffron has her own large heated pad.