Natura Pet Products has recalled another group of specific lots of dry pet food of the Innova, EVO, California Natural, Healthwise, Karma and Mother Nature pet food brands due to possible Salmonella contamination. If you have purchased any of these brands of pet foods recently, please check out the FDA’s press release.
Natura Pet announced it is expanding its recall of certain lots of some of its most popular dry dog and cat foods due to possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
Please click on the following link to see the full list of recalled food: Natura Pet Food Recall List.
If you have any concerns about this food or your pet’s health, please feel free to call us at 763-574-9892.
Diamond Pet Food has issued a voluntary recall of limited production codes of certain cat foods due to the possibility of the food being low in the B1 vitamin thiamine. There have been no complaints or any pet health related issues reported to be related to the low thiamine levels in the affected products in the food but Diamond Pet Food wants to ensure the safety of the cat food it manufactures. Please click on the following link to see the official press release from Diamond Pet Food to get the details on which foods are affected – Diamond Pet Food Recall March 2013.
While there is still plenty of snow out there, the groundhog did not see his shadow this year predicting spring to come early. So in preparation for spring we are offering awesome deals currently on Frontline Plus for cats or dogs! We are price matching Petmeds, Menards and others stores. We are also giving out a free dose when you buy three doses or two free with six doses. Fleas and ticks won’t bother your pet with Frontline Plus on-board.
We also have rebates on Certifect, Iverhart and Heartgard which is also price-matchable. You must provide a printed ad price to price match the same identical product and quantity to qualify.
Follow the links to get more information on these wonderful products to keep our pets safe from flea, tick and mosquito-borne diseases.
Find a kennel, crate or cage for every animal you have. Buckets work well for fish and turtles. Keep all of the animal carriers together in an easy to get to place inside the house.
Choose the safest room in the house for surviving a tornado. A basement is best or the most interior room of the home, preferably a closet or bathroom. Tell everyone living in the house that this is the safe room for tornadoes.
Make an emergency food supply for the pets in case it is in short supply or hard to get to after the storm. Get pull tab cans or pouches for easy opening, and you can toss in a cheap bowl or paper plates. Pack a collar and leash for each dog or cat as well.
Add an extra gallon or two of water to the family emergency supply. This way there will be plenty to go around.
Put all pets in cages or carriers and in the safe room when the tornado watch is issued. Animals sense bad weather and will look for a place to hide if they sense it is near. There will probably not be much of an argument from the pets in the safe room where it is quiet.
Get all people to the safe room as soon as a tornado warning is issued or a siren is sounded.
Stay in the safe room for several minutes after the storm, large tornadoes have an eye so more destruction could be coming. After several minutes of silence, carefully open the safe room door.
Leash all pets when outside after a tornado. Power lines could be down and dangerous objects will be littered about everywhere. Do not let pets outside unsupervised.
An eight-year-old Stevens County cat was aggressive towards people, panting and having difficulty walking for three days before its death. The animal had never been vaccinated for rabies and tested positive for the disease on April 18. The cat’s four two-week-old kittens have since died.
Again, please keep you pets vaccinated. Your pets are members of you family and by not vaccinating them, the whole family is at risk.
On December 22, the latest positive rabies case was identified in Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota. A stray kitten with an injured leg was found on a property in Fillmore County. One of the homeowners approached the kitten and upon picking it up, the kitten bit the individual on the finger. The family attempted to clean up the kitten’s leg and offer it food. The kitten did not eat anything offered, and the kitten’s mouth ‘looked funny’. The following day the kitten was brought to a local veterinary clinic where it was submitted for rabies testing. The major risk to the people in this situation is too important not to mention again. These people must now get the post-exposure prophylaxis shots because they have been exposed to the rabies virus. And we cannot stress enough how important it is for you to keep your pets’ rabies vaccine up-to-date. The dogs in this household had current vaccines so will have to be monitored for exposure but not euthanized immediately like they would if they had not been vaccinated. Remember rabies is a deadly disease that is present in Minnesota so please keep your pets’ vaccines current.
Rabies Alert
Another confirmed case of rabies was announced on December 1st. A stray cat in Olmstead County, in the southeastern portion of the state, was taken in by a family at the end of October. The cat was spayed and vaccinated, after which the cat started developing neurologic signs such as aggression, vocalization, wobbly in the rear end and scooting. The cat was euthanized and tested for rabies then. The unvaccinated cats in the home also euthanized while the vaccinated cats in the home have to be quarantined. The owner, three relatives and four veterinary staff members all need to be treated with post-exposure prophylaxis shots. This is just another serious and sad reminder of how important it is to keep our pets up-to-date on their vaccines, especially their rabies vaccine.
Canine Influenza Update
In a national survey of pet care facilities, over a quarter of all surveyed are now requiring that dogs be vaccinated for canine influenza virus (dog flu) before being allowed to board or stay at the facility. Even if a facility is not requiring the vaccine, please consider getting the canine influenza virus vaccine that we offer to help protect your dog wherever you go – boarding, grooming, dog parks, doggie daycare.
Does your cat have enough energy for 10 cats, eat every morsel of food in sight and is still losing weight, vomiting frequently or having diarrhea? If so your cat may have hyperthyroidism. For those of you that have a cat diagnosed with hyperthyroidism already, are you tired of giving your cat a pill or a liquid medication every day to keep the hyperthyroidism in check? Does your cat just hate to see you coming with that dreaded bottle? Well Hill’s Prescription Food line has a new food option that may be just right for your feline friend. It is called y/d and is a diet designed to manage a cat’s high thyroid hormone levels to be within the normal range without any extra medications. Once transitioned to the y/d diet, your cat will need to be rechecked at 4 and 8 weeks after. After 4 weeks the thyroid hormone level should be down and after 8 weeks it should be within the normal range in most cats. And don’t worry if your cat has kidney disease, you can use this diet in your cat also but may need more regular rechecks to manage both conditions. If you are interested in more information about this new thyroid management diet for your feline companion, please call us at 763-574-9892 and talk to a doctor to see if y/d is right for your cat.
IAMS and Eukanuba Pet Food Recall
Proctor and Gamble has voluntarily recalled certain lots of both IAMS and Eukanuba dry dog and cat food due to a potential for contamination with Salmonella. No reports of illness associated with these lots of pet food have been reported yet. Please check out this link to get the full list of lot numbers of pet food affected by the recall and what to do if you have affected pet food: Pet Food Recall Announcement. If you have any concerns or questions about this recall or if your pet may have eaten any of the affected food, please feel free to call us at 763-574-9892.