QUOTE(iluv2zzz @ Jan 3 2009, 03:39 PM)
Any proof from the professionals? There are many reason leads to fungus, and are you sure that your cat only consume blackwood and nothing else for at least 3 months and that makes your cat allergy and scratches till the skin "weak" where bacteria take chances to grow and create the fungus? =)
Blackwood still the average food, better then a lot brand out there. Although I would say blackwood puppy and 2000 is not a great choice, because of the poultry meal, but the catfish & potato is actually kinda good already...
I hate to sound insulting, but you strike me as one of those who blindly believe in what the 'professionals' says, the kind that will swallow hook, line and sinker, everything said by them. I wonder how much experience you have with animals and dealings with your so-called professionals. You are also sadly ignorant about the state of animal 'professionalism' and most things related to animals here. Why do I dare openly say this to you? Please update yourself on the reality of the animal world in Malaysia, if you do not know already.
FYI, I have dealt with vets so often that at one time, I was making 2 to 3 trips weekly, sometimes more. Of course, at that time, I was also blindly 'professionaling' the vets, like you are doing, thinking they are so great and know so much. At the risk of sounding arrogant, let me tell you what one vet, who is overseas now and holds a masters degree, said (quote), "You know more about animals than some vets." So there. Needless to say, this vet knows the number of animals that we have and that we will spare no expense when it comes to their welfare. We also make sure we read up and communicate with animal health experts in Australia and the USA.
At that time of the fungus problem, we asked the vet who was attending to our animals to send the food to a lab for testing. She told us there were no such facilities here. We asked her to look to Singapore but with procrastinatination and dragging of feet, the food had to be thrown away because there were too many weevils. FYI, we handed the whole bucket of food to her at the onset of the problem. So, tell me, where is the professional handling of this? Even a vet doesn't seem interested, so what are our chances of getting proof (which you asked for)? Do you think that this is Australia, US, UK....etc where animals are valued and are treated as life with rights, not just an 'animal', where animal laws are strictly enforced?
Presently, we are still waiting for the postmortem results relating to the suspected Orijen food problem. It's been more than a month now but fortunately, this time our vet, Dr Irinda Toh, is more efficient. At least, she has done her part and is now waiting for the results. She is a true professional, a one in a million.
We don't blindly feed our animals. Every scoop that I put into their bowl, I scrutinize. That is how we know that there are 'added ingredients' in it. We saw it but being dumb at that time (about 3 years back) we thought it was tissue paper. The food was not expired yet (about 2 to 3 months more). So, please, I do know what I fed my cats. My cats at that time ate Blackwood because I was selling Blackwood. That food is not top of the range, but it's average (I believe that's the only thing you've written that I agreed on). It was lessons like this that made us look more closely at what we feed the animals (although they are not purebreed but are still valued as being entitled to a good and quality life).
Even now, we find small bits of string, plastic, even the tip of a glove, small clumps of dust, even worms, in the food. Recently, a batch of food we're feeding our cats had a strange smell and the supplier's vet also verified that. Our cats rejected the food and many of them vomitted. On the average, our animals' reaction to food is quite immediate as we need to open a bag of 8 kg food for them every 1 1/2 days. Even suppliers are surprised that we can see small foreign items in food. Why not, when we scrutinize. That is why, we are considering switching all nearly 200 of them (dogs and cats) to raw meat as it is still the best food. They had been on raw meat before, all of them, but it was too costly (although the supplier gave us a special rate) and many of the cats did not like the food.
So please do not assume that we did not do what we should have done and that we were just simply shooting our mouth about pet food. Whatever it is, I'm glad to say that my business relationship with Blackwood supplier, who is also supplying Regal, is very good. We do not blame them as they also have no control over the food which is imported. Naturally, at that time that it happened, we were pretty mad and wild as quite a number of kittens/cats died and many suffered.
It was a harrowing time for us and nightmarish as well but it was indeed a blessing in disguise. It was then that we ventured into homeopathy and we managed to save our last 3 kittens then with it. Until today, we prefer to use homeopathic professionalism.
We don't claim to be experts on matters relating to animals but I believe that we have looked after so many animals to the best of ability and more than our affordability that I know what I'm talking about. I don't simply find fault with petfood or anyone but please do your homework before you post anything.
Jun 12 2008, 02:33 AM, updated 17y ago
furthermore its easier for us and we all can compare the price here!
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I realized the vet don't know much at times 
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