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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
Who do you bring it in to for testing? How much does the testing cost? This sounds so much like the contaminated pet food from last year where peoples dogs and cats were all dying from renal failure due to contaminated feed from China. Why is one of the largest grain producing countries in the world importing grain from Asia?
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
Oh Sean, that is just awful! I have cut my collection way down as I am trying to switch most to frozen, but you are more than welcome to some. I do have some dumbo, rex & siamese/himi lines.
1.1 crazy dogs
4.3 even crazier cats
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2.0 Off Track Thoroughbreds
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1.0 Boyfriend who puts up with the craziness
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
Originally Posted by MarkS
Who do you bring it in to for testing? How much does the testing cost? This sounds so much like the contaminated pet food from last year where peoples dogs and cats were all dying from renal failure due to contaminated feed from China. Why is one of the largest grain producing countries in the world importing grain from Asia?
Purina foods is doing the testing...as my supplier is owned by them. I agree with you when they told me what is was I asked the same question. That is why the Food and Drug Admin is involved...I am still piecing this together. But if I had to guess the grain used was from one of those batches of bad grain from last year. I received the batch in Dec...which means it was pry made in Oct/Nov....so it is very possible the grain came in earlier.
The world may never know...or at least I may never know.
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
Originally Posted by catawhat75
Oh Sean, that is just awful! I have cut my collection way down as I am trying to switch most to frozen, but you are more than welcome to some. I do have some dumbo, rex & siamese/himi lines.
Thanks so much...I am starting to think a road trip in in order soon.
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
That sucks! Not only do you have to deal with the loss of the little guys but now you have to go back out and start all over. Plus the inconvenience of it.
Best of luck to ya.
"If I were stranded on a desert island and could only have one book, record and person...I'd probably die of exposure."
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
thats a tough loss to simpathize for!
ive been in quite a few grain processing plants and lets just say they are some of the nastiest stinky dirty places ive been! the infestations are sickening to see and i still cant eat any kind of cereal due to these experiences! why would asian plants be any better is beyond me but i can say just think of what else is in all those grain based products!
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
Oh man.. that bites. It sounds like something that was definately not your fault.. I wish you luck in starting up your colony again.
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
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0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
where are you located? I have a huge pile of rat females from a successful breeding month. I could spare you a couple (they'll wean in a couple more weeks) if you're nearby enough not to have to ship.
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
Sean,
I have been breeding rats for a while I have a breeding colony of a bout 75. I feed Muzzri 6f just went and got two new bags a week or so ago. Walked in last night to 3 dead rats different ages, different sexes different ages, different tubs, called around and this thread came up. I came out this morning and 3 more dead. I am scrambling to get this under control I have moved them to a meal mix of my own but I fear the damage is done.
Any help would be hot.
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: Colony Collapse - Food Tainted
Mazuri 6F? That's what we use, I just bought a fresh bag not 2 weeks ago.... I haven't had any sick rats... but now I'm worried. I know Purina own's mazuri, should we take it away until something more concrete is set? Like a plant number or manufacturing date?
I will be pulling any purina products tonight... I can't risk it.
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