Every animal is going to react differently to the levels of poison in their
body. If an animal is young it may take more time or larger amounts of
poison to show signs, older less active animals would hold poison longer,
small animals would take less time to show poisoning but again all factors
must be considered. Here is one no one wants to think about and it must be
addressed, it could take years before symptoms show. Get blood work on your
pet if you have any worries. Also dog food may not be completely consistent
in how it distributes its ingredients per batch.



"Julia Altshuler" wrote in message
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Lynne wrote:

What's really scary to me is that the FDA is saying the level of melamine
found in the food doesn't explain the symptoms they are seeing in pets
who consumed it.

Tip of the iceberg?


Here's what I don't understand: Why aren't more dogs and cats sick? I
know that sounds horribly callous so let me explain myself before everyone
jumps down my throat. The recall was/is huge. The number of pets exposed
to possibly tainted pet food has to be huge. Yet I'm hearing very
relatively few reports of sick or dying pets. Believe me, I think that's
a good thing, but it doesn't make sense. When you look at the numbers, it
seems like there should be more. In my neighborhood, all the dogs and
cats are fine. You have reports of veterinarians working overtime testing
animals, but they're all fine. It doesn't seem possible that the food
isn't really tainted since some animals have died from poisoning. What
explains the fact that so many exposed animals haven't gotten sick?


(How was your trip, and would you email me privately your notes on airport
recordings?)


--Lia