Wayward Creatures

19/03/2025

https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2025/01/articles/animals/cats/h5n1-influenza-raw-diets-and-petsan-overview/

Issues with raw diets and H5N1 influenza risk in cats (and dogs) have gotten a lot of attention in the last week or two. Like most emerging disease

19/03/2025

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-cats-contract-bird-flu

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-health-department-says-savage-cat-food-linked-to-fatal-feline-bird-flu-cases

Cook your own food, don't feed raw to your pets, keep your cats inside. This is a national (well, international really) situation and cats are literally dying coast-to-coast.

The company said it notified retalers and consumers of a potential problem last month and recalled the affected product.

16/02/2025

Another case of cats dying from raw food with flu virus.
This is at least the third different brand of raw food that has killed cats with flu. And that's not even getting into all the other potential food borne illness potential. STOP FEEDING RAW FOOD.

This time it's Wild Coast LLC Boneless Free Range Chicken Formula Lot #22660 and #22664 Best Buy Date 12/2025

Not specific to this post but a reminder that freeze dried IS STILL RAW. Y'know how they preserve viruses in the lab for later use? By freeze drying. It does not kill most food borne pathogens, just makes the raw food less wet.

08/02/2025

Oh, a whole new pain in the butt that doesn't appear to be related to federal politics for once. ahahahah.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/microchip-company-closes-pet-owner-next-steps/

If you have a pet with a SaveThisLife chip, consider registering that number at a different company as SaveThisLife looks like it's going away. The website (www.savethislife.com) currently works so you can retrieve your chip numbers there (or ask your vet or take your pets to a local clinic to be scanned) but the numbers are not returning results in the conglomerate look-up sites that check all the big databases (https://www.aaha.org/for-veterinary-professionals/microchip-search)

AVID is running a special on re-registering due to this situation (other companies might also, changing situation, check around) at 9.99/pet.

https://avidid.com/, 800-336-AVID.

Avid designs, manufactures and distributes it's own patented pet microchips and microchip scanners and reunites lost pets by operating PETtrac, the official pet recovery service for Avid microchips.

01/02/2025

PLEASE just cook the food, your food, dog's food, cat's food.
All the "you can get this from raw meat" things? They also apply to pets. Are you doing all the "handling raw meat safely" things re: storage, pet food, dishes, floor around dishes, pet's face, keeping kid out of it? 'Cuz you and your kids and your immune suppressed roomie can also get sick even if you're not actually eating the raw pet food.

Blue Ridge Beef is recalling 5,700 lbs. of their 2 lb log Natural Mix due to a contamination of Salmonella. Lot # N25/12/31 (Lot numbers are stamped in

12/01/2025

https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2025/01/articles/animals/cats/raw-pet-food-recall-yet-another-high-pressure-pasteurized-diet/

Blue Ridge Beef has (again) recalled a diet because of Salmonella contamination - this time a kitten diet. As is often the case, the issue was identified

09/01/2025

https://www.facebook.com/KIRO7Seattle/posts/pfbid02Rkcwty8nbFS2bxX6iT5S1cJKGtxS8AiRbvyobgmiZKSCzmveEgM5SV5eqL7rxuWtl

05/01/2025

https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2025/01/articles/animals/cats/h5n1-influenza-raw-diets-and-petsan-overview/

Short list of risk avoidance:
*Keep your cats inside
*Do not let cats, dogs, poultry, or yourself contact wild birds, especially sick or dead ones
*Do not feed (or eat) raw meat
*Do not feed (or drink) raw milk

Issues with raw diets and H5N1 influenza risk in cats (and dogs) have gotten a lot of attention in the last week or two. Like most emerging disease

04/01/2025

Ginger and Luna (nee Hope and Grace) were adopted in 2017. These cuties had a rare condition, their eyelids didn't develop fully. They got corrective surgeries at the Animal Eye Clinic of Spokane prior to adoption.
We just got an update from their adopter (It's always fantastic to hear that our alumni critters are doing well!):

We get the biggest kick out of them. Ginger (Hope) is so neurotic but so delightfully lovable. I think she makes us laugh (in a nice way) at least every single day. Unfortunately she has hip dysplasia/ arthritis and we just started her on Solensia this week. We are very hopeful that she will be more comfortable. She loves me but is still a daddy’s girl. Luna is just a cutie and my special lap cat. She is so smart and curious about everything. Nothing new escapes her attention and she must check everything out. We have to watch her a bit closer because of that. Luna is probably going to need cryo again. She goes back to eye doc soon for a check. My vet checked her for any abrasions and she’s cleared, but she thought Luna might need another treatment.
Again, thank you for saving their lives. They are our little gems!

17/12/2024

https://www.facebook.com/hutchinsonzoo/posts/pfbid02tjG7imfwzaG7GqAf1iYkZNyqfvDBqFVDVeAyCJt4oa6gKdzfz61UEzpve3g8Ua9El

12/12/2024

We will be at Spoko, alongside the Reindeer again this year! Dec. 22! Sunday! Noon to 3! We will have some stocking stuffer treats for your fur babies! We will have a basket raffle, too! We will have a couple adoptable dogs!

13/11/2024

Hedy Lamarr update - she's been adopted :)

From the adopter: Just thought I would let you know I adopted Hedy Lamar today from Petsmart! I just had to put my 3 year old cat to sleep last week. I have been heartbroken. Hedy reminds me of her. I was sent a picture of the most beautiful kitten I had ever seen but I chose Hedy instead. Hedy is also very beautiful! I love the more mature girls! I have another big black Manx cat who I introduced to her and she just hissed at him! I also have 4 dogs who are used to cats so hopefully she will get along with them. She is beautiful and Im sure she will do a good job of easing my broken heart.

08/11/2024

Hedy and the babies' last day! Everybody's all neutered or spayed, and Mango has been adopted by one of the veterinarians at Chewelah Veterinary Clinic; the rest have been transferred to SpokAnimal for their adoption program. If you want one of them but didn't mention it to me before, please contact SpokAnimal and ask about them!

02/11/2024

Tickets are not on sale until the 12th of November!

23/10/2024

More about leptospirosis in pets, livestock, and other animals

21/10/2024

https://www.longmontleader.com/letters-to-the-editor/letter-one-state-reps-opinion-on-prop-129-9660791

"I feel a deep responsibility to educate voters about what is behind Proposition 129"

20/10/2024

Save the date! Saturday, November 23, Pub Crawl and Poker for Pets! WIt until you see the cute shirts that will be available!!