Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Yucckky maggots!

Under furs

There are two reports of maggot infestations in doggie food recently. http://consumerist.com/5053650/another-bag-of-purina-beneful-fortified-with-maggots
Boo!

From personal experience, Chibby's had one episode of a critter infestation with the same brand of kibble. Not maggots, but some type of tiny insect that we never were able to identify. Those critters were tiny, whitish in color and easily mistaken for pulverized kibble. Only upon close inspection were we able to deduce that the powdered kibble was crawling on his bowl! The inside of the kibble bag was filled with this moving white powder too. Both bag and kibble were disposed of posthaste, and I made sure to decontaminate the kitchen (apparently these critters will eat rice, flour, and any other starchy edibles).

So far, no recurrence. Despite all this, we'll stick to the kibble for now. Not out of loyalty to the brand, but rather, because Chibby will most likely refuse switch to a new brand. Besides, it takes him about three weeks to go through the large bag, anyway, as he likes home cookin' much better!