Holy Crap Batman!

The other day I got a recorded message on my answering machine. It seems that the cat food I bought has been recalled. The message said it could contain salmonella.. Yum! It went on to explain that it could cause vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Oh Holy Crap! That’s all I need, cats vomiting and crapping bloody diarrhea all over the house. Can you imagine?? That’s a nightmare. I’m sure there might be some sympathy for the cats, but what about me? I’m the one who has to clean that up. I checked the bag of cat food and there was about one bowlful left, so I did what anyone else would do. I returned the unused portion to the store for a full refund. If I’m gonna have to deal with that crap I want my money back. Then I went over to the pet food aisle and got some salmonella free cat food, but then there was another problem. They were out of the brand of dog food we buy, also due to the salmonella. So now I was faced with the dreaded task of changing the brand of dog food we usually buy. If you don’t have dogs, you just can’t understand the implications of changing their dog food willy-nilly. It’s like playing Russian Roulette with doggie digestion. Let me see if I can put this in perspective for you. Once, one of our dogs found a disgusting, stinky, rotting carcass of a blackbird. He grabbed it before I could stop him and wouldn’t let it go. I couldn’t have pried his mouth apart with the jaws of life. He proceeded to swallow this horrible thing whole. I’m surprised I didn’t throw up just watching. I immediately called the vet. They told me that probably he would throw up and have diarrhea, but call them if it got too bad. I waited and waited in sheer terror for what would happen next…..absolutely nothing. Didn’t cause him any distress at all, but abruptly change his brand of dry dog food and he’d have diarrhea for a week. WTH? So here I am waiting again to see if the cats get salmonella and if the dogs can handle their new food.