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Fire Fly..........

I met one last night while sitting on the front porch with my mom. He and I came nose to nose. I like the way he flashed at me. I stood real still so I wouldn't scare him away. He bobbed up and down flew a little ways away. I thought he was going to fly away but he came back again, flashed at me then flew away. Mom wished she'd had her camera. Maybe next time!

Dear Ted,

We dropped by Tabby's diary and read your comment(s). We are so happy that you decided to brave the "lions den" and are sorry you felt you were surrounded by hostility. I do understand why you felt that way, but I think you also understand why, as owners of pets, the subject of what we feed our pets is a very emotional one for some, especially for people like Tabby's mom. Before the tainted food of 2007 most of us were not as aware of what was in the pet food and it's quality. Having an animal die because the maker lacked quality control or just plain cut corners with inferior ingredients struck deep. It makes us advocates for our pets. We now have a duty to keep an eye on pet food companies, some say we watch them like hawks. We do this because we can't trust them to watch themselves. Some don't even "come clean" when they have been caught by independent testing and see that the food is remove from the shelves. We want you to join us and be a "watch Dogster/Catster". You see nationally know or not a company is only as good as it's recall background, be it food, treats, litter, flea/tick meds, ect, and seeing that it has been poor and less then honest in handling those situations should be the major part of your "litmus test". Reading your post in Tabby's diary showed us that you would feel horrible if anyone was to contact you and tell you that the product/food they used because it had been advertised on Dogster/Catster made their pet sick or worse yet killed the pet.

You may not understand but we are trying to show you that we have moms and paws behind us that take responsibility for our well being more seriously then ever before and they want to trust you to help provide them the best products to keep us happy, healthy Catsters and Dogsters.

We ALWAYS appreciate the things you do for us, the little and the BIG. You have helped many a pet when you OK fund raisers and raffles for staggering vet bills, or to help transport pets to their new furever homes.

This morning we read Hazel Lucy and Samoa's diaries that told about their mom's conversations with you. One thing is certain, Ted (Top Cat), you have opened a door for communication between you and your subscribers.
Sincerely,

K.C.,Shadow, Snoopur, Bear and Pam

We say NO to Nutro!!

We think that Nuto is a very poor choice to be allowed to advertise, especially on the "Food" page on Catster. The reason we feel this way is because the quality control of the food is in question. Mom has decided that we need to help get the word out since she ACTUALLY was so concerned about it that she changed us from MaxCat/Nutro when Nutro was having recalls on their dog foods for salmonilla. We had been MaxCat/Nutro kitties from the time that I was adopted and my kits had been since they were born. See we are FHV kitties and our Vet told mom and paw that we should be fed a good quality food to help our immune systems control the Herpes virus along with doses of L-lysine. The potential problems that could come from 4 kitties being feed a food mom could not trust made her hunt for a different brand. Just after that a quality control issue with MaxCat/Nutro adding 2 to 3x'x more copper and then incorrect levels of zinc and potassium causing kitties to become ill and die. What was worse was that was to have been recalled was still on petfood store shelves in some areas of the United States made her REALLY HAPPY that she had switched us when she did. Now it continues with incorrect amounts of vitamin D3. Now you can see why we feel the way we do about this company. You ALSO need to know that the parent company makes Greenies. We used to LOVE Greenies, but the risk is too great they are also not in our household any more.

You are probably wondering where all the information came from to help make up my mom's mind. Any one has access to it at Consumeraffairs.com .