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08-12-2008, 10:48 PM | #1 |
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| Beneful dog food..BUGS??? Has anyone heard of a problem with what I think might be grain mites in Beneful dog food??? My daughter called me today saying there are little creepy crawly bugs all over her kitchen, walls etc. the bag of Beneful dog food was swarming with them.
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08-12-2008, 11:02 PM | #3 |
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| Disgusting.........they might be moth larvae. I had that happen with parakeet seed many years ago. If it were me, I'd switch brands and never go back. Good luck cleaning up the kitchen.
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08-12-2008, 11:53 PM | #4 |
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| ewwwwwwwww. I haven't heard anything about that food. You can go to the FDA website and see if anything has been reported yet about it.
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08-13-2008, 01:12 AM | #5 |
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| Judging from their recent performance the FDA should alert us to this in about 3 weeks at the earliest and then it will take them a couple of months to flip flop about what the bugs are and where they came from, LOL. I would change brands(I've heard terrible things about beneful) and possibly suppliers. Maybe the place she buys dog food from, has an investation. |
08-13-2008, 03:31 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | eeeewwww......Throw it out or you'll never get rid of them - sounds like those little 'weebles' - that's gross but the food must be attracting them. You're going to have to take everything out of your pantry or wherever you store the food cause they get into everything You can put your dog food in a big plastic lid container a word of advise -Beneful is full of nasty stuff...I'd def change brands. check all your pasta and rice etc too |
08-13-2008, 03:51 AM | #7 |
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| Beneful is crap anyway. That was God's way of telling you to switch. Check out Wellness or Artemis brand. Both very quality dog foods, and definitely something I recommend. Beneful is like McDonalds for dogs. They love it cuz it's full of salt and crap. Hope this helps! |
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08-13-2008, 04:53 AM | #9 |
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| I got a bag of dog food once and after time it was full of wevels. I always put my dogfood in one of those big tin cans that popcorn come in, works wonders to keep out unwanted diners.
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08-13-2008, 04:56 AM | #10 |
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| Yucky!
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08-13-2008, 05:21 AM | #11 | |
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I second that! We switched to Wellness and chewie like a different dog...except for the chewing...plus he looooves it to death. All I hear coming from the kitchen is crunch, crunch, crunch They have some grainless treats I found too, beef jerky I think. It took him time to warm up to those but not too long, LOL! If it wasn't for dogfoodanalysis.com, we'd still be feeding chewie crap
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08-13-2008, 08:19 AM | #13 |
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| I don't feed this to my dogs. Mine are on Natural Balance. This is my daughter. She called me in panic yesterday saying there were little white bugs that look like a sugar but they move and they are all over. Just trying to find out what kind of bugs they might be. I googled it but couldn't find anything recent. It does appear they may have had this same problem back in 2007. I will try the FDA website. Usually my daughter feeds her dog good quality dog food so I'm not sure why the Beneful. YUK...
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08-13-2008, 10:26 AM | #14 |
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| The bugs are most likely beetle larvae. Dog food is a big attractant for them but they get into dry cereals, pastas, rice etc too. A good way to make sure they aren't in your food is to check the package of the food before you buy it, make sure there aren't any holes or types of openings. When you store the food make sure it's in some sort of sealed container that way it doesn't attract the bugs. Just a little FYI in case anyone here didn't know. My hubby is in public health and he just loves grossing me out with info on all the nasty little bugs..ick!
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08-13-2008, 11:48 AM | #15 | |
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If anyone is interested, this is a link to one article about Beneful: snopes.com: Beneful Dog Food
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