Melissa
Inactive Member
permission to cross post please. This was on another group and I
thought it needed to be passed around
> I recently had a neighbor who had to have their 5-year old German
> Shepherd dog put down due to liver failure. The dog was completely
> healthy until a few weeks ago, so they had a necropsy done to see
what
> the cause was. The liver levels were unbelievable, as if the dog had
> ingested poison of some kind. The dog is kept inside, and when he's
> outside, someone's with him, so the idea of him getting into
something
> unknown was hard to believe. My neighbor started going through all
the
> items in the house. When he got to the Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed,
in
> very tiny print, a warning which stated "may be harmful to small
> children and animals." He called the company to ask what the
contents of
>
> the cleaning agent are and was astounded to find out that
antifreeze is
> one of the ingredients. (actually he was told it's a compound which
is
> one molecule away from anitfreeze).
>
> Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned with the
> solution, then licking it's own paws, and the dog eating from its
dishes
>
> which were kept on the kitchen floor cleaned with this product, it
> ingested enough of the solution to destroy its liver.
>
> Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers' two cats also died of
> liver failure. They both used the Swiffer Wetjet for quick cleanups
on
> their floors. Necropsies weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't
file
>
> a lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as
> possible so they don't lose their animals.
[ 05-10-2004, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Softpaws ]
thought it needed to be passed around
> I recently had a neighbor who had to have their 5-year old German
> Shepherd dog put down due to liver failure. The dog was completely
> healthy until a few weeks ago, so they had a necropsy done to see
what
> the cause was. The liver levels were unbelievable, as if the dog had
> ingested poison of some kind. The dog is kept inside, and when he's
> outside, someone's with him, so the idea of him getting into
something
> unknown was hard to believe. My neighbor started going through all
the
> items in the house. When he got to the Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed,
in
> very tiny print, a warning which stated "may be harmful to small
> children and animals." He called the company to ask what the
contents of
>
> the cleaning agent are and was astounded to find out that
antifreeze is
> one of the ingredients. (actually he was told it's a compound which
is
> one molecule away from anitfreeze).
>
> Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned with the
> solution, then licking it's own paws, and the dog eating from its
dishes
>
> which were kept on the kitchen floor cleaned with this product, it
> ingested enough of the solution to destroy its liver.
>
> Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers' two cats also died of
> liver failure. They both used the Swiffer Wetjet for quick cleanups
on
> their floors. Necropsies weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't
file
>
> a lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as
> possible so they don't lose their animals.
[ 05-10-2004, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Softpaws ]
