North Carolina – A devastated owner is using social media to let others know what happened to her beloved dog, Izzy, who recently died from salmonella poisoning. Dauntless Animal Rescue shared the heartbreaking story on its Facebook page, explaining how the senior Maltese died after eating food believed to be contaminated.
The animal welfare agency writes:
Sweet Izzy got salmonella poisoning, which quickly turned into HGE, causing vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. Even with vet intervention, she passed away within 24 hours of showing symptoms. Please research, and know the symptoms, as this happened just a few months ago to another one of our adopters, feeding a similar food. The emergency vet is the place to go if your pet starts experiencing any symptoms of HGE.
On June 3, Izzy’s owner shared information about her dog’s sickness, writing:
In her case, because of her tiny size, she was gone in less than 24 hours.
According to Izzy’s owner, the exact same thing happened to her neighbor’s dog Bella during the same timeframe – Bella was able to overcome the terrible sickness and survived.
Izzy’s owner thinks the contaminated food has been discovered. She writes, “We’ve tracked the source of the bacteria to 2 different bags of FRESH PET dog food I purchased at Wilmington Costco at the same time /same day ( 5/24/24) that seem to be containing salmonella. One bag we used, one bag my neighbors opened for Bella.
We are in the process of getting all this reported to the makers of Fresh Pet and the FDA, etc.”
Adding her request to let other pet owners know of the danger, “Please share this info to anyone and everyone you know that owns dogs. We’ve used this food for a long time with no problems but it’s not worth losing a pet over and having them suffer so terribly.”
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