Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 59825)

Dear forumers,
I need some help because I am baffled by what I discovered last night.
I am afraid of many things, like crashing my car into a tree, accidentally eating rabbit meat,the wrath of God. But there's one thing that I am so afraid of that it causes paralyzing terror - MAGGOTS! And any other lower life forms that resembles it. Asal ko badan panjang, have no legs and wiggling, I WILL MOMENTARILY DIE upon seeing you. And when the initially shock wears off, I will RUN screaming like a girl (even though I am a girl). I do not know why I have a phobia of maggots. All I know is that I've had it for so many years. Maggots and I will never see eye to eye. They are utterly disgusting creatures and I can only hope they think the same of me (but I smell nicer) so that they too would stay far away from me.

ANYWAY(! ya ya i tend to blab on and on{grin}),

I was feeding my cat last night so without much thought I poured her kibbles into her bowl. Suddenly, I saw something moving in it and without having to look closer, I recognized it was a WORM! {scared}AAAAAA! {ohmygod}{ohmygod}{cry2} I am not being dramatic. I swear I could not move for a few seconds in fear that it would notice me and come directly after me. I was so shocked. In my 11 years of living with cats, I have NEVER FOUND WORMS/MAGGOTS IN DRY CAT FOOD.{angry}
How could this be? I can only think to blame the petshop because this was the first time I bought food from them. 1 kg of repacked Sportsman's Pride. I have bought repacked food before in the past (several kg skali gus) from my regular petshop but tak pernah in all those years jumpa binatang hidup yg tak sepatutnya berada dalam tu. Worse yet, belum sempat I nak buang the bowl of food tu, my cat dah makan dengan ulat2 tu skali. I can never look at her the same again!!!{ohmygod} Luckily, according to the internet, it won't make her sick. If anything, it's just extra protein for her. Afterwards, I checked the empty container and found some more of them crawling at the bottom!!!{sweat}{cry2} YA ALLAH! Apa lagi, I pun screwed the lid shut and threw it out. {vomit}

Yang I heran benar is mcm mana ada benda tu dalam DRY food? So I googled and discovered that ulat tu is the same kind you find in other dried goods like tepung and pasta and if your kitchen becomes infested with them it would be hard to get rid of. They're called mealworms. The larvae of beetles. Now, before I go and make a complaint with the petshop (that I will never buy repacked food from again), I just nak tanya if any one of you pernah terjumpa benda2 disgusting ni dalam kibbles food anak2 bulu korang. I can only think that it came from the process of repacking kat kedai tu. Because before this, I've never found such a thing in my kitchen or any other dried goods stored in there. Plus, I keep my dry cat food in an air tight container thus it was not exposed to air or flies and any other creatures. I beli yg 1kg kat petshop tu pun only for one of my cats yg mengada tak nak makan food yg dah ada. So to avoid her death, beli lah skit utk dia but kalau macam ni aku mati dulu kot ada benda2 mcm tu{sick}. Sedangkan I store 20 kgs of cat food pun tak pernah ada ulat, ini satu kg je. I highly suspect that mmg it was in the pack when I bought it. Surely it can't be the brand of cat food(first time beli this brand) because most kibbles are stripped of moisture when they make it and in the process kill unwanted pests.

I'm sorry if I'm being dramatic but maggots/worms/larvae are a big deal to me. Plus, I don't want my cats to be eating such things{arrogant}. Why should I pay money for things that arent suppose to be there? This is definitely worth a complaint from me and I'm not one to just be shooting my mouth complaining about every petty little thing. Obviously I do not think this is a petty matter. I'm so distressed by this sampaikan I'm extra cautious bila nak scoop makanan for them. Sigh.{sweat}

Apa pendapat korang?

Originally Posted by nurkasih (Post 59827)

Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 59828)

Dear forumers,
I need some help because I am baffled by what I discovered last night.
I am afraid of many things, like crashing my car into a tree, accidentally eating rabbit meat,the wrath of God. But there's one thing that I am so afraid of that it causes paralyzing terror - MAGGOTS! And any other lower life forms that resembles it. Asal ko badan panjang, have no legs and wiggling, I WILL MOMENTARILY DIE upon seeing you. And when the initially shock wears off, I will RUN screaming like a girl (even though I am a girl). I do not know why I have a phobia of maggots. All I know is that I've had it for so many years. Maggots and I will never see eye to eye. They are utterly disgusting creatures and I can only hope they think the same of me (but I smell nicer) so that they too would stay far away from me.

ANYWAY(! ya ya i tend to blab on and on{grin}),

I was feeding my cat last night so without much thought I poured her kibbles into her bowl. Suddenly, I saw something moving in it and without having to look closer, I recognized it was a WORM! {scared}AAAAAA! {ohmygod}{ohmygod}{cry2} I am not being dramatic. I swear I could not move for a few seconds in fear that it would notice me and come directly after me. I was so shocked. In my 11 years of living with cats, I have NEVER FOUND WORMS/MAGGOTS IN DRY CAT FOOD.{angry}
How could this be? I can only think to blame the petshop because this was the first time I bought food from them. 1 kg of repacked Sportsman's Pride. I have bought repacked food before in the past (several kg skali gus) from my regular petshop but tak pernah in all those years jumpa binatang hidup yg tak sepatutnya berada dalam tu. Worse yet, belum sempat I nak buang the bowl of food tu, my cat dah makan dengan ulat2 tu skali. I can never look at her the same again!!!{ohmygod} Luckily, according to the internet, it won't make her sick. If anything, it's just extra protein for her. Afterwards, I checked the empty container and found some more of them crawling at the bottom!!!{sweat}{cry2} YA ALLAH! Apa lagi, I pun screwed the lid shut and threw it out. {vomit}

Yang I heran benar is mcm mana ada benda tu dalam DRY food? So I googled and discovered that ulat tu is the same kind you find in other dried goods like tepung and pasta and if your kitchen becomes infested with them it would be hard to get rid of. They're called mealworms. The larvae of beetles. Now, before I go and make a complaint with the petshop (that I will never buy repacked food from again), I just nak tanya if any one of you pernah terjumpa benda2 disgusting ni dalam kibbles food anak2 bulu korang. I can only think that it came from the process of repacking kat kedai tu. Because before this, I've never found such a thing in my kitchen or any other dried goods stored in there. Plus, I keep my dry cat food in an air tight container thus it was not exposed to air or flies and any other creatures. I beli yg 1kg kat petshop tu pun only for one of my cats yg mengada tak nak makan food yg dah ada. So to avoid her death, beli lah skit utk dia but kalau macam ni aku mati dulu kot ada benda2 mcm tu{sick}. Sedangkan I store 20 kgs of cat food pun tak pernah ada ulat, ini satu kg je. I highly suspect that mmg it was in the pack when I bought it. Surely it can't be the brand of cat food(first time beli this brand) because most kibbles are stripped of moisture when they make it and in the process kill unwanted pests.

I'm sorry if I'm being dramatic but maggots/worms/larvae are a big deal to me. Plus, I don't want my cats to be eating such things{arrogant}. Why should I pay money for things that arent suppose to be there? This is definitely worth a complaint from me and I'm not one to just be shooting my mouth complaining about every petty little thing. Obviously I do not think this is a petty matter. I'm so distressed by this sampaikan I'm extra cautious bila nak scoop makanan for them. Sigh.{sweat}

Apa pendapat korang?

Originally Posted by nurkasih (Post 59827)

Originally Posted by adamyala (Post 59831)

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yaa...that could be the reason , becoz some petshops do sell mealworms . My friend's sugar glider makan mealworms . mungkin some of them termasuk dalam catfood yg di repacked tu..

Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 59830)

alamak terpost dua kali lak. One of my cats jumped onto the keyboard. Sorry!

Originally Posted by adamyala (Post 59837)

Originally Posted by cookies4bulat (Post 59920)

check this link http://www.deathonline.net/decomposi...es/maggots.htm for the origin of maggots and some answer to the question above http://www.derby.gov.uk/Environment/...te/maggots.htm

kepada yg geli tu..siap sedia ngan segala protection anda{shy}{shy}{shy}

mungkin kah ini yg terjadik pada mkanan2 kucing tersebut?berpunca dari lalat yg sesat,then bertelur dlm mknan tersebut.dengan segala nutrient yg lengkap maka dia berubahla menjadik maggots{grin}(pandainye mereka cerita{shy}{shy})

Originally Posted by cikunnek (Post 59937)

yg musykil ni.bekas makanan tutup rapat,mcmana lalat nak masuk?dan mcmana boleh ada ulat/ heran bin ajaib gak.tambah umah tingkt 13 ni jgn kata lalat, lipas pun takut nak singgah.gayat tinggi sgt.setakat nyamuk sesat ada lah.{ohmygod}

Originally Posted by cikunnek (Post 59939)

tgn ni gatal sgt nak buka web yg awak kasi tadi.skang dah rasa mcm nak loya tengok ulat tu.dan ganas jugak ye muka dia.siap ada taring lagi.tapi saya ada tengok national discovery channel dulu ,dorang ambik maggot ni letak pada luka pesakit yg lambat baik mcm pesakit kencing manis.maggot ni mkn sikit sikit sel yg mati.geli tahap gabaan lor....{nah}

Originally Posted by solehah1505 (Post 60109)

hye..i prnah jmpa ulat dalam kibles anak bulus i...i bli iams yg 3 kg...stiap kali bli msti i akn jmpa ulat tu...tp sblm bg dorunk mkn i tapis dulu gne penapis untuk buang habuk2 n ulat tu...byk jgkla ulat tu...gli i..{arrogant}{arrogant}

Originally Posted by cookies4bulat (Post 59920)

check this link http://www.deathonline.net/decomposi...es/maggots.htm for the origin of maggots and some answer to the question above http://www.derby.gov.uk/Environment/...te/maggots.htm

kepada yg geli tu..siap sedia ngan segala protection anda{shy}{shy}{shy}

mungkin kah ini yg terjadik pada mkanan2 kucing tersebut?berpunca dari lalat yg sesat,then bertelur dlm mknan tersebut.dengan segala nutrient yg lengkap maka dia berubahla menjadik maggots{grin}(pandainye mereka cerita{shy}{shy})

Originally Posted by cookies4bulat (Post 59920)

check this link http://www.deathonline.net/decomposi...es/maggots.htm for the origin of maggots and some answer to the question above http://www.derby.gov.uk/Environment/...te/maggots.htm

kepada yg geli tu..siap sedia ngan segala protection anda{shy}{shy}{shy}

mungkin kah ini yg terjadik pada mkanan2 kucing tersebut?berpunca dari lalat yg sesat,then bertelur dlm mknan tersebut.dengan segala nutrient yg lengkap maka dia berubahla menjadik maggots{grin}(pandainye mereka cerita{shy}{shy})

Originally Posted by solehah1505 (Post 60109)

hye..i prnah jmpa ulat dalam kibles anak bulus i...i bli iams yg 3 kg...stiap kali bli msti i akn jmpa ulat tu...tp sblm bg dorunk mkn i tapis dulu gne penapis untuk buang habuk2 n ulat tu...byk jgkla ulat tu...gli i..{arrogant}{arrogant}

Originally Posted by nurkasih (Post 60132)

Aii semuanya I AMS nieh.. I tak pernah bagi makan I AM..ada forumer lain2 yang pernah ada experience nieh...

Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 60220)

Ya Allah, you tapis dgn tangan you sendiri? And banyak pulak tu??? Goodness. I swear sapa nak torture I or make me confess to anything, thats the thing to do {scared}

Originally Posted by solehah1505 (Post 60259)

Yup i tapis gne tgn i sndiri...nak buang agak2la...mahal tu, xsggp..tp next month nk bli royal canin plak.. {good}{good} sape2 yg da bli iams tu, tgk2 la kibles tu tkt ade jgk ulat2 ni.. {victory}{victory}

Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 59828)

How could this be? I can only think to blame the petshop because this was the first time I bought food from them. 1 kg of repacked Sportsman's Pride. I have bought repacked food before in the past (several kg skali gus) from my regular petshop but tak pernah in all those years jumpa binatang hidup yg tak sepatutnya berada dalam tu. Worse yet, belum sempat I nak buang the bowl of food tu, my cat dah makan dengan ulat2 tu skali. I can never look at her the same again!!!{ohmygod} Luckily, according to the internet, it won't make her sick. If anything, it's just extra protein for her.

Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 60222)

I've already written a formal complaint letter to send to the boss of the pet shop nanti. Ceh gile formal tapi it is a serious matter to me. Lagipun I dont want to go and tell the workers there only to have them make excuses or dismiss me trus. I dont know if they will but I will go prepared. Worse yet I found MORE ULATS !!!!{cry2}{mdribble}

The 1 kg tu I separated it into 2 containers masa bukak cz bekas kecik so had to split into two. Now I can confirm that it's the food yg contaminated and not my containers as BOTH containers ada ulat.
I'm bringing the food back this saturday (can't any sooner) to show them for themselves. Make them sift the food and tgk. Agak2nya benda tu tak bertukar to pupae or metamorphosize or whatever they're suppose to do before that. Nanti hilang pulak bukti.

But I really don't think these are maggots from flies tu. If they were, I would have cried immediately upon discovery and simultaneously wet myself elsewhere{smile}{shy} hahaha! Yg ni, I rasa mmg mealworms or beetle larvae. Yeah like the ones ppl use for fishing.

When I researched the internet about it I found this useful site about it

http://www.allaboutworms.com/worms-in-pet-food

don't worry, there are NO PICTURES! {victory}{grin} Selamat untuk dibaca dan juga sangat informative.

but after reading that, it was not only educational BUT it also managed to heighten my fear of worms/maggots/crawling things with no legs. Because:-

"these insects also thrive on animal and human hair, dried pieces of any animal product such as meat, and even other critter carcasses."

are you kidding me?? im starting to think someone is really trying to mess with my head {ohmygod}{shy}

Originally Posted by solehah1505 (Post 60259)

Yup i tapis gne tgn i sndiri...nak buang agak2la...mahal tu, xsggp..tp next month nk bli royal canin plak.. {good}{good} sape2 yg da bli iams tu, tgk2 la kibles tu tkt ade jgk ulat2 ni.. {victory}{victory}

Originally Posted by honeybun (Post 60471)

Haha....dear, bukan salah baby you tu..... The food is infront of her, dia sebat jer le...lol{shy}{shy}

Originally Posted by cookies4bulat (Post 60484)

Originally Posted by honeybun (Post 60470)

OMG{sick} Betul la... last year I pernah beli Iams and dalam tu ada ulat. I thot it was my maid yang irresponsible biar container tu terbukak lama sikit. Terpaksa jemur kat panas matahari until they all lari sendiri. Pastu baru simpan balik. Sayang....mahal tu.....!{sweat}

So, this Iams, they do have quality problems...hmmmm {oh}{angry}

Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 60525)

yeah surely sayang nak buang because its money. but i wouldnt be able to sift through it even though pakai penapis or even with sarung tangan and face mask. TAKUT! i would force someone else in the house to do it{wink} but i give you credit for your bravery for sure! {victory}{good}

Originally Posted by fffrrr (Post 61173)

People!

Good news ! {happy}{happy}{happy}
I sent my complaint letter on Monday to the workers there and then later smsed the owner. I'm happy to say that I received a good response from the owner. He apologized and has taken the necessary actions and would replace the contaminated food with a new pack. I went to the pet shop yesterday and asked the worker. He said that his boss had already returned all the possibly contaminated stock back to their supplier and that I could take a new pack. However, I decided not to take the food as my cats are now eating a different brand. Instead, since I was buying cat litter, I asked them to deduct the price of the food and so I got 10 litre cat litter for Rm 9 only{victory}{grin}

Most of all, I'm pleased that the owner took responsibility over the matter and didn't take it lightly. It's good to know that dia org nak jaga hati customer. That's the kind of business that I like to support. So, if anyone faces any problems with any businesses I encourage you to write an official complaint letter. If the owners don't want to take you seriously, cc the letter to FOMCA.

I will continue to visit this pet shop for their good service and for their effort to maintain quality in products that they sell.

Originally Posted by kuntum (Post 61924)