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in packaging.
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Natalie Burnell hopes to raise awareness among pet owners that any bag not just one made from Mylar, a metalized polyester can get stuck on a dogs head and the animal can panic and may not be able to get it off.
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Bison was left in the basement and managed to grab a bag of cat food (the family has two cats) off a shelving unit and eat the contents, but somehow got his head stuck and probably panicked, Burnell said.
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I had no idea he could suffocate from these bags. . . . I keep blaming myself for not putting the bag one shelf higher
Burnell since discovered a Facebook page started by another owner whose dog had suffocated after getting stuck in a snack bag. There are many postings from owners who report similar fatalities involving chip and pet food bags.
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People should cut up bags before putting them in the garbage, said Burnell.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/06/25/dog_suffocates_on_pet_food_bag.html
aikoaiko
(34,178 posts)...the type to read the warnings on bags.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Dog & cat food storage containers start at $5:
http://www.petsmart.com/family/index.jsp?f=Taxonomy%2FPET%2F2767070&categoryId=2767131&lmdn=Category&f=Taxonomy%2FPET%2F2767131&fbc=1&fbn=Taxonomy|Food+Storage+%26+Scoops&fbx=0&OVMTC=Broad&site=&creative=32619496536&OVKEY=pet%20food%20storage%20container&url_id=150250196&adpos=1t3&device=c&devicemodel=&gclid=CI-w8rLahLgCFUOi4AodjTcAFQ
http://www.petsmart.com/family/index.jsp?f=Taxonomy%2FPET%2F2768973&f=PAD%2FpsNotAvailInUS%2FNo&categoryId=2769010&lmdn=Bowls+%26+Feeders&f=Taxonomy%2FPET%2F2769010&fbc=1&fbn=Taxonomy|Food+Storage+%26+Scoops&fbx=0
AndyA
(16,993 posts)It's awful that people have lost their pets to suffocation. I probably never would have thought about a bag of cat food being a danger--but I would have known to put it someplace where the dog and the cats couldn't get to it, no matter how hard they tried, because I could envision them ripping the thing open and spreading the food all over the place.
They're just being cats and dogs, and sometimes they get into things they shouldn't.
Not sure a warning is necessary. Would people really read it? Who has time to read all of the warnings on everything brought into the house? It's like the hot coffee warning on cups--if you're that stupid that you don't know it's hot and can burn you, you probably shouldn't be out on your own in public without supervision. Really people...take a little responsibility for yourself.
Blue Diadem
(6,597 posts)It got into their trash can and the dogs head/face became stuck inside the box/bag. The people came home from work and found their dog dead. Every since then I tie a knot in any bag I'm throwing away so it can't be opened and all our pet food in placed in plastic containers.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)I had no idea he could suffocate from these bags. . . . I keep blaming myself for not putting the bag one shelf higher."
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)to it while trying to get water that not only did i cover the well but the walled off the room added a door and now keep it closed
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)So leave the lid down. Or the lid and seat up.