#PrimalPet Primal Pet treats molded way before expiration

So a month ago I was contacted by Chewy and offered a package of Primal treats to review. Sadly they weren't really loved, so they sat in my treat cupboard for a while and I didn't touch them. On Wednesday I thought I would give some to The Crew to nom on while I was at work.  When I got home they were all gone, so I decided to do the same thing on Thursday.

I opened up the package and was kind of distressed to see this.. 

You can see I left the desiccant in the package to keep the moisture levels down. There were no instructions on how to store this, so I assumed in the dry cabinet where I keep my other cat treats was as good a place as any. What is so distressing about this though is the expiration date on this product.. 

to me that reads 01/02/16. Maybe it is supposed to be 15, but even still we are still squarely in 2014 and fairly far from 15.

I was reluctant to buy these treats myself because the less than stellar consumption by The Crew, but I am even more so now consider this.. I'm just glad that no one got sick from the treats I fed the day before.. (well that I know of..) 

One quick note: I would far rather a product mold than never mold, because to me that indicates it is real food and not laden with preservatives and additives, but I really would have liked an expiration date that was a little more realistic, because if it had a 11/1/14 date, I would have taken a closer look at it the first time I gave it out this week.

Former Foster Friday - Isaac Arnold and Smed

Seriously, can you stand the cute?
Thank you again Anne for sharing them with us.

Good luck sweet kittens

I am returning the kittens today, and they will be neutered and go up for adoption most likely for this weekend. If all goes well they will be in homes before the weekend is over. They are such outgoing purring kittens, I can't imagine anyone not snapping them up.

I thoght about keeping them longer, but darn it if these kittens aren't a wee bit overwhelming. They adore getting into trouble and despite that room being kitten safe, they still are making me roll my eyes. That photo from yesterday? Molly the little black girl kitten climbed into the wardrobe and then punched through the back and would not come back through.  It took two of us to tease her enough to grab her. She was the first kitten ever to do this.  To make things even more interesting when I opened up the kitten room door to call my husband to help Pan bolted through the door and I didn't even notice. Fortunately my husband didn't hear me the first time so I had to call again, and that is when I saw him hanging out with Twee oh so pleased with himself. *rolls eyes*

Fortunately yesterday they were tired when I visited them, and I was able to get some photos.  I've got enough to get a few more posts out of it, but I thought I'd share the shots of them 'sitting still' if you will, so you can get a good look at them.

Sorry Princess, but I promise, you will like your new place more.. you'll have your own people and your own house and your own bed that the people sleep in for you.. You might even have little people for you to play with..

Wordless Wednesday - the kitten, the husband and the wardrobe..

Trust us Tiger Lily. This is not the way to Narnia. Now Molly knows this for certain

Really Iams? Really??

So I was watching Animal Planet the other day when I saw the following commercial. If you haven't seen it, please take a look at it. See if you can spot what got me all disgruntled. (and for once it isn't about the food - although that is a whole different subject all together and yes, I can get all indignant about that too)

So did you see it?  How about now?

The Before screenshot

The During screenshot
(yup, Iams can photoshop a few pounds off a cat.. impressive)

The After screenshot

So how many people think these are the same cats?  I'm not even convinced the during and the after are the same cat although it is hard to tell because of the angles.. and the cat eating out of the bowl at the end.. a different cat..

Generally this wouldn't be an issue for me in a cat food commercial, as you have specialized cats that can perform specialized tricks. However when you start saying this is the before and the after,  and this is the same kind of results your cat can achieve, you kinda need to use the same cat. If you don't you are now in the same field of scammers as the before and after shots of humans on diets on your facebook feed.. or in the back of rag magazines.

And since this is "Camo and Anna"'s commercial, I would think it would be important that an actual cat named Camo would be featured in it.. (oh come on Connie, this is TV, it's acting, it is all show, but STILL.. where is the truth in advertising?  oh wait.. I just answered my own question)

*sigh*

Since I totally expect this kind of shenanigans from Iams, I'm not bothering to write to them and complain, they won't care. But I could not just let this go without saying ANYTHING..

because.. really?!?

So tell me, are you okay with this? Am I being overly sensitive?