Recently someone had to have their 5-year old German Shepherd dog put down dueto liver failure.
The dog was completely healthy until a few weeks ago, so theyhad a necropsy done to see what the cause was.
The liver levels wereunbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison of some kind.
The dog is keptinside, and when he's outside, someone's with him, so the idea of himgetting into something unknown was hard to believe.
My neighbor started going through all the items in the house.
When he got tothe Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed, in very tiny print, a warning20which stated'may be harmful to small children and animals.'
He called the company toask what the contents of the cleaning agent are and was astounded to find outthat antifreeze is one of the ingredients (actually, he was told it's acompound which is one molecule away from antifre eze).
Therefore , just by thedog walking on the floor cleaned with the solution, then lickin g its own paws,it ingested enough of the solution to destroy its liver.
Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers' two cats also died ofliver failure.
They both used the Swiffer Wetjet for quick cleanups on theirfloors.
Necropsies weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't file alawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as possible sothey don't losetheir animals.
This is equally harmful to babies and small children that pl ay on the floor alot and put their fingers in their mouths a lot.
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