"My cat was poisoned by professional carpet cleaning"
Ziggy Nobarr <nobarrziggy@yahoo.com>

Margaret,
I have read comments from people whose pets have been seemingly poisoned from carpet cleaning products. I believe my cat was just recently subject to the effects of these toxins and I WANT ANSWERS and CHANGE IN POLICY TO PREVENT THIS FROM CONTINUING.

My carpet was cleaned by a local company 3 weeks ago and my cat just died 5 days ago. I am VERY INTERESTED in pursuing a class action suit. I was told the chemicals to be used on my carpet were safe for pets and we followed all of their instructions. My cat was a Maine coon....similar to Persian with long hair and hairy paws that would pick up residue from the carpet leading to ingestion of residues while grooming.

She had routine lab work in late August 2008 which was all normal. She had never been sick in her life. Last week she became progressively weak ...dramatic decrease in function over 2-3 days. The lab work at the veterinarian's office showed she had acute liver and kidney failure. She had black diarrhea the day prior to her death which likely means it contained blood. She also had severe vomiting. She died in my arms having rigors/tics and then respiratory failure at the veterinarian's office. She received the best care to no avail. She will be having an autopsy and specimens of several organs will be sent to a pathologist for detailed analysis. Tomorrow I plan to obtain the chemical list from the local carpet cleaning company and this will be scrutinized by our Dept of health toxicology division. My carpet samples will be analyzed for contents that match toxic chemicals in carpet cleaning solutions. I am looking for others with similar experience to stand up. My cat and many others' have suffered horrific deaths.

THIS MISINFORMATION "SAFE FOR PETS" MUST BE STOPPED! I still have a short hair cat with elevated liver enzymes and and reduced kidney function. Again, she had normal liver function in 3/08. Of course I am looking into getting my carpet recleaned with "a safe method" immediately. I would like anyone interested in going forward to e-mail me at nobarrziggy@yahoo.com .

Please post this and if you know how to reach the person looking for another person or two to stand up with him, please let me know. I want to contact him ASAP. My husband and I are interested in going forward with him and hope that anyone else with similar experience will come forward and contact us. Thank you!