US & Canada - Ecoli Lettuce alert

Fresh cilantro or coriander from the market this morning for my Finn and Lara. This is my Finn's favorite as he has been eating it since he was a baby, both cilantro and parsley. I will rinse it gently and give them some for lunch today. They have already had their breakfast.
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Thanks for the warning. I’m from the US and I did know about this, but it’s good you posted this in case some people didn’t know yet. We don’t want our guinea pigs getting sick!
 
Authority narrowed down e.coli outbreak location to central California so all the lettuce from California is in question. However, I didn't see any romaine lettuce at Costco. Also, I don't believe any store is selling romaine lettuce as of yet.
 
Iluvmyguineapigs said:
Good luck!
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Thanks. That's the third time in 2 months. Think they grinded too much off his teeth or did something wrong. He started putting his head up when eating pellets as if he was trying to chew but his poos were OK and weight went back up. Vet said it was an ingrowing back tooth or a bone that shouldn't be there. Hope they don't put him to sleep I'm worried as he's not that old and I've spoilt him daft.. He does chew celery or carrots much too. Or eat bags of kale. Strange so it is. 😭😭😢
 
I was going to pick up some lettuce for my new guinea for her diet but after hearing about it I'm worried about other lettuce aside from the romaine. While only the romaine was recalled a week ago from my store and then replaced with spring, the store where my mom works recalled all of there lettuce...

Would the spring mix kits still be safe?
 
CherryMuse said:
I was going to pick up some lettuce for my new guinea for her diet but after hearing about it I'm worried about other lettuce aside from the romaine. While only the romaine was recalled a week ago from my store and then replaced with spring, the store where my mom works recalled all of there lettuce...

Would the spring mix kits still be safe?
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I don't know. Mines eats dill. Kale. Celery. 😜
 
CherryMuse said:
I was going to pick up some lettuce for my new guinea for her diet but after hearing about it I'm worried about other lettuce aside from the romaine. While only the romaine was recalled a week ago from my store and then replaced with spring, the store where my mom works recalled all of there lettuce...

Would the spring mix kits still be safe?
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Most spring mix has red and green romaine in it, so it might be contaminated. not sure though.
 
I visited Costco today and didn't find any romaine lettuce or baby spring veggies for my Finn and Lara. I bought brussels sprouts instead. I have been reading and this has plenty of vitamin C, which is what I am looking for. There is no news about when they will bring back romaine lettuce or baby spring veggies according to the worker at Costco. No one knows anything.

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Seven7 said:
I visited Costco today and didn't find any romaine lettuce or baby spring veggies for my Finn and Lara. I bought brussels sprouts instead. I have been reading and this has plenty of vitamin C, which is what I am looking for. There is no news about when they will bring back romaine lettuce or baby spring veggies according to the worker at Costco. No one knows anything.

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Prepare for a whiffy few days then!
 
Poor Colt. He is the lettuce lover in my house and he is refusing some veggies. I visited Kroger yesterday and there was no lettuce at all because of the outbreak. Thank you for telling me about the outbreak or I would’ve given them lettuce.
 
People at Costco were saying farmers are growing new lettuce currently, which sounds rather unbelievable. Wouldn't it take a long time to grow and get it to the consumers?
 
The page was updated from the CDC on 26th November
 
Seven7 said:
People at Costco were saying farmers are growing new lettuce currently, which sounds rather unbelievable. Wouldn't it take a long time to grow and get it to the consumers?
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In terms of growing time, then no it doesn’t take long. Lettuce grows very quickly (in the right temperatures). It’s why I love growing it because I can get it from seed to plate in a short space of time and not have to buy any lettuce all summer.
 
I am just glad my good piggies, Finn and Lara, have been good about eating more celery and brussels sprouts in place of romaine lettuce. Those should give them enough vitamins they need.

Don’t mean to brag about my piggies but they are such good piggies. :clap:
 
I did see only one kind of Organic romaine lettuce at Costco today. I didn't buy it. There was a small stack of it in the corner of Costco.
I think I want to wait a bit longer before I jump in to buying romaine lettuce for my Finn and Lara. They still have plenty of celery, cilantro, and brussels sprouts left, which I want them to finish first.

If Costco brings in more different kinds of romaine lettuce, I will start buying it. Right now, I am just not feeling like I want to buy romaine lettuce.
 
I went to Kroger and found different types of romaine lettuce. I decided to buy it because Colt was not eating any veggies except green leaf lettuce. He is so happy! I asked if it was ok because I did not want to make my piggies eat e.coli. Both of them are very very happy now.:D
 
Is the ecoli outbreak still happening. I haven't bought any since it started and my guinea pigs are really missing their lettuce. All three of them love romaine and since the e-coli outbreak I have been holding off. In the meanwhile they are eating green peppers and frozen broccoli (for some reason they only eat it frozen as it starts to thaw but not fresh) but I haven't been buying any lettuce. Should I try getting them a different kind.
 
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