What affects us affects cats
I think that every cat owner should know when and how to make their cats vomit. It sounds a bit intimidating but making your cat vomit is an emergency cure or treatment for poisoning when a cat ingests something which is poisonous. It should be done quickly. To achieve this the owner needs to …
The girlfriend of Frank Jesse, 45, called 911 after she read the text messages on his cellphone while he was sleeping off booze. One of the messages to a friend revealed that he was going to poison her cat. She also found Google searches on his phone on how to kill a cat with …
Ruby, a little Turkish Van-type cat, licked a Himalayan salt lamp because it tasted good and became seriously ill. She was poisoned by the salt which caused her brain to swell. This caused neurological problems such as ‘walking really strangely’ and ‘her basic senses and abilities [were] gone in 12 hours’. Ruby lives with …
Poison bait boxes intended to kill rats placed in public places such as restaurants, schools and shopping centres are killing bobcats and mountain lions in California and elsewhere. See an earlier post with photos of a poisoned but living cougar. It is not pretty. What happens is that the rodent poison may kill or …
Activated charcoal can be used in the decontamination of a poisoned cat. It has been suggested that every cat owner should have some activated charcoal in their medicine cabinet or feline first aid kit. I am receiving slightly conflicting information about its use, however. It works by absorbing toxicants (toxic substances that have been …
“What I think now is his death sentence was sealed the moment she injected him.” On the left is Bosco, about 12-years-of-age and on the right is pensioner Lillian Carr, Bosco’s former owner. Bosco is now dead and cremated because unfortunately a veterinary nurse administered a dog drug (we don’t know the name) to Bosco …
Cats are naturally curious creatures. They love to investigate the new spring plants that you’ve brought home to plant around the house. They love it when all the springtime bugs come out from hiding. They also like to investigate any cabinets or closets that have been left open. As much as your cat thinks …
Are the pesticides on house plants poisonous to cats as well as the poisonous plants themselves? It seems distinctly possible. There are hundreds of thousands of web pages on plants that are poisonous to cats. I am yet to see something on the insecticides that are on house plants that are poisonous to cats. …
