America’s respected Pet Poison Helpline tells me that orange oil can cause poisoning in cats and therefore it is clearly unsafe. They list it as “citrus oil”. It is also listed as d-limonene because orange oil is mostly composed of d-limonene and is apparently often used in place of pure d-limonene. For the technically …
I didn’t know it because I’ve never seen my cat try to eat Scotch tape i.e. transparent, one-sided tape that we all use, but too many cats like to sniff it, chew it and even eat it. Why do they do this? And is it dangerous? Well, you can answer the latter question very …
Background It is emerging that micro-plastics are a major international hazard to the health of people and wildlife. Tiny particles of plastic are shed by clothing during washing which find their way to the oceans and anywhere else. I’m sure that all humans have micro-plastics inside them. There are many reasons one of which …
It is difficult to provide a straightforward answer to the question in the title. However, things have changed with respect to “packing peanuts”. These are Styrofoam packing materials. Traditionally they were made of polystyrene which is made from petroleum-based substances. However, my research tells me that since the early 1990s starch-based packing peanuts have …
It is hard to envisage how it might happen but it does. Both toddlers, domestic cats and puppies are in danger of being strangled by the cords on blinds. The recommendation nowadays is that home owners with companion animals should buy cordless blinds or ensure that in some way the cords are tied back …
This story from Philadelphia about a cat called Foxxy is a lesson to all cat guardians to make sure that disposable plastic gloves, which are used much more at present due to the coronavirus pandemic, need to be disposed of quickly after use because they appear to pose a hazard to some domestic cats. …
I interpret the question, taken from a Google search, to ask how cat owners can stop their cat from chewing on electrical cables when they are not around to physically stop them. Occasionally my cat chews on my computer cable and I gentle stop him. That’s no problem. There seems to be three decent …
Some cosmetics such a moisturisers and suncreams contain butylparaben. This chemical helps preserve cosmetics. It is described as an ‘endocrine disruptor’. It behaves in a similar manner to hormones in the body. Some experts believe that parabens can mess with the body’s hormones. Research found that children whose mothers were exposed to parabens in …
