Permethrin-treated clothing toxic to cats
Some people spray the insecticide permethrin on their clothing to stop them being bitten by ticks. Ticks can cause nasty illnesses in people: Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. …
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Man digging cats’ grave finds possible cause of their death
An owner of two cats returned home to find both his cats in a poor way. One cat was lying near the boundary fence of his property crying. He was …
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Australian cutting-edge program to poison feral cats could kill pet dogs too
This is described as a cutting-edge program to kill feral cats in Australia. You put a machine, the ‘Felixer’, on the ground in a well selected site and it squirts …
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UK Pet Food is Non-compliant with EU Standards on Mineral Composition
A recent study was the first to assess the mineral composition of a range of dry and wet pet foods described as ‘complete’ and which are available to customers in …
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Heavy Metals in Pet Food is Between 8 and 670 Times Higher Than in Human Food
Heavy metal levels in pet food is between eight and 670-times higher than in human food and none was within a level considered safe for humans as found in a …
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Endotoxins from dead salmonella in pet food can harm your cat
Endotoxins from dead salmonella in pet food can harm your cat’s health but the FDA are apathetic to the pleas of a well-known pet food expert and consumer advocate, Susan Thixton, to change their stance with respect to this toxin in pet food.
Drug Poisoning in Cats
Drug poisoning in cats normally means the poisoning of house cats by human medication, usually therapeutic drugs in the form of pills, which are either given to the cat by the cat’s owner or the cat has played with a pill and ingested it.
Are tulips safe for cats?
Are tulips safe for cats? The clear answer is no as they are decidedly toxic to cats. The toxins are mainly in the tulip bulb. But what is less clear is how damaging the tulip poisoning is. Is it fatal or can the cat recover? My research tells me that cats normally recover. Although in a story the cat was euthanised.
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