A Michael Broad Blog
People ask: Which lilies are not poisonous to cats? After you have read this article you’re going to decide that it is unsafe to buy any form of lily for your home if you live with a cat companion. Let me explain. There are lilies which are not poisonous to cats but they are …
It appears that a whole colony of spayed and neutered cats in Orlando, Florida, USA has been poisoned by somebody and the colony caretakers need funding in order to carry out toxicology tests on the dead cats and if possible to prosecute the case as a crime under the animal welfare laws of Florida.
Susan Murray may be able to answer the question in the title. She wrote a post on Facebook about how she inadvertently poisoned her daughter’s cat, Ernie, with eucalyptus oil. I searched for her post without success. I have since discovered that she has deleted it. This may be because it went viral with …
The most common way that a domestic cat is poisoned in the USA is by the use of a dog insecticide on a cat. The second most common way is the misuse of a topical insecticide designed for a cat. All other products in the top 10 are for the use or enjoyment of humans in the household.
Yes, a coral snake bite can kill a domestic cat. Some cats will survive but I suspect that the percentage of survivors will be around 30%. The coral snake bite when venom is injected will be excruciating for the cat. He will enter into a coma and possibly die.
Two house cats ate the owner’s marijuana plants and ended up sprawled out on the floor. However, THC is toxic to cats so cats don’t get high on it. It hurts them in fact, damaging the nevous system.
Strychnine is used in rat, mole and mouse poison so it is not very unlikely that a cat can be poisoned by strychnine although the use of this poison is deceasing in the US. It is a less common cause of accidental cat poisoning than in the past. A veterinarian will check for strychnine …
Some residents of the Narbonne region of southern France have noticed that some streets cats vomited a blue substance. They meow weakly and die. It sounds awful. And in such large numbers. Local animal welfare organisations blamed poisoning; rat poison, cannabis or motor oil in cat food. But autopsies were carried out on two …
