NEWS AND VIEWS: BIRKDALE, UK: A cat owner has lost four of her cats at a stroke to deliberate poisoning by antifreeze. It is also believed that the cats were poisoned in their back garden after food was thrown into … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
People search for a home treatment for bad breath in cats. I don’t think that it is feasible to advise on a home treatment for bad breath in cats without a skilled diagnosis first and I would like to explain … Continue reading →
This is a question which asks how a cat owner can make their cat sick so that their cat vomits up a poison that she has just ingested. This is not about preventing sickness but encouraging it to try and … Continue reading →
A cat owner might want to make their cat vomit to prevent poison absorption. I think this is quite technically difficult to achieve so it should be done with caution. I’m referring to veterinary advice in the book Cat Owner’s … Continue reading →
It is alleged that a significant number of community cats in the Los Montesinos and the Ayuntamiento area of Spain have been deliberately poisoned notwithstanding that some of them are cats who are part of an apparent TNR program and … Continue reading →
Nowadays we are all accustomed to the e-cigarette vaping device. The cartridges for the device contain nicotine which is very toxic to cats and other harmful chemicals. “A common ingredient in e-cigarettes, propylene glycol, can lead to red blood cell … Continue reading →
The population of the internationally known cats on ‘Cat Island’ which is actually Ao Island (Aoshima), has declined sharply of late from 90 individuals in 2014 to around 30 today, I am told by The Telegraph newspaper. It is believed … Continue reading →
Who would have thought that lilies are the top cat poison in the USA? This beautiful plant has been discussed a lot online and the information that they are deadly to cats has been widely disseminated. And yet they still … Continue reading →
This is an embedded FB post. It says it all. I really have almost nothing to add. I wrote about it a while ago but this Facebook post gives us a flavour of the inherent evil of the program. It … Continue reading →
