What affects us affects 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. It sounds like a reasonable idea but permethrin is very toxic to cats. So, if you own a cat, personally, I would not spray …
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 limp and the owner took him to the vet where he was euthanised. When he returned home he noticed his second cat was very …
WARNING: HARD TO WATCH VIDEO. This is an difficult to watch video if you are a cat lover but the strong of heart will steel themselves. It is, however, a reminder of the dangers to house cats from predators in parts of America. Attacks from predators is not something that concerns the cat owners …
All Petz Grooming allegedly abused a cat and has poor reviews. Groomers are potentially dangerous places. Due caution must be exercised before using them.
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 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? 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.
It has been found that household products such as deodorants derived from petroleum give off volatile organic compounds which degrade to create PM2.5 particles, a known air pollutant, which can affect lung capacity in humans and therefore cats.
