Potential Hazard to Cats: Gift Bag Handles
A website about comics leads me to a warning about the hazard of gift bag handles to cats because they may get caught up in them. This could conceivable lead to strangulation.
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Is Eucalyptus Oil Safe for Cats?
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 …
Cats eat marijuana plants and owner finds them sprawled out on floor
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.
The six greatest existential threats facing mankind and how they affect cats
The six greatest existential threats facing humans (and animals) are as follows: Overpopulation and the destruction of the environment that comes from it Nuclear war Misinformation Drug-resistant diseases Artificial intelligence Facebook The above six existential threats were elected by 50 Noel prize-winning scientists as the most serious risks facing mankind. One third of the …
This is not the first time an animal has been poisoned by Sergeants flea control
This is a video on Facebook that has gone viral. It is difficult to watch. The person who posted it appears to be an employee at a veterinary clinic, Peyton Jung, who had the consent of the cats’ owner to post the video. Two cats were brought into the clinic on the afternoon of …
Vets issue e-cigarette alert after rise in pet poisonings
The Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) in the UK have issued a report indicating a steep rise in poisonings of pets by e-cigarette devices. I suspect that most of the poisonings relate to dogs but I am unable at this time to find the actual report. My source is the Times newspaper. Pets are …
How Easter Can Kill Cats
Although Easter is a very important day in the Christian calendar, it is a time when a provider of pet emergency care, Vets Now, see a 50% rise in pet emergency cases. A major reason is a simple one: lilies. This year, Easter fell on April 16th. On 23rd April, in the online version …
Feline Diabetes caused by fire-retardants in carpets, curtains and upholstery
I am referring to feline diabetes insipidus which is a rare variation of diabetes. It is not related to insulin production as is the case for diabetes mellitus. I have mentioned the hazardous nature of fire-retardants before but not in relation to causing diabetes. The connection was mentioned in a television program, Trust Me, …
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