Cat going to the vets tomorrow
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Hopefully it is something as simple as fleas but we treat her every month with the stuff from the vets and she never seems to bring any in 
Will have to see what the vet says in the morning.
Unfortunately we are out of Dettol at the moment but maybe we should give her a bath in toilet bleach to kill any nasties
Will have to see what the vet says in the morning.
Unfortunately we are out of Dettol at the moment but maybe we should give her a bath in toilet bleach to kill any nasties
whoami said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Looks like plain old fleas to me. A dab of dettol (wear gloves because she'll go absolutely bloody mental) and some flea treatment should sort it.
Dettol on a cat?Hopefully you are joking?
My cats are obviously harder than yours. Put cotton wool ball over top of Dettol bottle, tip bottle upside down, dab wound with cotton wool, repeat and dab Dettol on my wounds inflicted by livid cat.
Done this for all my cats for ever. None have died of Dettol poisoning yet.
Or use TCP, which ever.
Done this for all my cats for ever. None have died of Dettol poisoning yet.
Or use TCP, which ever.
No, you are just f
king lucky not to have killed your cat!
Cats lick what you put on them, that means it gets ingested and anything with phenol in it is extremely toxic to cats and can very quickly and easily cause death.
As little as 1/3 teaspoon of Dettol concentrate can kill a cat
From the link below - There are many substances within the home which are potentially poisonous to cats.
Cleaning and hygiene products such as bleach, cleaning fluids and creams, deodorants, deodorisers, disinfectants (particularly phenolic compounds like 'Dettol' which turn milky in water), furniture and metal polishes. Concentrated washing liquids or powders can burn the feet and skin if cats walk through them..
http://www.icatcare.org/advice/keeping-your-cat-sa...
king lucky not to have killed your cat!Cats lick what you put on them, that means it gets ingested and anything with phenol in it is extremely toxic to cats and can very quickly and easily cause death.
As little as 1/3 teaspoon of Dettol concentrate can kill a cat
From the link below - There are many substances within the home which are potentially poisonous to cats.
Cleaning and hygiene products such as bleach, cleaning fluids and creams, deodorants, deodorisers, disinfectants (particularly phenolic compounds like 'Dettol' which turn milky in water), furniture and metal polishes. Concentrated washing liquids or powders can burn the feet and skin if cats walk through them..
http://www.icatcare.org/advice/keeping-your-cat-sa...
TwigtheWonderkid said:
My cats are obviously harder than yours. Put cotton wool ball over top of Dettol bottle, tip bottle upside down, dab wound with cotton wool, repeat and dab Dettol on my wounds inflicted by livid cat.
Done this for all my cats for ever. None have died of Dettol poisoning yet.
Or use TCP, which ever.
Don't assume that what treats your wounds will work just as well for your cat. Their physiology is quite different to ours and as mentioned above, anything on a cat can easily end up in said cat.Done this for all my cats for ever. None have died of Dettol poisoning yet.
Or use TCP, which ever.
Bit of an update:
The scabbiness and baldness was a bit worse this morning, joining from under the eye up to the ear. The vet thinks it is due to an allergic reaction to something and shouldn't be anything to worry about.
She gave her some antibiotics and something else to stop them from itching her, and I have to take her back on Saturday morning for a check-up, but the vet is quite confident that it will be well on the way to clearing up by then.
Apart from this she is in really good health and doesn't seem to be phased at all by it. Fingers crossed
The scabbiness and baldness was a bit worse this morning, joining from under the eye up to the ear. The vet thinks it is due to an allergic reaction to something and shouldn't be anything to worry about.
She gave her some antibiotics and something else to stop them from itching her, and I have to take her back on Saturday morning for a check-up, but the vet is quite confident that it will be well on the way to clearing up by then.
Apart from this she is in really good health and doesn't seem to be phased at all by it. Fingers crossed
)Indeed our cat and our dog drink the scummiest water, for instance out of puddles from run-off from a landfill site. They are fine - the cat is now 17. However feline and dog metabolism are different to that of humans. A lot of human drugs rely upon the liver to process the drug into the active form and then put that into the blood stream. So a human drug even dosed down can be fatal for a cat or dog because they cannot metabolise it.
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