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mamav

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Has anyone dealt with a poisoned cat? Sheba is listless and vomiting and can't walk well, looks like she's drunk. Took her to the vet this morning and they ran some tests, but the results aren't back and she is getting worse. Any ideas or do I just hope for the best when i get up in the morning?
 
Sorry to hear the news about your cat, Mamav.

When I think of poisoning I think of antifreeze. I know it will kill a dog but I am not sure if cats will drink it. If so, it may be the culprit.

Semp
 
my friend said that this is the time of year that they put out poison for gophers, so if the golf course did that it could be the problem, too. Just don't know what to do for her. poor kittie.
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Cats will drink antifreeze. Poor Sheba...smoke going up now for her.

Vomiting is good...let her do that and pray.

Sheba:
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oh, that looks like my cat!
His name is cowboy.
We call him CB for short.
I havent seen him in three years!
good luck with Sheba.
does tuna get any response out of her?
 
I haven't had a cat since bad guys deliberately ran over Jake. My wife is allergic so Jake was the last.


munk
 
There was something on my local news channel tonight about certian flea and tic repleant causeing cats to get sick .. I wish I had paid more attention to it now.. not sure if this might be the cause or not but something to look into for everyone that owns cats.. they are pulling it off the selves at stores here.. I will try to find out what the name of it was and get back .. in the mean time hope she pulls through..
~Jeff
 
Sorry to hear about your cat, Mamav... :(

The poison's source could be chemicals used to kill gophers on the golf course, various plants and shrubs, household chemicals, antifreeze, and even poisons deliberately placed by "bad guys"; particularly warfarin, the active ingredient in rat poisons.

You did well by bringing the cat to the Vet right away, and being that the cat was vomiting, is definitely a good sign, being that some of the toxin is being expelled... I imagine that he checked for intestinal bleeding, took a sample for the animal's gastric contents, examined the cat's coat for contact type poisoning, took a blood sample, went over general signs, etc.

Did the doctor give the cat some activated charcoal via a stomach tube to slow down gut absorption of the poison? Usually 1 part of activated charcoal to 6 parts of cold water is used... After 30 minutes, he might have given the cat a dose of Milk of Magnesia to try and expel even more of the poison...

Did he tell you that the cat had neurological signs and symptoms of poisoning? This is not good, but being that you didn't mention this in your post, the cat probably does not have these. If the animal did, the Vet would probably want to keep the animal at his clinic for other therapies and observation.

Keep fresh water near where your cat is recuperating, and make sure it is kept in a warm, dimly lit area, without distracting noises... I trust that your cat will recover soon, and go for some food by the time your read my post... :)
 
Mamav, from the time of your post, and the fact that your vet saw Sheba hours earlier, it is far too late for things like charcoal and emetics to be of help. All we can do is pray and wait. The best I can tell you is that the body recovers better from one big exposure (assuming you survive 48 hours) than from a lot of little daily "workplace" exposures. I personally have been badly poisoned on several occasions, and the first two days are the worst.
 
Didn't catch the time lapse; I thought you took the cat to the vet right away. Being that the cat vomited is good... Do keep us informed!
 
My beloved old cat Cujo had kidney failure. She made it to 15. My last 3 cats that died were 15, 15, and 17.

I've got 2 new ones now they are about 3 and 5. I love cats.
 
My Evil cat, Nahudu, sends his warmest wishes for Sheba's recovery.

He's 16 yrs old. Fatty Fatty Boom-A-Latty, the other cat food converter in my house, is an even 20 yrs old. That cat is as old as dirt and shows no sign of, uhh, moving on. These two date back about 4 homes and 3 relationships.

Don't know anything about poison... :confused: but cats, unlike dogs, won't eat or lick just anything. I dunno. Hoping for best.


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Here's hoping for the best, MamaV. I have a cat that lives with my mom that either got into something or he took a spill off the backdeck and landed on the concrete. He was vommiting and REALLY messed up for a couple weeks. The effects of whatever ended up making him kind of retarded. The vet seems to think that he going into some kind of poison that did nerve damage. We think he might just fallen on his head. He walked crooked for about a year and couldn't track voices with his eyes. you'd talk to him and he'd look everywhere but at you. He's OK now, but still walks a little "off" and no longer washes himself, but he's a happy cat.

Best of luck to you. smoke going up.
Jake
 
Nahudu ... that is a great name for a cat.


Its already been confirmed, but yes, cats will lick up antifreeze. Keep us posted, Mamav. I'll send some smoke tonight.


I always thought that big cats were way cooler than big dogs. You know .. lions, cougars, leopards, tigers, lynx ~ those animals will kick any dog's a__. :D

~ Bamboo
 
See is you can get some activated charcoal down her. Will absorb any poison let from the GI tract. A good thing to keep on hand. Hope she is ok.
Terry
 
Sheba is in the hospital now getting IV"s and at least calcium. The vet didn't have all the blood work back, but it could also be FIT or FET. Some kind of something that cats can get. They will keep her today and then hopefully with some liquids and the calcium and whatever else she will be OK. Karen is having a hard time with. Going to be a long day :( Thanks for your concerns. Good thing was, when I got to the clinic she meowed loudly so at least she knew where she was. I took that as a good sign. She's a stubborn little cat, so probably will pull through.
 
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