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Any suggestions to be added to Our Health guide sections post here :)
CarolM (Wendolene):
I think thats a brilliant idea and so good of you. I'm really impressed with Sock's collar (and love the hearts on it). My Rosie (RIP) was terribly distressed when the vet put her an Elizabethan collar on after her op for mammary cancer and I had to take it off after one night because she was going mad. Fortunately she calmed down then and didn't do a Socks with her stitches.
lornab:
Following my recent trouble with Socks after she was spayed, I wondered if you would like me to post a step by step guide with pictures showing how to make an alternative to the traditional Elizabethan collar to be included in the Heath section?
I would be happy to make another one taking pictures as I go along.
Lorna x
sarasara:
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--- Quote from: sarasara on August 31, 2009, 19:23:18 PM ---Yes, I hope that you could highlight in a sticky the danger of cats chewing on clothing and materials.
My little chequie died of a choking cancererous growth in her oesophagus caused by chewing on her comfort blanket which was washed in washing powder and fabric softner. I did not realise that fabric softner alone had seven carcinogens in it. In the end she could neither eat nor drink nor breathe.
sara.
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Hi Sarasara,
Sorry to hear about yourchequie, we do have a link about fabric eating (wool sucking) etc in the behaviour guides section, not sure whether it mentions the chemicals from them though, something to look at including
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,14322.0.html
We do also have a link about poisons in the home:
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,4807.0.html
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Thanks Janey. It's just that I felt a general warning to peeps about cat licking and sucking particularly to those who have got new kittens might save lives. I forgot to mention the dangers to cats of licking their owners; Particularly ladies, as they ingest not only bubble bath or soap detergents but bodysprays, moistourisers etc.
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Yep good point, hope you don't me asking :shy: did they prove it was the carcinogens in the products?
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She did not have an autopsy but an x-ray showed a horrible lump like a bottle cork blocking the point between the oesophaphagus and the stomach pipe. It seems that there are not seven carcinogens in fabric softner but one according to this link (I have not researched washing powder)
http://www.nowpublic.com/health/fabric-softener-toxic-baby-beware-dryer-sheets-carcinogens
Unfortunatly I am soon going out so I did not have time to check other links.
My assumption from experience is that cat sucking and licking is usually caused in kittens taken too early from mothers and should especially be noted in rescued and deprived kittens. Kittens who have had bad experiences may have a mental factor attached.
Janeyk:
--- Quote from: sarasara on September 01, 2009, 09:51:57 AM ---
--- Quote from: Janeyk on August 31, 2009, 19:46:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: sarasara on August 31, 2009, 19:23:18 PM ---Yes, I hope that you could highlight in a sticky the danger of cats chewing on clothing and materials.
My little chequie died of a choking cancererous growth in her oesophagus caused by chewing on her comfort blanket which was washed in washing powder and fabric softner. I did not realise that fabric softner alone had seven carcinogens in it. In the end she could neither eat nor drink nor breathe.
sara.
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Hi Sarasara,
Sorry to hear about yourchequie, we do have a link about fabric eating (wool sucking) etc in the behaviour guides section, not sure whether it mentions the chemicals from them though, something to look at including
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,14322.0.html
We do also have a link about poisons in the home:
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,4807.0.html
--- End quote ---
Thanks Janey. It's just that I felt a general warning to peeps about cat licking and sucking particularly to those who have got new kittens might save lives. I forgot to mention the dangers to cats of licking their owners; Particularly ladies, as they ingest not only bubble bath or soap detergents but bodysprays, moistourisers etc.
--- End quote ---
Yep good point, hope you don't me asking :shy: did they prove it was the carcinogens in the products?
sarasara:
--- Quote from: Janeyk on August 31, 2009, 19:46:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: sarasara on August 31, 2009, 19:23:18 PM ---Yes, I hope that you could highlight in a sticky the danger of cats chewing on clothing and materials.
My little chequie died of a choking cancererous growth in her oesophagus caused by chewing on her comfort blanket which was washed in washing powder and fabric softner. I did not realise that fabric softner alone had seven carcinogens in it. In the end she could neither eat nor drink nor breathe.
sara.
--- End quote ---
Hi Sarasara,
Sorry to hear about yourchequie, we do have a link about fabric eating (wool sucking) etc in the behaviour guides section, not sure whether it mentions the chemicals from them though, something to look at including
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,14322.0.html
We do also have a link about poisons in the home:
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,4807.0.html
--- End quote ---
Thanks Janey. It's just that I felt a general warning to peeps about cat licking and sucking particularly to those who have got new kittens might save lives. I forgot to mention the dangers to cats of licking their owners; Particularly ladies, as they ingest not only bubble bath or soap detergents but bodysprays, moistourisers etc.
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