I don't know how many people own cats on here.... Being a parrot forum an all but thought I'd share this as I'd never heard of it before until it was to late.
lily poisoning in cats.
Friday was just like any other day, our cat 'Jaffa' (he was ginger) ate food like it was going out of fashion, Saturday morning he ate a bit but didn't think anything of it, on Sunday first thing he was being very sick, and laying about and drinking heavily, mum thought he had kidney problems and said she'd take him to the vets in the morning. But the afternoon/evening he had lost all strength and his eyes had sunken. Soooo a vet call out late and off he went, unfortunately he didn't make it. We had to put him down. The vet said he'd last another hour and was in pain, although no kidney problem and no temperature she couldn't lay a finger on what was wrong.
A few days later in our local paper mum saw an article with the heading 'lily poisoning in cats'. Soooo a quick note on what it is says, just I case you're interested.
Any part of the lily plant if poisonous and if a cat even rubs against the lily and bathes it's self later or inhales a tiny amount of the pollen then he/she can be poisoned.the first signs of lily poisoning occur 30mins -2hrs after ingestion and include vomiting, depression and loss of appetite.
Vomiting usually subsides a few hours later however that doesn't mean the cats is going to make a recovery. As the toxins start to effect the kidneys, depression, excessive thirst and lethargy will occur 1-3 days after ingestion, and death will follow after 5days.
Medical treatment isn't even a guarantee that the cat will make a recovery, if caught within the first 6hrs it's said there is a slight chance of improvement after treatment usually intravenous fluid therapy but most die.
This info is to late for our little Jaffa cat (we have loads of Lily's about) but I hope it could be of help to some other people.
I wonder what they are like for birds
Sorry it's a long post, just wanted to share.
lily poisoning in cats.
Friday was just like any other day, our cat 'Jaffa' (he was ginger) ate food like it was going out of fashion, Saturday morning he ate a bit but didn't think anything of it, on Sunday first thing he was being very sick, and laying about and drinking heavily, mum thought he had kidney problems and said she'd take him to the vets in the morning. But the afternoon/evening he had lost all strength and his eyes had sunken. Soooo a vet call out late and off he went, unfortunately he didn't make it. We had to put him down. The vet said he'd last another hour and was in pain, although no kidney problem and no temperature she couldn't lay a finger on what was wrong.
A few days later in our local paper mum saw an article with the heading 'lily poisoning in cats'. Soooo a quick note on what it is says, just I case you're interested.
Any part of the lily plant if poisonous and if a cat even rubs against the lily and bathes it's self later or inhales a tiny amount of the pollen then he/she can be poisoned.the first signs of lily poisoning occur 30mins -2hrs after ingestion and include vomiting, depression and loss of appetite.
Vomiting usually subsides a few hours later however that doesn't mean the cats is going to make a recovery. As the toxins start to effect the kidneys, depression, excessive thirst and lethargy will occur 1-3 days after ingestion, and death will follow after 5days.
Medical treatment isn't even a guarantee that the cat will make a recovery, if caught within the first 6hrs it's said there is a slight chance of improvement after treatment usually intravenous fluid therapy but most die.
This info is to late for our little Jaffa cat (we have loads of Lily's about) but I hope it could be of help to some other people.
I wonder what they are like for birds
Sorry it's a long post, just wanted to share.
