The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Pets & Working Animals => Cats => Topic started by: Rosemary on January 28, 2013, 12:56:37 pm
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I put mouse bait out last week - it's in really solid bait boxes and placed where "non-target" species can't access it. But it must have been playing on my mind.
This morning, Bertie Cat wasn't very happy. Just "not right", meiowing when handled (he LOVES being cuddled) - I was convinced he'd been poisoned :'( Phoned the vet - an hour to wait to the appointment, so sent Dan off immediately.
Turns out he's not been poisoned but he does have a puncture wound at the top of his leg that's making his leg really sore and a few scabs all over his body (I HAD noticed them already :( ). He's obviously been fighting - No 1 likely opponent - Penfold :cat: .
So Bertie's got antibiotic and anti inflammatory medicine and is on his way home - for some fresh chicken.
Oh, the roller coaster of cat stewardship :) :cat: :cat: :cat:
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Poor Bertie. Hope he's better soon :bouquet:
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What a bad lad. Hope he feels better soon.
We don't put poison down but know that the local farmer does. I was convinced that my cat had picked some up a few weeks back ....... sitting hunched, couldn't eat or drink without vomiting, generally unwell.
Dashed to the vets and £70 later, it turned out that she had a minute piece of grass stuck on top of what I think they said was her soft palate ::) . They popped it in a bag for me ...... about 1cm long.
Was so glad it was that and not poison.
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Problem is not that cats eat the poison but that they eat the animals that have been poisoned before it has degraded. I never use poison - bicarb and oatmeal - cats won't touch it, nor dogs, and I keep it well away from the hens.
Rosemary - Keith says Hi! ;D
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My understanding is the same as yours, Annie - the cats don't eat the poison itself but they do eat the rodents that have died of the poison.
The theory is that a cat would need to eat a lot of poisoned mice before it became ill itself - and generally, cats don't eat rats.
Likewise but moreso for dogs - being bigger, they are unlikely to be able to eat enough poisoned rodent to make themselves really ill.
But like others on here, I can never rest easy when I know that poison is about. :(
Glad Bertie is ok :love: :cat: - but naughty Penfold! Play nicely!! :D
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im sure penfold is innocent, blame random neighbourhood cats, penfold is too cute to fight!!!
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I'm not sure it's Pen either. However, "cute" he isn't - handsome maybe. If they were rugby players, Pen would be a prop forward, Bertie would be a winger and Felix would be making the tea :eyelashes:
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If they were rugby players, Pen would be a prop forward, Bertie would be a winger and Felix would be making the tea :eyelashes:
:D
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Glad hes recovering, maybe they should get little cameras attatched, you never know?
I keep saying how much I want a cat, they are far more independant than dogs BUT the bad bit is, you do not have so much controle over where they go or what they do!! :fc: