What should you do if your kitten ate the tip of its bottle?
Oh, my! When those tiny teeth bite off the end of that little nipple, kitty will need some soft, canned kitten food mixed with kitten formula. Yum! But back to that tiny nipple top. If kitten is showing no distress nipple bit is probably already in that bitty tum tum. And will come right out the other end. It happened with my little cat Lilibet when I got her the world’s cutest little rubber mice from a dog toy company. She chewed off bits of their neon pink and neon green tails and they came right out the other end. Quite amusing, actually: neon pink and neon green poo bits! She was totally fine! And so were the mice. No tails, of course, but still great toys!
Smoking weed around a 3 month old kitten?
Drugs and smoke are harmful to cats. This is especially dangerous for kittens, because they are still little, and their immune systems aren't as strong as an adult cat. Smoking will increase the cats chance of cancer as well. Please get him to stop, that is harming your kitten.
Kittens are cold, stiff, and won't eat... HELP!?
It sounds like an upper respiratory virus, which can be really serious in kittens. Without veterinary care, it's very unlikely that they will survive. They need antibiotics and fluids, and even then there's no guarantee. It's very sad, but it happens sometimes. Maybe you could do an internet search for low cost spay/neuter in your area to free up some financial resources to treat the kittens. Or search for a low cost clinic in your city or town. Petfinder.com has a way to search for shelters and rescue groups, if you call around they may be able to point you in the right direction. http://www.spayusa.org Good luck to you. I give you and your mom credit for trying to manage the situation, and I hope you're able to find someone to help with the kittens.
My cat sometimes brings in mice he hunts, and they are often not dead but appear to be mortally wounded. What's the best way to humanely kill the mice so they suffer the least?
Not-quite-dead small animals are a difficult problem, especially if you are squeamish. Note that if the cat has hurt it, it is already in pain, so try to put your feelings aside and just kill it quickly.Please handle the mouse while wearing gloves. Oven mitts, if that's all you have. If the mouse bites you (and it will try), you'll have to visit the doctor and all sorts of other inconveniences could ensue.A couple of suggestions:Put the mouse in a paper lunch bag and roll it up tightly. Now step on it. Hard. Your goal is to kill the mouse by crushing it's skull. I personally think this is the quickest and least painful for the mouse.Beheading with a knife or axe. One quick clean cut is the goal. Only if it is not wiggling. In a lab, specially designed guillotines are used. [1]Put the mouse in a small clean jar, like a jam jar, and seal the lid tightly. It will die of asphyxiation. It will pass out first, so there will be a minimum of pain. Lab rats are killed with this method, except that a small amount of anesthetic is placed in the jar as well. Labs also have access to pure C02, which is used to flush oxygen out of the jar first.The old method of putting the mouse in a bag (or jar) and then blowing car exhaust fumes into the bag, thereby causing carbon monoxide poisoning -- that doesn't work so well these days as car engines burn fuel more completely and not as much C0 is generated. It'll still kill the mouse eventually, but it will be slow. The mouse may well be frightened by being in the bag and by the noise of the car.Or, you could just keep the cat inside. Cats kill literally billions of small animals each year in the US. Not just pests like mice, but endangered species and song birds too. [3]""The results were certainly surprising, if not startling," says UGA researcher and lead author Kerrie Anne Loyd. "In Athens-Clarke County, we found that about 30 percent of the sampled cats were successful in capturing and killing prey, and that those cats averaged about one kill for every 17 hours outdoors, or 2.1 kills per week. It was also surprising to learn that cats only brought 23 percent of their kills back to a residence." [2][1] Lab Protocol: How to sacrifice adult rats -[2] Outdoor cats are prolific killers, study finds[3] Image credit: The Oatmeal: How much do cats actually kill? [Infographic] Answer: 2,912,000,000 small animals per year in the US. Warning: Graphic Violence
My cat ate a joint! What will happen?
Call your vet or the ASCA Animal Poison Control Center at 1-888-426-4435. There is a charge for the poison control center, but you will get an expert answer.
My dog ate a small amount of pot, should I be worried?
Give her some water so that she stays hydrated, and give her something to eat. Encourage her to rest so that she isn't bouncing off the walls, she could hurt herself. Keep your drugs out of the dog's reach from now on. A small amount like that won't kill her, but as I'm sure you can see by looking at her right now, it certainly isn't doing her any good.
My cat ate my weed. How toxic is it, if at all?
I have my medical marijuana card and I left a mostly smoked joint out in my room. I think my cat might have ate the roach. It probably had about 1/8 of a gram of weed in there. She's knocking stuff off of tables when she jumps up and is not very coordinated at the moment. Granted she's a brat who knocks stuff over with her paws and isn't really coordinated normally but she's knocking these things off as she's cleaning herself or walking around which is weird for her and she keeps falling off stuff when she jumps like she can't balance and she flinches. She seems to be hallucinating, because she's freaking out. I've read that feline ingestion of marijuana can cause behavior problems and can last for 72 hours. This behavior started yesterday morning. Is it toxic? Should I take her to the vet? She's 5 years old and is probably around 7 pounds.