This is the time of the साल that can spell disaster to your cat. Decorations like tinsel, ribbon from packages, poinsettias, boxes of chocolates sitting out on coffee tables.
It also seems to be true – the same way that your car goes dead on the Sunday of a long weekend या on a country road in the middle of nowhere - that your cat will only get itself in some major life-threatening situation after regular vet office hours, या in the middle of a major all roads shut down snow storm.
Knowing how to help your cat right away can make all the difference.
Three things आप should always have in your medicine kit:
3% Hydrogen Peroxide,
Activated Charcoal.
A dose syringe या plastic eyedropper.
Toxic Substances:
If आप know या suspect your cat has eaten chocolate, chewed on your poinsettia, या ingested any other known toxin:
1. Call a Vet immediately.
If the suspected poison is NOT a caustic या petroleum product:
1. Start to induce vomiting
Give your cat approx. 5 ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide every five (5) मिनटों until the cat vomits.
Note: ¼ oz = approx. 7 ml.
A plastic eyedropper या dose syringe is the easiest, fastest way to get the liquid down it’s throat. A small baster (as in turkey baster) will do the trick in an emergency.
2. After you’ve made your cat vomit, give it activated charcoal – it may absorb some of the toxin.
Do Not Induce Vomiting if a caustic या petroleum product is suspected.
Caustics include battery acid, मक्का, मकई and callous remover, dishwater detergent, drain cleaner, grease remover, lye, and ओवन cleaner.
Petroleum products include paint solvent, floor wax, and dry-cleaning solution.
Choking:
आप hear your cat coughing या gagging, pawing at his mouth, अभिनय frantic. आप know या suspect something is caught in its throat.
1. Open the cat’s mouth द्वारा grabbing its head so that the palm of your hand is over the बिल्ली head, and your thumb and index finger are behind the canine teeth.
2. Tilt the cat’s nose up and use the index finger of your other hand to open the mouth.
3. Put your finger on the lower teeth and gently push the jaw downwards.
This is not something आप want to do for the very first time in an emergency. Practice on your cat now so that if in the future आप need to do this procedure, आप will at least have an idea of how to do it and how your cat will react.
4. Look in cat’s mouth and remove object.
The above procedures are assuming आप are on your own. If आप have someone with आप at the time, having one person holding the cat (preferably wrapped in a towel, blanket, whatever's handy will make the job easier.
In any case आप will most probably get well scratched and bitten.
PLEASE NOTE:
If आप see a piece of string, ribbon, thread, anything wrapped around the बिल्ली tongue.
DO NOT PULL ON IT या TRY TO REMOVE IT.
आप could very well do some serious damage to your cat.
CALL A VET IMMEDIATELY.
If आप see something embedded in the roof of the cat’s mouth.
DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE IT
CALL A VET IMMEDIATELY.
5. If your cat struggles too much for आप to see inside its mouth या if आप cannot see या remove the object:
a. Pick your cat up द्वारा its hind legs so that it’s hanging upside down.
b. Shake the cat.
c. Slap the cat on the back while you’re shaking it.
This may help to dislodge the object.
6. If your pet is too large या heavy for आप to pick up
a. Lay it on its side.
b. Put your palms behind the last rib on both sides of the cat’s abdomen and press your palms together quickly 2-3 times.
c. Repeat rapidly until object is dislodged.
d. Continue trying to dislodge object even if your cat loses consciousness.
7. If your cat loses consciousness, आप should also start mouth to nose rescue breathing.
a. Make sure cat's tongue is not now blocking its airway.
b. Close the cat’s mouth
c. Breath into its nose – one breath every 3 seconds.
I hope that आप never have a need to use the procedures listed above, but - just in case - it never hurts to be prepared.
It also seems to be true – the same way that your car goes dead on the Sunday of a long weekend या on a country road in the middle of nowhere - that your cat will only get itself in some major life-threatening situation after regular vet office hours, या in the middle of a major all roads shut down snow storm.
Knowing how to help your cat right away can make all the difference.
Three things आप should always have in your medicine kit:
3% Hydrogen Peroxide,
Activated Charcoal.
A dose syringe या plastic eyedropper.
Toxic Substances:
If आप know या suspect your cat has eaten chocolate, chewed on your poinsettia, या ingested any other known toxin:
1. Call a Vet immediately.
If the suspected poison is NOT a caustic या petroleum product:
1. Start to induce vomiting
Give your cat approx. 5 ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide every five (5) मिनटों until the cat vomits.
Note: ¼ oz = approx. 7 ml.
A plastic eyedropper या dose syringe is the easiest, fastest way to get the liquid down it’s throat. A small baster (as in turkey baster) will do the trick in an emergency.
2. After you’ve made your cat vomit, give it activated charcoal – it may absorb some of the toxin.
Do Not Induce Vomiting if a caustic या petroleum product is suspected.
Caustics include battery acid, मक्का, मकई and callous remover, dishwater detergent, drain cleaner, grease remover, lye, and ओवन cleaner.
Petroleum products include paint solvent, floor wax, and dry-cleaning solution.
Choking:
आप hear your cat coughing या gagging, pawing at his mouth, अभिनय frantic. आप know या suspect something is caught in its throat.
1. Open the cat’s mouth द्वारा grabbing its head so that the palm of your hand is over the बिल्ली head, and your thumb and index finger are behind the canine teeth.
2. Tilt the cat’s nose up and use the index finger of your other hand to open the mouth.
3. Put your finger on the lower teeth and gently push the jaw downwards.
This is not something आप want to do for the very first time in an emergency. Practice on your cat now so that if in the future आप need to do this procedure, आप will at least have an idea of how to do it and how your cat will react.
4. Look in cat’s mouth and remove object.
The above procedures are assuming आप are on your own. If आप have someone with आप at the time, having one person holding the cat (preferably wrapped in a towel, blanket, whatever's handy will make the job easier.
In any case आप will most probably get well scratched and bitten.
PLEASE NOTE:
If आप see a piece of string, ribbon, thread, anything wrapped around the बिल्ली tongue.
DO NOT PULL ON IT या TRY TO REMOVE IT.
आप could very well do some serious damage to your cat.
CALL A VET IMMEDIATELY.
If आप see something embedded in the roof of the cat’s mouth.
DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE IT
CALL A VET IMMEDIATELY.
5. If your cat struggles too much for आप to see inside its mouth या if आप cannot see या remove the object:
a. Pick your cat up द्वारा its hind legs so that it’s hanging upside down.
b. Shake the cat.
c. Slap the cat on the back while you’re shaking it.
This may help to dislodge the object.
6. If your pet is too large या heavy for आप to pick up
a. Lay it on its side.
b. Put your palms behind the last rib on both sides of the cat’s abdomen and press your palms together quickly 2-3 times.
c. Repeat rapidly until object is dislodged.
d. Continue trying to dislodge object even if your cat loses consciousness.
7. If your cat loses consciousness, आप should also start mouth to nose rescue breathing.
a. Make sure cat's tongue is not now blocking its airway.
b. Close the cat’s mouth
c. Breath into its nose – one breath every 3 seconds.
I hope that आप never have a need to use the procedures listed above, but - just in case - it never hurts to be prepared.