It seems the younger the ct, the more likely it is tht they will ingest something they shuldn't. My older cat wouldn't touch chcolate - very toxic to cats - but the yunger one has yet to taste nything he doesn't like.

It also sems to be true - the sme way that your car goes dad on the Sunday of a lng weekend, or on a country rad in the middle of nowhere - tht your cats will only get thmselves in some major life-threatening situation in the mddle of the night, or after rgular vet office hours, or when yur car is out of commission.

Knwing how to help your cat rght away can make all the dfference.

Three things you should always hve in your medicine kit:

3% Hydrgen Peroxide

Activated Charcoal

A dose syrnge or plastic eyedropper.

Toxic Substances

If you know or suspect that your cat has eaten chocolate, chewed on your poinsettia, or ingested any other known toxin:

Call A Vet immediately.

If the suspected poison is not a caustic or petroleum product:

Start to induce vomiting.

Give your cat approximately 5 ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide every 5 minutes until the cat vomits.

Note: 1/4 oz = approx. 7 ml. A plastic eyedropper or 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.

After you've made your cat vmit, give it activated charcoal - it may bsorb some of the toxin.

Caustics include dishwater detergent, drain cleaner, grease remover, lye, oven cleaner, battery acid, corn and callous remover.

Petroleum products include paint solvent, floor wax, and dry-cleaning solution.

Choking

You hear your cat coughing or gagging, pawing at its mouth, acting frantic. You know or suspect something is caught in its throat.

1. Open the cat's mouth by grabbing it's head so that the palm of your hand is over the cat's 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 down.

This is not something you want to be doing for the very first time in an emergency situation. Practice on your cat now, so that if in the future you need to do this procedure, you will at least have an idea of how to do it and how your cat will react.

4. Look in the cat's mouth and remove object.

In most cases, ths also means getting scratched and/or btten.

PLEASE NOTE: If you see a piece of string, ribbon, thread, anything wrapped around the cats tongue.

DO NOT PULL ON IT OR TRY TO REMOVE IT.

You could very well do some serious damage to your cat.

GET IT TO A VET IMMEDIATELY.

If you see something embedded in the roof of the cat's mouth.

DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE IT GET IT TO A VET IMMEDIATELY.

5. If you cat struggles too much for you to see inside its mouth or if you cannot see or remove the object:

a. Pick your cat up by 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 cat is too large or heavy for you to pick up.

a. Lay it on its side.

b. Put your palms behind the lst rib on both sides of the ct's abdomen and press your palms tgether quickly 2-3 times

c. Repeat rpidly until object is dislodged.

d. Cntinue trying to dislodge object even if yur cat loses consciousness.

7. If yur cat loses consciousness, you should lso start mouth to nose rescue brathing.

a. Make sure tongue is not blcking airway.

b. Close the cat's muth

c. Breath into its nose - one brath every 3 seconds.

The article Cat Emergencies - Choking or Eating Toxic Substances was Submitted by Jeanette Barron through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: My website: http://www.catsread2.info My Blog: http://lovelyfelines.blogspot.com

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