onekidney
18-03-2009, 08:15 PM
We had a major upset this week, with lots of tears, but luckily it turned out ok.
Our 4 month old tom kitten, Tidus had been scratching at his ears all weekend. We knew it wasn't fleas as he'd just been done with Frontline. On inspection, we found them to be full of dirt. He's got a lovely habit of burying himself in the litter trays.
On Monday morning we cleaned his ears out with a very dilute solution of Savlon and kettle water. By the evening he was very poorly. Being on benefits we got him straight to our local P.D.S.A, who told us that Savlon is highly toxic to cats.
Thankfully, after a night in their animal hospital on a saline drip to flush the Savlon out and some T.L.C by vets and nurses, he's back home a full of mischief as usual.
My wife and I are very happy and extremely gratefull to the staff at Sheffield P.D.S.A. for saving him. We now know not to use any form of human medicine on cats.:oops:
Our 4 month old tom kitten, Tidus had been scratching at his ears all weekend. We knew it wasn't fleas as he'd just been done with Frontline. On inspection, we found them to be full of dirt. He's got a lovely habit of burying himself in the litter trays.
On Monday morning we cleaned his ears out with a very dilute solution of Savlon and kettle water. By the evening he was very poorly. Being on benefits we got him straight to our local P.D.S.A, who told us that Savlon is highly toxic to cats.
Thankfully, after a night in their animal hospital on a saline drip to flush the Savlon out and some T.L.C by vets and nurses, he's back home a full of mischief as usual.
My wife and I are very happy and extremely gratefull to the staff at Sheffield P.D.S.A. for saving him. We now know not to use any form of human medicine on cats.:oops: