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My family has a dog, three cats and a bunny....yes, we love pets!!! With that in mind I wanted to share a couple of things with other pet/animal lovers.
When we first got our first pet, a cat, we had her declawed and "fixed" as soon as we could....and she was a sorry kitty for a while afterwards, we said we would never do that to another cat ever!!! So when we got our second cat, we didn't declaw her and we didn't get her "fixed" Years went by, we were just careful she never got outside, etc. so there wasn't any worries about her becoming pregnant. Then we got our dog. We started noticing this second cat getting fat.....we began to wonder?? DID she get out?? COULD she be pregnant??....or could it be from her getting the wrong type of nutrition from getting into the dog food??...but..something about her fatness wasn't ..quite right. It was more a roundness and hard, I guess you'd call it. She had always been a small, thin cat..so we weren't sure.....so of course we took her to the vet. Now mind you, this cat was perfectly healthy acting when we took her in...she was not lathargic, there was no differences in her behavior of any kind (ie; messes on the floor, vomiting...etc) just her belly getting round and hard and fat. The vet told us she had what is called "pyometra", it is an infection of the uterus that a female (obviously--hahaha) cat can get simply by not getting "fixed" and not ever being allowed to mate either. I just wanted to pass this info on to anyone who has a female cat they don't want to have have kittens, as it is not enough just to keep them away from a male cat. We were told her stomach could have exploded!!! Pleeeeease, don't anyone ignore spaying your pets as needed. (meaning if you don't want kittens...) We learned at the expense of our poor cat.....we are still making it up to her!! hahaa She is always the first one fed at dinnertime!!!
This next is something that was sent to me as a forward ....so really I have nothing more than the forward to go on..but if this is true....well.....please read.....
Swifter Wet Jet DONT DELETE IMPORTANT
>
>
> THIS IS TRUE & VERIFIED ON SNOPES.COM <http://snopes.com/>
> Recently someone had to have their 5-year old German
> Shepherd dog put down due To liver failure. The dog was
> completely healthy until a few weeks ago, so they Had a
> necropsy done to see what t he cau se was. The liver levels
> were Unbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison of Some
> kind.
>
> The dog was kept inside, and when he's outside, someone's
> With him, so the idea of him getting into something unknown
> was hard to believe.
>
> My neighbor started going through all the items in the
> house. When he got to The Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed, in
> very tiny print, a warning which stated "may be harmful
> to small children and animals."
>
> He called the company to Ask what the contents of the
> cleaning agent are and was Astounded to f ind ou t that
> antifreeze is one of the ingredients (actually, he Was told
> it's a compound which is one molecule away from antifreeze.)
>
> Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned
> with the solution, then licking its own paws, it ingested
> enough of the solution to destroy its liver.
> Soon after his dog's death, his housekeeper's two
> cats also died of Liver failure. They both used the Swifter
> Wet jet for quick cleanups on their Floors. Necropsies
> weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't file a
> Lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many
> people as
> possible so they don't lose their animals.
> This is equally harmful to babies and small children that play on the floor a Lot and put their fingers in their
> mouths alot.
>
> PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE BABIES, SMALL CHILDREN OR
> OWN A PET; PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON! YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY
> CHILDREN OR PETS BUT SOME OF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY WITH
> PETS AND ALSO FAMILIES WITH GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT
> GRANDCHILDREN.
>
AS I said earlier......this is a forward, I do not know personally anyone who has lost a pet in this manner, but if it is true..the word should be out there!!!
God Bless you AND your pets!!!
OH..and btw.......I agree with Abing......I forget whose dog that is....but wow...he is adorable!!!!!!!
When we first got our first pet, a cat, we had her declawed and "fixed" as soon as we could....and she was a sorry kitty for a while afterwards, we said we would never do that to another cat ever!!! So when we got our second cat, we didn't declaw her and we didn't get her "fixed" Years went by, we were just careful she never got outside, etc. so there wasn't any worries about her becoming pregnant. Then we got our dog. We started noticing this second cat getting fat.....we began to wonder?? DID she get out?? COULD she be pregnant??....or could it be from her getting the wrong type of nutrition from getting into the dog food??...but..something about her fatness wasn't ..quite right. It was more a roundness and hard, I guess you'd call it. She had always been a small, thin cat..so we weren't sure.....so of course we took her to the vet. Now mind you, this cat was perfectly healthy acting when we took her in...she was not lathargic, there was no differences in her behavior of any kind (ie; messes on the floor, vomiting...etc) just her belly getting round and hard and fat. The vet told us she had what is called "pyometra", it is an infection of the uterus that a female (obviously--hahaha) cat can get simply by not getting "fixed" and not ever being allowed to mate either. I just wanted to pass this info on to anyone who has a female cat they don't want to have have kittens, as it is not enough just to keep them away from a male cat. We were told her stomach could have exploded!!! Pleeeeease, don't anyone ignore spaying your pets as needed. (meaning if you don't want kittens...) We learned at the expense of our poor cat.....we are still making it up to her!! hahaa She is always the first one fed at dinnertime!!!
This next is something that was sent to me as a forward ....so really I have nothing more than the forward to go on..but if this is true....well.....please read.....
Swifter Wet Jet DONT DELETE IMPORTANT
>
>
> THIS IS TRUE & VERIFIED ON SNOPES.COM <http://snopes.com/>
> Recently someone had to have their 5-year old German
> Shepherd dog put down due To liver failure. The dog was
> completely healthy until a few weeks ago, so they Had a
> necropsy done to see what t he cau se was. The liver levels
> were Unbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison of Some
> kind.
>
> The dog was kept inside, and when he's outside, someone's
> With him, so the idea of him getting into something unknown
> was hard to believe.
>
> My neighbor started going through all the items in the
> house. When he got to The Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed, in
> very tiny print, a warning which stated "may be harmful
> to small children and animals."
>
> He called the company to Ask what the contents of the
> cleaning agent are and was Astounded to f ind ou t that
> antifreeze is one of the ingredients (actually, he Was told
> it's a compound which is one molecule away from antifreeze.)
>
> Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned
> with the solution, then licking its own paws, it ingested
> enough of the solution to destroy its liver.
> Soon after his dog's death, his housekeeper's two
> cats also died of Liver failure. They both used the Swifter
> Wet jet for quick cleanups on their Floors. Necropsies
> weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't file a
> Lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many
> people as
> possible so they don't lose their animals.
> This is equally harmful to babies and small children that play on the floor a Lot and put their fingers in their
> mouths alot.
>
> PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE BABIES, SMALL CHILDREN OR
> OWN A PET; PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON! YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY
> CHILDREN OR PETS BUT SOME OF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY WITH
> PETS AND ALSO FAMILIES WITH GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT
> GRANDCHILDREN.
>
AS I said earlier......this is a forward, I do not know personally anyone who has lost a pet in this manner, but if it is true..the word should be out there!!!
God Bless you AND your pets!!!
OH..and btw.......I agree with Abing......I forget whose dog that is....but wow...he is adorable!!!!!!!
