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Lucy, my 1 yr old tortie female, ate my 80 lb Husky's flea / tick preventative (Simparica - 80mg) this morning on accident. I had just opened the blister pack, and was rooting around in the fridge for some cheese to get Mondo (the dog) to take his meds, since he won't eat it plain. I left it on the kitchen counter for only a minute, but that's all it took. I couldn't find it anywhere when I went back.
I initially thought that our other cat, Mog, ate it since he's not at all picky / more curious, and called the ASPCA poison control line. (Side note: they have a $65 fee to help you, but they are amazing.) They said to expect vomiting, but that so long as the cat didn't have muscle spasms, he should be fine. They mentioned that only a few cats experience neurological symptoms and convulsions, but that it is serious when they do. About two hours later, we noticed Lucy wouldn't come out from under the sofa. We just got back from being out of town, and had my mother-in-law pet sitting, so we thought she was just more skittish than normal. But when we finally got her out from under the sofa, and picked her up, we felt her muscles twitching and convulsing all over, and she was drooling. Naturally, we realized it was she who ate the medicine, and raced to the vet.
Now, our normal vet was closing early (they said the Dr. was sick,) and we had to go to another of their affiliates. They gave her anti convulsive meds and iv fluids and supposedly watched her for a couple of hours, then sent her home. They said if she convulses to bring her back into the emergency vet for observation, because they closed at 5:30. When asked about her condition during the few hours she spent there, nobody seemed to know what kind of symptoms she was exhibiting, so I am skeptical that they even watched her. They left in an IV catheter in her arm in case we have to run to the 24/7 emergency vet, and we have to return tomorrow for catheter removal. We noticed a few vomits around the house in her normal hiding spots, and our other cat is acting normal, so we are quite sure that she ingested it at this point. Still, I feel like we don't know any more than we did when we called the poison control. They didn't seem to have a time frame for how long symptoms will last.
Currently, I have her isolated with me in the guest room, with plenty of safe spots and blankets and a donut e collar on. She is acting a little strangely (playing in the small bit of cat litter I have for her, and starting at every noise,) but she has been this way before immediately after her spay. She is not happy about the catheter or e collar.
Has anyone else had their cat experience adverse reactions, especially neurological, from accidental dosing of dog flea meds? How long did the symptoms take to go away? Or did they? I feel so bad for letting her get into the medicine, and any knowledge my fellow TCS members can impart would be so appreciated!
I initially thought that our other cat, Mog, ate it since he's not at all picky / more curious, and called the ASPCA poison control line. (Side note: they have a $65 fee to help you, but they are amazing.) They said to expect vomiting, but that so long as the cat didn't have muscle spasms, he should be fine. They mentioned that only a few cats experience neurological symptoms and convulsions, but that it is serious when they do. About two hours later, we noticed Lucy wouldn't come out from under the sofa. We just got back from being out of town, and had my mother-in-law pet sitting, so we thought she was just more skittish than normal. But when we finally got her out from under the sofa, and picked her up, we felt her muscles twitching and convulsing all over, and she was drooling. Naturally, we realized it was she who ate the medicine, and raced to the vet.
Now, our normal vet was closing early (they said the Dr. was sick,) and we had to go to another of their affiliates. They gave her anti convulsive meds and iv fluids and supposedly watched her for a couple of hours, then sent her home. They said if she convulses to bring her back into the emergency vet for observation, because they closed at 5:30. When asked about her condition during the few hours she spent there, nobody seemed to know what kind of symptoms she was exhibiting, so I am skeptical that they even watched her. They left in an IV catheter in her arm in case we have to run to the 24/7 emergency vet, and we have to return tomorrow for catheter removal. We noticed a few vomits around the house in her normal hiding spots, and our other cat is acting normal, so we are quite sure that she ingested it at this point. Still, I feel like we don't know any more than we did when we called the poison control. They didn't seem to have a time frame for how long symptoms will last.
Currently, I have her isolated with me in the guest room, with plenty of safe spots and blankets and a donut e collar on. She is acting a little strangely (playing in the small bit of cat litter I have for her, and starting at every noise,) but she has been this way before immediately after her spay. She is not happy about the catheter or e collar.
Has anyone else had their cat experience adverse reactions, especially neurological, from accidental dosing of dog flea meds? How long did the symptoms take to go away? Or did they? I feel so bad for letting her get into the medicine, and any knowledge my fellow TCS members can impart would be so appreciated!
