Cat gave me a fright tonight

geminilady

One of my two cats gave me a big fright tonight when it started frothing at the mouth!was just going to phone the emergency vet when i thought i would check google.It set my mind at rest to learn this is quite common if cats eat something that does not agree with them.It can of course also be a sign of them eating poison but as mine is a house cat i did not think that probable.Any after a couple of minutes of frantis lip licking the cat calmed down and seams fine eaten her supper as normal ect.Cats! who would have them

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

No veterinary advice coming your way, but

One of mine looked as though she had just come down with a severe case of Rabies.

Further investigation revealed that she had decided to have a taste of the minty toothpaste DD had left over the bathroom sink....

charlie-chan

My older cat did that last year. I was going to go out and she was on the wall frothing/dribbling everywhere. The neighbour had to go fetch her (lol) and I kept her inside for the rest of the day.

In the garden next door, it is quite overgrown so I could only presume that she must have eaten a berry or something that disagreed with her! She's fine now, no frothy mouth ever since lol.

geminilady

My cat is fine today and i found out what happened,can't believe it really.An hour or so after my son said "oh my god" lol there was a frog hopping about in the hallway:eek:as we live in a first floor flat i have no idea how it got in.On examination it had a wound on its back so its obvious the cat had hold of it.Anyway we live quite near the river so my son realeased it nearby.As my cats are house cats i have no idea how the frog got in??

crayola

It's quite likely this was related to the heat, if you were in as hot a part of the country as I was yesterday (31 degrees in London) I have seen my cat do this once, and it was when she was badly over-heated. She was fine afterwards. Very scary though!

Bailey101

One of my cats had to have eye drops last year and he foamed at the mouth like crazy - the vet said it was because of the bitter taste from the drops. It never lasted too long, but I know what you mean about it scary. The first time he had them the vet put the drops in at her office and I nearly peed myself thinking he was about to go all incredible hulk on us

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Jojo_the_Tightfisted

geminilady wrote: »

My cat is fine today and i found out what happened,can't believe it really.An hour or so after my son said "oh my god" lol there was a frog hopping about in the hallway:eek:as we live in a first floor flat i have no idea how it got in.On examination it had a wound on its back so its obvious the cat had hold of it.Anyway we live quite near the river so my son realeased it nearby.As my cats are house cats i have no idea how the frog got in??

Ah ha! Herons eat frogs/toads and can drop them in stupid places. Frogs/toads have a self defence mechanism which involves tasting vile and weeing in the [STRIKE]hand of the child[/STRIKE] mouth of the predator that has caught them.

I think we have established motive, means and lack of an alibi.

T'was the croaking thing wot dunnit!