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droogiefret
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A couple brought a dying cat to my door late last night. We wrapped him up and left him with some milk (not that there was anyway he'd get to drink it).
I'll be having to knock on a few doors this morning to try and find out who's he was.
I'll be having to knock on a few doors this morning to try and find out who's he was.
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Good luck with the cat, I will hold him in my thoughts
Agree with molliepops btw- our cats are chipped and it would be awful to imagine someone let them die without taking them to a vet
Cats love cats milk, it is a well known FACT :mad:
There is nothing wrong with giving your cat milk, and the same goes for chocolate, if you don't believe me ask any interdependent vet older than 40 years old.
More like any vet over 60 who hasn't done a day's study since qualifying.
Cats lack the enzyme required to breakdown lactose. In small quantities, milk isn't a major issue for most cats. In larger quantities or in some particularly intolerant cats it causes stomach upsets which at the very least is unpleasant for the cat, at worst inhibits absorption of nutrients from other foods as they pass through the digestive system to quickly.
As for chocolate - Theobromine has been found to be very toxic to both dogs and cats. The darker the chocolate, the more Theobromine. Some dogs/cats may get away with eating some chocolate, but it is playing Russian Roulette to feed it to them.
OP, the cat (if still alive) really ought to go to a vet. It may be that it can be saved or it my be that it needs to be put out of its suffering. A vet is the only kind option here.
I did the round of neighbours this morning but no-one knows whose it is.
So I shall keep him somewhere safe from predators today and take him to a vets tomorrow. Maybe they can check if he was chipped and let the owners know.
On another note - certainly my own cat won't drink milk - but my own cat won't drink tap water either. She will only drink the rain water she finds in the garden.
She won't eat fish or meat either - wet food is her favourite - but I normally feed her pellets.
I don't think lactose intolerance was a high priority in view of the fact the cat was dying.
Good luck OP.
Apologies I misread the OP and thought he was still alive.
Vet will scan him and hopefully an owner can be found. At least he was cared for at the end.