There are many people who don't realise that an antifreeze spillage in a puddle only needs to be licked by a thirsty cat (who will be attracted to the taste) and subsequently will probably die a most horrendous death after sickness, depression, deliriousness, kidney failure before losing the ability to walk and then falling in and out of consciousness and having multiple convulsions and eventually falling into a coma.

That naivety doesn't mean they shouldn't have a pet. We only learnt this last year after our neighbour maliciously fed our beloved Hendrix antifreeze. I can't get that experience out of my head. The same happens if a cat eats a slug pellet but most gardeners use them. So yes I think it's important to make people aware. The only negative is that the more people know the more copycats are armed :cry:

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Lulabel (Blue Point Siamese type, 23rd May '10)
Minnie & Henry (Caramel Tabby Oriental types, 2nd April '11)
RIP Hendrix (Black Oriental type, died on 10th May '11 at 11 months old)

I use dettol anti bacteria spay for my worktops, it does say - 'no bleach'
i have tried looking at their website but cannot see anywhere if this is safe or non safe.

Has anyone see/heard anything

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One day i'll learn where the spellcheck is on my phone, so sorry for any mistakes

It should say on the bottle if it is harmful to animals.

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All my children have paws!

I cant recollect seeing it on the spray either way, the only thing that really stood out was no bleach. Will have another good look when get home

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One day i'll learn where the spellcheck is on my phone, so sorry for any mistakes

onion powder or even onions are harmful to cats so when you eat onions shut your cat in another room while eating onions and while cooking onions.

tea is hazardous to cats if you see your cat putting its head in your cup stop him/her ASAP
any medicines suitable for us humans eg aspirin, paracetamol

Actually Dettol is one of a set of disinfectants that definitely are toxic to cats, and it does say so on the bottle. I discovered this to my horror after I bought it to clean out my cats' litter tray and very nearly missed the small bit of text on the bottle that says 'do not use around cats'!

Oh! I didn't know that!