As cat owners we haven’t had a poisoning experience so far, and we hope we never will, but we feel it’s important to gain as much knowledge on the subject as we can as a cat’s inquisitive character can put them at risk of ingesting or coming into contact with poisonous substances. Cats may ingest poisons from a variety of sources; see details below for various dangers.  If you think your cat has been poisoned, even if there are no visible signs, take him/her immediately to the vet for professional advice. Take with you a sample of what has been swallowed if this is possible.  If the poisonous substance is…

This subject can be contentious, for us it was an easy decision because we weren’t even planning on having a pet, let alone one that lived in the house.  So when we rescued Misty we set her up in the garden room/shed, after the initial 7 weeks of getting her acclimatised to us and vice versa and making sure she was fit and healthy we gradually let her out during the day, supervised at first, but it soon became clear that it was impossible to contain her within our garden boundary.  Whilst our daughter agonised at letting her out (and still does), we took this decision early on because we…