Catlady711
03-01-2007, 11:08 PM
I was walking through the kitchen about 2 hrs ago and saw Sassy & Sabrina on the counters. They tend to do that alot, and I'm working on training them with a squirt bottle.
Here's the bad news, the reason they were on the counter is hubby left out the pan he fried fish in, and the girls were licking the peanut oil out of the bottom of the pan!! :eek: I scooped them out of it immediately, and checked the pan over. It seems the pan only had a small layer of oil in it but each kitten (about 6 lbs each) ate about a portion the size of a 50 cent piece!
I KNOW eating greasy foods can cause pancreatitis, so I immediatly called the ER vet. She told me to just fast them for 12 hours but let them have water, and all I could do was watch them closely for signs of vomiting, diarrhea, or panting (from abdominal pain). She said cats seem to be able to handle those things better than dogs do and they 'might' not have any problems from this. I do know the animals at the hospital where I work that come in with pancreatitis have all been dogs so far, and Cami lived outside eating from garbage cans for at least a year before she came to our house, and who knows what she was eating. So I'm sort of comforted by that thought. If they act sick at all they are going to work with me in the morning. So far they seem to act fine.
I'm also going to be making sure from now on, that either I or hubby get the pans cleaned up immediately from making supper so this does not happen again.
Any and All PT prayers are appreciated for Sassy & Sabrina to not have any problems from our negligence to clean up better.
Here's the bad news, the reason they were on the counter is hubby left out the pan he fried fish in, and the girls were licking the peanut oil out of the bottom of the pan!! :eek: I scooped them out of it immediately, and checked the pan over. It seems the pan only had a small layer of oil in it but each kitten (about 6 lbs each) ate about a portion the size of a 50 cent piece!
I KNOW eating greasy foods can cause pancreatitis, so I immediatly called the ER vet. She told me to just fast them for 12 hours but let them have water, and all I could do was watch them closely for signs of vomiting, diarrhea, or panting (from abdominal pain). She said cats seem to be able to handle those things better than dogs do and they 'might' not have any problems from this. I do know the animals at the hospital where I work that come in with pancreatitis have all been dogs so far, and Cami lived outside eating from garbage cans for at least a year before she came to our house, and who knows what she was eating. So I'm sort of comforted by that thought. If they act sick at all they are going to work with me in the morning. So far they seem to act fine.
I'm also going to be making sure from now on, that either I or hubby get the pans cleaned up immediately from making supper so this does not happen again.
Any and All PT prayers are appreciated for Sassy & Sabrina to not have any problems from our negligence to clean up better.