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Why You Have To Discourage Your Pet Cat From Trying To Hunt

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Michael Wahn
Why You Have To Discourage Your Pet Cat From Trying To Hunt

Your indoor cat could acquire ticks and fleas that get into your house. Parasites like these could make your pet cat itch and these could also bite humans, possibly spreading diseases like Lyme disease, the plague, and various others to the human members of the family.

 

If your home has rodents, then you have to take measures to control these pests because most rodenticides could be very toxic to pet cats. And if you use traps, these can be so indiscriminate that they can injure both pests and pets.

 

Rat poison comes in various kinds such as neurotoxins and anticoagulants. There are also agents that could cause calcium levels to increase to fatal amounts. If treated early and quickly, anticoagulant-type poisons have antidotes. Neurotoxic rodenticides and calcium-increasing agents have no known good treatments after they get absorbed by the body.

 

Several pet-friendly options for pest control are called “rat zappers.” They electrocute rodents but are quite small enough that pets cannot access them. There are also bucket-type traps that can trap rodents and then drown them after they fall in, and again, these are quite small for cats to get to. Then there is this certain bait box known as the Tier 1 box. Adult cats cannot get to these boxes but rats could. Your traditional mouse trap can inflict trauma and pain to your pet but rarely ever fatal.

 

If you have any questions or concerns about your pet’s behavior, don’t hesitate to contact your animal hospital Calumet City, IL.

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