What would kill a healthy cat within one half hour inside my home?

by admin on January 27, 2010

I’m hearbroken! I went to work on a Sunday at 3:30 p.m., at 6:30 p.m. my sister (who was the only one at my house) called me and said my cat was dying! I left work and was home in 10 minutes, but my cat was dead on the floor. No sign of anything wrong!

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Project Pat January 28, 2010 at 12:22 am

superaids

Jennifer K January 28, 2010 at 1:14 am

take it to the vet for an autopsy. poison?

Johnny B January 28, 2010 at 1:52 am

Could have been a weak heart.

isabella January 28, 2010 at 2:33 am

Your sister didnt have anything to do with it?, maybe a stroke – or it went into shock and then had a heart attack.
Your local vet would be able to tell you

fiveamrunner January 28, 2010 at 3:19 am

A couple of months ago, there were mice in the neighborhood. Neighbors set out poison for the mice and my cat caught and ate one of the poisoned mice, which killed my cat. I know the neighbors didn’t intend for that to happen, but it didn’t make my daughter feel any better about it. That could be what happened in your situation. Your cat doesn’t necessarily have to go outside to catch a mouse.

Rajeswari T January 28, 2010 at 4:15 am

may be because of food poisoning or eating chemicals kept for rodants cockroaches or anything else. think of possiblilties.

Chriszuma January 28, 2010 at 4:52 am

Not enough love.

Or too much love,

Either way, it wasn’t getting exactly the right amount of love.

or poison.

dark.fearz January 28, 2010 at 4:57 am

wel there is 100 reason for that it could of been choked from a lil peice of toy and there is alot of formulas that could kill a cat in 5 mins or could cuz dyhaidration and there is alot kind of food and fruts that could kill the cat and there is some bugs that have poisen so who knows its really sad to hear that im so sorry !!!

maimai January 28, 2010 at 5:01 am

i think your cat must have eaten something that may be hazardous to your cat

tygress January 28, 2010 at 5:58 am

it sounds like your kitty may have gotten into something…cleaning products or some such thing.

I’m very sorry for you loss :(

Rexona January 28, 2010 at 6:18 am

How old was your cat? My mum recently lost a young kitten (18 weeks old) suddenly took ill and a few hours later he died (at the vet). They did an autopsy and found he had a birth deformity that caused his death.

But around the house the kitten may have got into some cleaning products that could have poisoned him. There are many poisoning dangers around the home. I opt to use vinegar where possible for cleaning (to protect my cats).

Have a good look around the house and see if any cleaning products were left out that the cat may have drunk. Cats can also be poisoned from licking or rubbing a dog washed in a dog-friendly shampoo (but unsafe for cats). A cat could have licked and rolled on freshly washed floor (using chemicals).

A cat could have choked on something (string is a common one).

Chantel January 28, 2010 at 7:05 am

It could be from food poisoning. There are a lot of food that we eat but can be life threatening to a cat.

If you really want to find out, ask your vet to do a blood panal and autopy.

Check this link for food that are toxic to a cat: http://www.peteducation.com/category_summary.cfm?cls=1&cat=1935

Gotcha January 28, 2010 at 7:59 am

Cats are curious critters. and it was said that once upon a time curiosity killed a cat. Your cat died because:
It may have gone outside and bothered a snake, or a spider;
It may have found a mouse that was treated with poison;
It may have breathed a large dose insect spray, or hair spray etc.
It may have suffered from a heart attack, stroke, an allergy or a siezure.
Cats usually don’t eat what is not food, they’re supposed to be fussy about what they eat. They do see as food anything that moves by itself, like live birds and animals, spiders, reptiles and insects.
Your vet should be able to tell you what could have killed your precious, but you need to get the body to the vet immediately. You didn’t say whether it was Sunday this week, or was it before last month. It seems you may have disposed of your cat already, so doing an examination would be difficult.
When you plan to get another cat remember that owning a cat is incompatible with using poison baits for mice and insects.

I hope you do get another precious.

substitute_for_real_emotion January 28, 2010 at 8:59 am

do you think your sister could have had something to do with it???

heat exsaustion…

poison???

Elaine M January 28, 2010 at 9:29 am

A vet would need to do an autopsy to find out what happened.

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