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angelikaJ -> RE: HELP!!!! (6/14/2011 6:18:25 AM)
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ORIGINAL: barelynangel
Call the vet? I don't know much about animals but if she still has it on her after 6 baths and almost a day -- can that be good for her skin or her inhaling that for all this time? You may want to load her in some kind of powder, the powder should soak things up and then brush it out and give her another bath maybe? - same with your hair. Or if it was oil -- have you given her a bath in dawn dishwashing soap, that's what they use on animals who get caught in oil spills, yes?
barelynangel,
I realise you are trying to be helpful but am not not sure IF you read really my post.
I did abbreviate it.
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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ
My middle kitty (age 12) gave me a good scare early this morning: she knocked over a container that had a furnace part that was soaking in #2 home heating oil.
Essentially she took a bath in diesel fuel.
6 baths with Dawn first (that stuff is extremely difficult to remove) and a consult with the National Animal Poison Control Center... and they think she is likely to be fine.
No sign of an upset tummy.
The consult fee was less expensive than a trip to the vet's who would have called the same number and then tacked on the $65. charge.
Poor kitty and mummy.
The house still smells all fume-y.
The ASAPCA's National Animal Poison Control Center is staffed with veterinarians and toxicoligists 24/7.
They do charge you a fee and give you a case number for follow-up calls (and then you won't be charged again).
Also if you need to take your pet to the vet there is already a file started.
They first look up the product's MSDS and then do a vet consult or if necessary consult with a toxicoligist.
It is who your vet would call if your pet got itself into something it should not have.
I gave the kitty 6 baths in Dawn dish washing liquid yesterday morning. Thorough baths.
Then I called poison control.
The hotline vet was consulted and since I got it off her so quickly they told me she is likely to be fine.
Fortunately #2 Home Heating Oil has very few additives, unlike actual diesel fuel or gasoline.
If she ingested any, it will likely cause nausea (not yet) or oily stool... none so far).
The other thing to watch for IF she vomited (which she hasn't) would be the possible signs of aspiration, such as coughing and wheezing.
There is no oily residue on her fur.
However, the diesel smell does linger.
Get it on your hands and wash them, you will still smell it.
This may sound silly but since the cat is not showing any symptoms of illness after getting the poison control center's reassurance, I was kind of wondering what to do about my hair... and clothes, bedding etc.
Late last night out of desperation I washed it in Dr Bronner's Peppermint, it seems to be an improvement.
Edit to add: the other thing I was asked to watch for is skin irritation... and there is no sign of that either.
Edit to add again:
I do know angel that you were just trying to be helpful and posting out of concern.
Perhaps my snipping from my OP obscured some info and I am very sorry for any confusion to you or others it may have caused..
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