A Grimsby mum whose eldest cat tragically died after being poisoned with antifreeze has been left heartbroken as her youngest cat has now additionally handed away after ingesting the poison.
Stacey Hughes, 33, who lives on Alexandra Road, was pressured to have her kitten Odin, 10 months previous, put to sleep on Thursday, May 11 after discovering him foaming on the mouth and hiding in numerous locations round the home.
It got here simply days after her different cat, Dobby, 6, died on account of antifreeze poisoning. Odin had additionally been poisoned, however appeared to be on the street to restoration after Stacey took him to the Blue Cross Animal Hospital in Grimsby within the nick of time.
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On Monday, May 8, she informed Grimsby Live: “My daughter stated my youthful cat, Odin, could not walk and could not stand on his again legs. I instantly took him to the Blue Cross, they usually have been fairly stunned to see what a state he was in. He was OK in himself, however he simply did not have management over his again legs, his again finish was going the other way up, so that they stored him in for testing.
“I got here home to search for my different cat Dobby, and he or she did not come home till 7pm that night time after my buddy discovered her. She got here stumbling by the again gate and could not walk, so we instantly took her to the Blue Cross too. They admitted her immediately as a result of they’d seen how Odin was.”
Staff on the Blue Cross confirmed to Stacey that each cats had been poisoned with antifreeze. Stacey nonetheless doesn’t know whether or not it was intentional or unintended – however believes it got here from a pile of bin luggage that had lately been dumped within the alleyway exterior her home.
“If it is deliberate I do not perceive how somebody would damage an animal, but when it was unintended, perhaps somebody ought to use their brains a little bit bit. Antifreeze has received such a candy scent and it attracts animals, so folks ought to be a bit extra conscious on find out how to correctly eliminate it,” she stated.
After Stacey’s eldest cat, Dobby, was put to sleep on Saturday, May 6, she introduced Odin home and stated he was doing “all the pieces he ought to be”.
“They stated they needed to see how he received on at home. He was standing and extra alert, he was a bit higher than he was, he was weeing and doing all the pieces he ought to be,” she stated.
“But then I seen on Wednesday morning that he was foaming and drooling on the mouth and the nostril, it was actually runny, and his breath smelt rotten. He was smacking his lips and it took us half an hour to search out him within the morning as a result of he was hiding in locations round the home.”
Stacey contacted the Blue Cross, who suggested her to carry him straight in. After finishing up blood assessments, it was decided that 80 p.c of Odin’s kidneys weren’t functioning and that probably the most moral factor can be to place him to sleep.
“After Dobby died we got here home and thought, ‘At least we have nonetheless received one cat’. But now this has put me off getting a cat ever once more. The children are completely heartbroken,” Stacey stated.
Natalie Everett, Vet Nurse Manager at Blue Cross in Grimsby, stated: “We are devastated to listen to that Odin has additionally since died and our ideas and sympathy are with their household. Sadly, antifreeze is very poisonous to cats even in small quantities.
“If they get the substance on their fur or paws they’re more likely to lick it off. Keep all merchandise tightly sealed and away from pets and eliminate them responsibly to keep away from related accidents ending in tragedy for pets and their folks.”
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