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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3678.1 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Jun 07 1990 11:36 | 9 |
| Many drugs cause birth defects in kittens if used during pregnancy.
I try not to give my pregnant queens any medications, and if we
do have to, my vet checks to be sure that it is safe before prescribing
it.
Just like humans, cats have to be ultra careful when they are
expecting.
Jo
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| 3678.2 | | DYO780::AXTELL | Dragon Lady | Thu Jun 07 1990 14:22 | 5 |
| I guess my question is more on the lines of why a reasonably
innocuous substance (especially on applied externally) causes such
worry. In other words, what's in the stuff that's so nasty?
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| 3678.3 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Thu Jun 07 1990 14:29 | 5 |
| Things applied externally can be absorbed into the skin
and, I would guess, get into the blood stream. Come to think of it,
I believe some heart medication and some hormone stuff is actually
given by patches being stuck on the skin.
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| 3678.4 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Jun 07 1990 15:08 | 12 |
| A lot of the kinds of deformities that can be caused would also
depend on what stage of development the fetuses where in when the
substance was used.
When one of my cats was pregnant once, my husband gave her a bath
in a flea shampoo that he didn't know was labelled as not being
safe for pregnant or nursing cats. The substance is absorbed into
the skin and gets into the bloodstream that way. The cat ended
up reabsorbing the litter, which may or may not have been due to
the bath. We learned our lesson the hard way.
Jo
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