Warning - Permethrin kills cats

[JoePa]

You can buy clothes that have been treated with Permethrin which will kills ticks and a lot of other insects - you can also buy (from Amazon) a spray bottle to treat your own clothes - this stuff actually kills the ticks on contact and will last on your clothes for weeks even after washing - it is used in a lot of lotions and sprays that are used on dogs for fleas and ticks but the one problem is that it is deadly to cats - if a cat gets in contact with this stuff it will most likely kill the cat because it is strongly toxic to cats - even if you treat a dog and the dog gets near the cat - the cat can die -
I read the information that I got with the bottle that I bought and it does say that it is not harmful to cats once it dries - from what I read about this stuff it is safe for humans, dogs, horses etc. - and I would say it is the best thing to use if you are in the outdoors whether fishing, hunting, hiking or whatever - I plan on spraying the clothes I wear when I
start cutting firewood over the next couple weeks - just thought you would be interested - especially if you have a cat -

[trappermatt]

I've never heard of permethrin being toxic to any mammals , do you have a link to any info

[last5oh_302]

Any flea and tick control that you can buy for your dog (with permethren in it) will state right on the box that it's toxic on cats.

[terrym]

So, you're saying it's a bad thing that it is lethal for cats right

[yellow dog]

I don't see a problem.

[terrym]

I've never heard of permethrin being toxic to any mammals , do you have a link to any info

Yep. It's a well documented cat killer. On every pkg thst contains it.

[JoePa]

I don't like cats that are allowed to roam free and kill birds and other animals - but I got a confession to make - I never liked cats but about a year ago I got my daughter a long haired domestic female cat - I got it fixed and declawed and it never goes outside - and I'll tell you something - I love that cat - its the friendliest cat you can find and very pretty - if you own a cat you know what I mean -

[fishermccann]

I have never seen, 'animal control' pick up a cat yet! Maybe they should , a couple of fines, will let cat owners know, you just can't open the door , let your cat out to do what it wants, then bring it back in, when it meows at the door. Maybe ,no collar, live trap it, and take it to the pound.

[oaknut]

I have never seen, 'animal control' pick up a cat yet! Maybe they should , a couple of fines, will let cat owners know, you just can't open the door , let your cat out to do what it wants, then bring it back in, when it meows at the door. Maybe ,no collar, live trap it, and take it to the pound.

The thing is that cats are free. Kittens are cute and take away the thought of losing the adult.

It's not wise to collar a cat that goes outside because they will hang themselves in a tree.

The pound does not want cats because nobody really adopts adults. They are a huge cost and with no collar there's no fine to recoup costs.

[skypilot]

I have never seen, 'animal control' pick up a cat yet! Maybe they should , a couple of fines, will let cat owners know, you just can't open the door , let your cat out to do what it wants, then bring it back in, when it meows at the door. Maybe ,no collar, live trap it, and take it to the pound.

Animal control shaves a patch on the cat's leg leg first, if they catch a cat with a shaved leg patch again, it's church. It's also an obvious warning to the owners about their loose cat.