Treatment of poisoning

This week it’s a (spayed) female cat at the GSPCA waiting to be adopted for the New Year

Continued

During the final two weeks of last year, we took a break from science and indulged in more light-hearted discussion. Now that we have entered the New Year, we may now revert to a more focused conversation on dealing with poisons.

Pet owners use all sorts of chemicals to get rid of skin parasites (ticks, fleas, mites, lice, etc).  There was a time when old engine oil (waste oil) was a standard method of treatment against mange. Even today,