Bright orange dye on our cat?

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:18:26 GMT

If they could talk they would be a dumb as us humans

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

epartrick — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:35:18 GMT

[quote user="Tracey Louise"]

i love it that cats are so mysterious, you just dont know what they get up to when they are out. If only we knew hey?...................

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I know! If only they could talk....

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

Tracey Louise — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:28:02 GMT

i love it that cats are so mysterious, you just dont know what they get up to when they are out. If only we knew hey?...................

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

epartrick — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:13:48 GMT

He's doing perfectly so haven't got him checked out - but if he changes at all he will be straight into work for bloods and fluids. I don't think we will ever find out what it was, its starting to fade slowly but is taking its time!

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

Tracey Louise — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:38:25 GMT

epartrick did you find out what the orange stuff is yet? how is he doing? did you get him checked out?

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

Steph Phillips — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:01:24 GMT

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[quote user="A-J"]

looks very like lily pollen might be worth getting him checked out if he has ingested some.

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Id be inclined to agree. Lily pollen is notorious for staning and notorious for sending cats in to kidney failure! And that is alot that hes covered in!

If he were mine id get him on fluids asap and do bloods just to be sure, you cant be too careful with lilies and cats, if he turns out to be fine then no harm done but if it does turn out to be lilies the little guys going to be in a whole lot of trouble

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I agree!! best to be safe than sorry..

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

amyb — Mon, 23 May 2011 10:21:35 GMT

I've had new fences recently and as my was 'white' dog ran into them hes now a nice shade of orange.

Sounds likely.

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

epartrick — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:56:27 GMT

[quote user="Sal the 1st"]

any of your neighbours put up a new wooden fence recently?

The reason I ask is when mine put up a new fence for some reason my cat thought it waslovely to spend ages rubbing all the way along it and turning orange into the process. Checked with Wickes which is where the fence came from and was told it was an animal friendly treatment - Morris never came to any harm from it as far as I am aware

http://www.wickes.co.uk/overlap-fence-panel/invt/540051/

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I never thought of that but it seems fairly likely...and a nicer thought than pollen or someone doing this to him.

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

Geniverger — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:43:45 GMT

It could possibly be iron from a rusty pond. Yes a rusty pond! Stagnant pools with metal in cause the water to go orange. Dogs for some reason love to swim in the puddles and come off a very orangey-brown colour. He may have slipped into one.

I'd go with freshly painted fences or decking though as a first option. It seems likely as it's gardening season!

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

Sal the 1st — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:07:06 GMT

any of your neighbours put up a new wooden fence recently?

http://www.wickes.co.uk/overlap-fence-panel/invt/540051/

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

salliee5 — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:02:39 GMT

It looks to me like the wrong sort of 'orange' for lily pollen, but then it is hard to tell from the photo. Paintball idea sounds plausible!

Poor little man, hope he is ok! Sometimes I just wish they could talk!!

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

FINNIGAN — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:10:21 GMT

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

FINNIGAN — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:05:56 GMT

paint ball pellets dont cause a wound similar to pellet from a rifle/gun, they are just like a small round plastic ball, v hard and full of paint/dye, i say this as i have seen a cat that has been shot with one before no injury they just hurt like hell leave a welt mark and bad dye that doesnt come off. lilly pollen does wash off, so was just wondering,

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

Fuzzyduck — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:30:48 GMT

[quote user="A-J"]

looks very like lily pollen might be worth getting him checked out if he has ingested some.

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Id be inclined to agree. Lily pollen is notorious for staning and notorious for sending cats in to kidney failure! And that is alot that hes covered in!

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

A-J — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:11:25 GMT

looks very like lily pollen might be worth getting him checked out if he has ingested some.

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

epartrick — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:51:55 GMT

[quote user="FINNIGAN"]

Are you sure he hasnt been shot at with a paint ball gun, these shoot out a hard round pellet that is filled with orange, red, yellow or green dye and a bugger to get off, extremelly painfull too, hope he is ok,

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He doesn't seem to be in pain and there isn't any sign of a wound or pellet. I guess what happened will just be a mystery

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

FINNIGAN — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:13:23 GMT

Re: Bright orange dye on our cat?

epartrick — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:01:31 GMT

If you click on the first photo it shows his feet which are the worst..bless him!