Cat drinks Tim Hortons take out coffee, and loves it

[tek_heretik]

I should have said acetaminophen (eg. Paracetamol, Tylenol), as that would have been a better example - there is no safe dose of that for cats. Pretty much any amount of that will cause liver failure.

I'm guessing that your cat's heart condition meant that aspirin was being used as an anti-coagulant? As I understand it, aspirin isn't prescribed to cats for painkilling purposes, as the dosage level required to be even minimally effective as a painkiller is usually high enough to kill a cat.

Yep, anti-coagulant, but after I moved from the dumpy mould infested place I was living, she was fine so I stopped the pills, there were other meds as well that were costing me a fortune, that was several years ago, she will be 13 in April.

[HalationEffect]

I should have said acetaminophen (eg. Paracetamol, Tylenol), as that would have been a better example - there is no safe dose of that for cats. Pretty much any amount of that will cause liver failure.

I'm guessing that your cat's heart condition meant that aspirin was being used as an anti-coagulant? As I understand it, aspirin isn't prescribed to cats for painkilling purposes, as the dosage level required to be even minimally effective as a painkiller is usually high enough to kill a cat.

[tek_heretik]

Heh, my first thought was mentioned by the Youtube commenter - is caffeine safe for cats to consume? I also wondered if the coffee was made with non-dairy "milk", or the real deal, and whether non-dairy was safe for cats. Cats have evolved as obligate carnivores, and as such their livers are unable to deal with many plant derived substances. For example, you'd be surprised at just how little aspirin constitutes a lethal dose for a cat, and if you have a cat that has a rash from flea bites, don't even think of putting tea-tree oil on the rash. Alcohol is pretty toxic to them too.

Then I saw the vid, and took note of just how tiny was the quantity of coffee that the cat drank. Way too small to worry about, IMO.

LinuxFanboy is me, heh, and the 'cream' in the coffee is 1/2 & 1/2, not an artificial whitener.

As for aspirin, my vet prescribed 1/4 baby aspirin every second day for my cat's heart condition (88mg/4=22mg every 48 hours). Getting her to swallow it is another matter, lol.

[HalationEffect]

Heh, my first thought was mentioned by the Youtube commenter - is caffeine safe for cats to consume? I also wondered if the coffee was made with non-dairy "milk", or the real deal, and whether non-dairy was safe for cats. Cats have evolved as obligate carnivores, and as such their livers are unable to deal with many plant derived substances. For example, you'd be surprised at just how little aspirin constitutes a lethal dose for a cat, and if you have a cat that has a rash from flea bites, don't even think of putting tea-tree oil on the rash. Alcohol is pretty toxic to them too.

Then I saw the vid, and took note of just how tiny was the quantity of coffee that the cat drank. Way too small to worry about, IMO.

[tek_heretik]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXxk...e_gdata_player

Edit: That's my ex-girlfriends cat, one of two orange and white brothers.