I can confirm this; my dear lost kitty Pie went nuts for bleach, but I sort of thought it was a fluke, though I'd heard about it vaguely.
Just tonight though, I found out differently.
My sister-in-law's cat Cheese (8 months) adores the tub. Every time one of us goes into the bathroom we always have company. He jumps in and rolls around and does this sort of a crazy thing that we call his "tub dance". We just thought it was an odd quirk; he liked the coolness of the porcelain or the smooth texture or something.
Anyway, tonight, another of our cats, Circe, vomited on one of those hard plastic things that protect carpets from office chairs (very considerate of her, actually) and I cleaned it up with some household cleaner that we normally use in the tub.
Well, Big Cheese went crazy, rolling around on the spot, rubbing, pouncing, etc., just like cats do when there's catnip on the floor. And we put two and two together. It was really funny.
I certainly don't want to encourage carelessness with bleach or anything, but I wouldn't panic over using bleach for normal cleaning with cats around. Like I said, our dear Pie had the bleach addiction and took it a whole lot farther than Cheese. She actually licked some bleach I was using to disinfect a floor once. I'd been unaware of the cat/bleach connection and figured the cats would avoid the bleach as they do with most strong smelling products. Anyway, I freaked out (and would have taken her to the vet immediately but it was the middle of the night) and tried to make her drink water and watched her all night but she was fine. By the way, when I said Pie was lost I mean she got out (she was an indoor cat as they all are) and never came back. She didn't die of chlorine poisoning or anything.
Anyway, I thought I write and say I don't think you need to nix bleach altogether. Use for regular cleaning is really safe with a little caution.
After all, I've often been advised to use bleach for all sorts of animal dishes and living areas (rabbit cages, frog habitats, etc.). Indeed, I really only trust bleach when dealing with sick animals - we recently had an epidemic of feline diarrhea that they kept passing back and forth and was very hard to knock out, even with medication.
As long as you rinse the floor, tank, litter box, whatever, you shouldn't have any problems. I never have and I've had many, many pets.
Just tonight though, I found out differently.
My sister-in-law's cat Cheese (8 months) adores the tub. Every time one of us goes into the bathroom we always have company. He jumps in and rolls around and does this sort of a crazy thing that we call his "tub dance". We just thought it was an odd quirk; he liked the coolness of the porcelain or the smooth texture or something.
Anyway, tonight, another of our cats, Circe, vomited on one of those hard plastic things that protect carpets from office chairs (very considerate of her, actually) and I cleaned it up with some household cleaner that we normally use in the tub.
Well, Big Cheese went crazy, rolling around on the spot, rubbing, pouncing, etc., just like cats do when there's catnip on the floor. And we put two and two together. It was really funny.
I certainly don't want to encourage carelessness with bleach or anything, but I wouldn't panic over using bleach for normal cleaning with cats around. Like I said, our dear Pie had the bleach addiction and took it a whole lot farther than Cheese. She actually licked some bleach I was using to disinfect a floor once. I'd been unaware of the cat/bleach connection and figured the cats would avoid the bleach as they do with most strong smelling products. Anyway, I freaked out (and would have taken her to the vet immediately but it was the middle of the night) and tried to make her drink water and watched her all night but she was fine. By the way, when I said Pie was lost I mean she got out (she was an indoor cat as they all are) and never came back. She didn't die of chlorine poisoning or anything.
Anyway, I thought I write and say I don't think you need to nix bleach altogether. Use for regular cleaning is really safe with a little caution.
After all, I've often been advised to use bleach for all sorts of animal dishes and living areas (rabbit cages, frog habitats, etc.). Indeed, I really only trust bleach when dealing with sick animals - we recently had an epidemic of feline diarrhea that they kept passing back and forth and was very hard to knock out, even with medication.
As long as you rinse the floor, tank, litter box, whatever, you shouldn't have any problems. I never have and I've had many, many pets.
. With the chin acne problems on three of my cat's and everything else being eliminated and ruled out, I decided it might be my cleaning products. :dk: an environmental allergy or reaction. I do love the products and feel it is much safer for us and the cat's. :nod:
