How being inquisitive got a Maine Coone into hot water

20/11/2008 by Arielle.

I has a busy morning consulting yesterday and had one emergency rushed ahead of all my other clients waiting in the waiting room. It was a kitten called Freddie who was salivating profusely. Freddie is a female and cross between a tabby and Maine Coone - a gorgeous fluffy ginger big kitten!I rushed to the the hospital round the back to find that my conscientious nurses had already given Freddie the once over and taken her temperature for me. They has looked her in mouth which is the first thing I did, and noticed a red ring around the tip of her tongue - it looked very sore and Freddie felt very sorry for herself as the saliva formed a little moustache around her mouth and upper lip.

The nurses were taking bets on what Freddie could have licked. Sophie was sure that she had licked some boiling tea. I thought maybe also a toilet block that some people use.

When I called her owners through and treated Freddie with strong painkillers, antibiotics and soft food; they knew immediately what she had done - she had licked the kettle.

She is apparently the most inquisitive of their 2 kittens and they jsut couldn’t keep her off the kitchen counters. I explained that this may be the solution and she may now stay well clear of the kitchen counters altogether!

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