Two young cats came into the practise yesterday, which had suspected posioning from car antifreeze. The vet told me that this is a common problem at this time of the year and that only 4ml can kill a cat.
Both cats were from the same household, but one was more seriously affected. While I was present the vet attemted giving the most badly affected cat a low dose of morphine to make it sick, but this was uneffective.
The vet decided to give ethanol to the cats to counter the poison, but there was not any at the practise. As I left the vets they were awaiting a delivery from the nearby vet practise of this important chemical, with the hope that this cats could be cured.