Eastern suburbs cat high on cocaine

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

A cat in Sydney's eastern suburbs was taken to a vet high on cocaine and benzodiazepines.

The eight-month-old Himalayan cat arrived at the Double Bay clinic on Monday morning with dilated pupils and a racing heart after being accidentally locked in a cupboard overnight, Fairfax newspapers reported.

It was having trouble walking, was easily startled, paced incessantly and was too anxious to have a thermometer inserted into its rectum, said a report in this month's edition of Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

The owner was adamant the cat had not been exposed to drugs, mouldy food or toxic plants.

But when the vet phoned the owner's wife, she admitted the cat could have licked "plates of cocaine" which had been served at a dinner party two days earlier.

A drug screen also revealed benzodiazepines in the cat's system.

The owner was counselled and allowed to take the cat home as there is no legal requirement for vets to report such cases to the police.

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about the pic:

A cat hissing at the camara, in a pet shop. When a pet cat was taken to a veterinary clinic in Australia with dilated pupils, a racing heart and agitated movements, it turned out to be high on cocaine and other drugs left around after a party. It recovered.

[derekkj 0]

[mawilson 2,133]

Has the cat been charged with illegal possession of narcotics?

[Nessa 23]

#######?

[Peikko 1,575]

I don't think it's illegal for cats to possess narcotics, even in Australia.

[mawilson 2,133]

I don't think it's illegal for cats to possess narcotics, even in Australia.

How can they enjoy a much much higher living standard than the US when they have cats

going on crazed crack cocaine benders?

[Peikko 1,575]

It's always easier when you live on an Island.

[Nessa 23]

that reminds me of that movie where the house starts falling apart and the cat licks the cocaine and gets all high speed lol lol

[Amby 490]

lol it was eager to have the thermometer inserted...#######?

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

lol it was eager to have the thermometer inserted...#######?

musta thought it was a q-tip

[GabachaYucateca 0]

I really don't think that being "too anxious to have a thermometer" shoved in your rectum is out of the ordinary.

Everything else, #######??

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

I really don't think that being "too anxious to have a thermometer" shoved in your rectum is out of the ordinary.

Everything else, #######??

you don't?

is there something we should know?

[GabachaYucateca 0]

I really don't think that being "too anxious to have a thermometer" shoved in your rectum is out of the ordinary.

Everything else, #######??

you don't?

is there something we should know?

I think I'm reading it differently than everyone else!!!!!!

I read it not as eager, but as too worked up to allow it.

[Marc and Olga 0]

I know, coccaine is not the same but 4 little words come to mind:

There's Something About Mary...

[yassmine2878 1]

It was having trouble walking, was easily startled, paced incessantly and was too anxious to have a thermometer inserted into its rectum, said a report in this month's edition of Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

There has never been a day in my life that I was ever calm enough to have anything inserted into the exit-only lane. I could be brain dead and jump up off the table screaming "I feel FINE!" if someone came after my hiney intending to insert something.

Edited December 21, 2007 by yassmine2878