[livingwith]

I went on vacation for two weeks. I sprayed some ants spray around the cat’s food. For some reason when I left that day, I had a funny feeling. When I came back home I searched for all the cars and could not find mama black. I noticed a bad odor on my patio and assume it was my cat. It took me two weeks to go there. I called animal removal and they confirmed it was a black cat. I was so depress. I wondered if it was the ants spray that killed her. I went out to the patio a week a ...Read the full article

[mistylou]

NEVER EVER use pesticides around pets or their food! It's poison, plain and simple. If it kills something; in this case insects, then it can kill a small pet ie. a cat. I mean come on! I would never go on vacation and leave my pets to fend for themselves. And if my pet was gone and I smelled something, I surely would not wait 2 whole weeks to investigate or call someone about it. I'm sorry for your loss, however I'm angry that no common sense was used and basically the cat was poisoned and left to die. That poor cat died a horrible death.