However...
I receive
a newsletter about felines from Cornell University called CatWatch. It
originates from the College of Veterinary Medicine—Feline Health Center. It includes
innovations in pet care, new treatments for diseases, and advice on behavior
issues. I’ve been receiving the newsletter for several years now and find
it practical and useful with sound advice.
This month
there was an article on essential oils. The Feline Health Center’s advice
advice is to not use them in cat care. They list these oils as toxic to
felines.
Citrus oil
Clove oil
Eucalyptus
oil
Oil of
sweet birch
Oil of
wintergreen
Pennyroyal
oil
Peppermint
oil
Pine oils
Tea tree oils
Ylang
Ylang oil
The ASPCA
Poison Control Center recommends avoiding essential oil use unless approved by
your veterinarian. Apparently some are used for parasite control. If the oils
are ingested, breathed in or absorbed by their skin, the oils can possibly
affect your cat’s liver.
I know I
like to use natural products with our five inside cats and two outside strays.
I raise pesticide free flowers and herbs for our gardens and try to avoid
plants that are toxic to felines. I’ll be avoiding essential oils now and
in the future.
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USA TODAY Bestselling Author Karen Rose Smith is an only child who delved into books at an early age. She learned about kindred spirits from Anne of Green Gables, solved mysteries with Nancy Drew and wished she could have been the rider on The Black Stallion. Yet even though she escaped often into story worlds, she had many aunts, uncles and cousins around her on weekends. Her sense of family and relationships began there. Maybe that's why families are a strong theme in her novels, whether mysteries or romances. This award-winning and bestselling author will have her 100th novel released in 2018. At present she is working on two mystery series for Kensington Books--Caprice De Luca Home Staging cozies and Daisy's Tea Garden mysteries. From time to time, she also writes romance for Harlequin Special Edition.
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Readers often ask her about her pastimes. She has herb, flowers and vegetable gardens that help her relax. In the winter, she cooks and does watercolor paintings rather than gardens. And year round she spends most of her time with her husband, as well as her four rescued cats who are her constant companions. They chase rainbows from sun catchers, reminding her life isn't all about work, awards and bestseller lists. Everyone needs that rainbow to chase.
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