Party animal
A Sydney man took his highly agitated kitten to the vet – only to discover it was high on cocaine.
The cat, which had been accidentally locked in a cupboard overnight, also had benzodiazepines in its system, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
The eight-month-old Himalayan cat arrived at the Double Bay clinic with dilated pupils and a racing heart.
The owner said it had trouble walking and was easily startled, according to a report in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.
The cat was placed in a cage, began pacing incessantly and was too anxious for the vet to take a thermometer reading.
The vets and authors of the report, Dominic Barfield and Richard Malik, tried to take some blood but the cat was in no mood to oblige.
With no blood tests and no temperature to guide them, they questioned the owner again, who was adamant the cat had not been exposed to toxic plants, mouldy foods or drugs.
The vets rang the owner’s wife, who admitted the cat could have licked “plates of cocaine” after a weekend party two days earlier.
The red-faced owner was “remorseful” but, as there is no legal requirement in Australia for vets to report such cases to the police, he was counselled and allowed to take his party animal home.
What they should’ve done was tie him down and forcefeed him a kilo of catnip. See how he likes it.
