[HiTech RedNeck]

No vermin in the home that could have carried it (mice?)

[proud American in Canada]

No vermin in the home that could have carried it (mice?)

Very interesting thought. Initially I wondered if it was poison from some nasty neighbor, but Ciel is an indoor cat, so... that is possible.

[Yaelle]

No vermin in the home that could have carried it (mice?)

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I doubt it because it’s a pretty tight 1990s tract home, but I saw her eat something my little girl said was a spider. She was playing with it and then it was gone. This was about a week ago. And two days ago, outside in the yard, I saw the biggest black widow I have EVER seen, climbing up its thread from the other side so for the first time I saw the red hour glass. I swear it looked like a Halloween decoration. But our cats do not get outside at all.

When the doc came in after the testing results, the first thing he asked was if we have lilies in the house, because they are deadly to cats. But we do not. I can’t think of any chemicals she could have gotten into. I’ve researched the two different brands of canned food they did eat in the last week, but they seem to be decent brands. They don’t eat supermarket cat food, we check labels, avoid stuff from China, etc. but how sudden it came on made me think she are something toxic. I don’t know, one person up thread said it can just come on suddenly.