Q: Is it true that cats are rarely poisoned?

Answer: Although cats are more fastidious about what they eat then many species, there are more factors which render them more susceptible to poisoning. Being predators, cats run the risk of consuming pre animals which have themselves already been poisoned. They also have the habit of washing materials off their coats, ingesting them in the process. This problem is aggravated by the fact that cat’s detoxication mechanisms which break down poisons into harmless substances are not very efficient, so that their effects are much greater then in other animals.