Would you be able to give your cat CPR if he/she needed it?

lunaguy · Last edited by lunaguy on Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:05 am; edited 1 time in total

The answer for me was a big no until I started reading about it on the web, and I thought that it might be a good idea to share a link or two about it with you. One of these days, your cat's life just may depend on it!

http://www.geocities.com/pvis1960/CLAWCPR.htm

http://petplace.netscape.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=2520

http://www.pgaa.com/feline/health/catcpr.html

I'm trying to find a site that has some good illustrations for cat CPR, but so far I haven't found anything. If anyone knows of one, please post it here.

Thanks for reading!

lunaguy · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:23 am Post subject:

Wow, it turns out that they sell CPR cat mannequins which can be used to teach people how to perform CPR on a cat! Similar to "Resusci-Annie," the human CPR mannequin, I guess. Pretty cool! I wish schools and other places that teach CPR would include cats and dogs as well, since most of us have either a cat or a dog in our lives.

vene · Super Senior Member Plus Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 4283

Thank you for the wonderful info on how to perform CPR on cats and dogs. Those 2 cat dummies look so darn funny. Do they have a standard name yet or are we just going to call them here dummy cat, here dummy kitty? I used to take CPR classes for work and everytime we worked on Annie, the song with lyrics "Annie are you Ok, are you ok Annie" would pop in my head. I could never keep a straight face. It was worse with the male mannequin/dummy. I believe we called him Fred.

lil96 · Super Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 1260

yea I always thought anne looked funny, but those cats I think almost look scary!

vene · Super Senior Member Plus Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 4283

I agree, their eyes are popping out and they have very full lips.

Mary_NH · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:23 pm Post subject:

I took a pet first aid course this year and highly recommend it to all pet people....so in answer to the question yup I believe I could give my cat(s) CPR if I had too

halaroo · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject:

That link is not working for me.

halaroo · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

I tried again and the link works now. Interesting to know. I was watching a pet show on the weekend that had a segment on giving a cat the Heimlich maneuver. Good to know, but hope to never have to use it!

lynnhaz · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject:

that is weird halaroo that you mention the heimlich...just yesterday, i was thinking about max, who likes to eat everything he can get his mouth on...if i would know what to do if he got something lodged in there...i mean...i can really see how that could happen....

for example, this morning he got up on the counter...i had a head of garlic up there...half gone...and he decides he wants to use that as a play toy. i found the outer leaves of the head on the counter. that totally freaked me out because garlic is poisonous. but if he got those cloves stuck in his throat...or paper...or whatever.

so...everytime i think i have kitty proofed...he comes up with something else Shocked

nern · Moderator Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Posts: 5042 Location: NY

Thanks for sharing the link! It may come in very useful someday.

lunaguy · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:35 am Post subject:

I know this is an old thread, but I was just doing some research on the heimlich maneuver for cats, and came across these articles that explain how to do it:

http://globalcrisis.info/CPRanimal.html#heimlich
http://globalcrisis.info/cprheimlichclarification.html

The reason I was searching for info on this is because I started giving Luna Petrodex Dental Treats, and they are unusually large as far as cat treats go. If for some reason she tried to swallow it whole without chewing it, I'm afraid she could choke.

Mary_NH · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:59 pm Post subject:

I took a pet first aid course through the shelter a couple of years ago - highly recommend it

DeLaUK · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject: