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Tea tree oil
Toxic doses for cat from published sources; they are not treatment doses.
Toxic doses
Single acute ingestion, mg of the substance per kg of body weight. These are toxic doses, not treatment doses.
| Species | Signs begin | Severe | Deaths reported | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cat
also gels and creams licked off |
not established | not established | not established |
Khan et al. 2014 · Bischoff & Guale 1998
Medium confidence
A 10-year case series of 443 animals, 106 of them cats (Khan et al. 2014), and a case report in three cats (Bischoff & Guale 1998). Scientific article A study or review published in a scientific journal. Its findings apply to the animals and conditions it studied. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, J Am Vet Med Assoc 2014;244(1):95-99, 2014 106 cats, 100% oil, mostly on the skin; signs 2-12 h, up to 72 h; young and small cats worst Scientific article A study or review published in a scientific journal. Its findings apply to the animals and conditions it studied. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, J Vet Diagn Invest 1998;10(2):208-210, 1998 poisoning in three cats |
Cat
Signs: Drooling, lethargy (CNS depression), weakness or paresis, ataxia, tremors; from 2-12 hours, lasting up to 3 days.
Concentrated (100%) tea tree oil, usually put on the skin by the owner against fleas or skin problems, poisoned 106 cats in ten years of North American poison-centre data; young and small cats were most at risk of major illness. Do not put undiluted tea tree oil on a cat.
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