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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2005cats and plug in air fresheners : problem? (cross posted)
A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners did it. I don't see how. I can understand an alergic reaction from some cats. anyone have a similar experience? Joe www.rescuinganimalsinneed.org Don't know about cats, but they make ME sneeze! sandra I had to stop using them because my cats wanted to chew on them, as far as allergic to them I dont know. >A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats >came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners >did it. I don't see how. I can understand an alergic reaction from some >cats. anyone have a similar experience? > Joe > www.rescuinganimalsinneed.org I don't have any experience with this, but I definitely can understand how it can happen. Many people develop allergy-type reactions to various scents (which would include air fresheners), and a cat's nose is much more sensitive than ours. Moreover, essential oils can be toxic to cats -- I don't use plug-in air fresheners, so I *don't know* if there is a connection to essential oils (but it would be well worth checking). MaryL > A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats > came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners > did it. I don't see how. I can understand an alergic reaction from some > cats. anyone have a similar experience? > Joe > www.rescuinganimalsinneed.org Scents can certainly stress cats. A strong smell you don't like, can cause tears and mucus (trying to wash it out or protect from it), which can lead to other problems. Some people have used perfume to punish their animals -- not realizing how damaging that can be for them. Margaret > > A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats > > came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Some people have used perfume to punish their animals -- not realizing how > damaging that can be for them. The scent I used to wear caused my cat to have asthma attacks. (I noticed that she seemed to have them on evenings when I had been out and had worn the perfume. When I stopped wearing it altogether, she did not have another attack for eight months, until spring allergy season.) It probably did not help that it was Alfred Sung's "Pure," which has a strong citrus scent, which cats are widely purported to dislike. > A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats > came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners > did it. I don't see how. I can understand an alergic reaction from some > cats. anyone have a similar experience? > Joe > www.rescuinganimalsinneed.org I'd say its definitely within the realm of possibility since the air freshener scent is fluid borne and the cat's olfactory epithelium is covered by mucus. The cat's olfactory area is 25cm2 -- about 5x larger than a human's and would catch much more of the chemicals than a human. There's also the vomeronasal, or Jacobson's, organ which would probably catch even more of the chemicals. So, its not hard to understand how a fluid-borne scent could cause an infection or at least inflammation. I read an article somewhere about air fresheners causing diarrhea and earaches in infants and headaches and depression in mothers. So, I'd err on the side of caution and forego the air freshners around cats. Phil "With the qualities of cleanliness, discretion, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of being cats?' --Fernand Mery Feline Healthcare & More: <http://maxshouse.com > > A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats > > came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > earaches in infants and headaches and depression in mothers. So, I'd err on > the side of caution and forego the air freshners around cats. I am always talking to the women on those TV commercials, the ones who say " my sons stinky clothes made his room smell terrible ..." saying "TRY DOING THE LAUNDRY!" :) In my book if you need an air freshener you need to clean. Or at least open a gd window. > I am always talking to the women on those TV commercials, the ones > who say " my sons stinky clothes made his room smell terrible ..." > saying "TRY DOING THE LAUNDRY!" :) In my book if you need > an air freshener you need to clean. Or at least open a gd window. LOL! You're right! How about those people who pour on a gallon of cologne or perfume...? Maybe they just need a bath! Just give me a bar of plain old Ivory soap any day. P. "Cats are a great warm-up to a successful marriage; they teach you your place in the household". --Paul Gallico Feline Healthcare: http://maxshouse.com > > I am always talking to the women on those TV commercials, the ones > > who say " my sons stinky clothes made his room smell terrible ..." [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > P. The things they make up in order to sell us stuff, you know! A generation of kids will grow up reaching for the puffy air freshener thing instead of the toilet brush!! And "feminine hygiene spray." What a crock! If it smells bad, you need to wash that thing! LOL >>>I am always talking to the women on those TV commercials, the ones >>>who say " my sons stinky clothes made his room smell terrible ..." [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > toilet brush!! And "feminine hygiene spray." What a crock! If it smells > bad, you need to wash that thing! LOL "In my book if you need an air freshener you need to clean. Or at least open a gd window". I couln't have said it better myself. My husband has always been amazed that I don't use the sprays and gadgets in our humble abode. He figured that with two cats in the house, that the odor would be overwhelming. Ha.....what does he know. LOL > "In my book if you need an air freshener you need to clean. Or at > least open a gd window". [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that with two cats in the house, that the odor would be overwhelming. > Ha.....what does he know. LOL But this is part of their Evil PR Campaign--the part that says that Men Really Don't Know How to Clean so Women Must Do It For Them! ;) > > > I am always talking to the women on those TV commercials, the ones > > > who say " my sons stinky clothes made his room smell terrible ..." [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > toilet brush!! And "feminine hygiene spray." What a crock! If it smells > bad, you need to wash that thing! LOL You gotta read this article! http://www.meridianinstitute.com/eamt/files/robinson/Rob1ch40.htm "It is a curious fact that even laymen have for ages noted that the organ of smell is closely related to the generative organs, but it is very recently that specialists (gynecologists and rhinologists) are putting together the connected story." A gynecologist and a rhinologist... Now that's an interesting relationship! I wonder what you'd get if you put a proctologist together with a rhinologist... Probably a brownnoser! LOL! "The relationship between the nasal mucous membrane and the sexual apparatus is often forgotten. One should always remember that there is always a woman behind the uterus. In cases of persistent dysmenorrhea relief may sometimes be afforded by painting the genital spots in the nose with 1 per cent solution of cocaine," There ya go. Cocaine is a holistic remedy for dysmenorrhea! I wonder what holistic Drs. recommend for constipation... heroin? LOL!. Phil Mary wrote the following on 1/6/2005 1:19 PM: > I am always talking to the women on those TV commercials, the ones > who say " my sons stinky clothes made his room smell terrible ..." > saying "TRY DOING THE LAUNDRY!" :) First you have to find them :-). My son was a master at burying his dirty laundry. That said, I am allergic to the synthetic fragrances most room fresheners use, so I'll stick with open windows when the weather is nice and some nice XO spray when it isn't.  SignatureKaren R. Instructions for de-spam-trapping my address are contained in the address > Mary wrote the following on 1/6/2005 1:19 PM: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > First you have to find them :-). My son was a master at burying his > dirty laundry. Yet another reason I am happy I don't have kids at home! Eeeuuww! > That said, I am allergic to the synthetic fragrances most room > fresheners use, so I'll stick with open windows when the weather is nice > and some nice XO spray when it isn't. I really like the scent of Gain after washing clothes with it. Clean but spicy and peppery, sort of. And we do like to burn scented candles, mostly foody things like vanilla and cinamon and pumpkin but sometimes sandlewood or melon. It's florals that gag me. Floral smells good on the original flower, if at all, to me. Different strokes, right?! Trying to steal the thunder from Arnold, "Joe" <news@joepitt.mailshell.com> on Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:11:12 GMT spoke: >A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats >came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners >did it. I don't see how. I can understand an alergic reaction from some >cats. anyone have a similar experience? She'd be MUCH better off with a negative ion generator. I got a pedestal fan with one built-in. I NEVER wake up congested if I use it at night, and it eliminates odors better than ANY filter I've ever used. SignatureThe truth is out there, but it's not interesting enough for most people. I don't know why this couldn't happen. I had a cat who developed asthma after I used scented carpet treatment. If one were allergic and came down with the infection it could certainly pass it on to the others. Celeste > A freind of mine started using the plug in air fresheners and all her cats > came down with bad Upper Respiritory Infections. she thinks the fresheners > did it. I don't see how. I can understand an alergic reaction from some > cats. anyone have a similar experience? > Joe > www.rescuinganimalsinneed.org |
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