I think my cat is attracted to benzos!?

[gadorgirl2]

So scared today. I had 10 xanax bars in a container, inside a pillow case. My husband comes in and says Gin (our cat) had this in her mouth. It was 1/4 of a bar. I find a hole in my pillowcase she chewed, and 5 bars missing. I was SO SO SCARED. I've caught her with xans in her mouth before, just carrying them, and was lucky enough to pull it out of the tip of her mouth. I kept a close close eye on her for HOURS afterwards. Nothing. Then hubby found another piece in the washing tub drain. I think she was picking them up, carrying them over and jumping on the washer, then dropping them in the drain. Ive NEVER experienced anything like this with my other 2 cats. So weird.

I had just found my 18 year old passed the other night from a sudden heart attack, or stroke. That was heartbreaking. If I would have lost the baby because she chewed threw my pillowcase, found my pill case opened it and ate 10 mgs, I dont think I could have ever forgiven myself...

Its been 6 hours, shes thankfully her normal self. Im out 10 days of meds, which really sucks because my Generalized Anxiety is awful.. And I dont think my doctor would believe this story. Its going to be a rough week. I know it could have been much worse. No more leaving them there!

I'm wondering uf anyone else has a similar story? Please share!

 

[Dumbass#1]

So scared today. I had 10 xanax bars in a container, inside a pillow case. My husband comes in and says Gin (our cat) had this in her mouth. It was 1/4 of a bar. I find a hole in my pillowcase she chewed, and 5 bars missing. I was SO SO SCARED. I've caught her with xans in her mouth before, just carrying them, and was lucky enough to pull it out of the tip of her mouth. I kept a close close eye on her for HOURS afterwards. Nothing. Then hubby found another piece in the washing tub drain. I think she was picking them up, carrying them over and jumping on the washer, then dropping them in the drain. Ive NEVER experienced anything like this with my other 2 cats. So weird.

I had just found my 18 year old passed the other night from a sudden heart attack, or stroke. That was heartbreaking. If I would have lost the baby because she chewed threw my pillowcase, found my pill case opened it and ate 10 mgs, I dont think I could have ever forgiven myself...

Its been 6 hours, shes thankfully her normal self. Im out 10 days of meds, which really sucks because my Generalized Anxiety is awful.. And I dont think my doctor would believe this story. Its going to be a rough week. I know it could have been much worse. No more leaving them there!

I'm wondering uf anyone else has a similar story? Please share!

Sorry no I haven't - with benzos. But I have 4 kitties and and one of them did get a hold of an 80mg OP that I dropped on the floor without noticing. Thankfully my kitty was carrying it in her mouth and dropped it in the floor and I happened to notice.  Some of the protecting coating was damp and part of the 80/0p was smudged off. It was nice getting that pill back but completely scared the shit out of me. I'm trying to be more careful but that's not the first time I've accidentally dropped pills around the house. I also could never forgive myself if anything bad ever happened.  

 

[US Army Veteran]

I have my cat and a dog who licked a Xanax bar  off  the floor each. Two days later I dropped Two halfs of a 30 MG oxy and they licked it up quick as fuck. Lets just say they felt good those few days lol. But they lived!

 

[gadorgirl2]

Sorry no I haven't - with benzos. But I have 4 kitties and and one of them did get a hold of an 80mg OP that I dropped on the floor without noticing. Thankfully my kitty was carrying it in her mouth and dropped it in the floor and I happened to notice.  Some of the protecting coating was damp and part of the 80/0p was smudged off. It was nice getting that pill back but completely scared the shit out of me. I'm trying to be more careful but that's not the first time I've accidentally dropped pills around the house. I also could never forgive myself if anything bad ever happened.  

Oh that would have been terrifying. Im convinced my cat has PICA. She was a rescue, but her foster never mentioned anything about it. It just seems like she likes to eat anything she shouldnt. Coins, stickers, small pieces of paper, and pills. Especially xanax, but its entirely possible that is just because thats what I take. Ive never caught her with a prilosec or anything like that though. I am close to buying a lockbox so that I can take what I need over the open box and any that may fall will do so in the box, not in the carpet. I try to keep them in my dresser but between my husband and myself, sometimes they get dropped. We dont have kids, and my previous cats couldnt have cared less, so it had never been an issue before. Crazy animals.... But we love em!

 

[gadorgirl2]

I have my cat and a dog who licked a Xanax bar  off  the floor each. Two days later I dropped Two halfs of a 30 MG oxy and they licked it up quick as fuck. Lets just say they felt good those few days lol. But they lived!

Yea one or two mgs wouldnt have worried me so much, but at first I was missing 10mgs. In a 6 lb cat that terrified me. Im assuming she thought it was entertaining to pick them up and watch them go down the laundry tub drain. Im so glad she's ok. My xanax.. Not so much. I still cant figure out why she chewed thru the pillow case, then opened the container to get to them. She's a crafty pain in the butt sometimes!