My cat's been drinking from the pool. I think she's doing it because the salinity is low right now (1400ppm). I just had an ominous conversation w/the vet about the danger of salt poisoning. She wouldn't commit to a safe level, so I'm having to play it safe by cutting it short. Tomorrow I'm going to be calling around other vets to get their input, but until then, does anyone here know anything about this? I've tried Googling it, but most of the material I'm finding is about dogs and it seems like dogs aren't quite so threatened by salt.
The reason my salt is low is that I'm nearing the end of the season, so I was just going to get by on chlorine until the fall. But now I'm wondering if I should crank up the salt to the 3000ppm range, so the cat will be warded off by the taste. Obviously, increasing the amount of poison seems like a backwards way of handling this, so I just want to be very careful.
The reason my salt is low is that I'm nearing the end of the season, so I was just going to get by on chlorine until the fall. But now I'm wondering if I should crank up the salt to the 3000ppm range, so the cat will be warded off by the taste. Obviously, increasing the amount of poison seems like a backwards way of handling this, so I just want to be very careful.