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July 3, 2005
Kitty Should Stick to Catnip
Catnip flower (against a background of Cocopah corn and Navajo melon).
A cat's been treated for liver problems after regularly getting
drunk at his local pub in Stockton-on-Tees.
Joey developed a taste for lager, cider and a rum-based fruit drink
during trips to the Teal Arms in Ingelby Barwick.
The tomcat is now drinking only milk and has been barred from the
pub by landlady Lynne Thomas.
Owner Katie Perfitt said she was unable to explain her pet's hyper
night-time behaviour until she followed and spotted him going into
the pub, reports The Sun.
Katie said: "The landlady asked, 'Is that your cat?' When I asked
why, she said, 'Well, he's a regular. He's in here every night
helping himself to everyone's drinks'."
She said: "He was a nutter when he came back - totally hyper. He'd
attack the duvet on my bed, then jump on my plate while I was
eating. Next minute he'd be flat out snoring his head off and nothing would wake him. I couldn't work out what was wrong."
When she took Joey to the vet, she said she was told his liver was
swollen from alcohol abuse.
-Sun Online, reprinted without permission.
Posted by Sue at July 3, 2005 11:03 AM
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