Nic Liquid and Pets

[Katmar]

Thank you for all the responses. I think we need to be vigilant about letting new members know how important this is. Maybe there should be a sticky with "Pets and Children" in the title?

Totally agree/!!

[River]

I take a lot of caution around my pets and my niquids. Hand washing and storage security is vaping pet owner 101.

I also went one step further by filling old bottles with water and dropping them onto the floor in front of the pet and giving a loud "leave it!" and then following up with a treat when the pets attention came back to me and they left it alone.

I repeated dozens( if not hundreds) of times until I could increase time between picking it up and distance I could have it bounce around and them not go after it.

The goal is for the pet to know it is not something to mess with so in the off chance a bottle gets carelessly not noticed and left on a table or dropped the dog will not get into it and a tragedy happen.

To me this is something that if you think could ever happen you bring in a professional dog trainer to handle. What's a couple of hundred bucks in comparason to keeping your pet healthy? Nothing, that's what...

EDIT: Btw, dogs do NOT generalize, use different types and sizes of bottles (5ml, 15ml, 30ml glass and plastic) if you try the training route: ugh so much more info to get across like positive vs. negative reinforcement and timing on your reward giving...hmmmm, this may call for a video.

[sbphotog]

Just like I would never leave a pack of smokes and a lighter within reach, same goes for my vaping supplies.....
I keep my bottle in my purse in a zippered pocket and the rest of my supplies in a locked toolbox and the toolbox is placed on top of a high hutch where my kid and the cats can't get to.

[Katmar]

Just like I would never leave a pack of smokes and a lighter within reach, same goes for my vaping supplies.....
I keep my bottle in my purse in a zippered pocket and the rest of my supplies in a locked toolbox and the toolbox is placed on top of a high hutch where my kid and the cats can't get to.

Purse AND a toolbox!!! I LIKE you!!!!!

[GoodDog]

I take a lot of caution around my pets and my niquids. Hand washing and storage security is vaping pet owner 101.

I also went one step further by filling old bottles with water and dropping them onto the floor in front of the pet and giving a loud "leave it!" and then following up with a treat when the pets attention came back to me and they left it alone.

I repeated dozens( if not hundreds) of times until I could increase time between picking it up and distance I could have it bounce around and them not go after it.

The goal is for the pet to know it is not something to mess with so in the off chance a bottle gets carelessly not noticed and left on a table or dropped the dog will not get into it and a tragedy happen.

To me this is something that if you think could ever happen you bring in a professional dog trainer to handle. What's a couple of hundred bucks in comparason to keeping your pet healthy? Nothing, that's what...

EDIT: Btw, dogs do NOT generalize, use different types and sizes of bottles (5ml, 15ml, 30ml glass and plastic) if you try the training route: ugh so much more info to get across like positive vs. negative reinforcement and timing on your reward giving...hmmmm, this may call for a video.

Great advise and yes, if you could do a video I think it should be a sticky. This is just waaay too important!

My dog never gets into anything or does anything wrong but my cat is a brat! He chews up my shoes and gets into everything new I bring home! I think I've spoiled him a little too much (if that's possible).

[sbphotog]

Purse AND a toolbox!!! I LIKE you!!!!!

lol, i'm kinda tomboyish......

[moonlight]

I've also heard that PG by itself is particularly harmful to cats...so it's not just the nicotine.

[GoodDog]

I've also heard that PG by itself is particularly harmful to cats...so it's not just the nicotine.

Thanks... good to know! I love my feral/rescued "brat cat" soooo much! He depends on me to keep him safe.

[discoqueen]

Just one more thing to add to the list of "dont' leave unattended".......

The rubber caps, or "condoms" as many people call them.

I have a cat that actually STEALS anything that is plastic or rubber. And if she can run off with it, she eats it. We've caught her with plastic wrappers, rubber bands, you name it.
She had a very unfortunate incident with a "Plink" late one evening and I was sure she was a goner. (If you don't know what a Plink is, google it.......) Yet after much drooling, frothing at the mouth, flushing her mouth out with water over and over......she survived, and STILL she tries to steal things.

I know in my heart that if given the opportunity, she would steal these little rubber caps and try to eat them. I fear it would kill her.

So we're VERY careful to keep them contained in something with a lid, and up out of her sneaky little reach.

[GoodDog]

Just one more thing to add to the list of "dont' leave unattended".......

The rubber caps, or "condoms" as many people call them.

I have a cat that actually STEALS anything that is plastic or rubber. And if she can run off with it, she eats it. We've caught her with plastic wrappers, rubber bands, you name it.
She had a very unfortunate incident with a "Plink" late one evening and I was sure she was a goner. (If you don't know what a Plink is, google it.......) Yet after much drooling, frothing at the mouth, flushing her mouth out with water over and over......she survived, and STILL she tries to steal things.

I know in my heart that if given the opportunity, she would steal these little rubber caps and try to eat them. I fear it would kill her.

So we're VERY careful to keep them contained in something with a lid, and up out of her sneaky little reach.

I thought my cat was the only one obsessed with anything rubber or plastic. Keeping him safe is more difficult than child-proofing a home!