Pets

[mare ze dotes]

Cats and PG is a real concern. Not that it is a huge problem, but I have to share that when I started vaping my cat got a bit bent out of shape in the itchiness area. to make a long story short I cut back on the PG and kitty is feeling much better. I will never know for sure is that was the problem. If you don't like cats, you don't care, but if you do It is something to consider.

 

[TruckDrivinMama]

Sometimes my vaping cloud floats near my bearded dragon and he loves looking at the cloud and chasing it. He bobs his head at it sometimes esp when it is spring time. But i open the window to let most of it out just as a precaution. When he starts licking the vapour, i put him in another room.

 

[AgentAnia]

I've been vaping for 11 months, mostly at home and around 2 cats (who hated cigarette smoke), and so far I've seen no negative reactions to the vapor.

 

[kabonk]

vaping doesn't bother my cat or my dog. I try to fan it away if my cat comes up and tries to sniff it he likes my strawberry e-juice

 

[Rocketpunk]

Well, I have two guinea pigs and I vape constantly in my bedroom. They're the same as they've ever been (rambunctious and full of attitude), and I bought them before I started vaping. I never smoked in the house, though. Occasionally they sneeze, but it's cute when they do. And as long as it's just a random sneeze, it doesn't worry me.

GPF FGP

"Guinea Pigs Forever, Forever Guinea Pigs" Amun dalay.

 

[Whosback]

Well it might be that like people some cats are more sensitive to PG? I am totally pulling that outta my bum, but still might be worth considering.

What is your PG/VG ratio anyway? Might be worth adjusting just to be safe (cats rely on us to give them a healthy environment after all). Might be fun to.

I do hope everything gets worked out for you though.

 

[THETOTALLYCOOL]

My dogs don't like it, especially one of them. However, that one is prone to allergies and I have noticed nothing in that area related to vaping. I think it's just an offensive cloud of particulates.

 

[Wow1420]

My cat shows no reaction at all to my vaping. He's always been a scardy cat and rather aloof. He generally only comes near me when he wants to be fed. He's sitting right next to me now, waiting for his dinner and he's not reacting to my vaping at all. I've seen no changes in his behavior or appearance after 7 months of vaping.

He's getting rather insistent, I'd best go feed his royal highness.

 

[Butters78]

I was over my friend Skillet's house and I started vaping some of my diy tobacco and the dog started humping the lazy boy recliner. Skillet chased him off with a rolled up Victoria's secret catalog.

 

[Butters78]

Awesome post vato!

Well, I have two guinea pigs and I vape constantly in my bedroom. They're the same as they've ever been (rambunctious and full of attitude), and I bought them before I started vaping. I never smoked in the house, though. Occasionally they sneeze, but it's cute when they do. And as long as it's just a random sneeze, it doesn't worry me.

GPF FGP

"Guinea Pigs Forever, Forever Guinea Pigs" Amun dalay.

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[Kris Bury]

i know birds (parrots) have sensitive respiratory systems and you should not smoke around them but i wonder about vaping

 

[madqatter]

Well it might be that like people some cats are more sensitive to PG?

Could be the PG, could be the flavors, I really don't know, but it's definitely convinced the cat she needs to remove patches of fur.

What is your PG/VG ratio anyway?

Right now I've got a lot of juices in different ratios, but I think that as I vape through the stash I'll want to replace with higher VG, just in case that will help.

I do hope everything gets worked out for you though.

Now that I've aired out the house and stopped vaping indoors, I think the biggest problem will be the hairballs that must follow chewing off so much fur.

 

[Kris Bury]

you also have to consider that it may have nothing to do with vaping, there are a number of common things that could cause that reaction, at the very least a phone call to a vet might help

 

[Kris Bury]

could just be a coincidence that it happened around the same time but better safe than sorry

 

[Cactus Breath]

We have 3 cats. I vape in the house and none of them have shown any adverse reaction to it (other than occasionally being fixated watching the clouds float in the air). Their daily habits (grooming, eating, etc.) haven't changed one bit, nor have they shown any indication of it affecting their health. I do notice that my older cat (15 years) doesn't wheeze anymore when sleeping, as he used to do when I smoked in the house.

 

[madqatter]

you also have to consider that it may have nothing to do with vaping

Of course. But given that nothing else has changed (food, furniture, toys, schedule, etc.), that PG is toxic enough to cats that it's not used in cat products, and that other vapers have reported similar problems, it's a reasonable hypothesis and well worth my taking precautions.

 

[HauntedMyst]

My dog never hung around me when I smoked. Before I vaped, he would sit next to me all day. Now he goes out in the hall when I vape. This week I picked up a Venison/Bison e-liquid and he about lost is freaking mind! He started hunting around my office so much it was distracting so I kicked him out of my office. Then he started running around the house in a frenzy so I let him outside. Big mistake. Our neighbors have urban chickens. Well...they had urban chickens. Riggs had a full dinner of 3 hens and killed of a rooster. I apologized and gave them $20 to buy new chickens and even offered to BBQ the rooster but they kept saying "We can't eat Jerry, he was a family pet!" while blubbering. Yeah right. If it doesn't come when you call it, it's not a family pet. That's the rules and that's just common sense. On the bright side, it did give me the idea to order some Salmon Clam e-liquid in the hopes he eats the fish out of our other neighbors Koi pond. I don't mind fish but hearing the splashing pump makes me want to go to the bathroom when I walk out to the garage and I'm all like "Damn it, I just left the house and pee'd already. Now I have to go again."

 

[Robino1]

Cats also develope allergies. One cat that I had, developed an allergy to the plastic in the food bowl. He would self mutilate his ear. I switched to stainless steel and he had to wear a cone for a while but after it came off, no more problems.

If your cat is removing fur in patches, definitely get a vet involved.

 

[Steelgirl]

I have two young cats. They don't avoid the vape at all. The girl cat is a cuddle bug and stays on my lap or lays on kitchen table while I'm drinking coffee and vaping. I sometime blow vape rings past her and she reaches up at breaks them. Waits for me to do it some more

 

[AgentAnia]

Cats also develope allergies. One cat that I had, developed an allergy to the plastic in the food bowl. He would self mutilate his ear. I switched to stainless steel and he had to wear a cone for a while but after it came off, no more problems.

If your cat is removing fur in patches, definitely get a vet involved.

I totally agree. OP, if your cat has reached the point off chewing off fur, out of kindness to the cat if nothing else, you need to get him to the vet ASAP!

You don't have to be born with allergies. I developed them in my 40's. One of my cats, at age 5, developed an allergy to fish, of all things. Now she's on dry food with no fish ingredients of any sort and is doing fine.