When the blood tests came back the vet asked us. As a matter of fact, we were. But we were careful to clean up all the paint chips. So Nemo couldn't have been eating them. But Nemo's blood had dangerously high levels of the same kind of lead that poisons children.
Pets can also swallow lead dust that collects on rawhides, catnip mice, and other toys.
Because of their relatively small body size, it doesn't take much lead exposure to poison a cat or a dog. We were amazed. And then crushed when the lead in Nemo's blood caused renal failure, and we had to make the decision that every pet owner dreads to make. All Rights Reserved.