{"id":87099,"date":"2022-04-22T12:05:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-happens-if-my-cat-gets-stung-by-a-scorpion\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:05:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:05:51","slug":"what-happens-if-my-cat-gets-stung-by-a-scorpion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-happens-if-my-cat-gets-stung-by-a-scorpion\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens if my cat gets stung by a scorpion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-happens-if-my-cat-gets-stung-by-a-scorpion\/#What_happens_if_my_cat_gets_stung_by_a_scorpion\" title=\"What happens if my cat gets stung by a scorpion?\">What happens if my cat gets stung by a scorpion?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-happens-if-my-cat-gets-stung-by-a-scorpion\/#Can_cats_catch_scorpions\" title=\"Can cats catch scorpions?\">Can cats catch scorpions?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-happens-if-my-cat-gets-stung-by-a-scorpion\/#Can_cats_see_scorpions_at_night\" title=\"Can cats see scorpions at night?\">Can cats see scorpions at night?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-happens-if-my-cat-gets-stung-by-a-scorpion\/#Do_cats_deter_scorpions\" title=\"Do cats deter scorpions?\">Do cats deter scorpions?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_happens_if_my_cat_gets_stung_by_a_scorpion\"><\/span>What happens if my cat gets stung by a scorpion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After a scorpion sting, your cat is likely to experience some discomfort at the site with some possible soreness or discomfort as well as: <b>Localized pain accompanied by licking, limping, or rubbing. <\/b><b>Trouble swallowing or breathing<\/b><b>Difficulty urinating or defecating<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_cats_catch_scorpions\"><\/span>Can cats catch scorpions?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Cats are fast and like to catch and play with scorpions and other pests. Although their fur may help protect them from scorpion stings, cats are not immune and can get stung.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_cats_see_scorpions_at_night\"><\/span>Can cats see scorpions at night?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cats and scorpions Their agility allows them to dodge tail strikes, and <b>their good eyesightespecially at night when scorpions are activehelps them either avoid or hunt scorpions who are themselves on the hunt. Most cats see bark scorpions as prey.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_cats_deter_scorpions\"><\/span>Do cats deter scorpions?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Cats are unlikely to be a complete scorpion deterrent on their own. Granted, if a scorpion spots a cat, it will most likely flee, and a cat will most likely love pursuing them.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What happens if my cat gets stung by a scorpion?Can cats catch scorpions?Can cats see scorpions at night?Do cats deter scorpions? What happens if my cat gets stung by a scorpion? After a scorpion sting, your cat is likely to experience some discomfort at the site with some possible soreness or discomfort&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}