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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raging Epistaxis" data-source="post: 1817956" data-attributes="member: 1169">Sounds scary, but I'm glad to hear your kitty is feeling ok.First a disclaimer: I am a vet, but AFAIK I have never seen your cat professionally, and any of this may or may not apply to her situation.  In other words, take your cat to be checked by her vet ASAP. Consider this advise to be from an educated source, but not gospel truth.From your description I have a couple of sleep-deprived thoughts.•If she's acting completely normal now, and never had an episode like this before, and doesn't have any more then that's generally a sign that it's not an immediate life-or-death situation.•I have seen cats that have had seizure-like episodes after some extremely excitatory event.  Basically a form of epilepsy that is triggered by a hyper-excitable state, kinda like the feline equivalent of a 'panic attack' that leads to a seizure.•Of course there are a multitude of other conditions that can affect the central nervous system and result in seizures of varying intensity and duration.  These are the things your vet can talk to you at length about and test for any possibilities.As Mr. Lambert said, a good basic reaction to them having eaten/drank something they shouldn't have is to induce vomiting. If you can catch it before it's absorbed or passed on to the intestines.  (30 minutes or so in most cases)The big exception to that is when a caustic chemical (bleach, strong acids, or strong alkalai) is swallowed, it's much better to have the stomach pumped ASAP, rather than inducing vomiting.  Why?  Because it burned on the way down, and it will burn again on the way back up. One of the worst sequelae to such ingestions is esophageal scarring and stricture (scar contraction).  It's a real pain to deal with.  Just ask anyone with chronic reflux (heartburn) disease.  There's also the throat and nasal burns possible if it heads up that way on the way out. Pleasant, no? Having said that, I suspect the actual quantity of bleach in the water of the bowel itself is not sufficent to cause significant burns, but could cause other health issues. Tell Shark 'no bowl water for you!'In a nutshell:  Watch your kitty closely and have her checked ASAP. It may have been a seizure, but they can be a 'normal' thing under certain circumstances.Raging E.</blockquote>

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