Dangers of Snowglobes and Cats: Snow Globes Contain Anti-Freeze

This is the story of Charlie. We adopted him in May 2006 during an All Pet Adopt-A-Thon I founded and organized in Jacksonville, Florida.

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He was about 4 months old and had a beautiful coat, fabulous eyes, and a face you couldn't resist! I knew he had to be mine.

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His fur grew longer, his eyes turned a beautiful blue-gray, and his tail was the envy of all the kitties.

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On Christmas Eve day 2006, my beautiful Ragdoll wannabe Charlie was being himself, into everything.

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However, we have a couple of kitties that have acquired door-opening skills. I didn't want to disturb him, so I walked by and headed for work.

Later in the day, I received a call from my husband saying I would not be too happy because Charlie had jumped on the chest of drawers, knocked over a snow globe, and it had broken.

I work retail, so I got home after 6:00 p.m. that evening and noticed Charlie behaving strangely. His big fluffy tail was down, and he seemed not to be feeling well.

Jim said Charlie had joined him for a nap earlier and was very affectionate, rubbing all over him, and wouldn't leave him alone.

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