Cat Health & Safety

Most antifreeze (or engine coolant) contains ethylene glycol — an extremely dangerous compound for animals (and people!). For your cat, even just a lick or two — an amount they can easily get on their paw from walking through a spill — can destroy their kidneys and be fatal. Because cats are so sensitive to the toxic effects of ethylene glycol, even the addition of a bittering agent to antifreeze, which manufacturers agreed to start doing in 2012, isn’t necessarily enough to keep your cat truly safe. The best way to protect your cat from this all-too-common danger is to properly store antifreeze, promptly clean up all spills and leaks, keep your cat indoors (including out of the garage), and strongly consider using a pet-safer* propylene glycol-based antifreeze.

*No antifreeze is truly pet-safe, but propylene glycol-based products are far safer than those with ethylene glycol (even those with bittering agents added).