nala's been electricuted! URGENT

i went in my room to cos i heard a strange bang and nala was darting round crazily and acting starange. then when i looked up she had managed to squeeze her way behind A cabnet which must weigh a tonne as its full of clothes and shes eaten a wire.

the wire was covered in like black stuff im presuming its caught fire or something as shes bitten it. she was in shock but has calmed right down now and is eating and drinking etc and looks fine

will she be fine tho? should i take her to vet?

ive checked her teeth there fine and as i said shes acting normal now that she is no longer in shock

what should i do?

I'm glad she's OK!

Perhaps ring an emergency vet? Keep an eye on her at least.

Possibly more important will be to switch off/isolate the electrics that she chewed and maybe get an electrician out to check things so that there is no potential for an electrical fire.

thursday said:

I'm glad she's OK!

Perhaps ring an emergency vet? Keep an eye on her at least.

Possibly more important will be to switch off/isolate the electrics that she chewed and maybe get an electrician out to check things so that there is no potential for an electrical fire.

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shes sat with me and i have turned all the plug sockets off in that room?? is this what u mean by isolate?

double post sorry

Strawberry has chewed through an electric cable before and the system just shorted so I dont think he got shocked.

If she appears fine now I would just keep a close eye on her.

sam and nala said:

shes sat with me and i have turned all the plug sockets off in that room?? is this what u mean by isolate?

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I'm not sure what she chewed, but if it was just something like the cord to the TV then yes, unplugging the rest of the wire, turning it off at the wall and not using it should be OK.

If the wire is actually part of your electricity circuit you may need to speak to an electrician.

You need to check inside her mouth for burns

Just to be clear - make sure the wire she bit is unplugged from the socket. It needs to be repaired properly by a qualified electrician or someone who's good at DIY.
I remember a story a while back of a bun who chewed a cord and burnt out an entire home!
Good to hear Nala is ok but keep an eye just in case.

Hoping Nala is ok today?

The black you see would have been soot from where the electrics shorted out...it would have cut out on the trip I expect, no fire, so don't worry. Any electrics not in use...if you switch them off at the wall socket yes that isolates them.

Please don't use that cable again - if you touch the bare wire whilst it is plugged in and on you will get a shock off a live mains. It needs to be repaired properly.
It happened to us but fortunately I had isolated the hoover at the wall point before I left the room, if I hadn't I'd have been faced with what you were! :shock: It must have been an awful shock for you ...I hope you had a nice sweet cup of tea afterwards and that Nala is fine today. Good strong heart she has!

Jaki chewed through my laptop wire, don't know how she never got a shock. I kept using it for a wee while til one day I moved it a bit and it sparked at me :?
She has also chewed through 2 broadband wires :evil: Cost me a tenner each time to replace them!! But she appears to have no side affects from her crazy chewing habits.

Hope Nala is ok now, she must have got some fright x

Jaki5 said:

Jaki chewed through my laptop wire, don't know how she never got a shock. I kept using it for a wee while til one day I moved it a bit and it sparked at me :?
She has also chewed through 2 broadband wires :evil: Cost me a tenner each time to replace them!! But she appears to have no side affects from her crazy chewing habits.

Hope Nala is ok now, she must have got some fright x

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If the laptop wire was the side of the power supply the current has been converted down for the laptop and is too low voltage to give a shock - probably just a tingle. Same with network cables - actually not sure network cables even carry a charge? Not sure they do.
The ones to worry about are mains cables coming directly from the mains sockets without a converter that alters the type and strength of current.

prettylupin said:

If the laptop wire was the side of the power supply the current has been converted down for the laptop and is too low voltage to give a shock - probably just a tingle. Same with network cables - actually not sure network cables even carry a charge? Not sure they do.
The ones to worry about are mains cables coming directly from the mains sockets without a converter that alters the type and strength of current.

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Oh that's good to know!! Every other socket is covered so she can't get near them. Just have to figure out where to buy a new laptop charger from, its murder not having access to my own laptop x