A family has been left heartbroken after two of their cats were poisoned.

Mum-of-two Jenny Donaghy, 28, noticed something was wrong with her four-year-old cat Poppy four weeks ago.

She said: “She came in and was walking really oddly, as though she was drunk.

“We took her to the vets and unfortunately the vet said the best thing we could do was put her to sleep. We didn’t really know what had caused it."

But her other cat, Percy, also became ill on September 3 and needed to be put to sleep.

Mrs Donaghy, of Witham Road, Black Notley, said the vet told her it was probably due to anti-freeze poisoning.