Q: Panda, our black and white tuxedo cat who also responds to the more fitting name of Pandemonium, plays with the centipedes in our bathroom. If she eats one, could it harm her? A: No, but eating too many of them could result in stomach upset. The greater concern is that centipedes bite, and the bite feels like a bee sting. Centipedes don’t actually use their mouthparts to bite, but their first pair of legs has pincers called forcipules that puncture ants, cockroaches, worms, and other small creatures, injecting venom that paralyzes them. The venom of the small, delicate centipedes so common in damp areas of the home isn’t dangerous to a cat, but if Panda tangles with a centipede’s forcipules, the wound will hurt, and she’ll need to see her veterinarian for wound care and pain relief. Perhaps that will teach her not to play with centipedes. On the …