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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2004Boots ate dental floss
Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on anything and get pulled. Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W >Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of >Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on anything [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >W Gee, Wendy, I hate to just parrot the "See A Vet" mantra, but if it were my cat, I'd....call the vet today. I'm certainly not an expert, but it seems to me a length of dental floss could become entwined where it shouldn't and cut into tissue. Good luck. Sherry << Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W >> Is there a vet you can call today? I would certainly give him petromalt, laxatone, something like that to move it along. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) << Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W >> Is there a vet you can call today? I would certainly give him petromalt, laxatone, something like that to move it along. I gave him some petromalt this morning. The only vet available today is the "emergency" vet. I guess I have a lousy attitude about them after the unpleasant experience I had with them when I called when our rabbit broke his leg. (them - well how do you know the rabbit has a broken leg? me - because the leg is just flopping around and the bone is poking out through the skin. them - well are you sure? - well it probably isn't a broken leg but bring him in anyway. Later when I get there - now what makes you think he has a broken leg? show them the rabbit with leg hanging loosely and bone sticking out of the skin and then they FINALLY figured I wasn't blind or stupid. They ended up telling me I had to put him to sleep - over a broken leg) That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W << That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W >> Well, I hope he's okay. I guess I'd give him even more petromalt then. Did you have the rabbit put to sleep? Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) << That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W >> Well, I hope he's okay. I guess I'd give him even more petromalt then. Did you have the rabbit put to sleep? Candace Yes they put him to sleep. I didn't know what else to do. They offered no treatment. Nobody else was available and I couldn't leave him that way. They didn't want him there any longer than absolutely necessary because one of their vets was allergic to rabbits. I couldn't just take him home because I didn't know how to keep him quiet and everytime he moved around he was doing more and more damage to the leg. It looked like it was just going to fall off if they didn't do something and they offered no advice or assistance. At least his death was quiet and they didn't botch that. He was the first animal I was with when he died. I'll go give him more petromalt now. He just l o v e s that stuff lol. You'd think it was a treat or something. Boy I wonder if they petromalt flavored treats? W << Yes they put him to sleep. I didn't know what else to do. They offered no treatment. >> Oh, that's sad. Sorry. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) ><< Yes they put him to sleep. I didn't know what else to do. They offered no >treatment. >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other >than human." (Loren Eisely) I hope you filed a complaint with the State Department of Business Regulation. If they get many of those, their licence is revoked. Yay! the petromalt must have kicked in. He just passed the rest of it. W << That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W >> Well, I hope he's okay. I guess I'd give him even more petromalt then. Did you have the rabbit put to sleep? Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) Yeah! Thank goodness! > Yay! the petromalt must have kicked in. He just passed the rest of it. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > other > than human." (Loren Eisely) > Yay! the petromalt must have kicked in. He just passed the rest of it. Hopefully that is ALL of it. He may have chewed through part of it, with the rest of it still inside stuck somewhere. Don't mean to be alarmist here, but this is a serious situation.  Signature"Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck >Yay! the petromalt must have kicked in. He just passed the rest of it. Yeah! I knew I should have bet money on when he'd pass it ;-) << Yay! the petromalt must have kicked in. He just passed the rest of it. W >> Great! That's a relief. Whew. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) >They ended up telling me I had to > put him to sleep - over a broken leg) What did you do instead? Did they refuse to set it? >Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning >constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? >How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? My cat had 6 inches of tinsel hanging out of his butt. I GENTLY and EASILY pulled out a foot long piece of tinsel. I never use tinsel. It must have blown in from the neighbors or something. My cat was fine. I might give your cat a little mineral oil or petramalt to help ease the passage of the floss. If 6 inches was hanging out of his butt, there's probably only 6 inches in there if you only use 12 inches. That means it should just be in his colon, rectum and made it past the rest of his insides. I bet he poops it by tomorrow. Keep him inside and check his litter box. He may even pull it out himself cleaning. Hopefully he doesn't swallow it again. Of course you have to hide all floss from him. >Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning >constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? >How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? My cat had 6 inches of tinsel hanging out of his butt. I GENTLY and EASILY pulled out a foot long piece of tinsel. I never use tinsel. It must have blown in from the neighbors or something. My cat was fine. I might give your cat a little mineral oil or petramalt to help ease the passage of the floss. If 6 inches was hanging out of his butt, there's probably only 6 inches in there if you only use 12 inches. That means it should just be in his colon, rectum and made it past the rest of his insides. I bet he poops it by tomorrow. Keep him inside and check his litter box. He may even pull it out himself cleaning. Hopefully he doesn't swallow it again. Of course you have to hide all floss from him. I've got to hide everything from him. Talk about a getinski. I'm forever finding him IN the trashcans. He digs paper out of them and plays with it. Yea henceforth the floss gets tossed out in the kitchen trashcan with the lid. W >I've got to hide everything from him. Talk about a getinski. I'm forever >finding him IN the trashcans. He digs paper out of them and plays with it. >Yea henceforth the floss gets tossed out in the kitchen trashcan with the >lid. > >W I sympathize--I haave one like him. We have to be so careful with rubber bands in particular. She will eat them, I know she would. And sewing....forget it if she's in the room.. she is attracted to the pins and needles. Sherry >I've got to hide everything from him. Talk about a getinski. I'm forever >finding him IN the trashcans. He digs paper out of them and plays with it. >Yea henceforth the floss gets tossed out in the kitchen trashcan with the >lid. I have to throw away q-tips in some manner in which one of my cats can not get to them. Otherwise she will dig into the trash, find the q-tip and chew on it. I don't know if it is the cotton, the shape makes it an appealing toy or what. I thought perhaps it was earwax since I use them to dry water out of the outer part of my ear after a shower (can not stand water in my ear) but one time she managed to get into the shelf while I was outside working in the gardens. And I learned clean q-tips are just as good. I came in and there were q-tips EVERYWHERE. All over the house. I guess she kept getting more and carrying them off. Since then I have been very careful about letting her find any. circa Mon, 09 Feb 2004 01:59:32 -0600, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, weretable and the undead chairs (weretable@were.diningroom) said, > I have to throw away q-tips in some manner in which one of my cats can > not get to them. Otherwise she will dig into the trash, find the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and carrying them off. Since then I have been very careful about > letting her find any. Are you sure you haven't been in my house, watching my cats? I even have the "can't stand wet ears" thing. Okay, I admit it, I wrote this post. Okay, not. ;-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of > Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on anything [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > W Anything stringy of length ingested requires a visit to the vet. String can get tangled up in the GI causing real damage. Since you don't know exactly how much was consumed, best you get to the vet asap. Signature"Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck Wendy wrote: > Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of > Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on anything [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > W Anything stringy of length ingested requires a visit to the vet. String can get tangled up in the GI causing real damage. Since you don't know exactly how much was consumed, best you get to the vet asap. -- "Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck Actually I have a pretty good idea how much he ate. He got it out of the trash not out of the dispenser. > Wendy wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Actually I have a pretty good idea how much he ate. He got it out of the > trash not out of the dispenser. Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but a lot of people keep a jar with lid for used floss and then toss to avoid this. Glad he passed it. Karen in article QvudnWdR-4_tYbvdRVn-jQ@comcast.com, Wendy at wendypart@nospam.com wrote on 2/8/04 9:20 PM: >> Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of >> Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Actually I have a pretty good idea how much he ate. He got it out of the > trash not out of the dispenser. Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but a lot of people keep a jar with lid for used floss and then toss to avoid this. Glad he passed it. Karen Next time I empty a tissue box (one of the upright ones with the plastic across the top) I'm going to recycle it for floss. I'll have to look around to see if I have something that will work in the meantime or just make a trip to the other room to use the one with the lid. I have never had a cat get into as much as this one. I must not be raising him right lol. I probably should have kept two of the kittens so they could occupy each other. Isabelle plays will him sometimes but not enought to keep him out of trouble. Oh well at least he leaves the toilet paper alone. Tiggy used to drag it all over the house when she was his age. He's so cute! lol W >From: "Wendy" wendypart@nospam.com >I have never had a cat get into as much as this one. I must not be raising >him right lol. I probably should have kept two of the kittens so they could >occupy each other. Isabelle plays will him sometimes but not enought to keep >him out of trouble. Oh well at least he leaves the toilet paper alone. Tiggy >used to drag it all over the house when she was his age. LOL, I think some of them just like getting into trouble and making us crazy :) I have 2 cats and even though they keep each other occupied, Mickey still gets in trouble. My Mickey managed to get himself in the basement ceiling yesterday. I was upstairs when all of the sudden I heard a thud sound coming from the duct work. I went down the basement and I couldn't find Mickey. Then I heard a meow and there he was, between the ceiling and the upstairs floor. Evidentally, he had jumped up onto the basement window and then into an opening in the ceiling that's near the window. I didn't know how I was going to get him down so finally I grabbed his favorite feather toy to entice him. He came to the edge of the opening so then I climbed up on my desk down there and pulled him out through the opening. My husband has since sealed up the opening with some window screen. Do you have any pics of your kitty posted anywhere? Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm >>From: "Wendy" wendypart@nospam.com > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html >Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm If there is an opening anywhere they will investigate it. Whenever I clean the cold air intakes by taking them off, I have to block the openings. The old saying :Curiosity killed the cat". >in article QvudnWdR-4_tYbvdRVn-jQ@comcast.com, Wendy at wendypart@nospam.com >wrote on 2/8/04 9:20 PM: [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > >W Re: dental floss. I always fold it a couple of times and tie a knot in it -- less likely to be swallowed by any creature. I am also thinking of the birds at the county dump. Also be sure to cut those plastic rings that hold juice, etc. >From: m. L. Briggs mlbriggs@nospam.net >Also be sure to cut those >plastic rings that hold juice, etc. Great advice. We do that at work with the rings from soda cans. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm circa Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:59:36 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, m. L. Briggs (mlbriggs@nospam.net) said, > Re: dental floss. I always fold it a couple of times and tie a knot > in it -- less likely to be swallowed by any creature. I am also > thinking of the birds at the county dump. Also be sure to cut those > plastic rings that hold juice, etc. And I thought I was the only one... :-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:59:36 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > m. L. Briggs (mlbriggs@nospam.net) said, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Laura Nope. Me too! :) >> circa Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:59:36 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >> m. L. Briggs (mlbriggs@nospam.net) said, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Nope. Me too! :) I didn't before but I will now. I did know not to let go off helium balloons. > > m. L. Briggs (mlbriggs@nospam.net) said, .... Also be sure to cut those > >>plastic rings that hold juice, etc. > >> > > And I thought I was the only one... :-) > > Laura > > Nope. Me too! :) Me three. Annie, who also cuts the handles on the plastic shopping bags Wendy <wendypart@nospam.com> quoth: \>"Karen Chuplis" <kchuplis@alltel.net> wrote in message >Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but a lot of people keep a jar with lid >for used floss and then toss to avoid this. Glad he passed it. >Next time I empty a tissue box (one of the upright ones with the plastic >across the top) I'm going to recycle it for floss. I'll have to look around >to see if I have something that will work in the meantime or just make a >trip to the other room to use the one with the lid. I got a cookie jar shaped like a cat with a mouse on its back -- the mouse is the handle to the lid. I keep it on the vanity and use it for used floss, Q-Tips, etc. My Caley LOVES used Q-Tips. Priscilla >Wendy <wendypart@nospam.com> quoth: >\>"Karen Chuplis" <kchuplis@alltel.net> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Priscilla Yes yes, I had a cat (LuckyBoy) who just went bonkers over q-tips. Like they were a mouse. He would bat it around and then proudly march from room to room with it dangling from his mouth. Very funny. I would just pet him and praise the powerful hunter. Such speed. Such strength. Such guile. The current pair show little interest in q-tips. I missed the beginning of this thread (oops, bad pun). I assume that someone told the OP that, no matter what, don't pull the floss when it makes an appearance? dgk <sonicechoes-spamless@hot-nospamp-mail.com> quoth: >>Wendy <wendypart@nospam.com> quoth: >>\>"Karen Chuplis" <kchuplis@alltel.net> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>is the handle to the lid. I keep it on the vanity and use it for used >>floss, Q-Tips, etc. My Caley LOVES used Q-Tips. >Yes yes, I had a cat (LuckyBoy) who just went bonkers over q-tips. >Like they were a mouse. He would bat it around and then proudly march >from room to room with it dangling from his mouth. Very funny. I would >just pet him and praise the powerful hunter. Such speed. Such >strength. Such guile. The current pair show little interest in q-tips. Caley doesn't just carry them around. She chews them into pieces. Only the used ones! She apparently finds ear wax mighty tasty. Eeeeeewwwww! >I missed the beginning of this thread (oops, bad pun). I assume that >someone told the OP that, no matter what, don't pull the floss when it >makes an appearance? They knew, but good reminder for anyone coming in late. Priscilla |
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