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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2005Cat ate string story....
My male neutered cat "The Neek" ate a Yoyo string of about 5 feet (1.6 meters) in length that a friend had left lying around. The cat loves eating strings so we usually are very careful but accidents do happen and my friend wasn't aware of my cats predisposition to string eating. That was Saturday a week ago. On Wednesday (4 days later) the Neek started looking not so well and Thursday when I came home from work he had vomitted all over the place. He also would not eat, not even his favourite food. Tursday night he started vomitting even water. Friday he looked even worse and I decided to take some time off to take him to the vet. They thought he might have intestinal blockage. At that point he was also running a fever (I think it was 104.5) and he was dehydrated. They ended up giving him infusions and some antibiotics but could not see the blockage on the X-Ray. Therefore I decided to take him home. On Saturday(one week after the string eating) I went to pick him up and brought him home. The first thing he did was to vomitt 6 times in my bedroom. Nonetheless he started to look a little better on Sunday and on Monday he started eating a little. Today he pooped for the first time in a week and actually passed the string ten days after eating it. He actually pooped 5 times today and has started beating the crap out of his cat sister reclaiming his territory that he lost when he was sick. It was probably a pretty narrow escape --> watch out for strings and kitties..... > My male neutered cat "The Neek" ate a Yoyo string of about 5 feet (1.6 > meters) in length that a friend had left lying around. The cat loves [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > sick. It was probably a pretty narrow escape --> watch out for strings > and kitties..... You are so lucky. I'm glad he is okay. > My male neutered cat "The Neek" ate a Yoyo string of about 5 feet (1.6 > meters) in length that a friend had left lying around. The cat loves [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > sick. It was probably a pretty narrow escape --> watch out for strings > and kitties..... Way narrow. You are extremely fortunate. I would never have waited as long as you did. I'm glad he is OK. You might even put a sign up somewhere "No String" for visitors. > My male neutered cat "The Neek" ate a Yoyo string of about 5 feet (1.6 > meters) in length that a friend had left lying around. The cat loves [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > sick. It was probably a pretty narrow escape --> watch out for strings > and kitties..... Scary, scary, scary. MLB > My male neutered cat "The Neek" ate a Yoyo string of about 5 feet (1.6 > meters) in length that a friend had left lying around. The cat loves [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > sick. It was probably a pretty narrow escape --> watch out for strings > and kitties..... He was incredibly lucky! I'm glad he's ok. You took a very dangerous risk by waiting so long to get him to a vet.. In the future, if you ever see a string hanging out of his butt or his mouth, *don't* pull it - the other end could be tangled in his intestine. Pulling the string could cause the string to pleat up his intestine and/or cut through his intestine wall. This is what a piece of string can do to a cat's intestine: http://www.maxshouse.com/Illustrations/String_in_intestine.jpg If the string doesn't show up on an x-ray- that doesn't necessarily mean it passed. String sometimes doesn't show up on plain x-rays. If ultrasounds aren't available, the string can be seen on a dye study. http://www.maxshouse.com/Illustrations/upper_GI_study.jpg Thank your lucky stars! Phil >It was probably a pretty narrow escape --> watch out for strings > and kitties..... Yes, a *very* narrow escape. I'm so glad you had this happy outcome. Now, I would like to remind readers to also watch *very* carefully for rubber bands (put them on your wrist until you can dispose of them properly -- cats love them, and they can be deadly), ribbon, toys with elastic or cords attached (and which should *never* be left out unless you are in the room to monitor the situation), toys with items attached that could be scratched or bitten loose (such as little beaded eyes -- remove them), foil "icicles" at Christmas, etc. In addition, you should immediately dispose of those little styrofoam packing "peanuts" that cats like to play with. They will sometimes be ingested, with unfortunate results, and watch out for small pieces of plastic that a cat might swallow (hard objects such as the little plastic "curls" and ends of bottle caps that are small enough to be swallowed and also soft plastic such as the wrapper that is used when packing medication and some food). All of these things can cause severe problems and are even potentially fatal. MaryL The reason why I waited until Thursday was that he had eaten Strings before and turned out to be fine. I went to the vet a few times for previous string incidents and they always told me to wait and see if it passes. As for the rubberbands those were baned from the household a while back since the Neek used to find them even in closed drawers if he had watched us put them in there. We also have a 11 months old baby so the house is pretty cat/kid proof. In regards to the X-ray, the vet we went to told us that if the string has caused a blockage it would show up on the X-ray? > The reason why I waited until Thursday was that he had eaten Strings > before and turned out to be fine. I went to the vet a few times for > previous string incidents and they always told me to wait and see if it > passes. You really have been very lucky. I'm glad he is okay. > The reason why I waited until Thursday was that he had eaten Strings > before and turned out to be fine. I went to the vet a few times for [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to told us that if the string has caused a blockage it would show up on > the X-ray? SInce it is soft and porous, not necessarily, but an upper GI series would have shown. I can see waiting if the cat is not vomiting, but once vomiting starts that is serious. Glad to hear that he is better. They are such stinkers. Finicky as heck about food, but will eat whatever they find off the carpet. YOu can't even fool them by putting food on the carpet. STinkers. Cat Slave <i_hear_the_lampire_down@yahoo.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > My male neutered cat "The Neek" ate a Yoyo string of about 5 feet > (1.6 meters) in length that a friend had left lying around. The [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > his territory that he lost when he was sick. It was probably a > pretty narrow escape --> watch out for strings and kitties..... The two times Kami ate string, one was three feet of red nylon cord from a toy, and the other was about 6 feet of audio tape. Both time I took her to the vet IMMEDIATELY and they had me give her mega doses of Petromalt three times a day and if it didn't come out by the third day they'd have to go in after it. Luckily, she passed the items. But string is very danger ous and should not be taken lightly. The nylon cord was prime material for sawing its way through her intestines and causing extreme illness and even death. If your kitty eats string again, do something immediately--don't wait.  SignatureBrandy??Alexandre? http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx Well, would you? Brandy?Alexandre <brandyalx@kittylittercomcast.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > The two times Kami ate string, one was three feet of red nylon cord > from a toy, and the other was about 6 feet of audio tape. Both time [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > If your kitty eats string again, do something immediately--don't > wait. BTW, just to be gross, she didn't actually "pass" the audio tape. It was digested in a manner that told me it came out simply by the color of the poo. ;) I got lucky with the red cord, too, because it came out bunched up into one poo instead dangling. Nothing like inspecting one's cat's bowel movements. Eh? SignatureBrandy??Alexandre? http://www.swydm.com/?refer=BrandyAlx Well, would you? >BTW, just to be gross, she didn't actually "pass" the audio tape. It >was digested in a manner that told me it came out simply by the color >of the poo. ;) I got lucky with the red cord, too, because it came >out bunched up into one poo instead dangling. Maynard did the audio tape thing when he was about 6 months old. I discovered two cats chasing after him, trying to chase the dangling tape. I had to snip it off so they would leave him alone. I learned to keep my tapes put away after that. Easter grass is still contraband in this house. Maynard will still eat it. Kira chewed my earphone cords. I went through 3 pairs of earphones before she gave it up. She didn't actually eat them though, just liked to sever them. She also liked tape. If you tossed a piece of tape in the trash, she would pull it out later. I even woke up one night to find her pulling my poster off the wall. She had seen me put a new pace of tape under that corner. So, she was trying to get at it. And darn it - brooms. Maynard likes natural and Kira likes synthetic. We have to keep them in a closet, or they start chowing. Signature-- Meghan & the Zoo Crew Equine and Pet Photography http://www.zoocrewphoto.com |
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