When my cat was a kitten she ate a 12 inch piece of yarn without me knowing. The next day she refused to eat and was throwing up and cowering on the stairs.
When I took her to the vet we had to give her an injection so she could stop vomiting but they wanted further testing because they were stumped.
The day after the vet visit she seemed to go back to normal. I went to clean the litterbox and that’s when I discovered the yarn. If she hadn’t passed it she may have had to receive expensive surgery. Yarn is nothing to mess with!
It's incredibly lucky she was able to pass it, it could cause a linear blockage and could be fatal. My cat similarly ate a long piece of string, I saw him do it though so I was able to rush him to the vet knowing what was going on. $4,500 later, healthy cat, but ouch to my wallet.
I had to scroll way to far to find this. Tons of comments about the cat’s weight (which, of course, is concerning as well), but the yarn is much more of an immediate danger
Bro doesn't care about safety, too busy copying and pasting a shitty reply to everyone calling them out for the walking gelatinous mass that used to be a cat.
My cat has eaten string twice and had to be brought to the emergency vet both times. My son's friend's cat died from eating string. It can tangle in their intestines and cut off circulation to their organs, or can get stuck anywhere along the passage and rip through their intestines (especially if someone tries to pull it out from either end). It's not "fucking redditors", it's responsible pet ownership.
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u/aminervia Mar 07 '22
Keeping yarn around cats is extremely dangerous
https://www.thesprucepets.com/why-yarn-is-not-a-safe-toy-for-cats-4588706