Cats and the Bad Things

...that happen.

My daughter - well, one of them! - called to say first she thought she had inadvertently poisoned one of her cats by accepting as a gift a lily plant. She had thrown it out after she learned it could poison her cats but was afraid one of them had eaten some of it because he was throwing up, not eating and lethargic. Second call: She took him to the vet and learned instead that he had swallowed some of her sewing thread and had to have emergency surgery. To the tune of $3300! The high cost of surgery. He had it all through his stomach and intestines.

Lesson learned: Lilies and sewing thread, both bad for cats.

Oh...OUCH!!! Poor kitty!

Poor wallet, too. But, if the kitty means anything at all, it's an expense not regretted. I'm glad she could afford it, too many people today can't afford something like that and it would be a death sentence to poor kitty.
Hope he's well soon.

Get well soon kitty, Yes ouch in many ways. Good daughter there though Gilly. I have a friend who cares about her cat but never takes her to the vet.

(((Gilly's daughter))))) (((Gillys daughter kitty cat)))))

Boy does THAT hit close to home!

Mine hasn't swallowed any more wire or string lately, even though he has access to it.

That seems like a really high cost for surgery.... when he had the wire all through his stomach and intestines I paid about $400 (and $100 in xrays) to have him spliced and diced and get it out. As much as I love my cat, more than anything, if it had cost that much he'd have had to be put down instead, it's just not feasible.

My kids are off to the vet for their annual on Tuesday.

She lives in Brooklyn. Things cost a lot more up there, I think. He had to have three different incisions to get it all out, poor cat, and had to spend the week at the vet, but he is doing much better now.

Yeah, I remember when a vet told me that despite all the cute illustrations of cats playing with balls of yarn, you should be sure to keep any kind of thread, string or yarn out of their reach. I've had a few scary moments of pulling partially swallowed yarn out of cats' mouths.

That said, I used to make crocheted squares with yarn that my cats loved to play with. Had a Siamese years ago who would run through the house, tossing one in the air and catching it as he ran. It was a hoot watching him.

I made sure to knot them securely, though, so they wouldn't come undone.

I have one cat that thinks string is a great idea, and now I am very careful. We had one cat when I was a child that got hold of the string that was a round the roast beef (After cooking) It must have been sufficiently weakened due to the beef and heat that he dd not suffer ill affects ( he digested it), but after that we were very careful. Note he took it out of the garbage, before we realized he would do that.

I wonder what the spca charges for emergencies like that in big cities?
We don't really have an aspca or spca here, but the humane society (which we have only had for about three years in this area) did help cover the cost of my kitten's hernia operation, they helped with about 40% of the 500 dollars.

Your cat had a hernia?

sacrificialgoddess wrote:Your cat had a hernia?

I told MC not to make him move furniture...

TigersEyeDowsing wrote:

sacrificialgoddess wrote:Your cat had a hernia?

I told MC not to make him move furniture...

Yeah, cats and dogs both can have hernias. They're usually birth defects, I think.