My Cat Ate A Rubber Band

What should you do if your cat ate a rubber band.

My cat ate a rubber band.

My goofy cat ate a rubber band. Hi thanks for using petcoach. The content on this site is presented in a summary fashion and is intended to be used for educational and entertainment purposes only. Some cats like to eat weird things and some cats like to eat really weird things.

Or she ran off with and hid it. My cat just ate a few rubber bands that i left on the floor. She has read more. The common string or rubber band is probably the most similar thing to entrails that a cat can found in.

Joined jul 24 2005 10 posts. Strange things cats eat. A mo ago she had surgery for bowel obstruction so i don t want that to happen again. Less than 12hrs ago.

Jump to latest follow 1 5 of 5 posts. It is not intended to be and should not be interpreted as medical advice or a diagnosis of any health or fitness problem condition or disease. Cats are particularly fascinated with strings hair ties and rubber bands and even though science has yet to give us a specific reason we can guess it has to do with how cats in the wild are used to hunt their prey and eat their entrails. Some cat cravings are easy to understand.

My cat ate a rubberband once and i didn t even know it till i found it in the poop. Called vet they said to monitor her. My 10 mo 4 lb yorkie just ate a small 1 rubberband. Discussion starter 1 jul 24 2005.

Seems to be a common theme my cat ate a rubber band mid sized one i think. The presence of a linear foreign body like a rubber band in the intestine may lead to intussusception. If you notice that your cutie has a penchant for eating rubber bands instead of dismissing her behavior as simply zany consider that she may be dealing with pica a compulsive eating behavior. Poor luna the rubber band is very small and likely will not cause a problem but you never know.

How do i use peroxide to induce vomiting. No bowel movement yet. It was an old brittle one that broke apart so i managed to get some of it away from her but at least 3 4 of it went down the hatch. Why would a cat eat those.

But plastic bags houseplants wool paper rubber bands. Joined jul 28 2007 messages 516 reaction score 1. If the cat cut and ate the rubber band one end could become trapped in the stomach while the other passes into the intestine. Is he going to be okay.