Thank goodness it worked out! I had the same experience with a piece of yarn and my cat, fortunately I was able to slowly pull it out of his mouth, he was a little gaggy but we got the whole thing out in one piece. He's the first cat I've ever had that actually seeks out the string/thread/yarn so I keep that stuff put away when I'm not in my sewing room. My other cat had a passion for those rubber fingers you use when sorting papers. There was no place you could put them that she couldn't find them.