Thread and Cats
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Thread and Cats
I had a veerrrry costly vet bill last week. Emergency visit to Animal Hospital. My 9 yearold cat got ahold of some of my black bottom line thread . Got it caught under her tongue and down her throat. After 4 days of throwing up and not able to eat food or drink. Complete dehydration.They did surgery and took out a wad of it out.. $4500. yes Forty five hundred dollars....She is home recuperating with a long scar..Lucky didn't have to remove any of her intestine as it had not cut into it.
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I am glad that you have taken the time to post this sad story. I have been sewing/quilting for years around many generations of dogs & cats (and some parrots). She is very, very lucky to have you. As for thread, if you have small animals or children underfoot (or simply around your sewing/quilting area) please be very careful about not only storing the thread & other supplies, but also counting the pins & needles after use. Prevention is the best way of saving money-and a life.
Please let me know of your kitty's full recovery when that happens.
Please let me know of your kitty's full recovery when that happens.
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Only one of my cats likes to come into my sewing room. She is only allowed in there when I am there. I have my serger stored under my sewing table. I was distracted on the computer and I heard her cough several times. She had started swallowing the thread from my serger! I was able to pull it gently out of her throat and she had a big wad in there. I watch her really close now!
One of our shepherds that we lost last year to cancer, Zeuss, would come in and lie on the floor when I was sewing. Never thought anything of it until he was outside having trouble doing his business. He had swallowed fabric scraps and was having trouble eliminating them. It was a stressful incident for both of us as I had to "assist" him. I made sure that I kept my scraps up off the floor after that.
My MIL cross stitches. She dropped her needle one day and her Cavalier King Charles swallowed it up quicker than she could get to it. That surgery cost her $2500!
So glad to know that your kitty is okay and yes, it does hurt the pocket book when something like this happens to our furry loved ones.
One of our shepherds that we lost last year to cancer, Zeuss, would come in and lie on the floor when I was sewing. Never thought anything of it until he was outside having trouble doing his business. He had swallowed fabric scraps and was having trouble eliminating them. It was a stressful incident for both of us as I had to "assist" him. I made sure that I kept my scraps up off the floor after that.
My MIL cross stitches. She dropped her needle one day and her Cavalier King Charles swallowed it up quicker than she could get to it. That surgery cost her $2500!
So glad to know that your kitty is okay and yes, it does hurt the pocket book when something like this happens to our furry loved ones.
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