My Cat Ate A Rubber Band

Discussion starter 1 jul 24 2005.

My cat ate a rubber band.

Strange things cats eat. The presence of a linear foreign body like a rubber band in the intestine may lead to intussusception. She has read more. 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.

How do i use peroxide to induce vomiting. Why would a cat eat those. 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. Called vet they said to monitor her.

Some cats like to eat weird things and some cats like to eat really weird things. My goofy cat ate a rubber band. Is he going to be okay. 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.

Joined jul 28 2007 messages 516 reaction score 1. But plastic bags houseplants wool paper rubber bands. Less than 12hrs ago. My cat just ate a few rubber bands that i left on the floor.

If the cat cut and ate the rubber band one end could become trapped in the stomach while the other passes into the intestine. My cat ate a rubberband once and i didn t even know it till i found it in the poop. Hi thanks for using petcoach. The urge to eat nonfood items called pica can be pretty common in cats.

Seems to be a common theme my cat ate a rubber band mid sized one i think. Poor luna the rubber band is very small and likely will not cause a problem but you never know. What should you do if your cat ate a rubber band. Joined jul 24 2005 10 posts.

The content on this site is presented in a summary fashion and is intended to be used for educational and entertainment purposes only. A mo ago she had surgery for bowel obstruction so i don t want that to happen again. My 10 mo 4 lb yorkie just ate a small 1 rubberband. No bowel movement yet.

The common string or rubber band is probably the most similar thing to entrails that a cat can found in. Jump to latest follow 1 5 of 5 posts. Or she ran off with and hid it. Apr 28 2008 2 n.