pages tagged soloSquaring the Circlehttp://circle.thy.me.uk//tags/solo/Squaring the Circleikiwiki2014-10-14T13:08:10ZString and Cats Don't Mix II/IIhttp://circle.thy.me.uk//posts/string_and_cats_ii/2014-10-14T13:08:10Z2014-10-14T13:08:10Z
<p>Solo went to the vet again this morning, and was showing no negative
signs; then about two hours ago she vomited up a bolus containing most
or all of the string. So hopefully everything is now well; although
she's finally feeling a bit sorry for herself.</p>
String and Cats Don't Mix I/IIhttp://circle.thy.me.uk//posts/string_and_cats/2014-10-14T13:06:45Z2014-10-13T10:21:34Z
<p>We had to take Solo to the vet this morning :-(.</p>
<p>Last night, at about 7pm, she ate a piece of string about 2’ long. String
is bad inside cats (and other pets!) because they can't
digest it and it can make hoops and hooks that get caught on the
insides and cause all kinds of pain and doom.</p>
<p>Fortunately the vet said that Solo is OK so far; but we have to keep
her seperated from the other cats, with her own litterbox, so we can
check if the string has come out; and phone them up if there are any
of various kinds of distress. And we have another appointment to get
her prodded again tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>If we'd thought to phone the emergency vet line then they might have
been able to get her to vomit the string up; if we'd got her to them
within about an hour; but we didn't do that sadly.</p>
<p>All the cats are quite distressed by the separation.</p>