I left the room for a minute!!! Ate string!

Nope. I've been diggin in her box with the scooper and nothing yet. Well, first thing this morning was some of my hair. It's now been 24hrs. I'm not sure how long it typically takes to pass stuff.

She ran right for her bowl when I fed them tonight. I didn't watch close to see how much exactly she ate, but she's still acting fine.

Checking in on the poo-watch..

Good that she's acting fine. It may take 2 days to pass.. I've noticed that when Zoey eats stuff she's not supposed to

I'll be sure to update when she finally does pass it! Tomorrow is going to be a hectic day though with my taking half a day from work to decorate for Mom's suprise party, then the party itself. I'm not sure how much I'll be home. DH will be here at some point though.

Vibes from the Birman boys and me. Chay is my ribbon eater - he gave me a scare when I saw the end of a ribbon go down his throat! Extra fiber, like the canned pumpkin, or something like the Laxatone is what MA (hissy) suggested to me then, and catnip for fiber as well. I hope everything turns out okay!

Have fun at your Mom's surprise party.
When you get home, maybe Noodles will have a surprise for you.
Go Noodles

I'll be watching for your update.

Thanks guys! I did actually just give the girls some catnip a few minutes ago before I came in here. I hope that will help! She won't touch human food so I don't think she'll touch the pumpkin. I think I do have some.

I just found I do have a can of 100% pure pumpkin. I'm going to try to get her to eat some. Maybe if she's not interested I'll smush some on her lips or something?

Ok the pumpkin isn't going so well! I tried letting her sniff it a bit. I tried letting Mooch get interested. I tried smushing some on her lips and that got a tiny bit in so far....but mostly that got me a disgruntled kitty and 'mean meowmie' looks out of both my girls! Oh and some pumpkin on my rug... For now it's just sitting in a little bowl in the living room on the floor.

Has she pooped since she swallowed the string?
If she hasen't by tomorrow afternoon, I would call the vet and ask what to do next.
She cannot go long without a poo.

The danger signs are coughing and drooling, inability to eat or drink, straining at the litter pan and not producing anything. If it is long enough, it can get caught on the back of the tongue then the cat will have problems swallowing. It also can cut through soft tissue or intestine. If you touch her tummy gently but firmly does she cry out or show discomfort? Have you looked to see if it might still be in her mouth caught? Another danger sign would be if she starts hiding from you. If you see it protruding, don't pull it. If it is on the back of her tongue, you need a vet to remove it.

You can give her mineral oil, laxatone, mashed and cooked green beans with a bit of butter (fresh beans not canned). If she doesn't like pumpkin, try giving her a bit of yam (cooked and cooled) Organic catnip, grass make a good fiber source to help her move it through.

Also, are you sure she ate it? Maybe, just maybe she hid it in a corner?

Best of luck-

She went poo this morning and she's been in the box since then, but I haven't followed her in there to see what she did apart from what Mooch did. She's acting just fine so I'm saying my prayers. She was just at the water bowl when I tried to give her the pumpkin. And this morning she was chasing her milk ring for a while. And this evening she did her little 'neurotic run.' She's typically napping in the evenings and she did nothing unusual in regards to that (ie she sleeps on the top perch of the cat tree usually).

I really don't think she left the desk where she was sitting. I heard her move a bit so I poked my head in here and she was sitting up, went back out to the door about 7 steps away and came back just a few seconds later. That's when I discovered the 2 ends of the elastic string. I think originally it was about a foot long, then I only had about 8" left if I put both ends together.

MA made some exellent suggestions.
I always keep laxatone on hand.
If you have any doubts, call your vet...
Noodles
and a hug for you.

This too shall pass...
Couldn't resist the bad pun.

Poor kitty. The things they get into..

Hope she passes it soon. Keep us posted!

Sorry I haven't posted an update guys. I've done almost nothing but sleep since the party Friday night. (And there wasn't any alcohol involved!)

Well so far I've still not found anything on my treasure hunts. Noodles is still acting fine, eating fine, etc. I've still got my eye on her, but I'm thinking she may have passed it and I missed it, or maybe she really didn't eat it, but I'm not sure about what she could have done with it in that short of a time???

Your treasure hunt?
It must have been a fun party.

It is possible that she pass it or didn't eat it is the first place.
Where could she have stashed that dreaded string?
Let us know if there is any change.

I will tell you a little story, I hope it does not scare you...but I had a Himalayan cat when I lived with my parents he was a big 18 pounder and pretty aggressive...He started acting lethargic and my Dad rushed him to the vet...he had eaten an elastic string that had a bell attached...the elastic dug into his intestines every time they contracted...and the bell was stuck...After a 7 hour operation he was fine ...but I think the bell was the real problem because it would not let the string go through.

I hope all is well with your baby, and I hope I didn't scare u too bad. Many prayers and vibes for pooping the string out

I'm really really really really hoping if she did eat it, that it has passed. I'm still going to be watching, but she just seems completely fine. I unno bout her. The elastic stringy thing was black and it's kind of dark in there, but she was kind of in a 'cubby' on the desk so she'd really have had to move to stash it that fast.

geez i hope your cat is fine.
my pilo has a habit of eating strings aswell. once she was puking out a string, lucky i was there because she was choking on it.
keep a close eye on her

blesses and goodluck!

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