Lily jumped on my bed at 8am this morning and woke me up with a (literally) 13 INCH LONG piece of string (like a thin cotton string) hanging out of her mouth!!
I thought it was just in her mouth so I pulled, and she made a choking noise so I stopped straight away and freaked out - I called the vet immediately and they told me to come in ASAP, so I got dressed and got the carry cage out, but when I went to put her in it, she no longer had the string sticking out of her mouth... and I live in a really small place, and she was with me nearly the whole time, so she hadn't spat it out...
I was at the vet surgery by 8.30, and he said that it was more of a "monitor it and see" sort of thing. He had a feel around and looked down in her mouth and stuff and could see no trace of it... he said she's probably just swallowed it completely. He gave her a shot to help her digest it (or something, I don't know) and said that I had to monitor her eating and pooping. If she kept eating and pooping then it was a good sign. So far I've gotten nothing but good signs so fingers crossed. He said to call him straight away (at the vets down the road from me they have a vet to take phone calls 24 hours, even though they're only open 7am till 7pm) if I saw any blood in her feces, or if she started vomiting or stopped acting normally, and nothing's happened yet.
A few days ago I put the electric blanket on my bed for winter and the tie on it was starting to fray at the end, I think she must have gotten the end of it and just kept pulling...
Anyway... I really hope it's nothing to be worried about...
Just looking for lots of for Lily!
She's also getting her tooth pulled out next week, it chipped and left the nerve exposed... my poor baby is costing me the earth...!
I thought it was just in her mouth so I pulled, and she made a choking noise so I stopped straight away and freaked out - I called the vet immediately and they told me to come in ASAP, so I got dressed and got the carry cage out, but when I went to put her in it, she no longer had the string sticking out of her mouth... and I live in a really small place, and she was with me nearly the whole time, so she hadn't spat it out...
I was at the vet surgery by 8.30, and he said that it was more of a "monitor it and see" sort of thing. He had a feel around and looked down in her mouth and stuff and could see no trace of it... he said she's probably just swallowed it completely. He gave her a shot to help her digest it (or something, I don't know) and said that I had to monitor her eating and pooping. If she kept eating and pooping then it was a good sign. So far I've gotten nothing but good signs so fingers crossed. He said to call him straight away (at the vets down the road from me they have a vet to take phone calls 24 hours, even though they're only open 7am till 7pm) if I saw any blood in her feces, or if she started vomiting or stopped acting normally, and nothing's happened yet.
A few days ago I put the electric blanket on my bed for winter and the tie on it was starting to fray at the end, I think she must have gotten the end of it and just kept pulling...
Anyway... I really hope it's nothing to be worried about...
Just looking for lots of for Lily!
She's also getting her tooth pulled out next week, it chipped and left the nerve exposed... my poor baby is costing me the earth...!