Tater ate the string off "Da Bird" toy

Hi Everybody,

It looks like this has happened to other kitties, I see quite a few posts to this tune..

I usually run Tater with "Da Bird" on the string at night before bedtime so that she isn't such a stinker while I'm trying to get some shut-eye.  She has eaten little pieces of string before, and also the tails off of her mouse toys in the past.

  I forgot to put the toy away last night, and this morning I found the stick with about 2" of string at the end.  I found the feather attachment, but the rest of the string is gone.  it was about a foot and a half of string, considering that she has chewed it in half before and I have had to reattach it by tying it back together.  I have looked everywhere and cannot find the string, so I'm pretty sure it is in Tater's tummy.  

Called the vet, they told me to give her hairball remedy. I'm keeping an eye on her for vomiting, and I'm trying not to freak out. 

She is a rumpy manx with occasional elimination issues (possibly a little Manx Syndrome)..  So I'm especially nervous. 

Anybody got any other ideas?  I saw something about pumpkin, but I don't want to upset her guts even more if I've given her hairball remedy also. 

Thanks,

Terrible Kitty Mama

Vibes!!!

This JUST happened to me last week - and with my 10-year old kitty that did this exact thing 9 years ago. I have been ever so careful for YEARS - and got distracted by a phone call, forgot about the toy... and one foot of string later...

I pumped my kitty full of pumpkin and slippery elm. :nod: I checked poop for the string - but it is now... four days later? And it still hasn't made an appearance. :lol3: It never did nine years ago either. Apparently she chews them up well enough they get digested? :dk:

This happened to another member the same day as me. Her kitty threw up the string he ate that night. :nod:

Hope there will be no ill effects! :cross:

Thanks for the good vibes, I'm going to try mixing a coupla T.'s of canned pumpkin in with her breakfast.  I'm hoping it doesn't lead to a loose bowel festival all over my apartment, but I'd rather clean up a mess than have to take the Tater in for surgery..

As far as I can tell, Tater still has the string.  I haven't seen any "evidence" yet.  She is eating just fine and having regular BM's.  No throwing up either.   I think she might have a bulletproof gut!  Who knows what else is in that tummy!  I'm continuing to keep a close eye on her.  She keeps looking around for Da Bird toy, and wonders why it's not flying around at its regular intervals..  

malama popoki said:

As far as I can tell, Tater still has the string.  I haven't seen any "evidence" yet.  She is eating just fine and having regular BM's.  No throwing up either.   I think she might have a bulletproof gut!  Who knows what else is in that tummy!  I'm continuing to keep a close eye on her.  She keeps looking around for Da Bird toy, and wonders why it's not flying around at its regular intervals..  

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Poor thing, hope she feels better soon!

She is probably confused, - LOL She just ate the thing, so no wonder it isn't flying around at its normal intervals, but she doesn't put two and two together. "If I eatz my toyz, they no fly no more"

If she's still pooping, eating, and playing normally, she probably didn't eat the string.  She probably dragged it off somewhere.

I have looked everywhere for the string, but maybe she has a secret spot..