Gross! What did my cat cough up?

Sorry to gross you out, but I found something quite creepy in one of my cats' dry food bowls. I presume one of my cats coughed it up. Is it part of a parasite or is it part of a cat? Well, now that I say this, I'm thinking it is part of a rodent a cat ate. But having come this far I'll go ahead and post...It would about fit on a nickel.

It looks like a larvae of some sort. Are you sure one of your babies coughed it up? That's what it looks like to me though.

I don't know, but has it been dewormed?

I'm going with some kind of worm/larvae thing too.

I'm glad you mentioned it would fit on a nickle. From the picture it looks huge. Scared me for a sec. I would email the pic to your vet and get their thoughts. It looks very wormish to me but I've never had a cat throw up a worm/larvae. Usually comes out the other end.

It does look like some sort of larvae to me.

Thank you all for your thoughts.

After further research on the Web, my guess continues to be an entrail of a small animal.

The transparent outer layer is probably akin to "natural casings" used in some hot dogs.

I love cats and am sorry they kill.

I think you need to have that checked out by the vet.  This could be something that's causing your cat's other problems (drainage, etc).

crier said:

Thank you all for your thoughts.

After further research on the Web, my guess continues to be an entrail of a small animal.

The transparent outer layer is probably akin to "natural casings" used in some hot dogs.

I love cats and am sorry they kill.

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The 2 ends being closed off make me think it isn't an entrail. This does look like a worm/larvae of some sort. Furthermore the cat threw up where he eats...that seems odd to me. I'd take the specimen and cat to a vet.