cat is at emergency clinic

So i posted a week ago about my cat that some string with a metal piece on it. They took xrays and its bunched up in the stomach still. It hasnt passed to the intestines yet so its been sitting there for a week now. My vet referred us to the emergency clinic so we took her there immediately and had to drop her off. They gave us 3 options they are going to try. First is a shot to throw it up, second is a scope to get it out thru the mouth, and 3rd is surgery. They have to wait for the doctor to be available to give her the shot because its a mild sedative, so if she didnt throw it up they could go straight to the scope or surgery.

Have any of you all had experience with this and whats the success rate? Im really hoping she will just throw it up, but not sure if its stuck in there since its been there a week. I was just hopefully looking for any reassurance. This is really upsetting and unfortunately all i can do now is wait

This is what the string and metal piece look like. The string is about 4 to 6 inches long with the metal piece on it still

Sorry your kitty has to go through this. If it has been sitting in there for a week and she has not passed it either way: throwing up or pooping, then I think the shot will not be successful.

Good thing that metal piece is there. It will make it easier to see on x-rays...

I think the shot may frighten her more. Who knows how severe the vomiting will be. 

I would just go for the scope....and see if they can locate it. If not then it is surgery...

Just my opinion, though...

Keep us posted...The e-Vet can be a scary place. I have been there a couple of times..

So they gave her some medicine and she threw up the string and metal naturally before giving her the shot to throw it up. I guess the medicine made her sick to her stomach. However, not all the string came out. She either ate something else or the string was in 2 pieces. So i think they are still gonna try the shot to see if they can force throw her up, and if that doesnt work they will scope to get the rest. I just want her to be ok and i want her home now i dont even want to think about how much its gonna be.

 Oh, I remember the first thread you made about this -  I'm so sorry yall are going through this.....at least she threw up a good bit of it.

I don't have any specific experience with this, but if there's any way they can get it out with surgery, of course that would be preferable.  You could see if you can apply for CareCredit at the e-vet so you aren't burdened with the whole bill all at once.   Good luck to you & your kitty 

Thank you! But good news, we get to pick her up in a few hours they were able to get everything out with the scope. So we have an empty belly. They got the last of the string, and actually pulled out a sulifane streamer from our daughters scooter. Its a good thing they did the scope because the streamer didnt show up on the xray. So now we have to baby/cat proof the house, and go through all of her toys. Anything with a string or something she may possibly chew is getting donated! I may need to start taking her toys up when were not home.

Yeah we did the carecredit...so thats what were going to use when we pick her up. Luckily we avoided the surgery tho, it wouldve been twice as much. But luckily she is good to come home tonight and can sleep with us!

tewing84 said:

Thank you! But good news, we get to pick her up in a few hours

they were able to get everything out with the scope. So we have an empty belly. They got the last of the string, and actually pulled out a sulifane streamer from our daughters scooter. Its a good thing they did the scope because the streamer didnt show up on the xray. So now we have to baby/cat proof the house, and go through all of her toys. Anything with a string or something she may possibly chew is getting donated! I may need to start taking her toys up when were not home.

Yeah we did the carecredit...so thats what were going to use when we pick her up. Luckily we avoided the surgery tho, it wouldve been twice as much. But luckily she is good to come home tonight and can sleep with us!

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While at it do a safety check looking for toxic plants and such. So glad your kitty is come home 

I'm so glad they got the string and the streamer and that your baby is able to come home! 

It is definitely nice to get her home. They gave us everything they got out of her stomach, on top of those 2 things she ate 3 hair ties and a string from a dress. I have to remove and hide all things that look like a string

She is now snoring and sleeping like a rock lol

cute kitty, she sounds like a kitty/vacuum hybrid. So glad she is ok 

I'm glad your cat is okay! I have to ask: is she a lynx mix? (She looks like a sweet lynx mix in your photo!) Our lynx mix is also terrible about eating stringy things. Watch out, too, for shoelaces (we had to start storing our shoes differently!), rubber bands (now banned), and the tails of mouse toys.

She is actually a balinese, which I would highly recommend if you ever want another cat. She is so outgoing compared to our others two cats. She craves attention and follows us everywhere, she is always the first to greet us when we come home.

I dont know what she loves about strings. We have to be careful with all those things too. I came home and searched the place for like a half an hour to try and find anything she would eat. Take a look at the bags they gave us of the stuff she threw up and the stuff they got with the scope

tewing84 said:

She is actually a balinese, which I would highly recommend if you ever want another cat. She is so outgoing compared to our others two cats. She craves attention and follows us everywhere, she is always the first to greet us when we come home.

I dont know what she loves about strings. We have to be careful with all those things too. I came home and searched the place for like a half an hour to try and find anything she would eat. Take a look at the bags they gave us of the stuff she threw up and the stuff they got with the scope
 

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That's a lot of stuff that came out of your cat, wow!

Your cat sounds a lot like our Ireland: she's also outgoing and craves affection. And she's also the first to greet us if we've been out. Ireland used to be pretty needy about attention but she's gotten better as she and our other cat (they're littermates) have settled in. They were rescues in the true sense of the term--they were underfed and came from a household with too many cats--and it took them a long time (about a year and a half) to get fully comfortable. Now that she's less nervous, Ireland seems to have eased off her scavenging for strings, food in the garbage disposal, and other illicit things to snack on, though I'm not going to stop putting my sneakers in a closed closet or running the disposal before bed!

Awe poor things. Yeah cats who have previously been with someone who neglected them take a long time to trust again. Our older cat ran away from his first owner, and was abandoned from the second. I know this because he still had a chip from the first owner, who didnt want him. We rescued him from the cold, found him trying to stay warm under a car during the snow and ice storm. We have had him about a year and i feel like he is still adjusting.

Yeah we were shocked. We thought it was just that one long string i saw her eat, but then they showed us those bags and we were speechless. We got her from her original litter so she has really taken a liking to us. As soon as we picked her up we fell in love with her. She did this move where she spun around and in our arms and just popped on her back. She still does it to this day when we pick her up.

Quick question...the emergency clinic gave us a special diet and said to feed it to her for 5 days, and slowly add in her normal food. She seems to be ok with the food, but looks really hungry and wants her old food. When could we start adding the food she loves?

tewing84 said:

Quick question...the emergency clinic gave us a special diet and said to feed it to her for 5 days, and slowly add in her normal food. She seems to be ok with the food, but looks really hungry and wants her old food. When could we start adding the food she loves?

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What food did the vet give you?

Hills Prescription Diet digestive care