Fister swallowed about 40 cm...

[Randi]

.. of yarn. I feel like such a bad mommy.

He was in the other room with a small ball of yarn which had been "marinating" in a box of catnip that Edwina and Eddie sent him, while I was sitting in front of the computer. Suddenly he jumped up on my desk, as usual around this time, and I saw he had yarn hanging out of his mouth and kept trying to get rid of it. The rest of the ball was on the floor. That's when I almost panicked. But he sat right in front of me and let me pull the yarn out. Phew! I did it very slowly of course. I know that cats cannot get it out once they start swallowing. I'm so happy it had not broken.

I kept an eye on him after and he's OK. He got some treats and has now had a nap. He sends purrs to everyone.

[krazyaboutkatz]

How scary. Hopefully you got it all out of his mouth. It sounds like yarn marinating in catnip is a bad idea because many cats love to eat catnip. Please give him some hugs and scritches for me.

[astrid]

How scary!!!!
You're not a bad mommy, you know how kitties are!! Thank God you were there to pull the yarn out.

Kisses for the sweet little boy

[Karen]

Yikes! Thank goodness it happened when you were there to pull it out, and he didn't fight that too much!

[slick]

I'm glad you two didn't get all "strung out" about this. It's a good thing you were able to get it out and that Fister was such a good boy and let you.

Nawty boy Fister - but then, "ball of yarn marinating in nip"????? How can a feline resist that??????

**waves** Hi Randi. Got your emails. Will write on the weekend.

[Randi]

Thanks! And yes, I am glad I was there - but then, I would not have left a ball of yarn if I was going out. In fact, I believe that Fister came to me for help. I had expected him to puke or something, but he didn't.

Hi back, Slick!