Cat eats elastic???

[ahart44]

See we have already had this problem once in Nov. My Abby baby got a hold of a ribbon that was under the heater in our new apartment (we thought we cleaned well enought but I guess not) She had to have surgery b/c it blocked her intestines. Then while at the vet she caught dystemper ( she ddint get all of her kitten shots, we didn't know) So a month and $1000 laters she ended up being ok. WE cleaned to whole house while she was sick. WE get rid of anything with string or elastic, even cut the tails off of mice and such.
But, this rubber band thing was different. It had been on my wrist at work and when I cane home I put it under a box on my dresser and shut the door intending to throw it out later (no trash in there). WEll the cats bumped the door open ( not sure how) and Abby dug the rubber band out from under the box. Hopefully this turns out better

PS- Still not rubber in the litter box but she is playing and eating and not vomiting so I am still on litter patrol.

[krazyaboutkatz]

How is your cat doing? Did she ever poop the elastic out?

[ahart44]

Nope still no elastic in the litterbox.....but she is doing fine. She is eating, sleeping. and playing with her sister. So, either I missed it in the litter checks or she chewed it so small that it didnt show up. I would assume that there would have been problems before now if there were going to be.

[csanchezveloso]

My girl Bieli did that a few months back. My mom was babysitting while I had to go away. I came home and while cleaning the litter I noticed something odd. I actually took it out and realized it was a rubberband.
She was fine. no biggie.
Is yours still OK?

[ahart44]

well......sorry I didn't update this sooner. I never found the elastic in the box but she had no negative effects so it must have passed (thank god)


PS-The pic of the two cats in the last post LOOK JUST LIKE MY TWO BABIES!!!!

[hayct123]

My very old cat even eats stuff like ribbon off of presents and she always throws up I don't know how to keep her away either.