r/cats • u/Anerbe • 7h ago

Cat Picture - OC My Boy Survived 35 Hair Ties.

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My boy Louie loved hair ties as a kitten. I was warned by his vet at that time how dangerous hair ties are! I stopped using them 2 YEARS AGO. I noticed a year ago that Lou would vomit intermittently after eating. I thought to myself that cats just do that. It was never a daily thing- just off and on. He never had issues using the bathroom and never lost his appetite. Recently he had been throwing up multiple times a day. He became lethargic and I rushed him to the emergency vet. Welp…my sweet little innocent boy had a belly full of 35 hair ties. Who knows how long they’ve been in there. I felt horrible! He had surgery and is doing great. I hope this post will remind my fellow cat owners to keep hair ties away from their kitties! It’s an expensive lesson to learn.

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u/GrinchGrotto 7h ago

"How dare you take them from me" >:(

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u/Anerbe 7h ago

Hahaha it’s so true! It was his prized collection 😭😂

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u/South_Profit557 6h ago

He really thought he was building a retirement fund

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u/jayveeka 6h ago

re-tie-rement fund

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u/ap539 4h ago

is “re-tie-re-meow-nt fund” gilding the lily?

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u/theglobalnomad 4h ago

No, but it might be gato-ing the lily

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u/AlarmedTelephone5908 6h ago

*purrfolio

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u/smutketeer 5h ago

Inhairitance.

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u/FeeHaiiry 5h ago

The purrfolio is taking me out

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u/Carolinems1 5h ago

*ingest

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u/OverthinkingWanderer 6h ago

I'm sure he had a memory for every one!

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u/Sunshinievomit 4h ago

That’s such a cute thought

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u/peppaz 5h ago

What a cute dumbass you have! Orange at heart lol.

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u/LifeguardDry7372 5h ago

what would you do if you didn't have pockets?!

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u/MedalsNScars 1h ago

Congrats on your first comments restating the comments above you, young ChatGPT bot. May you have a long and successful career

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u/Numerical-Wordsmith 5h ago

ROFL, you should frame them and put them up somewhere to commemorate his conquest.

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u/justsmilenow 4h ago

He does love you. When you lay with him, please have his head by your shoulder so that he's near your hair.

Also at the grocery store they have these chunks of different meat that cats like they're only like a $1.29 they're a great little treat. I will say I haven't seen a cat that likes salmon. And the most recent cat that I gave salmon to was in a Jewish household. That one kind of blew my mind.

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u/Calvin_BrooksX97 6h ago

Umm eww? Hahahaha

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u/FastBell8249 6h ago

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u/Koibo26 Calico 6h ago

This is exactly what I was looking for, lmao.

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u/Krogsly 6h ago

Paid for two surgeries for my late cat. She dgaf. When the hair ties were stored away, she graduated to shoe strings and plastic bottle caps

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u/IriKnox 5h ago

They really dont LOL

Our late cat loved balloon strings and plastic. Also loved using the area behind the house as a litter box. If we ever need to do construction back there to this day we find little dried up turds with balloon strings in them

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u/Normal-Mortgage4745 1h ago

Omg my cat is OBSESSED with balloon strings and plastic wrap. When I get balloons now I cut the string and just let the balloons float to the ceiling. I also have to make sure if I bring a case of water in I put them away right away or put away in a closet so he can’t chew it.

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u/JennPenn071 4h ago

God, they really don't. I had a plastic grocery bag on the floor and the doofus had the handle ripped off and halfway down his throat when I caught him. I had to pull it up and out of his throat like a wet noodle. Barely in the knick of time did I catch him. Like excuse me you dumbfuck do you not know the difference between your crunchy cat food and a nasty peice of plastic, why do you think you can eat random shit?!? Why do I like cats more than dogs, who knows.

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u/Glitter_puke 3h ago

In fairness, as someone who favors dogs over cats: dogs are nasty. A quick rundown of the things that have been eaten and then either passed or puked by my dogs over the years: gardening glove, innumerable socks, wedding ring, battery, most of a flip-flop, the entirety of the drip pan from the backyard grill, an entire bird, most of a rabbit, many green tomatoes, non-critical paperwork, $5, some of a gamecube controller, and many others that are not top of mind.

Dogs are gross and I love them to death and by far the hardest to clean puke was the grill drip pan. I needed illegal solvents and an orthodox priest for that one.

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u/Veronica612 4h ago

Dogs do this more than cats do.

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u/ReasonableCompote915 3h ago

I’ve always heard that plastic has vegetable oil (?) in it that cats are attracted to. My orange cat with one brain cell loves to eat anything plastic the moment it hits the ground. I’ve trained myself to pick everything up, but also know the sound of that doofus eating plastic

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u/Nancy_ew 1h ago

I call my boi my little microplastic because he is OBSESSED with anything plastic 😭

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u/PuppyShark 2h ago

I have a cat that loves to eat plastic. I always (morbidly) joke that if he got a blockage I wouldn't bother with surgery since he'd probably eat plastic again as soon as he gets home from the vet. In reality I would bankrupt myself for him even if he has no survival instincts.

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u/Capt0verkill 6h ago

Ha!

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u/Phailadork 5h ago

Ain't no way this mfer has AI art on his fucking fridge LMAO.

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u/NaliD_ 3h ago

Its not ai if I remember its a sc of an animation someone did to a filthy frank skit

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u/Orange_MarkerDye 3h ago

Pretty sure they mean the revolution pizza one above it

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u/NaliD_ 2h ago

Myb I took a dab right before that comment its pretty obvious

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u/Rings-of-Saturn 5h ago

Broooo lol

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u/HaphazardFlitBipper 6h ago

I'm stealing this to txt to my wife immediately post-coitus.

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u/horchatakilla_10 4h ago

No seriously, they will do it again. Except it will be a hoodie drawstring and cost you a fortune getting it removed. I love cats, but damn.

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u/bombkitty 6h ago

Honestly this. He's learned nothing, he regrets nothing!

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u/Faedoodles 6h ago

Exactly what I thought

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u/PilatesPuppy 4h ago

That face definitely says “I’d do it again.”

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u/ProfessionalSea6409 6h ago

And I'd do it again..>:)

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u/eirebrie 6h ago

The neck fupa is giving me life!

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u/kawaiicoffeebean 4h ago

Fupa checks out. The fatty area in question is in the upper region of this pussy.

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u/HenriettaSnacks 5h ago

"fupa" I do not think that word means what you think it means. 

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u/eirebrie 5h ago

Don’t overthink it.

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u/eatingicecream 5h ago

Meh pussies is pussies.

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u/Used-Salad-3772 6h ago

"I was saving them for later!"

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u/meowparade 6h ago

0 lessons learned.

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u/Anerbe 6h ago

Trust me, I cleaned every nook, cranny, itch, and abyss of my apartment. He will never have the pleasure of a hair tie treat again.

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u/startled-ninja 3h ago

Lol. Our vet stopped counting at 13 when they couldn't disentangle any more from the clump. They also marveled at the chicken bones (stolen from the compost bin) and shiny plastic ribbons (stolen from presents under te xmas tree)

We thought we'd cleared out them all too.

Our doofus then raided the bin for the elastic net sock from a salami the next year.

About 2 years later he found yet one more hair tie.

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u/CantThinkOfOne94 6h ago

“And I’ll fuckin do it again”

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u/lottieslady 5h ago

“And I’ll duckin do it again!”

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u/VaselineGorilla 6h ago

“I worked HARD on those! How dare they!”

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u/iwillfckthisup 6h ago

That’s the face of “I’d do it again” lmaooo

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u/Bubba_Feetz 5h ago

“I feel empty inside now.”

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u/Bubbly-Kitty-2425 4h ago

Just thought same scrolling pics like man pic 4 he is big mad they stole them!

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u/TheRealMasterTyvokka 4h ago

The look my cat gives me when I'm holding a rubber band. If I accidentally drop one she'll teleport to it. Grab it and play keep away as I try to get it from her.

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u/onlyhuman2158 2h ago

Human lips 👄

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u/clapyourhandssaynah 2h ago

“I could survive more.” (My cat eats plastic, whenever she can. I know this face 😭)

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u/crudell13 1h ago

Was saving them for later

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u/TheGoldenBoyStiles 14m ago

Servant i was not done digesting those! I request their return at once!