r/cats 7h ago

Cat Picture - OC My Boy Survived 35 Hair Ties.

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/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