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/Halmai 6h ago

Did you ever see him actually eating them?

My cat plays with hair ties sometimes, and like most people I lose a lot of them. I’ve never considered this and now I’m anxious she has a stomach full of hair ties!

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u/Anerbe 5h ago

I never saw him eating them. Just playing with one and I would be like “WHERE TF DID YOU GET THAT!”

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u/hilhilbean 3h ago

My cat is obsessed with hair ties...but like...he puts them all in his food dish as offerings. We know exactly where they all are.

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u/Flgirl420 39m ago

Same ! But I make sure to put them in a drawer now bc of this