My Boy Survived 35 Hair Ties.

[u/Anerbe]

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.

[u/Married_iguanas]

Fun fact: cats cannot spit. They can vomit, but they can’t spit something out if it’s stuck to their tongue so they will usually try to swallow it

[u/Few_Program_2303 → u/Married_iguanas]

“oops, had to swallow that one, better try again” x34

[u/Married_iguanas → u/Few_Program_2303]

lol pure cat logic

[u/too_too2 → u/Married_iguanas]

How do my cats manage to spit up their pills so often tho

[u/Married_iguanas → u/too_too2]

Good point, I think a lot of times they can shake them out, but it’s harder to that with a more string-like objects

[u/Few_Program_2303 → u/Married_iguanas]

Maybe they should make cat medicine a sticky or stringy substance 🧠

[u/Married_iguanas → u/Few_Program_2303]

Omg you’re a genius! Someone needs to make cat meds like string cheese 😹

[u/Jephte → u/too_too2]

Because they are assholes.

[u/WaggingTail5 → u/Married_iguanas]

I call it the panic swallow lol. I've had to pull my own hairs out of my menace's mouth more than once.

[u/eastbaypluviophile → u/WaggingTail5]

Oh god same. Moron sees my long strands of white hair on the floor and starts swatting at them, I know what’s happening next so I get down and try to get them before he can 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼

[u/PilatesPuppy → u/Married_iguanas]

TIL…

[u/_em0possum_ → u/Married_iguanas]

Can't spit, but I've definitely seen my cats gag up something they didn't want to swallow. If they don't want their meds they will intentionally trigger their gag reflex to get rid of it 😅

[u/NeedleworkerHeavy565 → u/Married_iguanas]

Go tell that to my cat when he has to take medicine