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Boots ate dental floss
Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of
Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on anything and get pulled. Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W |
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Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of
Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on anything and get pulled. Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W Gee, Wendy, I hate to just parrot the "See A Vet" mantra, but if it were my cat, I'd....call the vet today. I'm certainly not an expert, but it seems to me a length of dental floss could become entwined where it shouldn't and cut into tissue. Good luck. Sherry |
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Got up this morning to find about 6 - 8" of dental floss hanging out of
Boots' butt. I trimmed all but 1" of it off so it wouldn't snag on anything and get pulled. Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W Gee, Wendy, I hate to just parrot the "See A Vet" mantra, but if it were my cat, I'd....call the vet today. I'm certainly not an expert, but it seems to me a length of dental floss could become entwined where it shouldn't and cut into tissue. Good luck. Sherry |
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Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning
constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W Is there a vet you can call today? I would certainly give him petromalt, laxatone, something like that to move it along. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning
constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W Is there a vet you can call today? I would certainly give him petromalt, laxatone, something like that to move it along. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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"MacCandace" wrote in message ... Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W Is there a vet you can call today? I would certainly give him petromalt, laxatone, something like that to move it along. I gave him some petromalt this morning. The only vet available today is the "emergency" vet. I guess I have a lousy attitude about them after the unpleasant experience I had with them when I called when our rabbit broke his leg. (them - well how do you know the rabbit has a broken leg? me - because the leg is just flopping around and the bone is poking out through the skin. them - well are you sure? - well it probably isn't a broken leg but bring him in anyway. Later when I get there - now what makes you think he has a broken leg? show them the rabbit with leg hanging loosely and bone sticking out of the skin and then they FINALLY figured I wasn't blind or stupid. They ended up telling me I had to put him to sleep - over a broken leg) That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W |
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"MacCandace" wrote in message ... Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? W Is there a vet you can call today? I would certainly give him petromalt, laxatone, something like that to move it along. I gave him some petromalt this morning. The only vet available today is the "emergency" vet. I guess I have a lousy attitude about them after the unpleasant experience I had with them when I called when our rabbit broke his leg. (them - well how do you know the rabbit has a broken leg? me - because the leg is just flopping around and the bone is poking out through the skin. them - well are you sure? - well it probably isn't a broken leg but bring him in anyway. Later when I get there - now what makes you think he has a broken leg? show them the rabbit with leg hanging loosely and bone sticking out of the skin and then they FINALLY figured I wasn't blind or stupid. They ended up telling me I had to put him to sleep - over a broken leg) That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W |
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That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight
otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W Well, I hope he's okay. I guess I'd give him even more petromalt then. Did you have the rabbit put to sleep? Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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That said if Boots seems the least bit in distress I will call them tonight
otherwise I'll call our vet first thing tomorrow if it hasn't passed by then. He should have about another 6" of it to pass. W Well, I hope he's okay. I guess I'd give him even more petromalt then. Did you have the rabbit put to sleep? Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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Should the rest come out tomorrow when he does his morning
constitutional? Is there anything I should give him to help it on it's way? How long should I wait for the rest to pass before taking him to the vet? My cat had 6 inches of tinsel hanging out of his butt. I GENTLY and EASILY pulled out a foot long piece of tinsel. I never use tinsel. It must have blown in from the neighbors or something. My cat was fine. I might give your cat a little mineral oil or petramalt to help ease the passage of the floss. If 6 inches was hanging out of his butt, there's probably only 6 inches in there if you only use 12 inches. That means it should just be in his colon, rectum and made it past the rest of his insides. I bet he poops it by tomorrow. Keep him inside and check his litter box. He may even pull it out himself cleaning. Hopefully he doesn't swallow it again. Of course you have to hide all floss from him. |
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