Last night, one of our cats, Ash, ate part of a plastic wrapper. We found this out when he threw part of it back up. We found the original piece that he chewed it off of and tried to match up the parts he threw up to see if he got it all out of his system, and it didn't look like he did. So at about 9pm, we went rushing to the emergency vet clinic.
They did x-rays and didn't see any obstructions, but said that he still could have had some damage done depending on how long the plastic was in his system and if it had any toxins on it that got into his system. They recommended doing bloodwork, which was hella expensive, so we decided to wait until this morning to take him to our normal vet. Ash has been acting fine ever since he threw up last night.
My husband just left to drop him off at the vet. We're going to leave him there for the day so they can do the bloodwork, any additional x-rays if they feel it is necessary, and monitor him in case he starts acting weird later on. I just had to force him into the carrier again and he was crying the whole time. He's a very docile cat, so he didn't really fight me (unlike our other cat who fights tooth and nail when she knows she's going to the vet) but I think just the pitiful little meows were worse.
I'm gonna miss him today! I know it probably sounds stupid, he's a cat and he's only gonna be gone one day (hopefully), but I'm home alone during the day while my husband goes to work and Ash is much more friendly than our other cat. He always sits on my lap and cuddles with me and "bothers" me when I'm trying to work. I just hope he's okay and that he can come home tonight.
They did x-rays and didn't see any obstructions, but said that he still could have had some damage done depending on how long the plastic was in his system and if it had any toxins on it that got into his system. They recommended doing bloodwork, which was hella expensive, so we decided to wait until this morning to take him to our normal vet. Ash has been acting fine ever since he threw up last night.
My husband just left to drop him off at the vet. We're going to leave him there for the day so they can do the bloodwork, any additional x-rays if they feel it is necessary, and monitor him in case he starts acting weird later on. I just had to force him into the carrier again and he was crying the whole time. He's a very docile cat, so he didn't really fight me (unlike our other cat who fights tooth and nail when she knows she's going to the vet) but I think just the pitiful little meows were worse.
I'm gonna miss him today! I know it probably sounds stupid, he's a cat and he's only gonna be gone one day (hopefully), but I'm home alone during the day while my husband goes to work and Ash is much more friendly than our other cat. He always sits on my lap and cuddles with me and "bothers" me when I'm trying to work. I just hope he's okay and that he can come home tonight.
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