With our domestic black panther, it’s strips of plastic such as those torn off the top of food packaging. I have had to risk my skin more than once wrestling to get a piece away from her before she could swallow it!
I crochet so I always have to be aware of the kitties when I am working on a project. More than once my yarn came up suddenly severed. Thankfully I have always been able to prevent ingestion of the yarn. Only once did we think we needed to rush to the vet. Our Chianti got hold of a spool of Christmas curling ribbon and we had no idea how much she ingested but it was coming out of her butt. Thankfully it was a small piece and the X-rays didn’t show any more so surgery was avoided. Christmas curling ribbon is banned in my house.
Between sewing, weaving, knitting, macrame, crochet, etc. – my house is a string-a-palooza. Our tabby-point Siamese thinks like Fargo, which means everything must be in zipped pouches, bags, totes, behind firmly closed doors, etc. The floor looms are in a large open area, so my weaving sessions tend to be all-day marathons if possible, to avoid leaving work on the loom. She’d rather eat the seedlings on the grow table than her cat grass – and chew the ends of my dried flax instead of her silvervine.
Needless to say, we’re another household which doesn’t do curling ribbon on presents.
MDMom over 4 years ago
. . . NO, FARGO! What goes in, must come out! :’(
rikkiTikki Premium Member over 4 years ago
Dangerous move Fargo. Don’t leave string around for bad cats to get into.
RobertaPyle over 4 years ago
With our domestic black panther, it’s strips of plastic such as those torn off the top of food packaging. I have had to risk my skin more than once wrestling to get a piece away from her before she could swallow it!
pchemcat over 4 years ago
I crochet so I always have to be aware of the kitties when I am working on a project. More than once my yarn came up suddenly severed. Thankfully I have always been able to prevent ingestion of the yarn. Only once did we think we needed to rush to the vet. Our Chianti got hold of a spool of Christmas curling ribbon and we had no idea how much she ingested but it was coming out of her butt. Thankfully it was a small piece and the X-rays didn’t show any more so surgery was avoided. Christmas curling ribbon is banned in my house.
willie_mctell over 4 years ago
Our vet calls that “linear eating.”
tad1 over 4 years ago
Uh oh.
Strawberry Hellcat: Gair I gall, ffon I’r anghall over 4 years ago
Between sewing, weaving, knitting, macrame, crochet, etc. – my house is a string-a-palooza. Our tabby-point Siamese thinks like Fargo, which means everything must be in zipped pouches, bags, totes, behind firmly closed doors, etc. The floor looms are in a large open area, so my weaving sessions tend to be all-day marathons if possible, to avoid leaving work on the loom. She’d rather eat the seedlings on the grow table than her cat grass – and chew the ends of my dried flax instead of her silvervine.
Needless to say, we’re another household which doesn’t do curling ribbon on presents.
wantcomicsnow over 4 years ago
I love the picture of Fargo in the first panel with his chin on his paws. :D
But no, Fargo. Eating yarn is very bad!
arolarson Premium Member over 4 years ago
The absolute worst is dental floss…keep that well away from your cats.
prrdh over 4 years ago
There’s no yarn in our house, so our Vesta (Bast keep her!) went after blinds cords and shoelaces.