Photos: top left and bottom right: copyright Helmi Flick. The other two are in the public domain as assessed.
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Cat swallowed a sewing needle
The video shows the removal of the sewing needle from the back of a cat’s mouth by a veterinarian. Hard to watch. Some of the comments indicate that I am not alone in that regard e.g., “someone tell me he’s okay. I can’t watch this.” The owner said: “I’m one of the owners, his …
Hair bobbles (hair ties) are dangerous to cats as too often they like to ingest them
I’ve decided after a quick search on the Internet to declare to the world that hair bobbles are very dangerous objects from the domestic cat’s point of view. It’s a product which is very useful to humans but a product which is very dangerous to cats. A clash of two different worlds. This kind …
New hazard to domestic cats: Nerf darts
There is a new domestic cat hazard on the block and it is Nerf darts. Anybody interested in providing high quality cat caregiving needs to be aware of this problem. If you live with a domestic cat companion and have children this is a genuine hazard to your cat. There are some horrendous stories …
What a small rubber band can do to a cat’s tongue
The photo comes from the Cuyahoga Falls Veterinary Clinic with their permission. They have a Flickr account where they upload a lot of medical photos of mainly cats and dogs. A cat come in for laser declawing. Sorry, but at this juncture, I have to declare my hatred of declawing and I am surprised …
Scotch tape is a household hazard for domestic cats
I didn’t know it because I’ve never seen my cat try to eat Scotch tape i.e. transparent, one-sided tape that we all use, but too many cats like to sniff it, chew it and even eat it. Why do they do this? And is it dangerous? Well, you can answer the latter question very …
WARNING: disposable plastic gloves are a potential hazard to domestic cats
This story from Philadelphia about a cat called Foxxy is a lesson to all cat guardians to make sure that disposable plastic gloves, which are used much more at present due to the coronavirus pandemic, need to be disposed of quickly after use because they appear to pose a hazard to some domestic cats. …
Handsome Maine Coon cat addicted to eating cotton thread
If you have a domestic cat companion and if you like sewing, you should read this story. It’s a story which almost ended with the death of a beautiful Maine Coon cat. Sir Dexter Purrbody is a beautiful Maine Coon cat. His guardian is Sandra Hamand. Sandra likes to sew and Sir Dexter likes …
