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November 4th, 2008
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We all love the typical “greeting card” image of a kitten batting around a brightly colored ball of yarn. However, unless the end of that yarn is very well knotted, a loose piece of yarn can prove to be a kitten’s undoing since a natural reaction is to put it in his mouth and start chewing. The problem is that a cat’s tongue is designed to send anything ingested in one direction only – down the hatch. So once a cat starts swallowing yarn, he cannot stop – as though it was one long piece of spaghetti – and it can twist around his innards and send him to the emergency after-hours vet clinic. Make sure your knitting is always safely stored in a basket you can close tightly. |
I had a beautiful tortie point Siamese that swallowed a 1/2 spool of thread. The thread was wrapped around the base of her tongue and all inside her intestines. She suffered for two days, because I could not see the thread , just knew she was sick…threw up , could not eat, was very cold………
I now cover my sewing threads and sewing machine.