[Sca-cooks] Sorta OT, but important - cats and thread

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In a message dated 1/1/2003 2:15:12 PM Central Standard Time,
generys at blazemail.com writes:


> Hi all,
> I just wanted to share with you something that happened to me yesterday
> that
> I hope never happens to any of you - I almost lost one of my cats.
> Gandalf is a mischievous grey two-year-old - who has one very dangerous
> habit.  He bites the thread off my sewing machine, and runs away with it.
> Annoying but cute, or so I thought.  However, Saturday night he started
> throwing up.  Didn't think much of it, he's got a somewhat sensitive
> stomach... but he kept doing it.  We took him to the vet yesterday (yes, we
> waited longer than we should have, but I tend to think illnesses aren't
> that
> bad, even in myself).  Anyway, when we got to the vet, we found that he had
> swallowed string and it wrapped around his tongue... once they did the
> xrays
> we found that it went all the way to his intestines.  Emergency surgery was
> performed, and he's now recovering... however, if he hadn't had the
> surgery,
> it would have been fatal.  Please keep an eye on your kitties!
>
> Generys
>
>

I'm VERY glad that your Gandalf will be okay. I have a little grey one myself
and will be sure to keep a closer eye on both my sewing and my cats.

Thank you,
Gonza
Barony of Bjornsborg
Kingdom of Ansteorra