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Christmas can be Dangerous
I can't have any sort of plant-like things in my house, otherwise Buffy
tries to eat them. Well, I found a (new in the wrapper) scented Christmas candle in the hall closet. I guess it belonged to my mother. I'm not a candle person by any means. It had a decoration of fake holly with fake berries attached. I took it out and set in on a low table in the living room. I planned to ask a friend if he knew anyone who might like it. This morning I got up and the candle was on the floor and it appeared she'd tried to eat the fake holly/berries. She got sick to her stomach. Poor baby. But that wasn't the only problem. I can only guess when I took the candle out of the closet a piece of satin ribbon fell on the floor. She just came into the living room trailing a foot long (not kidding!) piece of ribbon out of her butt! OMG. I ran and grabbed some paper towels and gently pulled the rest of the poo-covered ribbon out of her. Oh geeze, now I feel really bad. She seems to be fine now. I'm keeping an eye on her. I have no idea why she would try to eat a piece of satin ribbon. Fortunately I don't have a tree with ornaments with hooks. Hooks could be really dangerous if you have a cat that will apparently try to eat anything. Jill |
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On 12/18/2019 1:22 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In article , jmcquown wrote: I can't have any sort of plant-like things in my house, otherwise Buffy tries to eat them. Well, I found a (new in the wrapper) scented Christmas candle in the hall closet. I guess it belonged to my mother. I'm not a candle person by any means. It had a decoration of fake holly with fake berries attached. I took it out and set in on a low table in the living room. I planned to ask a friend if he knew anyone who might like it. This morning I got up and the candle was on the floor and it appeared she'd tried to eat the fake holly/berries. She got sick to her stomach. Poor baby. But that wasn't the only problem. I can only guess when I took the candle out of the closet a piece of satin ribbon fell on the floor. She just came into the living room trailing a foot long (not kidding!) piece of ribbon out of her butt! OMG. I ran and grabbed some paper towels and gently pulled the rest of the poo-covered ribbon out of her. Oh geeze, now I feel really bad. She seems to be fine now. I'm keeping an eye on her. I have no idea why she would try to eat a piece of satin ribbon. Fortunately I don't have a tree with ornaments with hooks. Hooks could be really dangerous if you have a cat that will apparently try to eat anything. Jill She's certainly keeping you on your toes. Sophie (RB) used to sit on the coffee table behind the tree (artificial) and chew it. the tree would suddenly tart shaking just a little. Judith We don't need to be kept on our toes that way! If I hadn't seen it for myself I never would have believed it. Chew on a ribbon, sure. But manage to swallow it whole and have it come out that way? I was *astonished*. Thank Bast she's fine. Jill |
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Christmas can be Dangerous
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:19:52 -0500, jmcquown
wrote: On 12/18/2019 1:22 PM, Judith Latham wrote: We don't need to be kept on our toes that way! If I hadn't seen it for myself I never would have believed it. Chew on a ribbon, sure. But manage to swallow it whole and have it come out that way? I was *astonished*. Thank Bast she's fine. I had a cat many years ago, that obviously ate the play string (snake) that was her favorite toy. SAME result as your ribbon. I removed it, without any noticable damage. Watch VERY closely now so that toys are't edible, OR left laying when not playing. |
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Christmas can be Dangerous
On 12/18/2019 7:33 PM, Still Bud wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:19:52 -0500, jmcquown wrote: On 12/18/2019 1:22 PM, Judith Latham wrote: We don't need to be kept on our toes that way! If I hadn't seen it for myself I never would have believed it. Chew on a ribbon, sure. But manage to swallow it whole and have it come out that way? I was *astonished*. Thank Bast she's fine. I had a cat many years ago, that obviously ate the play string (snake) that was her favorite toy. SAME result as your ribbon. I removed it, without any noticable damage. Watch VERY closely now so that toys are't edible, OR left laying when not playing. I didn't even know the ribbon had fallen out of the closet. I certainly didn't intend her to eat a ribbon. It's still rather baffling she didn't just chew on it rather than swallow it whole. I'm so very happy it didn't hurt her. Jill |
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