• i_am_a_cardboard_box@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    You might already know this, but letting cats play with loose pieces of rope is kind of dangerous. My friend had a really expensive cat operation because the lil guy ate the entire rope and it screwed up his intestines.

    Super cute though.

    • Vanon@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      My cat loves string, more than any other play thing. But I had to stop it when I found him with a, um… piece hanging out his butt. (And he actually chewed that one off at both ends, from a “fishing rod” toy.) Careful out there, friends of cats.

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      5 months ago

      This is a bunch of pipe cleaners tied together. A bit less risky, more Ridgid than just string

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    5 months ago

    I once pulled a 3 ft string it out my cat’s throat because he was helplessly swallowing the whole thing. It was gross and uncomfortable at least, of not painful for him, but I think we Dodge a bullet that day. That was under supervision. The thing with strings is they feel the necessity to swallow them when they reach their throats. Yeah they go crazy with it.