My Cat Ate A Rubber Band

If you notice that your cutie has a penchant for eating rubber bands instead of dismissing her behavior as simply zany consider that she may be dealing with pica a compulsive eating behavior.

My cat ate a rubber band.

The urge to eat nonfood items called pica can be pretty common in cats. Some cats like to eat weird things and some cats like to eat really weird things. Apr 28 2008 2 n. It is not intended to be and should not be interpreted as medical advice or a diagnosis of any health or fitness problem condition or disease.

The presence of a linear foreign body like a rubber band in the intestine may lead to intussusception. Joined jul 24 2005 10 posts. Some cat cravings are easy to understand. My cat ate a rubberband once and i didn t even know it till i found it in the poop.

My 10 mo 4 lb yorkie just ate a small 1 rubberband. Why would a cat eat those. Is he going to be okay. It was an old brittle one that broke apart so i managed to get some of it away from her but at least 3 4 of it went down the hatch.

Poor luna the rubber band is very small and likely will not cause a problem but you never know. Or she ran off with and hid it. Joined jul 28 2007 messages 516 reaction score 1. Called vet they said to monitor her.

My goofy cat ate a rubber band. Hi thanks for using petcoach. If the cat cut and ate the rubber band one end could become trapped in the stomach while the other passes into the intestine. Less than 12hrs ago.

Or a recommendation for a specific test doctor care provider procedure treatment plan product or course of action. No bowel movement yet. A mo ago she had surgery for bowel obstruction so i don t want that to happen again. Jump to latest follow 1 5 of 5 posts.

The content on this site is presented in a summary fashion and is intended to be used for educational and entertainment purposes only. But plastic bags houseplants wool paper rubber bands. What should you do if your cat ate a rubber band. Seems to be a common theme my cat ate a rubber band mid sized one i think.

My cat just ate a few rubber bands that i left on the floor. Cats are particularly fascinated with strings hair ties and rubber bands and even though science has yet to give us a specific reason we can guess it has to do with how cats in the wild are used to hunt their prey and eat their entrails. The common string or rubber band is probably the most similar thing to entrails that a cat can found in. Strange things cats eat.