She's never done this before. She was in a kittenish, psycho mood, pining to go outside because of the sunny day, and plus she saw me getting ready to leave somewhere.
So she found a broken hair elastic, started gnawing on it, and consumed 3/4s of it.. so at least 2" of elastic is in her.
As soon as I saw her chomping on it, I couldn't believe it, because in the 4 months I've had her, she's never shown the slightest interested in eating non-food things, and she doesn't generally find hair elastics all that fascinating either.
I raced over to try and yank on the strand protruding from her mouth, but she was squirmier and faster than me, and raced off to swallow it. She must have noted my reaction to this, because I don't think I've ever seen her so terrified/guilty (not sure which).
I called the vet immediately, and they said to watch for lethargy and food consumption/elimination the next 24 hours. It's been about 3 hours now, and she hasn't done either. She's calm, sleeping now, but I wouldn't say abnormally lethargic. It's probably too soon to tell. She wanted me to top off her kibble bowl earlier, but she didn't eat from it.
I'm a little nervous. I really hope it passes through, and certainly upset that she would do this in the first place.
Anyone have knowledge in this area - what is the likelihood of it passing through without blockage?
So she found a broken hair elastic, started gnawing on it, and consumed 3/4s of it.. so at least 2" of elastic is in her.
As soon as I saw her chomping on it, I couldn't believe it, because in the 4 months I've had her, she's never shown the slightest interested in eating non-food things, and she doesn't generally find hair elastics all that fascinating either.
I raced over to try and yank on the strand protruding from her mouth, but she was squirmier and faster than me, and raced off to swallow it. She must have noted my reaction to this, because I don't think I've ever seen her so terrified/guilty (not sure which).
I called the vet immediately, and they said to watch for lethargy and food consumption/elimination the next 24 hours. It's been about 3 hours now, and she hasn't done either. She's calm, sleeping now, but I wouldn't say abnormally lethargic. It's probably too soon to tell. She wanted me to top off her kibble bowl earlier, but she didn't eat from it.
I'm a little nervous. I really hope it passes through, and certainly upset that she would do this in the first place.
Anyone have knowledge in this area - what is the likelihood of it passing through without blockage?