my kitty, percival, likes to eat the crinkly plastic. he searches in garbages and he waits to see where i put it. i usually catch him and pull it out of his mouth. but if i don't catch him could he serious get hurt?
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I am thinking that the plastic you are describing could be cellophane? Kind of like the plastic used on cigarette packages? If so, it's the noise which your kitty probably desires (much like a bug). It is not good or healthy for your kitty to eat this because it can cause choking or blockage. They now sell specially made toys and bags which contain cellophane sewn inside the material just for kitties. Petsmart or Petco carry them, you will just need to ask. Good luck and please do not let him eat the plastic!
plastic can cause intestinal blockage and death in cats. One of the worst is the fake easter egg grass. Most plastics are petroleum based and very harmful to cats. Keep the trash can lid closed.
This is a loaded question (kind of). The real question is how big is the plastic he is eating. Also how LONG is it? If it is just a little bit there is nothing to worry about, however the larger the plastic gets the more danger there is to cause a linear foreign body obstruction that will need surgery to remove or he will die. The most common types of plastic that cause this are tinsel (from Christmas trees) and those red CD bands that you open them with. smaller things are usually fine though.
You are doing the right thing in pulling it out of his mouth. Plastic cannot be digested properly by any animal, and eating it can cause blockage or internal cuts and scrapes if it is sharp. (I'm not quite sure what you mean by crinckly plastic.) Your best bet here would be to fasten the garbage cans closed. There are child safety locks for them, but duct tape would work as well. Good luck!
Hi there.It's not unusual for some cats to have a tendency towards certain items such as plastic items such as bags (the crinkly sounds it makes perhaps a taste from a food item). Some tend to say it is because they are missing something in their diet. Some say it is rendered animal fat used in plastics that they are attracted to. And others think it may because it smell like food. However it's best to be mindful and supervise their inappropriate desires just in case of accidental ingestion of particular items like you are doing now.mainly plastic bags that get chewed off in pieces and anything easily swallowed. Ideally, pastic items should be securely locked away if your cat later decides it would be something worth beyond licking like .eating--ingesting this could create some serious medical problems which is expensive to later treat. It's best to please note that in the future never to pull out accidentally ingested material even slowly.from a cat's anus or mouth because those items may become twisted around the digestive tract therefore you may accidentally pull out the intestines. A vet visit would be required always under these circumstances.
Consider offering a safe kitty toys with similar textures in place of non-durable plastic items so that they learn to enjoy playing these instead.
Here's a few websites that offer more reasons why cats possibly like plastic bags:
http://www.catchow.com/searchresults_rec.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?.
Yes, he could if he eats enough and it gets clogged in his intestines and causes a blockage. My one cat out of my 3 loves to LICK plastic of all kinds.don't ask me why, but she'll lick plastic bags like they're candy! She doesn't eat it though.
Yes Percival will very likely get hurt,I had one that did the same thing,he couldn't poop and he got sick,took him to the vet,x-rays showed that he had a blockage of wadded up plastic,he was a sick little boy for awhile.
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