Synth hair hurts cats!

I read a comment left by someone about how their cat eats synth hair. I figured I'd share this story with you, so you know not to let your animals eat hair!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/pink_envy/113511.html

Summary: two roomates, a seamstress and a fake-hair maker (my friend Pinky), have a cat. Cat eats a big wad of thread and one synthetic hair. Cat gets mightily sick, as neither thread nor hair are disgestible, has to have stomach surgery to remove thread and intestinal surgery to remove the hair, which (since it's stronger than intestinal lining) has accordioned his intestines and cut them up. Kitty nearly dies and accrues $1,000 in medical bills.

So! If you work with synth in your house, even just doing your own hair, and you have cats, don't let them in the room while you're working and be sure to sweep up afterwards. And keep the hair  bundled up and away from them while it's in storage so they can't chew on it when you're not looking.

-Rae

fyi cat's are prone to swallowing anything linear. thread, etc. usually it gets stuck under their tongue, while the rest is swallowed. it's not a fun surgery to pay for either lol.

(i'm a vet tech)

dogs LOVE gorilla glue. When swallowed, the dogs stomach will expand and the rest is not pretty. I had a dog jump onto a counter and chew the tube of gorilla glue that someone had left out. Not good.

I remember donating to the kitty surgery cause, back when.

I got to pet her when I got my dreads in, very very sweet cat with big scars. Poor thing!