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Don't know whether the tapes are toxic. However, obese cats who stop eating will quickly succumb to fatty liver, a life threatening condition.
Tapes are made from rust and plastic. Not toxic, but not helpful.
I hope the cat is OK...He may have to have surgery to remove the obstruction, but he should fare well if he has the proper vet...
Grab an end and pull
I darn near had to have surgery because of an overweight cat.
Seriesly, my overweight cat has never had surgery since she got fat so I don't know. The vet said to keep her healthy because he doesn't want tangle with her.
Doesn't taste toxic to me.
One of mine is obese, and when we adopted her, we were told she was spayed. She wasn't.
The surgery went fine, but I think a lot depends on the cat's age. The vet said there was "an inch and a half layer of fat below the skin. Also, there's quite a bit of fat in the abdominal area, around the organs. Sounds like there's not much choice though.
They do have nine lives you know!
must be an older cat .. mine prefer CDs
j/k
Hope your friend has pet health insurance to help with the costs.
Is your named Rosemary Woods, bychance?
Insert the cat into the tape drive. Close the tape drive door. Once the cat loads press the rewind button.
I meant fare not fair. Sorry for the typo.
Could you ping the kitty lovers on this? Thanks
They talked about an operation, but we decided to give him the kitty laxative (I forget what it is called) and he was ok in a day or two...JFK
something very similar happened to my family's cat when I was in jr high. We had eaten a roast beef for dinner and my mom threw away the meat juice soaked string that comes with the roast. But overnight, our cat Tiger knocked over the garbage can and somehow managed to eat the entire string. Within a day, he was very lethargic and throwing up bile. My mom rushed Tiger to the vet where he underwent surgery. the string had passed through his stomach but was blocking his intestinal track. He was very close to death, but made a full recovery. At the time of this surgery, Tiger was overweight (he still is, 10 years later), but his weight did not seem to affect things. The vet had to shave the fur off of Tiger's abdomen for the surgery, treating us to the delightful sight of his naked fat stomach for several weeks.
Hope all goes well with Daisy!
In college I had a cat who ate the tape in one of XTC cassettes (it was "Skylarking" for anyone who cares.) We didn't know he'd done until what looked like black tapeworms starting oozing out of his butt. (Sorry to gross anyone out.) We rushed him to the vet, and the vet said we were lucky because the tape hadn't wrapped itself around any organs or otherwise created an obstruction. So the tape itself obviously wasn't toxic to him. I'm sorry about this kitty who appears hasn't been so lucky.
I just got an update: Daisy has returned from the vet where she was x-rayed and was checked for dehydration (none), the vet did not know if the tape would appear on an x-ray or not (apparently it didn't). The vet also mentioned concern about fatty liver disease, as did NautiNurse. Daisy was given some stomach-settling medicine and sent her home with her owner for observation, and to see if she eats and goes to the bathroom.
I must say I'm a little surprised that they did not keep her overnight. This is my vet too, and I like and respect her very much. A vet, I might add, who only works on cats-very nice in the waiting room, no dogs, keeps the terror level of the cats to orange.