UPDATE at bottom.
Animals make such a difference in our lives! At least they have in mine. I barely remember a time when I haven't had a pet: from my first pooch, Susie, a cranky little "part" Chihuahua I begged my grandpa to buy me, to the two kittens (they're 3 now) I have. I've never had a purebred anything. All my four-legged pals have always been "any-ones guess" types.
Missy and Madi are sisters. Their mother was killed when they were a few weeks ago. They, and their two
orange brothers, had to be bottle fed from there on out, until they could eat on their own. And these two girls are different as day and night.
Missy, the Calico, is independent (as most cats are), always causing mischief and makes it clear that IF she wants to be held, it WILL be HER idea. Madi, the "Torti" is sweet as sugar. She is good at opening drawers and cupboards, has scratched a few pieces of furniture and, unlike Missy, is willing to be held anytime, anywhere, anyway. She is a lover.
The other day Missy got into my sewing box. I had taken it out of my closet before heading to the office, looking for a safety pin. I DIDN'T put it back. When I came home, I found an empty spool of thread. EMPTY? I thought. There was a piece of green thread on the carpet, so I wondered if maybe the spool was near empty spool in the first place.
One and a half days later, Missy was NOT her typical self. She wasn't running around and scaling furniture, or starring at her water dish until I refilled it with FRESH water, or batting me with her paw through the slats on my Mission style recliner. NOPE, something was indeed wrong.
I called her vet, Dr. Becker, of Rim Forest Hospital and told the receptionist what I suspected and I was told to bring her in NOW.
...24 hours later she is resting (left pic) in a large crate at the vet hospital recovering from surgery. An x-ray showed her intestines were "bunched" up. NO wonder she wasn't running around like her fool self! The vet
had REMOVED the thread (pic below) but, THANKFULLY, did not have to remove any intestine...just two holes in two different areas, in which she removed one small green thread and ONE BIG HUNK of green thread.
On my last visit to see Missy, Dr. Becker reminded me: PUT ALL STRING, THREAD AND YARN in a vault!
Yes, Ma'am!
Missy has eight lives left and I'll be extra careful that she keeps them ALL as long as possible.
Cat eating thread article
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UPDATE: Missy came home two days ago, still tired BUT loving being back here. Madi is still hissing at her, I guess because she isn't crazy about the vet smells on her sister... or she's just uphappy that she is no longer #1.

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