Millie has eaten string once before. We didn’t know the signs so we waited until it got bad. ashe was vomiting, not eating or drinking. She had to get 1/3 of her intestines removed during surgery. She hasn’t thrown up and still eats, drinks and plays as normal, but I know she got into string. She’s actually been more playful than normal right now. I know she got into string because I saw the evidence. She has been crouching in a position that vets have told me are “pain positions.” I also pressed on her lower left stomach and she growled at me, which she never does. She’s still supper cuddly, loves peoples affection, but I am worried that it’s going to get worse. I am planning on taking her into the vet tomorrow for x rays. I believe this happened three days ago. How long is too late? I don’t want the string to poke through her intestines again, she will not survive it.

4 month old kitten started vomiting every few hours 4 days ago & stopped passing stools. Vet gave anti nausea & waited but no stool & vomiting continued when Med wore off. Last night possible intussusception, emergency surgery, necessary. Day 4 (today) just passed large stool, personality returned but still exhausted. Was treated for roundworms. Had tapeworms & treated as well last week successfully. Should we still be on emergency/intussusception or consider another answer for illness?

Please i need some advice on my cat. The vet did an x-ray and said he has a tumor obstructing his bowls. Most likely colon cancer. I don't know what to do as neither of my options sound like a good outcome. Either try to shrink it with high does of steroids or surgery that they just don't sound like the outcome is going to be good either way.

Hi. I have a 5 month old male ginger cat. He ate some chicken bones and now has a intestine blockage. I am trying to keep him hydrated but he just keeps throwing up. I dont have the money to surgically remove the rest of the bones. There are 3 left. They are very small but causing alot damage. Please can somone help me to find a natural remedy to help get these bonrs out.

Our 10 year old cat is extremely active. Last week, he was leading the charge to go run around in the snow in our rear deck. Really healthy and energetic cat. 3 days ago, he became extremely lethargic out of the blue. We took him to the vet and he had a temp of 105.6. They gave him fluids and sent him home. We brought him back today because he had not improved. Not eating, laying around, not himself. The temperature had not gone down, so he is now on IV fluids and is staying overnight. The ER vet said the radiologist said the X-ray showed possibly carcinomatoma in the intestine, which could be cause a leak, and thus the high temperature. Liver values and bilirubin are also elevated. We are beyond shocked at the preliminary diagnosis . We have lived through a cat with lymphoma and the signs were very slow and progressive. We are concerned there may be something else going on. The only change to his environment is we got a Christmas tree last weekend, our first tree we have had. We did notice him underneath the tree a day before the lethargy started, and he vomited up a lot of bile in an extremely violent and loud way. Pine needles were in the bile. The vet seemed to dismiss this right away, and said that pine needles are not capable of puncturing the intestines. but after reading online, we are concerned there could be a puncture or blockage. While the cancer diagnosis may be true, we find it strange that he had zero symptoms, healthy appetite, normal stools...to having such severe symptoms that would not be related to something more acute, like ingesting the sharp pine needles. The ultrasound is scheduled for tomorrow, which should tell us more. Curious if anyone has experience with the pine needle issue, and if there are opinions on this. We want to make sure we are giving him the right treatment.

My cat swallowed a piece of yarn approx 4-5 inches in length. He did not show any signs of blockage except that his eating habits have changed slightly. He has had a bowel movement every day and is very playful when he wants to be. There has been no vomiting. I spoke with his vet and they don't seem overly concerned that there is a blockage and I was told that an xray or sonogram would not show anything. It has been a full week since the incident occurred, so I'm not sure how concerned I need to be. The cat is just shy of his 2nd bday

Im not aire this is what he has but my cat got into the pantry and atethrough the packaging( and some of the actual packaging) for the hseba snack stics we had for him. Thi occured about 10 days ago. Since then over the las t 5 days he has been vommitting about 3or 4 times a day( cnsisting of mainly bile and a few(5to 20 pellets of dry food) activity still the same , as far as i can tell hes dtill pooping and eating.