Don't let curiosity kill your cat!

Cats are simply unable to resist string. They love to taste, chase, chew, and SWALLOW string. Once they swallow the string the backward facing barbs on their tongues make it impossible to spit out. They just keep going and going and going until they have what we call a "linear foreign body". That's vet speak for string stuck in gut. What seems like a harmless piece of sewing material can be fatal when it bunches up your kitties intestines like an elastic hair scrunchy.

Why the string fetish? Is there a medical explanation for string ingestion? Perhaps. Some behaviorists believe that cats chew on string and broom bristles because they’re craving fiber. If you feed your cat only canned food, consider adding dry food to the mix so he or she can have something crunchy to chew on.

Make sure to pick up anything that looks the slightest bit enticing to a cat....dental floss, thread on a spool, unraveled sundries, tinsel, wrapping materials, rubber bands, turkey twine, hair, window-blind pulls, fishing line, EASTER BASKET GRASS...the list goes on and on.

In the event that your cat swallows something that could turn into a LFB (linear foreign body), get them to the vet right away.