Apparently, my dog ate some yarn...

[Anonymous]

yeah, this is going to be a 4-figure vet bill

[Anonymous]

How about an update, OP? I've been thinking about you and hoping for the best.

FWIW, I would have waited as well.

[Anonymous]

Whatever happened OP? I have yarn in the living room, I need to go home and put it away. We don't let the dog wander around anyway, but just to be safe.

[Anonymous]

She isbtalking about a dog!! Nor a cat!! Some people.. Omg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think this can be quite dangerous. I remember reading that contrary to all the warm and fuzzy pictures, you should never let a cat play with yarn because if they ingest it, it can get all tangled inside and cause serious harm.

It’s bad, yes. My kitten are a small piece of rope , unbeknownst to us, and he could not poop normally for 3+!weeks. When he wanted to poop it wouldn’t come out and then it came out later when he was playing? I took him to the vet but it was a sub vet (not so great) and she didn’t do any xrays or anything - she diagnosed him with spina bifida and suggested I might consider putting him to sleep? I’m not great at listening to advise so I just took my baby and went home, kind of horrified.
A few weeks later I noticed a poopy rope on the floor and assumed it came out of the cat. I put it in a plastic bag. Sure enough the cat began pooping normally - so it came out of the cat. I brought it to his next vet visit.

The rope was a thin rope like maybe the width of 8-12 strings of yarn? If the yarn gets tangled it could get stuck in there and cause problems. You hope it all passes okay. Call the vet and hope for the best? Get antibiotics once it passes as the trauma can cause an infection?

That little cat dude is my best bud now I’m very glad that I listen to no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, I would've called a friend or a cab and gone to the emergency vet. You're being awfully nonchalant about this, imo.

It can wait a bit as long as they can poop and they aren’t in distress.

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Anonymous wrote:My dog ate a cassette tape (in the 80s). It started coming out of his rear...he had to have surgery, was in the hospital for a week and came home with 26 stitches. I'd call the vet and make sure you have $ in your checking account

A cassette tape? Like the plastic, reel and all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She isbtalking about a dog!! Nor a cat!! Some people.. Omg

Cheese lady why did you dredge up a thread from 2013?
Drunken stupor??

[Anonymous]

Some of you people are so irresponsible trying to scare the OP like this - four figure vet bills? Get over yourself.

OP this has happened a couple times with our dog. He either poops the rest out next time or using poop bags we get it out for him (never pulling hard). Its fine. He is better off with it out than with it in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think this can be quite dangerous. I remember reading that contrary to all the warm and fuzzy pictures, you should never let a cat play with yarn because if they ingest it, it can get all tangled inside and cause serious harm.

This. Get her to a veterinary fast. This can be very, very dangerous.

We keep all of our yarn up and out of reach due to the dogs/cats (I'm a knitter). Same idea as the Christmas tinsel "icicles" people used to use but would cause problems in pets that ate them.

[Anonymous]

It could go either way, OP. The dog could pass it or it could cause an obstruction, which can be deadly. She needs to go to the vet for an x-ray.

[Anonymous]

I would NOT pull. It could twist up the intestines or something awful. I'd call the vet for advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could go either way, OP. The dog could pass it or it could cause an obstruction, which can be deadly. She needs to go to the vet for an x-ray.

Five years later?

[Anonymous]

Please tell me what happened!!!

[Anonymous]

NEVER PULL ON ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR PET'S BEHIND.