There's consequences to playing with that elastic band

[packman]

[qazplm135]

1. my cat would eat it in 1.23 seconds

I can't have rubber or string of any kind around her, she eats it faster than regular food. No thought.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. Othello goes after rubber bands too.

I have no clue why cats eat them.

Othello just chews them and spits them out. The whole band gets spit out.

Never saw him actually eat one.

I keep rubber bands out of his paw reach just in case he decides to eat one.

Luckily he has no attraction to string or beading threads or the stretchy bead thread.
I bead and still watch over the wire,elastic and thread by default.

Maybe I should buy him some bubble gum..


Just kidding no bubblegum for Othello.

[intrepidity]

4. "The dog did it" nt

[happybird]

5. What is it about hairties?

One of my cats is a hairtie stealing ninja. Fortunately, they always end up in the water bowl, so I collect and dry them for reuse. They are her most favorite thing in the world (besides the water drained off a can of tuna). I think they must feel very satisfying to chew on.

[csziggy]

6. On one of the veterinary shows a cat had to have surgery

To remove the 20+ hair bands he had eaten. They had impacted his intestines and he would have died without the surgery.

I've found with our three cats that hair bands and bread twist ties cannot be left out on any surface or they will be found and played with. Since seeing that show, I am diligent about checking for every one of those enticing little objects to keep them out of the cats' reach