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My S/O's grandmother's cat almost starved to death but by no fault of his own. 90+ yr old grandmama kept his canned food in the fridge and would spoon it out daily (the big can). She noticed on day 2 that he hadn't eaten it, spooned out some more, day 3 still there...finally on day 4 her son comes in to check on her and asks why in the hell is she feeding "Sqyby" (don't ask, it's a lowcountry thing)canned cranberry sauce! You know the kind that comes out of the can in one big blob? Poor cat....

Oh my goodness, I'm glad she is ok. My parents Lucy, a yellow lab is also having a bad month. Week before last they discovered she'd gotten a razor and eaten it blades and all, trip to emergency vet showed it had curled around herself and they were sure she'd pass it. A week later, I was at their house and had been in the hot tub so my socks were tucked inside my shoes sitting on their bed. She was gone for maybe five minutes and managed to eat the sock. Vet said to watch her and she actually threw the entire sock up on Sunday morning. Now, she's running a temp and vomiting so it's back to the vet for more treatment. They are being vigilant about picking things up, but she gets to things you'd never dream...unless you've had a lab puppy.

Crazy animals!

We have two Siamese, a male and a female.

The male has been nothing but trouble since the day we brought him home 16 years ago.

To date:

3 operations (THREE!) for intestional blockages.

First time was my bathing suit, he chewed the straps off.

Second time was when he ate my husband's wool hunting socks.

Third time was to clear out the scar tissue caused from the first two incidents.

Other ingestions that didn't result in operations - the stuffing from the arms of a couch, countless rolls of paper towels, newspapers, magazines, shoes (and laces)

This all occurred within the first year of his life. We learned very quickly to keep our house spotless and free of anything he could possibly fit into his mouth.

Getting trapped in the kitchen cupboards

Fast forward a couple years and we move to a different house.

Male cat figures out how to open the cupboards and spends his days climbing in and out.

We decided to put child safety locks on the doors, the type that let you open the door only so far before you need to reach a finger in and release the latch.

Male cat would somehow squeeze himself in even with the lock on but he couldn't/wouldn't squeeze himself back out.

He would sit inside and SCREAM. This upset the female, who sat outside the cupboard SCREAMING because her buddy was SCREAMING.

This usually happened in the middle of the night.

After 13+ years of Siamese cat ownership, a human child really wasn't a big deal.