Cat Ate Plastic Bag

He threw up most of it but still seems to have trouble keeping his food down and also is not defacating.

Cat ate plastic bag.

Plastic bags that come from a grocery or other food store can carry the lingering scent and even taste of food which makes chewing them a pleasant experience. If your cat chews hard plastic switch from plastic to glass bottles where you can. He seems perky and is drinking water and trying to eat. It only started today.

We believe he may have ingested a part of a plastic bag. I am absolutely heart broken because we can not afford the outrageous medical bills to take care of the diagnostic or surgical part if that is what s needed to make him better. But for one of my friends keeping plastic out of her cats mouths is a matter of life and death. Has anyone heard of an obstruction.

Possibly it is the crackling sound that plastic makes when chewed that cats. But plastic bags houseplants wool paper rubber bands. Bioplastics are made from vegetable fats and oils and some animal by products and cats can pick up this scent. Many bags are also coated in substances such as cornstarch stearates salts of stearate acid or are made of animal by products such as gelatin which makes them attractive to cats.

Plastic can be a choking or suffocation hazard too and plastic bags can be a strangulation danger. Why would a cat eat those. Bring canvas bags with you when you go to the grocery store instead of using plastic store bags. One of her beloved furry friends actually ate enough of a plastic bag to result in a midnight.

Hard plastic items can cause damage to sensitive mouth tissues when they are chewed. My cat ate part of a plastic bag. Considering the crackling sound that it makes chewing on the wrapper is a fine way to pass times. Some cat cravings are easy to understand.

Switch to non plastic bags where possible. Keep any plastic bottles or containers on hand in the fridge or other inaccessible area. Different theories suggest why my cat ate a piece of plastic. A bag of groceries can have a residual scent of food items placed inside so cats try to eat them.

Vicki on july 22 2012. Strange things cats eat. He loves to eat plastic bags so i try to keep them away from him but he found one in the basement. Here are some things you can do if your cat licks chews on or eats plastic.

That is how the average household cat ate plastic wrapper for most of the time.