So We had to take Phat Mike to the emergency vet last night. He has PICA (is what the vet tech thinks) which is a disorder where people or animals have a compulsion to eat non edible or inappropriate things. I tend to agree with her. This kind of crap has been going on for 8 years. dekenangel was cutting fabric for an outfit and doing some patterning. There was a strip of pvc scrap about 16" long and .5" wide. he was concentrating on what he was doing and Mike was just sitting by him watching. He turned around and half of that fabric strip was gone and the other half was soggy and chewed. We looked everywhere for it, nowhere to be found. I called the vet and described the situation, they told me to come in right then. We left immediately and ended up at the wrong emergency vet. (there are 3 24/hr emergency vets in Burien) . We called them again and found the right one. about 40 min has past at this point. We get there, the vet says that Mike has to stay overnight and that he will try to induce vomiting. If he doesnt throw up, he'll need surgery. :( 151 dollars later we call around 1130pm and the vet tells us that Mike just threw up and the fabric came out. Its still the same price if we get him then or today some time. we decide to let him sweat it out. He wont stop eating inappropriate things, so its really up to us to make sure that we are super aware of anything that he might want to eat that isnt food. I love my cat so much, but today I feel like he's just a hassle.
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