For about a year, Louie, an otherwise healthy cat who ate normally, would occasionally throw up after his meals. His owner, Anne, simply thought he had a sensitive stomach, which is quite common in cats.
But he started vomiting every day, and then several times a day, and Louie began to show signs of lethargy. Anne rushed him to the emergency vet.
An unexpected discovery
An X-ray revealed a large mass filling a significant part of Louie's stomach, and emergency surgery was needed straight away. Once the operation was over, the mystery was solved: vets extracted 35 hair bands, which Louie had apparently been sneakily eating for a long time.
"They just kept coming out, one after the other," Anne told The Dodo. As a kitten, Louie already loved playing with hair bands. Despite all the precautions taken over the years — keeping them out of reach and eventually switching to hair clips — the clever cat always managed to track some down.
On the road to recovery
Louie is recovering well from his operation and should soon be back to his normal self. Since the scare, Anne has carried out a thorough sweep of her home to make sure there are no stray hair bands left lying around.
Translated from the FR Wamiz website using artificial intelligence
