Thread: Plastic bag scare!

Blimey, that was a stroke of luck with him popping home, no wonder you're jittery.

We didn't know it was a near miss at the time but whilst our bathroom was being re-furbed the two cats were kept out of the kitchen (bathroom is off the kitchen) to keep them out of the workman's way. Lots of masonry bits floating around and all sorts of paraphernalia in the way of tools and packaging lying around the kitchen. He'd always have a good tidy up when he was finished for the day and then let the cats free to roam round the house.
We got home from an evening out to find Freyja had been sick twice (was clearly not a hairball), and she's not prone to that usually so we were both alarmed. We then found some less savoury stuff on the landing and in the lounge, which is really not like her, and then discovered a very long strip of flimsy plastic (almost like cellotape but not sticky) in amongst the poop and very quickly worked out that Freyja had chewed and swallowed some tape that had been wrapped around a box of tiles that the workman must have missed, and had nearly choked on it whilst gagging whilst we were out. She fortunately (I think) managed to swallow the whole thing and it then must have passed right through. When I realised that she could have choked I was quite upset about it, and we promptly told the workman to leave the cats shut away when he left for the day so we could inspect the kitchen and bathroom prior to them being let out. I'm now hugely paranoid about having workmen in when I'm not here in case the same thing ever happens again. Horrible feeling, knowing that a slight change in circumstance could have resulted in something terrible. I'm grateful - not to mention damn lucky - to get another chance.