All week we’ve been laughing and giggling at the little baby kitty running and jumping in the zappos box that my bag came in for Christmas.
“Oh look, she loves the box, how cute!”
“Oh look at her little cute paw coming out of the top.”
“Oh she found a new toy, so cute!”
Today, I was picking up around the house and I decided the box had to go so I took it out to the trash. Something was rolling around inside and I looked in only to find the DO NOT EAT - SILICA GEL bag ripped open and the contents floating around inside the box.
My heart sunk. I ran inside to tell Michael. He jumped out of his chair and we both went to find the little baby kitty. She was playing in the living room, having a good old time with one of her toys. She looks and acts totally fine, and of course we have no way of knowing if she ate any of the crystals.
I did some research and found some good information on the ASPCA web site. Did you know that Silica Gel is actually used in certain types of cat liter? No wonder she was digging and scratching at the packet to get it open.
I breathed a sigh of relief when I read this, “produces only mild stomach upset, which typically resolves with minimal to no treatment.” So we will keep an eye on her and make sure she’s okay. Crazy cat. She scared the crap outta me!
Oh, scarey happening! Glad it turned out okay & hope kitty doesn’t get a bad tummyache from it.
One of my dogs recently chewed the cap off a brand new bottle of antacid tablets. Guess he thought it was as tasty dessert. Ever given a dog an enema? I blogged it, of course:
http://skeetsclutteredlife.blogspot.com/2006/11/theyre-in-cahoots.html
Darn kitties get into the craziest trouble!
Glad shes doing okay. Our cat has a plastic fetish and likes to chew on anything plastic, like cheese wrappers or shopping bags (which I found out is a nervous cat thing like people with hair twisting or nail biting, some cats suck on yarn or fabric, others chew on wood or plastic … silly critters!)
So it’s a year later, and I hope your cat is happy and healthy! OUr litlle 1 year old Retardo Mantelban as I sometimes call him ripped open a silica gel packet right in front of me, and as I was getting up to take it from him, he started licking his lips, like he got a taste of one pellet. I read someone’s post over at Yahoo Answers, she had 2 dogs consume some and she came back to report that the dogs were just fine. (Yahoo answers isn’t terribly reliable - half of the people who replied to her query said “OMG go to the vet now! cats can die!”)
Don in Seattle