Re: Need your advice

[Nina]

Elizabeth, You must be so frightened of the possibilities.  You're on top of it and doing everything in your power to safeguard your Shakiti.  Someone on the list suggested, I think it was Phaewryn, that you should always flush dental floss.  Before that, I was tossing it in the trash as well.  Since I have "house ferals" of my own, I understand completely your reluctance to keep him at the vet's.  Could you be home to monitor him?  If so, could you set him up in the bathroom so you could check his eliminations and look for the dental floss yourself?  Does your vet have someone monitoring the animals 24/7, and if so, could you be told what danger signs to look for and then run him to the vet at a moment's notice if it became necessary?  Just how big was this piece of floss?  I'm praying hard that this is just a tremendous scare and Shakiti will come through it unscathed.  I know that you feel like the "worst mom in the world", but anyone less caring would not be sweating bullets over the possibilities  Hell, the worst mom in the world wouldn't even be aware of the possibilities!.  Hugs to you, Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know this is a bit off topic - but my Shakiti ate a big piece of dental floss this morning before I could get it away from him.  He just put his little head right into the bathroom garbage can and helped himself.  I took him to the vet's this morning and they gave him an emetic but no floss from either end so far.   The poor boy is scared to death and he probably feels pretty rotten right now.  He's the most feral baby I have - very feral to everyone but me.  I can hold him on his back and talk to him and he just drools on my arm and falls asleep with his motor running.  I am worried sick about him especially since the vet says they want to keep him overnight and if we don't recover the floss they want to do surgery in the morning.  I'm reluctant because it can take more than one day for something like this to pass - but on the other hand it could get all wound up in his intestines and cut his insides.   Any advice?  He is very healthy otherwise...2 years old and FeVL-.  Never again will I dispose of dental floss that isn't wrapped up in something else.  I feel like the worst mom in the world.   Sick with worry, elizabeth