Friskies - Pull 'n Play (eating, feline, safe, house)
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My first reaction was......Wow, what a bad idea! A treat that encourages cats to eat string. What the heck were they thinking? String, ribbons, elastic, who knows why long stringy things look appetizing to our feline friends but they can pose big problems in the digestive tract.
I sincerely hope this stuff dies quickly on the shelves.
My first reaction was......Wow, what a bad idea! A treat that encourages cats to eat string. What the heck were they thinking? String, ribbons, elastic, who knows why long stringy things look appetizing to our feline friends but they can pose big problems in the digestive tract.
I sincerely hope this stuff dies quickly on the shelves.
Not to mention what the treat is actually made of food-wise. But you have a point about the string thing. I can certainly see some unintended negative consequences from something like this. My question is, why risk it when there are much healthier treats, and better ways to entertain a cat than this.
Corporate brainstorming and marketing focus groups aren't necessarily a good thing.
My first reaction was......Wow, what a bad idea! A treat that encourages cats to eat string. What the heck were they thinking? String, ribbons, elastic, who knows why long stringy things look appetizing to our feline friends but they can pose big problems in the digestive tract.
I sincerely hope this stuff dies quickly on the shelves.
I thought the same thing when I first saw it, too. I'll just stick to the "expensive" toys that my cats like to play with, like a candy wrapper, a paper bag, and the ever popular cardboard box.
I had a cat once who ate a ribbon when we were out for the morning--he whole thing--he started eating and obviously had to continue. Only way I know is it came out in his poo poo that week. It was so scary seeing that. My God, he could have choked or got an intestinal obstruction. I was always a safe cat parent, overprotective if anything, but the little rascal got it.
I had a cat once who ate a ribbon when we were out for the morning--he whole thing--he started eating and obviously had to continue. Only way I know is it came out in his poo poo that week. It was so scary seeing that. My God, he could have choked or got an intestinal obstruction. I was always a safe cat parent, overprotective if anything, but the little rascal got it.
I also had a cat who ate a WHOLE ribbon/bow. He up-chucked it. When I saw it, I was like, "How the hell did he get that thing down?"
My sister bought one for her cat, who didn't care for it. So she sent it to me, and my 4 cats didn't care for it either. It's just sitting in the middle of the living room floor. You can leave the "strings" off and still put regular treats inside the roly-poly part so that they have to "fish" for them. I'll try that, but mine are LAZY.
I had a cat once who ate a ribbon when we were out for the morning--he whole thing--he started eating and obviously had to continue. Only way I know is it came out in his poo poo that week. It was so scary seeing that. My God, he could have choked or got an intestinal obstruction. I was always a safe cat parent, overprotective if anything, but the little rascal got it.
Years ago I came into our bedroom and our Tucker had eaten nearly the entire string from my pajama pants! It was a string covered by silky fabric.
I panicked and pulled it from his mouth (thankfully, since it was silky it slid out easily). He must have swallowed two feet of it! I was so lucky I saw him when I did. I keep all things string like out of sight now.
I would never have this toy, or its "treat strings" in the house.
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