Today dawned calmly with the routine of every day, the human and cat breakfasts, everything was going as it should. My eldest daughter was at work for the day, so I was at home; when suddenly, I noticed that Simba Raspicuim, was walking strangely coming out of his sandbox, licking his butt, but when we took a good look, we realized that it was as if he had feces stuck and Simba couldn't clean himself. So, thinking he needed help, I grabbed him and told my daughter to get some sanitary wipes to clean him up....

But when we tried to clean it, we realized that it didn't come off and on the contrary, when we tried to remove it, more came out; my daughter started to scream very scared, then I gave her the cat and tried to see what she had and when I saw that it wasn't feces, I got nervous; while Simba Raspicuim, meowed in alarm, it was moments of running without knowing what to do, the first thing that came to my mind was to try to immobilize him, so he wouldn't pull it, thinking that maybe it was his intestines, we were terrified.

We called my friend @actioncats my advisor regarding my cats, and she told us that those were not his intestines, as far as she could tell from the pictures I sent her. This was all going on as we quickly got dressed and rushed him to the vet; it was a very tense few hours. Fortunately, the vet was relatively close to home; we arrived very quickly while on the way we were informing the other members of the family, my husband and youngest son, about the situation.

When we arrived to the vet's office we asked for immediate attention and at once a very kind girl came out, she was the vet doctor, she checked him in detail and told us that what Simba Raspicuim had hanging from his backside was like a plastic bag or something similar and that we had to examine him better to extract it and make sure that there was not something else... We were scared to death, but the doctor reassured us, telling us that it was serious, but not that serious. We had to wait for her to finish taking care of another patient she left while she examined Simba thinking it was an emergency.

So we waited for Simba's turn, which was after the patient he had on duty. When she entered the examination room, she passed by my youngest daughter, who had come running to check on her beloved cat, so my oldest daughter and I waited. Then the doctor sent us in to explain what had happened and what she had gotten. It turned out to be an envoplast plastic, the one used to wrap meat, because he had swallowed it thinking that there was meat and it was stuck in his belly, fortunately he had expelled it through his rectum, otherwise surgery would have been necessary.

They sedated him a little and put him on pain medication. By the time my daughter and I went in, he was already out, just resting, they sent us other medications for home and a special diet for him for a few days. In the emergency we spent 40 $ without putting in the new diet and all for having an extremely gluttonous and naughty kitten. That is why I recommend you to be careful with bags, plastic bags, containing meat or chicken leftovers because they are a trap for gluttons like Simba Raspicuim. It was the scare of the day. Here I share with you his photos of the whole process. Greetings friends!

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Hoy amaneció todo tranquilo con la rutina de todos los días, los desayunos de humanos y de los gatos, todo iba como debía de ir. Mi hija mayor libraba el día en su trabajo, así que estaba en casa; cuando de repente, noto que Simba Raspicuim, andaba extraño saliendo de su arenero, lamiéndose su trasero, pero al ver bien, nos dimos cuenta de que era como si tuviera heces pegadas y Simba no pudiera limpiarse. Entonces, pensando que necesitaba ayuda, le tomé y le dije a mi hija que buscara toallitas higiénicas para limpiarlo...

Pero al tratar de limpiarlo, nos dimos cuenta de que eso no se despegaba y que al contrario, al tratar de quitarlo salía más; mi hija empezó a gritar muy asustada, entonces le di al gato e intente yo ver que tenía y al ver que no eran heces entre en nerviosismo; mientras Simba Raspicuim, maullaba alarmado, fueron momentos de correr sin saber que hacer, lo primero que se me ocurrió fue tratar de inmovilizarlo, para que no se jalara aquello, pensando que a lo mejor eran sus intestinos, estábamos aterradas.

LLamamos a mi amiga @actioncats mi consejera con respecto a mis gatos, y ella nos dijo que esos no eran sus intestinos, por lo que pudo distinguir en las fotos que le mandé. Todo esto transcurría mientras nos vestíamos rápidamente y lo llevábamos de emergencia al veterinario; fueron horas muy tensas. Afortunadamente, el veterinario quedaba relativamente cerca de casa; llegamos sumamente aceleradas mientras en el camino íbamos poniendo al tanto de la situación a los demás integrantes de la familia, a mi esposo e hijo menor.

Quienes al llegar nosotros a la veterinaria ya estaban a la expectativa acerca del estado de salud de Simba Raspicuim, junto con entrar al consultorio veterinario pedimos atención inmediata y de una vez salió una chica muy amable resultando ser el médico veterinario, lo reviso detalladamente y nos dijo que lo que tenía Simba Raspicuim colgando de su trasero era como una bolsa plástica o algo parecido y que había que examinarlo mejor para extraerle aquello y asegurarse de que no hubiese algo más... Estábamos muertas del susto, pero la doctora nos tranquilizó, diciéndonos que era de cuidado, pero no tan grave. tuvimos que esperar a que terminara de atender a otro paciente que dejó mientras examinaba a Simba pensando que era una emergencia.

Así es que esperamos el turno de Simba, que era después del paciente que tenía en turno. Cuando entro a la sala de revisión, paso con mi hija menor, quien había llegado corriendo a ver por su querido gato; entonces nos quedamos a la espera mi hija mayor y yo. Luego la doctora nos mandó a pasar para explicarnos lo que había ocurrido y conseguido. Resultó ser un plástico de envoplast, ese que se usa para envolver las carnes, pues él se lo había tragado pensando que había carne y lo tenía atorado en su panza, con la fortuna de que lo expulsó por el recto, porque si no hubiese sido necesaria una cirugía.

Lo sedaron un poco y le pusieron tratamiento para el dolor. Ya para cuando entramos mi hija y yo, él estaba sin nada, solo reposando, nos mandó otros medicamentos para casa y dieta especial para él por unos días. En la emergencia gastamos 40 $ sin meter la nueva dieta y todo por tener a un gatito sumamente glotón y travieso. Es por ello que les recomiendo que tengan cuidado con bolsas, cuestiones plásticas, que contengan restos de carne o pollo porque son una trampa para glotones como Simba Raspicuim. Fue el susto del día. Acá les comparto sus fotos en todo ese proceso. Saludos amigos!